Tenhou Tuesday (2018)
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.
The North American Open provided a venue for a number of us to meet face-to-face. Some of us have already met at past events across the country via mahjong tournaments, especially the 2017 World Riichi Championship. Thus, most of the player base here are already familiar with each other. At the same time, we’ve managed to drag in a number of individuals from our respective clubs and circles.
Whether she admits it or not, this gathering has been spear headed by Tina. She basically establishes the channel’s norms with one main central rule: “Don’t be a dousche”. In other words, everyone plays nice; and we maintain a good playing environment. Eventually, we even managed to throw in some alcoholic drinking, where we adults drink responsibly. At the same time, she used a tool from Tenhou.net to generate our game results, which do not matter. It is casual play for fun, yet we still try our best to win.
Recent developments surrounding Tina may have us change the regular day from Tuesday, as she has accepted a new job in Japan. At this point, we will see how things go.
Fast forward to today, the Tenhou Tuesday community has been inactive due to Tina's move to Japan. Will it ever come back? Who knows? For now, the associated discord still exists; so it is not completely abandoned. Looking back, we've had some online moments in and out of game.
Who were we? We were a number of players associated with various clubs across North America. A number of us have met more than once via tournaments, such as the 2017 World Riichi Championship and the 2018 North American Open. As tournaments continue, we will be bound to play each other again in competition. Of course, that's barring life's allowances. Until then, we go on about our mahjong lives.
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.
The North American Open provided a venue for a number of us to meet face-to-face. Some of us have already met at past events across the country via mahjong tournaments, especially the 2017 World Riichi Championship. Thus, most of the player base here are already familiar with each other. At the same time, we’ve managed to drag in a number of individuals from our respective clubs and circles.
Whether she admits it or not, this gathering has been spear headed by Tina. She basically establishes the channel’s norms with one main central rule: “Don’t be a dousche”. In other words, everyone plays nice; and we maintain a good playing environment. Eventually, we even managed to throw in some alcoholic drinking, where we adults drink responsibly. At the same time, she used a tool from Tenhou.net to generate our game results, which do not matter. It is casual play for fun, yet we still try our best to win.
Recent developments surrounding Tina may have us change the regular day from Tuesday, as she has accepted a new job in Japan. At this point, we will see how things go.
Fast forward to today, the Tenhou Tuesday community has been inactive due to Tina's move to Japan. Will it ever come back? Who knows? For now, the associated discord still exists; so it is not completely abandoned. Looking back, we've had some online moments in and out of game.
Who were we? We were a number of players associated with various clubs across North America. A number of us have met more than once via tournaments, such as the 2017 World Riichi Championship and the 2018 North American Open. As tournaments continue, we will be bound to play each other again in competition. Of course, that's barring life's allowances. Until then, we go on about our mahjong lives.
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