The Asean-Oceania Riichi Mahjong Association (AORMA) is back, with 3 more countries, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand joining us!

Schedule

Date: Every 2nd Sunday of every month, starting from 12th May

Time: 3:30~7:30 pm

We will have 1 AORMA tournament by end of this year and the league session will take place once a month till the end of this year. Each league session will have 4 han-chan.

Players Ranking

The first 8 sessions will be round-robin. Players will be matched randomly with different countries with our best effort. After that, we will split the players ranking based on the top 30% and the bottom 70%. From 3rd session and onwards, players will be matched randomly amongst the top 30% players. Same goes to the bottom 70% players. Basically, this is like AORMA’s Joukyuu and Tokujou.

Players will only be ranked after they reach 8 games. So if you have joined at the later stage of the league, you will be playing in the bottom 70% players till you reach 8 games for ranking.

This time, the players are ranked based on sum of total net score from your individual han-chan. 2 worst han-chan will be removed. I.e Reach 8 games for a ranking based on your 6 best games.

League information and ranking will be seen in this sheet: http://bit.ly/2CEi1y2

Mahjong Rules

Most rules will follow Tenhou’s default rule except that there will be no oka (no shanyu), no tobi and no agariyame. Uma is 10/30.

Registration

There are 2 registration forms. 1 is for the session and 1 is a one-time AORMA member registration. (same to SMC’s newcomer/session registration differentiation). So every time you wish to join the session for that month, just register for the session registration form only. Once you have filled up for AORMA member registration, you do not need to do so anymore. And this is compulsory if you would like to join any AORMA events. Please also input your proper name + surname for AORMA member registration form.

AORMA Member registration form: https://forms.gle/sGFYVGES5h3J4zYa6

AORMA League Session registration form: https://forms.gle/jE2NT9BNfSdLvNpD6

Registration timing: Priority goes to players who registered by 2pm.

Contact

By default, you can contact either Feng or Lance for any issue but in the event that neither of us is free, you can reach out to any AORMA organiser for help at discord channel https://discord.gg/kDPQvCM

Feng

The next league will begin this coming Saturday, 30 March 2019. This time, we will be using the Aka-Nashi ruleset. The summary is given below. This league consists of 10 sessions.

Remember to remove the Aka-Dora before commencing your games this weekend!

Aka-Nashi rules

League Summary

• There will be no 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:

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 A will get +10 LP for having 10000 points above 25000 and +15 LP for achieving first place, for a total of +25 LP.

Player B will get +5 LP for having 5000 points above 25000 and +5 LP for achieving second place, for a total of +10 LP.

Player C will get -6.5 LP for having 6500 points below 25000 and -5 LP for achieving third place, for a total of -11.5 LP.

Player D will get -8.5 LP for having 8500 points below 25000 and -15 LP for achieving fourth place, for a total of -23.5 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:

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 removed.

That’s all for the Aka-Nashi 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.

Eric Quek

Attention to all participants of the NSSCC SMC session tomorrow, 9th March 2019:

Tomorrow’s playing venue will be temporarily relocated to the Mandai and Chay Kay rooms (#03-05/A). These rooms are the classrooms in the middle of the block on the way from the lift lobby to the toilets.

Please do not go to the usual Heng Lee Pah and Bah Soon Pah rooms, as those would be used for another group/event tomorrow!

The shifting of equipment will commence at 3pm or so. You may wish to come early to help. We may also play a short game or two if there is time before commencement of the session.

Eric Quek

Over the years, we have been trying to come up with various awards to reward players who commit into regular session as well as those who have performed well. But most of the time, the players who perform well are players who have been playing for a long time, making the new players harder to catch up or having few opportunities to earn rewards despite the regular commitment. We have been looking into this, thinking about how to encourage growth better, something that is more important than the result.

We are pleased to announce the following additional achievements that will award you $10 voucher of your choice! But current year League Winners are exempted from these awards. In addition, a player can ONLY claim 1 of the 3 awards. If there are more than 1 player that are eligible to claim more than 1 award, we will determine the unique winner based on the date and time.

For example, if player X has most number of Yakuman won and also the highest score achieved, player X will claim the Yakuman award if the latest Yakuman achieved is earlier than the highest score achieved. 

Hall of Fame (HOF) Award for the current year

These awards are given at the end of the year during the year-end tournament.

List of award winners of 2019

The year award winners will also be updated here for everyone’s reference. This is accessed via Ranking > Award Winners. Or click here

Feng

Hello all! The playing venue will be available for use this Sunday, 24 February. As such, we have decided to have a learning session for our players!

Our club has been going on for more than 5 years. Throughout the 5 years, players change, improve and also came out with new strategies and techniques. Many of our players want to improve and learn new strategies, but there aren’t enough avenues for one to learn from. Fret not! The opportunity for you to learn is here!

During this session, players will get to play casual games with each other. Experienced players who attend this session can volunteer to give 1-to-1 guidance to any player who requests for it. The aim of this session is to help our players bring their game to the next level by understanding some strategies and techniques the experienced players use during their games. The details are as follows:

Date: 24 February 2019
Time: 11.00am to 6.00pm
Fees: $1 for the entire session
– Players should be able to play independently (Players who attended SMCRM before automatically fulfill the requirements).
– Players who have zero experience in riichi and would like to learn the game are also welcomed, but will have to learn the rules first before joining the games. (You may read the rules here.)

This session will be a rather informal one. As we are still trying to get the organisational work in order, interested parties are to contact me (via WhatsApp or Telegram) at (number removed) indicating your interest for this learning session. You may also indicate the role (player/guider/any) you are interested in in the message (Subject to our needs. A guider may still have to be a player if there are too many guiders.). If you are unable to make it for the entire duration, please also indicate the time which you can attend this session.

Please note that this session will be cancelled if there are not enough participants. Spaces are also limited, as we cannot exceed the maximum capacity of the room. Priority will be given to SMCRM players in the event of exceeding the maximum capacity.

Registration deadline for this session is Saturday, 23 February, at 2200 hours.

Even though this is an informal/casual session, player etiquette is still expected. The MCR side is also having their practice games, so noise level still has to be controlled.

Eric Quek

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We shall start the year with aka-ari league, with 1st place emphasis and ranking by total score! This year, we will place a bit more emphasis on total-score ranking instead of position. Only 1 aka-nashi league will use solely on position for league ranking. Other 3 leagues will be based on total score

Aka-Ari rules

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

The league point system for this league will be your net score/1000 + the following points based on your position:

Example

A player finish in 1st place with 35k.

Net score = 35k-25k = 10k.

Total LP = 10k/1k + 45 = 55 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:

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!

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

Feng