wow, this game has such depth, it's incredible. there are so many things to focus on... it's gonna be a long while until I can confidently track my opponents discards like this! but to think how much information pro's are processing with every single draw of a game... that's mind blowing!
This is amazing, there is not enough information on riichi mahjong for non-Japanese speakers, especially on defence. A shame because I think the intricacy of defensive play sets riichi mahjong apart from other variants. Hope you continue this series or even write a book like Chiba's.
It feels like it's way more important to not lose the hands than winning them. Anybody can win a hand or two here and there, but only the best players can make sure that the avoid playing into someone's hand.
not really, it's all about knowing when to push and when to fold, sometimes you need to take a calculated risk otherwise you're getting tsumoed to death. in jade you can't fold all the hands after someone calls riichi, otherwise, your win rate is literally just tanking like crazy
I found it a good way to practice in riichi city, where you can actually show you tedashi and tsumogiri during live play. This way you can first learn to analyze the discard and then work on your memory skills.
So given this analysis, both players made a mistake, right? Kamicha's attempt to improve their wait from 8-9 to 6-8 (to 5-6 i suppose) telegraph's the play. Hiding in the shadows through tsumogiri is much better given given their discards
This is what i figured. To learn to detect tsumogiri and tadashi, you have to be good enough you dont even have to think to know what tiles are needed for your hand. So this skill of defensive reading is only necessary once the average noob has gotten gud enough to play the game as easily as he breathes The noob spends 90% of his time spent looking at his hand, thinking how to improve it. The got gud player spends 90% of his time looking at the other players. Plus, tsumogiri and tadashi is easy to do when focusing on one dangerous player. But when all the players are good and you gotta multitask and pay attention to all? A tad harder.
Absolutely! Also with that- developing that sort of autopilot is one of the easiest ways to improve. If you constantly have to react to new situations when you discard, you are going to make mistakes and inconsistencies when you miss something. But, internalizing as much as possible will make it so that you have consistency, so even if you make mistakes, it will generally become easier to identify what areas of your play need to improve.
wow, this game has such depth, it's incredible. there are so many things to focus on... it's gonna be a long while until I can confidently track my opponents discards like this! but to think how much information pro's are processing with every single draw of a game... that's mind blowing!
Agreed
"This video would be a couple hours long at the absolute least."
I mean, I'd certainly not be opposed to longer videos. 😉
This is amazing, there is not enough information on riichi mahjong for non-Japanese speakers, especially on defence. A shame because I think the intricacy of defensive play sets riichi mahjong apart from other variants. Hope you continue this series or even write a book like Chiba's.
Just found your channel a week ago. Glad you're still uploading!
Thanks! Yeah, life has been an interesting one recently. It may be sporadic, but I'll still be pushing out content as I can!
So glad I discovered your channel. Your videos are very well put together, and your experience clearly shows. Keep up the good work. 👍
This was a great short explanation, I was looking for this kind of advice
It feels like it's way more important to not lose the hands than winning them. Anybody can win a hand or two here and there, but only the best players can make sure that the avoid playing into someone's hand.
not really, it's all about knowing when to push and when to fold, sometimes you need to take a calculated risk otherwise you're getting tsumoed to death. in jade you can't fold all the hands after someone calls riichi, otherwise, your win rate is literally just tanking like crazy
AWESOME!
I usually only pay attention to the riichi tile, but this is another level of reading :D
I found it a good way to practice in riichi city, where you can actually show you tedashi and tsumogiri during live play. This way you can first learn to analyze the discard and then work on your memory skills.
Amazing study, i had heard usually you just remember if a tile is tsumogiri so you don't have to remember for each discard.
Thanks for the video!! been trying to improve my defensive skills and this will help a lot
Came here from the reddit post. Great content, looking forward to more
Man- throw the 56 tong without doubt. Nigerudayo is the greatest strength a Mahjong player could possess
Really enjoying your videos
Subscribed ❤️🤗
So given this analysis, both players made a mistake, right? Kamicha's attempt to improve their wait from 8-9 to 6-8 (to 5-6 i suppose) telegraph's the play. Hiding in the shadows through tsumogiri is much better given given their discards
Then again, if we assume everyone is playing perfectly logically, then we should know kamicha knows the above, and that the 7sou is in fact safe!
sorry but I think your audio is too low, I have to bump my volume up to 100% and still can't hear your voice clearly. love all the lessons
This is what i figured. To learn to detect tsumogiri and tadashi, you have to be good enough you dont even have to think to know what tiles are needed for your hand.
So this skill of defensive reading is only necessary once the average noob has gotten gud enough to play the game as easily as he breathes
The noob spends 90% of his time spent looking at his hand, thinking how to improve it. The got gud player spends 90% of his time looking at the other players.
Plus, tsumogiri and tadashi is easy to do when focusing on one dangerous player.
But when all the players are good and you gotta multitask and pay attention to all? A tad harder.
Absolutely! Also with that- developing that sort of autopilot is one of the easiest ways to improve. If you constantly have to react to new situations when you discard, you are going to make mistakes and inconsistencies when you miss something. But, internalizing as much as possible will make it so that you have consistency, so even if you make mistakes, it will generally become easier to identify what areas of your play need to improve.
Please, just speak little bit slower for non native English speaking people
you can click shift+, to get slower speed