Sunday, June 05, 2005

Mahjong (Part 2)

yupz...still on mahjong....
i actually wanted to talk abt special winning hands....
but i was too darn lazy to edit e pictures using photoshop...
so here i m...
by request....
talking abt "Paying For All Players" in a mahjong game....

Basically..there are 5 scenarios which will cause any player to pay for everyone's losses during dat round.....

Scenario 1: Dragon Tile Set

Player A has two "Dragon" Pongs or Kongs exposed. Automatically the last dragon would become a high-risk tile. Any player who discards the last "dragon" tile and Player A wins wif that tile.....the player who discarded e tile would thus haf to pay for everybody.
For example:
Player A has the below tiles exposed



example 1

Thus Bai Ban ("Bai Ban") would become the high-risk tile.
If Player A wins on that discarded tile, the player who discarded it would haf to pay for everybody.
However, if Player A Pongs wif that tile...
Meaning Player A now has 3 exposed Dragon set....
the suay player who discarded "Bai Ban" would haf to pay for everyone if Player A wins, regardless who discarded the winning tile.

Scenario 2: Wind Tile Set

Player A has three "Wind" Pongs or Kongs exposed. Automatically the last "Wind" would become a high-risk tile. Any player who discards the last "Wind" tile and Player A wins wif that tile.....the player who discarded e tile would thus haf to pay for everybody.
For example:
Player A has the below exposed tiles:


Example2

thus Bei "Bei" would become the high risk tile.
If Player A wins on that discarded tile, the player who discarded it would haf to pay for everybody.
However, if Player A Pongs wif that tile...
Meaning Player A now has 4 exposed "Wind" set.... the suay player who discarded "Bei" would haf to pay for everyone if Player A wins, regardless who discarded the winning tile.

Scenario 3: Full Color
Player A has 3 sets of exposed tile from the same suit
Something which looks like


Example 3
or
example 4
or many many others....use ur imagination bah....

If Player B discards a tile of the same suit and Player A uses it to win, Player B pays all winnings.
However if Player A doesnt win wif that tile...merely exposes another set...
Player B would haf to pay for everyone if Player A wins that round...regardless who discarded the winning tile.

Scenario 4: Fresh Discard
There are less than 7 tiles remaining in the wall. If Player B discards a fresh tile (one not previously discarded) and Player A wins with it, Player B pays all winnings.
This scenario is quite rare as the chances of a fresh discard during the less 7 tile is veri veri veri veri low...........

Last Scenario: Any Player has 4 "tais" exposed.
This last case is the most confusing of all.
The basic idea is that if player A has oredi 4 "tais" exposed....
regardless it is a set of exposed dragons.....flowers...or animals...
Player B discards a Dragon tile, a Prevailing Wind or a Player seat Wind that is taken by A. If Player A wins the game with Player B's discard, Player B pays all winnings.
I shan't show any pictures here simply bcoz theres too many different combinations.

A final note.....wateva i blog here is simply based on wat i noe....
might not b 100% accurate coz im not a professional full-time mahjong player....
once again...feel free to correct me.....
n yes.....i left out a few other scenarios as itz juz too complicated to explain here....
itz easier to explain during actual situations......
as my mahjong "khakis" would noe

For a clearer explaination...visit these two websites which i haf linked up....
juz click on them can le
website 1
website 2

Ok...im itching for a game now.....
any1 free to play?
Ling? Grace? Keet?