our only real options are: 9-bam 7-bam 7-crak due to the dora and the fact that other tiles are parts of complete sets. our only options for yaku are tan yao, pinfu and reach (reach being the most likely). 9-bam discard is the best if you compare the odds of getting each yaku (more likely to get tan...

We might decrease our seven pairs wait by 2 tiles, but we open up tan yao and all pungs.

How are we working out how fast we make tenpai? Because i could've sworn that the 4b is just as fast as the 5c (though pretty poor at mahjong).

Is there any real difference between the and ?

What are the other options except the ?

Maybe the and going for all pairs?

I really can't see anything else.

I know how to play the 3 player version (as in, rules/regulation). How do I adjust my strategy?

From my understanding, 3 player requires more skill than 4 player (despite the north dora system which is silly).

I found it interesting enough to watch the whole thing

The analogies got a bit out of hand but other than that I enjoyed it.

Okay cool, it was the economy/premium mode thing. Thanks for the help xKime

Is it still possible to join the dan lobby in tenhou without paying? the tenhou documentation http://arcturus.su/tenhou/lobbies-games.html seems to suggest that you can but when i click on the dan lobby it just links me to the "pay for membership" page. Since i don't speak japanese i'm not sure what...

okay, thanks, I'll check it out. I'll be a little bit busy with assignments until the end of the week, so maybe we can play each other next weekend?
We should probably move the conversation to private messages

I don't know how to live stream. I also don't know how to contact you on Janryumon (I only know how to join a public game since I can't read japanese).

If you could tell me or link a website on how to do either of those things i would greatly appreciate it

Okay i finally got it working (it was difficult since i can't speak japanese). What times are you free? I'm usually free around this time (give or take a few hours). I'm not free over the next couple of days but I'd definitely like to play with you and get some thoughts on how I can improve. I've re...

Thanks for the reply, it really cleared some things up. I've been reading everything (in english) that i could find through links. A lot of it was basic tile efficiency stuff and defensive play (sujis kabe etc.). The main sites i've used are osamuko's blog and reachmahjong. I've also read your blog ...

First. That background is awesome, how'd you get it? And I see your point. Saki-giri seems to be a large argument against the akagi "safe" area system. Would it still be possible to use the "safe" area system against newer players (since i play with fairly new friends and in the lower areas of tenho...

I've been watching a few replays of high rating players on tenhou and been trying to make sense of some of the discards. While they're in dealer position it's easy to follow what they're doing since they play so aggresively and look for quick cheap wins, however in other situations they start to con...