Mahjong Life and Living

For the most part,  MLeague provided me some "sport" viewing.  I've been a general fan of sports, namely the NFL, the World Cup, and the Olympics.  However, I have developed a disdain for television.  With MLeague viewing free this year via Abema's site , it's been a pleasure watching the games live.  I could watch the games on demand within a week after each game day.  However, sport viewing dictates live viewing; or else it feels pointless.  The element of the unknown outcome makes sport viewing a special kind of entertainment. Who's my choice team?  I side with the U-Next Pirates primarily because of ASAPIN .  As a Tenhou.net player, he can still be generally viewed as "one of us".  Eventually, I learned that all four members play quite a bit of Tenhou. As far as riichi mahjong itself is concerned, MLeague is one of the best developments over the past couple years.  The league provides a nexus for the different professional leagues in Japan,

With COVID-19 still lacking a vaccine, mahjong remains bunkered along with most of the world.  It has been two months since my last session with real tiles.  I miss it.  For now, exclusively online is the way to go. In turn, we're getting an increase in online mahjong activity, in the form of tournaments.  I for one have been participating some last month.  At the turn of May, I have some tournament play lined up for myself.   So far, I have played in five online competitions since Easter.  A couple of these disrupted sleep patterns.  I play these for fun and for community involvement. This upcoming weekend, I shall be running one with my own club.  It is our replacement for the Anime Central tournament , which unfortunately had to be canceled.  The convention itself was canceled due to the pandemic.  So, this year, my club offers the 2020 Chicago Online Riichi Tournament . The day after, I plan to play with the Brazilian Mahjong Association with their monthly tournament.  Th