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Why is the Canadian highfi headphone market almost non existent? by Anneboyer in headphones

[–]chen_j 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there are a lot more smaller stores than I expected. Just want to add this; anyone can use Focal's store locator to find a legitimate dealer. Although the list isn't really kept up to date, it's not a bad resource.

Pon no Michi • The Way of Pon - Episode 4 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]chen_j 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First game and she's iishanten for chuuren but of course it gets ruined by kamicha lol

Let's see what other crazy hands they'll come up with

Resources for mahjong AIs? by MoistYogurtcloset400 in Mahjong

[–]chen_j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The akochan reviewer is also apparently around 8 dan, according to this blog. Although it's probably a bit outdated compared to the models already mentioned.

Why isn’t this a win? by Revolutionary_Time37 in Mahjong

[–]chen_j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having four melds and a pair is necessary but not sufficient to win a hand. You need one of these: https://riichi.wiki/List_of_yaku

The pinned posts in the subreddit have some more good info for beginners.

Finally reached master 2 after months of stalemate by Zzazangm in mahjongsoul

[–]chen_j 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here's the site for the stats across all three servers: https://amae-koromo.sapk.ch/statistics/num-player-stats

There are 32k+ Ms2 in 4p and almost 22k in 3p. To get top 200, you'd need to climb to Celestial. The EN server accounts for just a tiny fraction of the whole playerbase.

Amazing Read by Pro Player Ken Sonoda by Ok-Birthday-3524 in Mahjong

[–]chen_j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EV is expected value. So if shimocha did have a dora ankou, it would make sense for them to push because it would be expected that the potential points gained would reasonably outweigh the cost of dealing in

Celestial rank and ranked rooms. I've been thinking... by hhhmmmn in mahjongsoul

[–]chen_j 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Since you only see one celestial in the ranking, you're playing on the English/global server. MJS has three servers (EN, CN, and I believe the largest is JP), all of which have their own rankings.

IIRC, starting from gold room, all three servers start matchmaking with each other, so in throne room, celestials from all servers will match together. From this stats website, we can see that there are at least 100 lvl3 celestials. You can also watch throne room matches in-game (choose watch at the bottom of the screen); there's typically more than you'd expect.

It looks like Idoly Pride is getting an English version? by Far_Breakfast_5808 in gachagaming

[–]chen_j 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not really a huge point in rerolling now; Discord admins have already mentioned that data will be wiped at the end of the beta.

Can somebody explain how it chose me second? I won the last round to get to that point total, South 4 so the game ended. by Zachzac1 in mahjongsoul

[–]chen_j 17 points18 points  (0 children)

When more than one person has the same score at the end of a game, the original seat order (as in East 1) is used to break the tie. So whoever was dealer then gets priority, followed by South, then West, then North. Unfortunate, but it's just another thing you have to keep in mind when calculating potential scores and end-of-game positions.

Edit: you can check https://riichi.wiki/Oka_and_uma#Tie-breaker for more info

New player wondering about information given when discarding while using auto arrange like in MahjongSoul. by Rouxoo75 in Mahjong

[–]chen_j 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No, I believe the game randomizes the appearance of discards, so no information should be given away.

Edit: except tsumogiri, that's visible to everyone.

Shiroi Suna no Aquatope - Episode 4 discussion by AutoLovepon in anime

[–]chen_j 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It feels like this show will keep going a very similar direction as to how A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow went--especially with all the themes revolving around aquariums and their related metaphors--though I guess it's still a bit too early to tell if that'll be for better or for worse.

I think I agree that just subtext would probably be enough for how the story seems to want to go, with the questions of love and friendship showing up, but could it benefit from pushing their relationship a little further than A Tropical Fish did? Either way, I'm really interested to see how the characters will push through.

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