MAHJONG UPDATE

We have started playing again recently, not too frequently, but still better than nothing.

There are not many of us left actually. In fact, there are only four of us still playing at all. And it is MCR all the way. The general mood feels a lot less competitive, we have settled into a rather comfortable groove. I have been told I am relatively more zen than I used to be when it comes to the game, but I will still never be able to cultivate that poker face. We haven't been trying any new strategies. I have slotted myself into the comfort zone of plain 'ol chow hands, especially the pure straights and pure shifted.

EP has been playing online rather frequently, and also venturing into Riichi. I would like to try the online play, but the timing just plain sucks, since most of the other players are European. I need my beauty sleep, especially since I have not been feeling very well recently. And I still have this mental block about Riichi mahjong. Still seems like too much trouble for too little gratification. I like my games with a little less rules than it takes to assemble a rocket.

EP is apparently having some bigger mahjong project in the pipeline. Since it involves various official parties, I do not think I will give any details here until it has been finalised. But I think it has the potential to lead to bigger things, and I am waiting with bated breath to see the developments.

More later, perhaps.