Comments on: My Conversation with a Singapore Mahjong Expert http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/my-conversation-with-a-singapore-mahjong-expert/ 50% anime analysis, 50% Ogi Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Proof-of-Concept Singapore Mahjong Manga | OGIUE MANIAX http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/my-conversation-with-a-singapore-mahjong-expert/#comment-10961 Tue, 07 May 2013 20:10:37 +0000 http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/?p=8887#comment-10961 [...] For my thoughts (and a summary) of Singapore-style mahjong, go here, as well as here. [...]

]]> By: omo http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/my-conversation-with-a-singapore-mahjong-expert/#comment-10240 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:10:02 +0000 http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/?p=8887#comment-10240 Only very casually familiar with Singaporean style, but while riichi is a parallel, it seems rather harsh? If you are playing with a minimum, achieving riichi is still like a very long road compared to pinfu in Singaporean, which allows open chows. Seems to me getting a pong via honors is more like getting a bonus tile.

As someone who grew up playing CO and Taiwanese, learning Riichi was relatively easy. Playing it online in Mahjong Hime would be a much taller task for someone coming into Taiwanese from these more articulated, slower styles of play. I know when I tried it, it was pretty tiring! Much more so because the computer takes no time to do their turns.

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