Mahjong

[Flutterby]

Does anyone here play Mahjong? Anyway here is a link to a fun game that can be addictive:
http://www.by-art.com/mjong/mjong.php

Also, does anyone know what a troll is? :rolleyes:

[misschopstix]

I learned the whole shebang (how to calculate points and all). Unfortunately I can't open the plugin here at work. Will try it at home later. You should also try to play it in Yahoo Games. You play with actual people and you can tell them to "hurry the eff up" and "3 pts and up please" "No Chicken!!!"....LOL Ahh I miss playing mahjong..

[Adaon]

I can't even load this silly thing because I'm at work. Is it the matching game or the actual game of Mahjong where you get to play a person/AI?

Would be funny to get a YW Mahjong night. I can imagine Kim with a visor on with some casino's name on the bill, and a cigarette hanging out of her lip while she's washing/shuffling the tiles. LOL :biggrin:

[kimpossible]

I got a killer set. But I don't know how to use it. The husband isn't too keen on a mahjong playing wife. If I ever do though I'm gonna motor on down to Chinatown and hustle.

[Adaon]

^--Lol, I don't know why, but I have this image of Kim as the Landlady from Kung Fu Hustle, while playing Mahjong. I crack me up.

P.S. I'm sorry, Kim. I'm really really sorry. >_<

[eos]

anyone hear of those automatic mahjong washing tables? cost about $1000 or so.

anyway, as i told sai lo, i taught my 5yo cousin how to play. he has a crush on me now.

[kasia]

i love REAL LIFE mahjong. my parents, my brother, and i played - just the four of us - on mother's day until 2 in the morning. we would have continued into the night, but we had mother's day dimsum the following day.

so interesting tidbit: my dad told me that, when his white buddies play, instead of saying "eat" or "chi" when they win, they yell out, "mahjong!" kinda like "Bingo!" funny and annoying at the same time.

[Adaon]

....that's annoying....

But I've run into it.

I looked at my friend funny and told her that she didn't win until she declared it in cantonese. My friends laughed. She threw a tile at my head.

Needless to say, girls can call it "Canasta" with me and win, and I'll have nothing to say anymore.

[kasia]

i want to be able to say the following in a game one day. can someone tell me what they all mean? they just sound cool to me.

"sik wu. seung laht."

"sik. 13 (sup sahm) yieu)." (1,9 of each suit, and one of every other tile.)

"ji-moh" is self- touch, an extra point or "fahn"

"liku liku" wth? it's from kungfu mahjong and other mahjong movies.

what are other combos?

[eos]

you've never "ji moh"? i have a couple of times. there are lots of other combos, stuff that's really rare to get. you really have to watch and remember what other people throw out.

[Adaon]

SiK - is the declaration of winning in cantonese.

Ji-Moh - is when you draw your winning tile, as compared to getting from someone's discard. It means the players each pay more of a penalty as compared to when you draw from a player's discard and that player pays the penalty for letting you win.

I'm trying to daydream back to when my mom and her four sisters played, but all I can remember is the hen clucking from them when the games went on, and the brushing off of anyone remotely male away from the table, kids and husbands especially. The nieces were expected to sit and watch and partake in the gossip while learning the game.

I thought the Suhp Sam Yieu (13 .....) was when you got each of the directional winds and 1 thru 9 of one of the suits.

[eos]

i once got yelled at because i didn't declare a tile as mine before taking it. i just shrugged and said "meh...i'm a jook sing. what do you expect?"

[Adaon]

i once got yelled at because i didn't declare a tile as mine before taking it. i just shrugged and said "meh...i'm a jook sing. what do you expect?"

I hate being called jook sing. On that note, in one game, I was called a jook sing in cantonese coversation over the game. Il purposely mispronounced the words when I picked up someone's discarded tile and I called "Mah-Jong" when I won. I've only done this once, but the sheer look of annoyance was worth it.

[kasia]

you've never "ji moh"? i have a couple of times. there are lots of other combos, stuff that's really rare to get. you really have to watch and remember what other people throw out.

no, i have. but i want to say the cool stuff - like "sik wu. jih moh, seung laht, liku liku, jahng fah, fai dee bay." all in one breath.

[kasia]

I thought the Suhp Sam Yieu (13 .....) was when you got each of the directional winds and 1 thru 9 of one of the suits.


dude. 1 thru 9? you would be "dai seung gung".

i see i have surpassed all of you in mahjong. i need a real master.

