Points are being exchanged. Teams are fighting for positions. Nasty plays are being made. Pain and suffering is in store for all teams. Everyone in putting in hard work and effort to get to where they want to be. In this 18th week of M-League, all the teams know that the playoffs are coming upContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 18: Jostling for Position”
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M-League 2020 Week 17: Full of Surprises
The playoffs are fast approaching. Teams are working hard to get their spot in the playoffs. With this desperacy, players are making some unexpected and often exciting plays. In the 17th week of M-League, a week full of surprises. On multiple occassions, we had players moving placements at the very last second. We had aContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 17: Full of Surprises”
M-League 2020 Week 16: Back to Madness
After a relatively tame week last week, the 16th week of M-League 2020 gave us some crazy events. This week, we had an intentional haneman deal-in, back-to-back haneman, an unexpected haneman, a shortcut to haneman that turned into baiman and a hidden haneman (you could call it hane-mania!). We also had a big shift inContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 16: Back to Madness”
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”
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