Jenn’s Corner #32: What in the World Was I Thinking?
My mahjong decisions are improving drastically as time goes by. I went from a long, hard losing streak to an upbeat and frankly, fun winning streak.
As of now I have scored positive in every session of every league I’ve played in this season. Thats 3 pro league sessions, 2 pro North-Kanto league sessions, 1 open North-Kanto league session and 1 womens league session. There are still a number of sessions to go but this is still a consisty that merits celebration.
That celebration could take the form of some drinks, a nice dinner, maybe even a weekend away. But the impulsive degenerate that I am, I took to celebrating by getting pets for my pet.
I now have 2 puppies and a kitten. They are all babies, they are all adorable, and they all poop.
What in the world was I thinking?
But now these animals are part of my family and this is the hand I must play.
It’s the same in Mahjong. While you will ideally always plan out your hand, your points and your opponents, sometimes you are going to make a decision hat will merit the phrase,
“What in the world was I thinking?”
Just like in life, with experience these moments will diminish, but it’s important to pay attention to these situations and learn from them.
Have you ever ponned a dora/lucky tile without a glimpse of a hand point? Ever gotten ready only to realize your first discard makes you furiten/missed win?
These things happen and beating yourself up over them won’t do you any good. One good punch in the face should be sufficient.
After that look at your hand, look at the board, and form a new strategy. Most likely you’ll want to start folding at this point.
The priority is to get through this hand without injury and the next goal is to think twice before you make that mistake again. That’s why Ron2s playback feature is so useful. You can analyze these situations and avoid making the same mistakes in the future, without beating yourself up during the hand.
For instance, I will avoid taking my paycheck directly to the pet shop on the very day I get it in the future.
But for now I’ll take care of my babies and pray they start to get along with each other.
In other news the book is done! Edited and shipped off! You’ll definitely see promotions when everything is ready to come out and I hope that you’ll all support me and the site and give it a read! I’ve been working really hard on it and it will definitely be a huge step towards our goal of a world of Reach! I love you guys!