:biggrin:

[eos]

damn it. is that possible????

[Adaon]

"sik. 13 (sup sahm) yieu)." (1,9 of each suit, and one of every other tile.)


As in 1 & 9 of each suit respectively, each of the winds, and the 3 "dragons" or whatever (Green, Red, White Dragons?)

Hmm. That's news to me.

[Adaon]

I got Dai Seung Gung before, but I got smacked upside the head by my mom for not callin' it right. I got pushed away from the table ever since.
I now know why. Lack of terminology

[kasia]

As in 1 & 9 of each suit respectively, each of the winds, and the 3 "dragons" or whatever (Green, Red, White Dragons?)

Hmm. That's news to me.

i see you haven't watched "fat choi spirit" with andy lau. http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/fat_choi_spirit.htm

[Adaon]

i see you haven't watched "fat choi spirit" with andy lau. http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/fat_choi_spirit.htm

Nope, but I'll look for it now. =P

And I caved in and wiki'd/googled. I'm weakwilled.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoring_in_Mahjong

http://www.west-meet-east.com/mahwin.htm

[Adaon]

Oh, ooooh!

Inspiration!!

Yahoo! MahJong!!

[kimpossible]

^--Lol, I don't know why, but I have this image of Kim as the Landlady from Kung Fu Hustle, while playing Mahjong. I crack me up.

P.S. I'm sorry, Kim. I'm really really sorry. >_<

Why? I used that avatar for the longest time. I love that character. She pretty much plays the same character in some mahjong movie.

[Adaon]

Why? I used that avatar for the longest time. I love that character. She pretty much plays the same character in some mahjong movie.

Because not all women I know like to be reminded that they're better, more experienced than other folks (me)? :biggrin: :wink:

[SunWuKong]

do you jook sings know how to count how much money you'd win or lose in a round? let's say your base is $2, how much money would you lose if someone won with 3 fahn, not on a ji moh, and with no flowers?

and do you know how many fahn are in the different winning sets?

(without looking at the Wikipedia article now!)

[misschopstix]

i want to be able to say the following in a game one day. can someone tell me what they all mean? they just sound cool to me.

"sik wu. seung laht."

"sik. 13 (sup sahm) yieu)." (1,9 of each suit, and one of every other tile.)

"ji-moh" is self- touch, an extra point or "fahn"

"liku liku" wth? it's from kungfu mahjong and other mahjong movies.

what are other combos?

dir dir woo
dai say hai
ching yut sik
ping woo
gong
yut toy fa
wun yut sik
moon cheen ching

[misschopstix]

do you jook sings know how to count how much money you'd win or lose in a round? let's say your base is $2, how much money would you lose if someone won with 3 fahn, not on a ji moh, and with no flowers?

and do you know how many fahn are in the different winning sets?

(without looking at the Wikipedia article now!)

If I were the one that threw out the card, I'd owe $16. But if we were playing moon cheen ching, I'd owe $36. Right or wrong?

[eos]

yeah when we play, my mom does the counting. she just tells me, 2 red, 1 green or whatever combination i need to pay.

[kasia]

dir dir woo
dai say hai
ching yut sik
ping woo
gong
yut toy fa
wun yut sik
moon cheen ching

ching yut sik = all same suit without the junk.

wun yut sik = all same suit but with other junk.

gong = 4. you can gong if someone throws out of if you ji-moh. you must pick a fah if you gong.

i have heard of dai say hoi but i don't know what it menas. what's ping woo, yut toy fah and moon cheen ching?

[kasia]

do you jook sings know how to count how much money you'd win or lose in a round? let's say your base is $2, how much money would you lose if someone won with 3 fahn, not on a ji moh, and with no flowers?

and do you know how many fahn are in the different winning sets?

(without looking at the Wikipedia article now!)


i know the different fahns (sorta) cause my parents are teaching me. if it's 3 fahn, not on a ji moh & no flowers, it would be $8 from everyone except the person who chut chung, who would be paying $16, right?

[Adaon]

Crap >_< let's see if we can get some YW mahjong on Yahoo!

The chat thing ain't workin' out, as people don't come in here.

