Comments on: Mahjong No Go

By: super rats

super rats — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:39:30 +0000

Thanks for the cheat sheet. Hopefully it helps makes their declarations seem less random. I need to catch up though. I’m a few episodes behind already. May was a blur to me. >.<

By: electric_goldfish

electric_goldfish — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:40:26 +0000

I rather like the Mahjong bits. If you want a quick & dirty overview of Riichi Mahjong, check this out. http://mahjong-europe.org/filer/riichisheet.pdf
It’s very helpful.

By: Nork22

Nork22 — Sat, 02 May 2009 10:01:16 +0000

Can’t argue with the taco equation. Mmm…. Tacos…

By: super rats

super rats — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:28:23 +0000

I believe Yuuki would correct that assessment with 60% skill / 30% luck / 10% tacos.

By: Nork22

Nork22 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:22:10 +0000

I tell my friends about Mahjong that it is a form of Gim Rummy. Aside from that, it takes a person who has some knowledge or have played a couple of games to understand the nuances of what they are doing. If anything some of the cards/tiles they pull borderlines on the impossible. I’ve been told that playing mahjong involves 70% skill and 30% luck, and by all accounts Saki is both skilled and has incredible luck.

I don’t know if you would want to but check out Akagi, as it’s a grittier way of seeing how Mahjong is played.

By: Saki 4 | hontou ni sou omou?

Saki 4 | hontou ni sou omou? — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:10:38 +0000

[...] be able to enjoy this series much more than tjhan if the episodes unfold as per super rats’ suggestion: Will they make the mistake of trying to teach us Mahjong and getting overly involved with the [...]

By: phossil

phossil — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:58:40 +0000

I would watch it mostly because of the cute girlies in sailor fuku than for the mahjong, but who knows..

By: super rats

super rats — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:57:34 +0000

I saw about 20 episodes of Hikaru no Go. That was a fun series. The release got kind of messed up and I have to go see if they ever finished releasing it here. But, that’s kind of what I was thinking about during the Mahjong tutorials. With Go, it’s a territory game and you don’t even have to know the rules to make an assessment. The rules are easier to grasp, so the teaching portions are actually effective in HnG.

With Mahjong, not so easy to do it quick and painlessly, so they either need to slog through it to increase understanding or proceed knowing most the audience doesn’t understand the game and present accordingly. I still like Saki so far, after all, it’s still a tournament show with cute characters.

By: Colette

Colette — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:37:23 +0000

Have you ever watched Hikaru no Go? I wonder if you might like that one. Although it doesn’t feature anything as awesome as taco munchage

By: Persocom

Persocom — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:59:12 +0000

I lol’d a little when I read about the munching on tacos part XD I’m interested in where this show is going too. I find the mahjong parts somewhat interesting but I can’t keep up with what’s going on that well since I’ve never played mahjong outside of stacking tiles in a game that comes with computers by default. I think this could go a couple different ways if they dropped the tutorials, but I have my doubts about whether or not they’ll be doing that. We’re likely to get exposed to new rules during the tournament. I am enjoying the anime thus far, but I’m not sure how long it’ll keep me interested.