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 Edwin Phua |
| Thursday, 22 July 2010 21:24 |
| On a different issue here from the one in the comment I made earlier. I think Mahjong Competition Rules seems to be so strict ('draconian') is because everything in mahjong becomes codified and set as rules. This is especially so since MCR was designed specifically for competitive play, rather than arising naturally as a variant for casual play. For example, in MCR, every call is specified and has to be vocalised clearly, and has to mean exactly what is vocalised. In casual play however, for example, many people do not actually vocalise 'chow' when making a chow (since it is the player's own turn anyway), or to vocalise 'pung' when making a pung, kong, or even hu. But these instances happen in casual play, when the rules are not quite standardised (note, this is not for MCR, but for local variants; I come from Singapore, so this is my experience with Singaporean players). So, anyway, looking at MCR, and comparing it with a less strict variant meant for casual play, of course MCR seems to be so unfriendly with all the penalties for trivial infringements. But MCR is tournament play, and disputes do occur, and such rules are meant to prevent either such disputes or to settle them fairly (although I believe there are still improvements to be made on this front). Also, without clearly-defined rules and penalties, there can be occasions when mistakes are made and disputes arise, which can lead to a loss of fun. I doubt it is fun when every hand has some irregularity occurring without a good way of resolving. The fun should come from competing against other highly-skilled competitors playing their best, and not being hindered by disagreements that lead to unfair decisions made against one or more players. |
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