Author Archives: Jellicode

It is now March, the final month of the M-League regular season. Team and players are getting into high gear, knowing that this may be their last chance at an award, their last chance at advancing to the next round. This week, the 24th week of the M-League 2023-24 season, teams and players marched forthContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 24: March Forth”

The man you see in front of you is Suzuki Taro, a Saikouisen mahjong pro and a player with the Akasaka Drivens. During the first M-League draft back in 2018, three teams fought over him and it took a random draw to decide which team he would go to. This week, the 23rd week ofContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 23: Suzuki Taro”

When one team gains points and another loses points, that is a swing. In a single game, a team can make up a 100.0pts deficit by getting 1st while their opponent is in 4th. Understanding how your actions will not only affect your score but also your opponent’s is how you take advantage of swing.Continue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 22: Swing”

When playing mahjong, it’s important to put your heart into it. If you put your all into it and believe in yourself through the most difficult of situations, you may just end up on top. In the 21st week of the M-League 2023-24 season, players didn’t give up and, through furiten riichi calls and surpriseContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 21: Heart”

Mahjong is full of calls. Calls for triplets, calls for sequences, riichi calls, calls for wins and calls to the gods for their winning tile. In the 20th week of the M-League 2023-24 season, we saw many of these calls in centre stage, from dragon calls to flush pursuits to important riichi calls. Also thisContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 20: Call”

A single action can result in a big shift in a game’s flow. These shifts create changes is game results, rankings and standings. In the 19th week of the M-League 2023-24 season, we had players winning suprise hands to change the mood at the table and final hands that caused a shift in the standingsContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 19: Shift”

In mahjong, one of the keys to winning is to be faster than the next fastest player. And what better way to show your speed than to make your mark on the first turn possible? In the 18th week of the M-League 2023-24 season, we had two double riichi calls and a quite a fewContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 18: Quick”

When you sit down to play a game of mahjong, you never know what’s going to happen. Many different yaku, different hand possibilities and many choices to make. In the 17th week of the M-League 2023-24 season, we had a great variety of hands, from a near immediate dealer haneman, to a 1,000 points handContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 17: Variety”

Teams and players face a lot of challenges and losses to the point that recovering seems impossible. But they didn’t drown, they couldn’t seem to die. With the hard-won wisdom they have earned, they came up from the bottom and took their shot. In Week 16 of the M-League 2023-24 season, we saw many examplesContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 16: Resilience”

As 2023 turns into 2024, many things begin anew. New hope for the future, new energy to do well and M-League returns from its short break! In Week 15 of the M-League 2023-24 season, we had teams rising, a tense fight for the top of the individual standings and a rare yakuman opportunity. We alsoContinue reading “M-League 2023-24 Week 15: Renewal”