Europe may host 1st WC Riichi. MaybeAMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, January, 27th - There is a chance that a first world championship riichi mahjong will be held the years to come. And this might very well take place somewhere in Europe. This is stated in a report, written for the Dutch mahjong association. Picture: The Second European Mahjong Championship, Hanover, Germany, 2010. Read more…
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| Written by Alan Kwan |
| Saturday, 08 August 2009 07:42 |
| By "pattern-building" mahjong I mean a game in which you win with a regular hand, and then the hand is evaluated (for its beauty and difficulty) and then you receive a reward based on the evaluation. In MCR, you cannot win with the vast majority of regular hands; the goal of the game is to complete a winning hand, which is more defined by the 8-point minimum than by the regular hand. And then, although there is an elaborate scoring system to evaluate your hand, ... |
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Thus, MCR is quite far away from pattern-building mahjong.