Posts Tagged ‘Konno’s Kolumn’
Konno’s Kolumn #11: Style
Mar 1st, 2010
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Hello Mahjong players of the world. I am Shintaro Konno. These days Tokyo, where I live, is cold everyday and snow has been falling. I don’t know if it’s because of that, but I’ve felt a cold coming on and I’m writing this in between coughs. I hope all of you are taking care of your health.
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Konno`s Kolumn – Obaka Miko
Jan 6th, 2010
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For all those who enjoyed Konno’s column and may not have come across Obaka Miiko before, read on…
Benjamin Boas emailed me to let me know that he has translated some of this excellent manga himself with the permission of the artist. If you want to get hold of the English script, contact him via the forums or email him directly (you will need to remove the extra spaces added into that email address).
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Konno’s Kolumn #9: Masayuki Katayama
Jan 1st, 2010
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Hello Mahjong players of the world, this is Shintaro Konno. Last I wrote about, “Golden One-Away,” the word created by the comic artist Masayuki Katayama, but it seems like the fact that I mentioned Masayuki Katayama was noticed by the readers. I asked Jenn, “Why do people outside of Japan know about Mr. Katayama?” She said it was because they read Obaka Miiko.
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Konno’s Kolumn #8: Golden One-away
Oct 2nd, 2009
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Hello Mahjong players of the world, this is Shintaro Konno. Mahjong is a game in which the goal is to “win a hand.” In order to “win a hand,” you first have to get your hand to, “Ready.” Before “Ready,” you must get your hand to “One-away,” In Japan, there is a special “One-away,” that we call the “Golden One-away.” Today I would like to introduce this “Golden One-away,” concept to you.
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Konno’s Kolumn #7: Quads
Aug 13th, 2009
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Hello Mahjong players of the world. This is Shintaro Konno. Today I want to talk about Quads (kan).
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Konno’s Kolumn #6: Multiple Waits
Jun 14th, 2009
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Hello Mahjong players of the world. I am Shintaro Konno. I want to ask all of you what kind of environment you are playing Mahjong in. If, like in Japan, there are many spots where you can play live games then there is no problem, but I think there are many of you playing most of your Mahjong online.
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Konno’s Kolumn #5: Early Stage Play
May 12th, 2009
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Hello to Mahjong players of the world. I am Shintaro Konno. Last time I talked about Reach. This time I want to talk about “early stages.”
In Mahjong, the early stage is from the deal to the 6th or 7th discard. On average someone is usually ready by the 8th or 9th discard so we consider the “early stage” to be before that.
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The First-ever WSOM Reach Event
Oct 5th, 2008
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By Shintaro Konno, September 19, 2008
Hello and nice to meet you. I am Shintaro Konno from the Japan Professional Mahjong League. I’m writing this on September 18th and I’m going to tell you about today’s 2008 World Series of Mahjong Reach Event that took place at the Wynn today. (more…) |
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