[misschopstix]

i have heard of dai say hoi but i don't know what it menas. what's ping woo, yut toy fah and moon cheen ching?

dai say hay - dir dir woo of all the winds (north east south west)
ping woo = any of the suits in consecutive order (1,2,3) with no pongs
yut toy fah = if you have all the flowers in your hand
moon cheen ching = the payment method in which the person who threw out the winning card (choot choong) pays for all, so the other people won't be mad. ..that's how we play it.

My hands are itchy now...better call up some mahjong players..heehee

[kasia]

dai say hay - dir dir woo of all the winds (north east south west)
ping woo = any of the suits in consecutive order (1,2,3) with no pongs
yut toy fah = if you have all the flowers in your hand
moon cheen ching = the payment method in which the person who threw out the winning card (choot choong) pays for all, so the other people won't be mad. ..that's how we play it.

My hands are itchy now...better call up some mahjong players..heehee

ooh. thank you. dai say hay sounds cool.

dir dir wu = all pongs and eyeballs. eyeballs = pair.

[SunWuKong]

If I were the one that threw out the card, I'd owe $16. But if we were playing moon cheen ching, I'd owe $36. Right or wrong?

i know the different fahns (sorta) cause my parents are teaching me. if it's 3 fahn, not on a ji moh & no flowers, it would be $8 from everyone except the person who chut chung, who would be paying $16, right?

not exactly. for having no flowers, that's an extra fahn. so everybody would be paying $16 and the person who threw out the tile would pay $32. i've never played moon cheen ching, so you got me there.

of course, this is HK/Cantonese rules. Taiwanese rules are completely different. no idea how to play that.

[kasia]

moon cheen ching = the payment method in which the person who threw out the winning card (choot choong) pays for all, so the other people won't be mad. ..that's how we play it.

isn't moon cheen ching when you don't seurng or pong at all? that's why it's moon (what's in front of you) is ching (clear).

[misschopstix]

isn't moon cheen ching when you don't seurng or pong at all? that's why it's moon (what's in front of you) is ching (clear).

Yup, you're absolutely right. Moon cheen ching is an extra point. You know your mahjong! I'm getting it mixed up with something else, which is the opposite of pui choong. Dang, what is that called again??

[misschopstix]

I remember now..it's churn choong.

[eos]

fuck this...when we gonna start playing instead of talking? hands are itchy.

[Adaon]

I'm playing at my place on friday with some buddies. =) I'm King of the Office from Wednesday afternoon on, so feel free to go ahead and IM me and we'll start a game. =P

[tvbdude]

this is a good demo game

http://www.ninedragons.com/

[Faithless]

i love REAL LIFE mahjong. my parents, my brother, and i played - just the four of us - on mother's day until 2 in the morning. we would have continued into the night, but we had mother's day dimsum the following day.

so interesting tidbit: my dad told me that, when his white buddies play, instead of saying "eat" or "chi" when they win, they yell out, "mahjong!" kinda like "Bingo!" funny and annoying at the same time.
I remember doing that with the family and friends until the wee hours of the morning.

My friend's pop, who has since passed, would interact very little with his family but only to bitch about dinner not being ready, come home from work late, but play MJ with my friends and his kids all night.

He'd still bitch, though, about his kids' slow play. And his kids would say how much of a "fuck" he was. I guess their pop didn't understand English or didn't care.

I learned to play with flowers, and without. I liked playing without.

Now, there's a game they should feature on ESPN!

[Adaon]

this is a good demo game

http://www.ninedragons.com/

I REMEMBER THIS GAME!!

I grew up with this thing.

My sister knew some of the people whose faces were used for the game. Hehehe. Wow, memories.

[tvbdude]

I REMEMBER THIS GAME!!

I grew up with this thing.

My sister knew some of the people whose faces were used for the game. Hehehe. Wow, memories.

wow, it's been around that long

[moser]

Does anyone here play Mahjong? Anyway here is a link to a fun game that can be addictive:
http://www.by-art.com/mjong/mjong.php

All I have to say is that I hate you for introducing this to my life. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

(kidding. sort of)

[Adaon]

:biggrin: I'm pwning this game. It brings back memories. The complete game was a lot more fun. More rules and such to appreciate (never did get the grasp of playing blind)

[misschopstix]

I've played a real time game with some friends after posting about this. Couldn't help it, you guys got my hands very itchy...had to play!!! Made some extra cash for the weekend...hehe