M-League 2022-23 Week 2: Renchan

Last week was a success, so now we get a dealer repeat! In the 2nd week of M-League 2022-23, we had a lot of dealer repeats! The honba count reached 3 at least nine times this week, with multiple different players taking great advantage of their dealerships. Also this week, we had a shortcut to baiman, a lot of different tankis and an Ura 3! I don’t want to repeat myself too much, so let’s get right to it, shall we?

The Overseas Struggle: An Update

On October 13, 2022, M-League was suddenly region-locked on AbemaTV, meaning that viewers could no longer watch live broadcasts of M-Leaguer or past broadcasts. This led to M-League Watch’s article “M-League: The Overseas Struggle“.

On October 14, 2022, there was an update to the geolocking situation. Gemma, a pro with the Japan Professional Mahjong League (JPML) and the president of the World Riichi Championship (WRC), took the issue directly Abema and they are now “looking into it”.

M League fans! I escalated up that some of you guys were now no longer able to view the M League streams. Abema are now looking into it and hopefully there will be a solution! #mleague #riichimahjong
— ジェマ Gemma (@MahjongGem) October 14, 2022