Jankiryu
Since upload.youtube.com is failing to load for me, I'll post this here.
This video is from a DVD that came with Kindai Mahjong Gold, it's a series of documentaries on Sakurai Shouichi or something, it's four people (not Shouichi) playing Jankiryu. I've only uploaded the first round, but if theres interest I might upload some more.
January 17th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I like those speeds.
January 17th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
jankiwhat?
January 17th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
雀機流？ effectively, Machine Style?
Ki-ripes they play fast @_@.
January 18th, 2010 at 10:26 am
Not 雀機流. It's 雀鬼流.
January 18th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification.
January 18th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Do people normaly play this fast or are they pro or what?
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:32 am
They do normally play that fast. The average time for a Jankiryuu hanchan is less than 15 minutes.
They're not pros, they just play using, shall we say, different rules.
General overview of jankikai rules:
1) No discarding honor on first discard
2) No defense (with exceptions, see #4)
3) No discarding dora unless you're tenpai
4) After South 2 round, if you are not in first you may not make any play that causes the number of players over genten (30,000) to go down, including you if you are over 30,000. This may mean that you have to pass up a win.
5) No thinking. Draw and discard immediately.
5) There are other rules but those are the main 5. There's an SNES rom out there for people who are interested in trying it themselves. Try searching for sakurai shoichi.
January 24th, 2010 at 1:55 am
I also remember some pointers on "aiming on the long term ideal," "no hikakke riichi," and "aim for a tsumo." And such.
It's quite impressive. I wanna see more.