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M-League 2020 Week 15: Back to Basics

Riichi? Check. Tanyao? Check. Pinfu? Check. Yakuhai? Check. Honitsu? Check. In this 15th week of M-League, the playoff hunt continues. But instead of the fancy “Kan twice to give yourself 9 dora” or “Rinshan Suuankou” or “Dama Pinfu Ryanpeikou“, we went back to the basics. We saw hands geared toward those five basic yaku. WithContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 15: Back to Basics”

M-League 2020 Week 14: Believing What You Don’t See

Do you ever get the feeling that something is just not right? Do you ever feel like even though you cannot see it, that you should be careful? In this 14th week of M-League, we had an invisible threat make its way into the league, an unseen hand that was avoided and a confident discardContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 14: Believing What You Don’t See”

January 12, 2021 (Game #1): A Game for the History Books

Have you ever seen 7 ippatsu wins in a single game? Have you ever seen a game last 21 rounds? Have you ever seen a hand with 9 dora? Have you ever seen a player get to 82,500 with the game not even a quarter of the way finished? Have you ever seen a gameContinue reading “January 12, 2021 (Game #1): A Game for the History Books”

M-League 2020 Week 13: Rare Events

After rare weekend matchups with a suuankou win and a new season record, the rare events continued in this 13th week of M-League 2020. This week, we saw a rare yaku, two rare calls from a player who rarely calls and a big dora collection. Also this week, we saw a high honba count, aContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 13: Rare Events”

M-League 2020 Weekend Special

Welcome to 2021 and welcome to more games of M-League! For the first games of the year, we had two special days of weekend games! And boy, it did not disappoint! During the weekend special, we had a highly-profitable kan and a very costly kan. We had greedy players, gutsy players and grumpy players. WeContinue reading “M-League 2020 Weekend Special”

M-League 2020 Week 12: Holiday Miracles

The holidays are here and M-League is here to help us celebrate! In this 12th week of M-League we had holiday miracles, from close to yakuman, come from behind wins and a player who we have been cheering for finally getting a win! With many holiday celebrations throughout the week, I thought I’d keep theContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 12: Holiday Miracles”

M-League 2020: Mid-Season Review

We’re midway through the regular season and we’ve seen a lot of drama and excitement. Today, we’ll look at the progress of each team and what they need to do going forward to succeed. 1st: EX Furinkazan (336.4pts) Nikaido Aki 222.1pts(4-6-1-2) Takizawa Kazunori 59.8pts(5-4-1-5) Katsumata Kenji 54.5pts(4-6-1-5) Record: 13-16-3-12, 336.4pts As one of two teamsContinue reading “M-League 2020: Mid-Season Review”

Unlucky Morpheus – Top of the “M”: An M-League Perspective

Recently, Unlucky Morpheus released the official music video for their song “Top of the ‘M’”. The song makes multiple references to mahjong and M-League. Though I’m personally not a fan of heavy metal, I decided go through the song and analyze all the mahjong and M-League references in it. Riichi Mahjong and M-League Rundown RiichiContinue reading “Unlucky Morpheus – Top of the “M”: An M-League Perspective”

M-League 2020 Week 11: Halfway There

With the 11th week of M-League finished, we are essentially halfway through the season. Progress has been made, close calls were seen and incredible hands were seen. And all of those were seen every week, and this week was no different. In this 11th week, we saw not one, not two, but THREE yakuman tenpaiContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 11: Halfway There”

M-League 2020 Week 10: Broken Record

In this 10th week of M-League, the themes of last week seemed to repeat itself. We had big streaks, big hands and big wins. We saw the biggest single-game win so far this season and a game where even the 2nd place player lost team points. We also had an epic tenpai battle, a playerContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 10: Broken Record”