21st July Aka-ari SMCRM Individual Tournament!

Posted by Feng on July 12, 2019
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Sorry for the late announcement because the confirmation of venue took longer than usual.

General

As usual, we will be holding our biannual individual tournament. Please let me know if you have any dietary restriction! There will be some improvement to the organisation of the tournament as compared to last year whereby we reached 9tables. There were many players who weren’t about to clarify the rules and scoring but this time, we will introduce more “referees” (experienced players who are eligible to advice) to guide everyone. Also, i’m running out of ideas for dinner, appreciate if anyone can suggest anything that’s not too costly. 🙂

Remember to do your best to get your best positions even if you are no longer be eligible for any prize during game 6. The overall ranking of this tournament may be used for future reference when we select players for WRC 2020.

  • Venue: Nee Soon South C.C
  • Time: 0900 to 2000
  • Dinner is provided.
  • No. of Han-chan: 6
  • Registration Fee: $20 to be paid at reporting venue.

  • Registration Start: 14 July (Sunday), 12pm

  • Registration Deadline:  19 July 2019 at 1159pm
  • Rules: World Riichi Championship (WRC) with aka-dora. Please refer to the rulebook here: http://ooyamaneko.net/download/mahjong/World_Riichi_Championship_Rules_2015.pdf

Prizes

Acrylic trophy for the champion.

Medals for 2nd and 3rd places.

Top 20% players (Round down) will get next tournament fee waiver or $20 voucher

Top 20% of loser bracket (Round down) will get $10 voucher.

These prizes must be claimed by the next tournament.

Tournament Format

The first 4 games will be round robin. The 5th and 6th game will be by ranking. After the 4th game, players will be split between loser or winner bracket and all players’ score will be halved. Brackets are split in a ratio of 3:7 as close as possible. For example, there will be 1 table in the winner bracket in a 4 tables tournament, 2 tables in a 5~7 tables tournament.

Schedule

Time Activity
0845 Reporting
0900 Game 1
1030 Game 2
1200 Lunch
1300 Game 3
1430 Game 4
1600 Game 5
1730 Game 6 + Award Ceremony
1930 Dinner + Award Ceremony

Time

Every Han-chan will be given 75mins + current hand + next hand to complete. Once the bell rings at 75th minute, players are to finish their current hand and the next hand is considered the last hand to be played.

Scores

The base score will start at 25k instead of 30k. Coloured sticks are used when the player goes below the score of 0.

Expected Behaviour/Etiquette From Participating Players

  • Vocalise your calls (chi/pon/kan/riichi/ron/tsumo) properly and timely (Hu/zimo is allowed)
  • Going to toilet only during break time, not during the game (If so, 1min = 3 point penalty)
  • No eating during the game but simple candies are fine
  • Read the fouls and penalty section of the rulebook at page 27
  • Remain quiet and undisruptive at all times unless during break time
  • Try to shuffle by shoving against the sides of the tiles, and not by rubbing against the tops of the tiles
  • Place sticks and pass them politely, not throw
  • Display good sportsmanship and have respect for all players
  • No trash-talking during the game (i.e My hand is so crap! Don’t worry, mine is cheap hand only. omgg I would have won if i wait on this instead of that! etc.) Do it during the breaks
  • Commit to all 6 games
  • Punctual for the reporting time, latecomers are to contact Feng at 9176 6611

Registration

Registration is based on 1st registered 1st serve.

  • Registration Start: 14 July (Sunday), 12pm
  • Registration Deadline:  19 July 2019 at 1159pm

Feng

(New) Last Place Avoidance league with Aka-ari Rules!

Posted by Feng on June 29, 2019
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The next league will begin this coming Saturday, 29 June 2019. This time, we will be using the Aka-Ari ruleset. The summary is given below. This league consists of 10 sessions.

Remember to include the Aka-Dora before commencing your games today!

