Mahjong Life and Living

The following is text posted in Chicago Area Mahjong's blog just about a year ago. As the title notes, it's about Tenhou Tuesday. Any current edit is noted in parentheses: This has been an interesting development since the month of May. (2018) Every week since, a number of us across the country regularly play in the 7863 lobby of Tenhou.net. This regular session of online mahjong has been branded as Tenhou Tuesday . It took a life of its own, as we established a Discord channel where we normally converse via voice chat. In a sense, we are simulating the casual club play environment; and this environment provided players another opportunity to become mahjong friends. Personally, my first game was May 9; and I have been consistence in my weekly attendance. Needless to say, my involvement with mahjong has been overstretched. Yet, I keep coming for more. (Three of my club members) have joined some sessions as well. It was nice to see club members here participating too. ...

Mahjong is chock full of highs and lows.  This points to individual game instances to ranking trends.  Sometimes, the game makes us feel as if we're on top of the world.  Other times, the game sends us to the pit of despair.  It's an ebb and flow, that we as players have to deal with. Well, the idea exists in real life too.  We get our happiest times; and we get our saddest times.  It is all a natural course. On the highs, we feel like everything is okay.  Some highs feel perfect.  On the lows, time stands still; and we are faced with problems and despair.  Our responses to these depends on who we are; and I do not know enough about anyone to write about that.  As to my reactions, this is how I react to them.  This is how I see them. Under all cases, they are learning experiences.  All of it.  So, let's see how the learning happens in a future article.