Comments on: Introducing new terms to an old game

By: xKime

xKime — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:18:40 +0000

Mahjong is over 65 million years old because Raptor Jesus played it on the Jurassic Park.

Just kidding. Mahjong doesn’t exist because Noah didn’t exist either.

By: xKime

xKime — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:17:43 +0000

Mahjong doesn’t exist because Noah didn’t exist either.

By: JC Denton

JC Denton — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:45:43 +0000

Mahjong is over 7000 years old because Noah played it on the ark.

By: xKime

xKime — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:22:56 +0000

Mahjong is actually thousands of years old; just the current version of mahjong is newer. So what, Chess and Shogi also a “newer” version of an older game.

By: SedoKai

SedoKai — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:35:40 +0000

Go is over 2000 years old. Mahjong is less than 300 years old.

By: David Hurley

David Hurley — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:52:38 +0000

Er sorry, not “drob Says” but “antidrob”, who also doesn’t know the difference between “less” and “fewer”.

Drob, I’ve now read Jenn’s book and think I feel better for NOT taking your advice about the knife. I learnt some interesting stuff from it and also got an insight into somebody else’s insight into riichi mahjong. I don’t think it would be difficult to correct the errors for a second edition.

By: David Hurley

David Hurley — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:35:32 +0000

Hi Drob,

This is obviously a very late response… I only realized I was under a false accusation when I checked my PMs on Reachmahjong.com forum…

I just want to assure you that it certainly wasn’t me who posted as “drob Says”

1. For one thing I don’t do anonymity – I’m either hirohurl or some version of my regular name such as David Hurley, David, David H etc. I am not a coward and despise anonymous abusers such as “drob Says”.

2. Yes, I’m British and I might use 4-letter words when out with friends, but I don’t do that sort of thing on website comments.

3. I don’t have a problem with you. Have we disagreed on mahjong terminology on the RM forum? My own terminology is a bit different from ReachMahjong.com and Jenn’s in her book, but actually I’m pragmatic and not fanatical about that. Also, I agree with your central point that for Riichi Maajan it would be preferable for everybody who wants to play in tournament games to learn the Japanese terminology.

4. I have only just read Jenn’s book so would not have been able to offer any defence of it before this month. Yes, there are mistakes in it, especially some of the quizzes, and some signs of rushing to finish at the end.

5. As someone who runs an online mahjong business, it isn’t in my interests to go around abusing others even if I wanted to.

My guess is that it was someone who was passing by, or who is a lurker who wishes to defile the place with his filthy parbreak.

Anyway, I can understand your annoyance. No hard feelings, etc, but it weren’t me, guv.

Best wishes,

David H

By: TACOS

TACOS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:41:19 +0000

What ho, drob old boy, I say, jolly good show! Cracking read, full of fizz, absolutely, you know! Got me so spirited I hove my crumpet at the butler.

pip pip

By: drob

drob — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:38:28 +0000

Funny thing – I don’t feel crappy at all. You seem to have some anger issues though. Should work on that – maybe by telling us your real alias instead of hiding behind something like that. Japanese IP, dislike me thinking badly of Jenn’s book.

Either you’re Jenn, or you’re someone else. If you’re NOT Jenn, you’re hardly helping her case by letting us think that you could be. Own up now. You’re probably Hirohurl – “arse”, “bloody” and “tosser” is chiefly British English.

Hi, Hirohurl. Welcome to osamuko.com :)

By: antidrob

antidrob — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:18:12 +0000

drob you are really a sad human being. it must suck to feel like such a bloody failure in life that you have to act like arse to try and make everyone else feel as crappy as you do all the time.

i hope you give up on this game soon. we really could use less tossers like you in this game.