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”
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M-League 2020 Week 18: Jostling for Position
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”
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 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 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 8: Maintaining Momentum
In the 8th week of M-League, momentum was maintained by multiple members from M-League. Some teams took a tumble and kept tumbling, while others rose and kept rising. Third-place tile throwers triumph to in taking the top-spot. Sideways slings succeeded and reds were raked in. Well, I can’t give it all away (or keep theContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 8: Maintaining Momentum”
M-League 2020 Week 4: Baiman Time
In the 4th week of M-League 2020, it was a big week for big hands. In this week alone, there were 4 baiman hands won, twice the number of baiman won in the first three weeks combined. We also had a dama chiitoi beating two riichi calls, a small tile slip and a double riichiContinue reading “M-League 2020 Week 4: Baiman Time”
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 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.
M-League 2019 Finals: Games #11-12 and the Awards Ceremony
On the 6th and final day of the M-League Finals, emotions were high. Both tears and joy and tears of sadness were flowing today. With the standings so close, everyone wanted to see how it ends. By the end of the broadcast, over 1.4m viewers had tuned in to see. I’ll be doing things aContinue reading “M-League 2019 Finals: Games #11-12 and the Awards Ceremony”
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