This is it. The last week of the regular season. Four games for each team and then it’s over. For two teams, these four games will be the last games they will play this season. There were surprises around every corner and fans at the edge of their seats. We had fans heartbroken and cursingContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 22: The Final Stretch”
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M-League 2020 Week 21: The Penultimate Punches
The first week of March means it’s the second last week of M-League. The second last week of M-League means teams will be vying for position. Teams vying for position means that we see some amazing plays and exciting games! In this 21st week of M-League, we had many of these amazing plays and excitingContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 21: The Penultimate Punches”
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 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 6: There Was an Attempt
In this 6th week of M-League 2020, we had many attempts, some of them successful and others were unsuccessful. We had a successful dealer baiman hand, a player overcoming the odds against three riichi players, and the first successful all-female table since the game on October 22, 2018, back when only four teams had femaleContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 6: There Was an Attempt”
M-League 2020 Week 2: Points, Points and More Points!
With so many points on the mahjong table, the game gets very exciting. This week, we had big point games, big point hands and big shifts in the standings. Five players ended their games above 50,000 and the first baiman of the season was scored. The newest M-Leaguer also had a big day this week,Continue reading “M-League 2020 Week 2: Points, Points and More Points!”
M-League 2020 Week 1: A New Season Begins
Ah, the day that we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived! M-League 2020 has finally begun, filled with action and excitement! Let’s get right to it, shall we? Opening Ceremony As with every season, the first day started out with an opening ceremony. In reverse order of the 2019 season standings, each of the teamsContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 1: A New Season Begins”
M-League 2019 Re:mind
Over the next two months, AbemaTV will be featuring a series called M-League 2019 Re:mind. This series will consist of 29 episodes that are an hour long, with each episode featuring a different player. The video will go through the highlights of the season for each player.