Year 2025

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Let's see. My personal review of mahjong last year:

Tenhou

214 games. Fresh account to 3dan. This is much lower than expectations, but the push continues. KyuuMJ stats. I also retain my old main account, KyuuSC, where I only played a game once a month to keep it alive.

Mahjong Soul:
329 games. KyuuAA stats. Almost returned to M2 after 3 years, but it took a kokushi deal in at a "rank up" game to stop that. I even deranked to E3 but bounced back up to M1 quickly.

Riichi City

Might have to wait on the Riichi City annual report. Though, one thing not looking forward to - a reminder of the suuankou tanki, that I dealt into. For now, my numbers of the last 100 games. Pulled some characters, notably Shalltear via Overlord collab.

SegaMJ

Largely inactive throughout the year, until the Hololive Cup just a couple weeks ago. I grinded 111 east-only games in the two portions of the event. Even crossed R1800 briefly. Week 1. Week 2.

IRL

Chicago Area Mahjong club operating as normally on a weekly basis. We hosted two tournaments: World Riichi League in March (40 participants); Chicago Area Riichi Tournament in September (120 participants). Furthermore, we brought mahjong to local area events, such as Anime Central, Anime Magic, Frosty Faustings, Combo Breaker, and Midwest Furfest. In addition, I also play on a semi-weekly basis at Northwestern University and at Ignite Gaming.

I participated in the 2025 Great Lakes Open. Unfortunately, my mahjong failed to cooperate with me. But, I gave it my best shot.

Yakuman Counts

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Scored 5 yakuman this year. Here's my lifetime count. Finally pulled one in Riichi City, but the drought in Tenhou continues.

Mahjong Politics

After 9 years, I finished out my board term in the American Riichi Association. I ran for re-election for another term but was not successful. This gave me a chance to take time away from this activity and focus on other aspects to mahjong.

Streaming

I finished my 3rd year into streaming mahjong and rarely other games on Twitch. Here's my 2025 recap.

Ongoing

Chicago Area Mahjong continues into 2026 as normal with events in the year to look forward to. Upcoming Frosty Faustings, we'll be hosting mahjong as a side tournament. I am currently a captain to a team, Team A.T.Y.B.ilty within IcyFenix's team league.

As always, we always try our best. Credit to streamer Lilyhops for this general concept.

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