Aka-Ari rules

Atozuke
(Claim a winning tile that gives a yaku to a yakuless hand)		 Yes Agari Yame
(Last dealer get to choose to end han-chan upon topping the game)		 No
Kuitan
(Open Tanyao)		 Yes Kuikae
(Swap Calling)		 No
3 Aka Dora
(Red Dora)		 Yes Shanyu
(West Round)		 No
Kazoe Yakuman
(Counted Yakuman)		 No Nagashi Mangan
(Discards of terminals/honours till exhaustive draw)		 No
Daburu Riichi
(Double Reach)		 Yes Tochuu Ryuukyoku
(Mid-game draw)		 No
Furiten Riichi
(Discard Foul Reach)		 Yes Open Riichi
(Open Reach)		 No
Double/Triple Ron
(Dealing into 2/3 players)		 No Multiple Yakuman
(Score of >48,000)		 No
Sekinin-barai
(Pao for Daisangen and Daisuushii ONLY)		 Yes Kiriage Mangan
7700 rounded up to 8000 and
11600 rounded up to 12000
 Yes
Renhou
(Winning on a discard in the very first un-interrupted set of turns, before the player has had his first turn)		 5 han Buttobi
(End of han-chan once a player has less than 0 points)		 No

League Summary

  • There will be 3 Aka Dora (red dora) used for this ruleset.
  • There will be no Kazoe Yakuman (counted yakuman). Any hand with 13 or more han is treated as a sanbaiman.
  • There will be no Nagashi Mangan.
  • There will be no mid-game draws.
  • There will be no multiple ron. The player closer to the discarder will win the hand.
  • There will be no multiple yakuman.
  • All kan declared will open a new kan dora indicator immediately, regardless of the type of kan (kakan, daiminkan, ankan).

League Points (LP) system

For this league, total score accumulation with uma will be utilised. See below for details:

Uma:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th
+30 +20 0 -50

Score:

For every 100 points above 25000 at the end of the game, 0.1 LP will be awarded.
Likewise, for every 100 points below 25000 at the end of the game, 0.1 LP will be deducted.

Example
Player Final score Position
A 35000 1st
B 30000 2nd
C 18500 3rd
D 16500 4th

Player A will get +10 LP for having 10000 points above 25000 and +30 LP for achieving first place, for a total of +40 LP.

Player B will get +5 LP for having 5000 points above 25000 and +20 LP for achieving second place, for a total of +25 LP.

Player C will get -6.5 LP for having 6500 points below 25000 and 0 LP for achieving third place, for a total of -6.5 LP.

Player D will get -8.5 LP for having 8500 points below 25000 and -50 LP for achieving fourth place, for a total of -58.5 LP.

Chombo Penalty: -30 LP , 4000 point payment to all other players, hand is redealt.

Missing sessions: No penalty

Attending the 9th and 10th session: +10 LP for the next league.

LP will be halved after the 8th session of the league.

The winner of the Main League will be awarded $40 vouchers which will be presented in the next tournament.

Side League

The main league consists of 10 sessions which will have two side leagues consisting of 5 sessions each. In each of the side league, the same LP system will be used, and the winner of each side league will be entitled to fee waivers for one session.

Bonuses from the previous league will not be added to the Side League. Also, LP from the Side League will not be halved after the 8th session.

However, penalties from chombo will still be deducted from the Side League.

Attendance Points (AP) system

The attendance points system for this league will be as such:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Sit-out/ Spectator Missing sessions
+8 +7 +6 +5 +5 -5

All player’s attendance points will be reduced to 10% at the start of the WRC league. Newcomers, this is the best opportunity to get higher AP than the veterans to avoid sitting out for your first game!

This ruleset is the same ruleset used in WRC 2017.

This ruleset is the same as the previous league’s ruleset with the Aka Dora included.

That’s all for the Aka-ari league! Be sure to attend so that you do not miss out on all the fun!

Feel free to ask any questions regarding this league’s rules if you’re unsure.

Feng