Chitchat Who still play mahjong

[sbfuncle]

有点手痒痒

Play $1 / $2

五台自莫
Collect $32x3=$96 shiok shiok

 

[sbfuncle]

Anyone knows where got proper 会管 to play with strangers who doesn't know each other and what are the common stakes over there?
And what are the kopi money charges?

 

[eatshitndie]

sinkie mahjong scoring is royally fucked up. all pairs only 2 tai. rest of the world all pairs (7 pairs) get at least 4 cunto faan (equivalent to hokkien tai).

 

[bobby]

 

[bigozt]

I am generally aware that for competitive mahjong, it is played without flowers or animals. You get you Tai's based on the combos. So more skill involved in forming the combos to get to higher Tai/payouts than luck. Having said, there are many many combos. Anyone care to share differences between play in HK vs Taiwan vs PRC?

 

[eatshitndie]

sg and hk scoring is quite similar except for 4 sextra tiles of chicken, centipede, cat, mouse plus little regard or recognition of 7 pairs. plus hk scoring has a lot more complicated winning hands. tw scoring is more unconventional with 16 playing tiles and 17 winning tiles. for sexample, you can score 1 tai for having any flower or season and 1 tai for not having any honor tiles. plus tw scoring allows pung and sequence tiles from different suits to win.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Anyone care to share differences between play in HK vs Taiwan vs PRC?

I find HK rules MJ quite bad because loser pays all 3 sides so have to play defensively.

Played PRC rules with some Shanghainese friends before and it sucked even more. Have to let the other players know when you are waiting for winning tile. And when you throw out cards, you are supposed to line them up so everyone can see what cards you discarded. This was just like playing a MJ computer game. I don't consider myself a super good player and even I became the biggest winner that time... And all of them were regular players.

I think the SG/MY rules MJ is the best since there is a balanced offense/defense risk-reward payout. Got a sinkie friend who also used to play mahjong in TW with his clients and he agreed.

 

[eatshitndie]

I find HK rules MJ quite bad because loser pays all 3 sides so have to play defensively.

Played PRC rules with some Shanghainese friends before and it sucked even more. Have to let the other players know when you are waiting for winning tile. And when you throw out cards, you are supposed to line them up so everyone can see what cards you discarded. This was just like playing a MJ computer game. I don't consider myself a super good player and even I became the biggest winner that time... And all of them were regular players.

I think the SG/MY rules MJ is the best since there is a balanced offense/defense risk-reward payout. Got a sinkie friend who also used to play mahjong in TW with his clients and he agreed.

depending on players’ agreement before game, hk payout can involve discarder paying full amount to winner while other 2 pay half.

 

[sbfuncle]

I only played with half strangers once in my life during NS when one of my NS buddy brought me to play with 2 tai tais living in semi D.
I leemember I brought my entire young life savings there amounting to near $1k for a stake of much higher than I usually played with friends.
Each gong or arm gong, my heart would pound, as it means $10/$20 leespectively.
I was lucky that end of the day I won abt half my br.
Unlucky that my NS buddy lost and he borrowed my winnings to pay the tai tai

 

[Ah Max]

4 me i only play shooter rule, not paying 4 others’ folly.

shanghai mj most vanilla, no cheekon game n haf no animal tiles.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

sg and hk scoring is quite similar except for 4 sextra tiles of chicken, centipede, cat, mouse plus little regard or recognition of 7 pairs. plus hk scoring has a lot more complicated winning hands. tw scoring is more unconventional with 16 playing tiles and 17 winning tiles. for sexample, you can score 1 tai for having any flower or season and 1 tai for not having any honor tiles. plus tw scoring allows pung and sequence tiles from different suits to win.

Wat about playing the Chicken hand?