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Osamuko's Mahjong Blog » Blog Archive » Tokyo Jansou experience — Sun, 22 May 2011 09:11:57 +0000

[...] I'd really love to have visited hai no oto, Jansou of the egendary Sakurai Shouichi, founder of the Jankiryu-style Mahjong. It should have been possible, but in the end I probably lacked the guts for it. This is an [...]

By: xKime

xKime — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:55:44 +0000

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.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:32:57 +0000

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.

By: Moku

Moku — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:10:09 +0000

Do people normaly play this fast or are they pro or what?

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:31:39 +0000

That makes more sense. Thanks for the clarification.

By: Osamu

Osamu — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:26:13 +0000

Not 雀機流. It’s 雀鬼流.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:33:54 +0000

雀機流？ effectively, Machine Style?
Ki-ripes they play fast @_@.

By: w/e

w/e — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:18:38 +0000

jankiwhat?

By: 11218

11218 — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:31:50 +0000

I like those speeds.