Mahjong Life and Living

As of this post date, this individual managed to qualify into the next World Riichi Championship in 2020 by placing second at the Tri Nitro Tiles 7th Detonation Tournament .  Congratulations! Now we turn back the clock. One of the items received in the WRC swag: a booklet listing all of the tournament participants.  Most everyone responded to the survey and submitted their photo.  One person took the liberty of collecting everyone's signature. When she collected mine, I was very much surprised that anyone would ever want my signature.  Quickly, I realized her goal.  So, I decided to help out, as I had a decent familiarity recognizing who is who.  She did the work; I simply helped out a little.  As the signature collection grew, it really became easier as everyone was more than happy to sign upon seeing previously collected signatures. Of course, the collection came to the last day with a remaining uncollected few.  The last day was particularly pressuring as some were on de

I remember years ago, xkime, mentioned how confidence can affect mahjong play.  Confidence has a relation to results.  The link applies to our current psychological make up, which affects our decision making abilities.  Luck can be a factor in the game, but decision is much more significant. Throughout my ladder history, the highs and lows are shown in my record .  The clusters of wins and looses can be seen.  For some of them, I can recall my feeling. Currently, I am not feeling very confident in my game.  Thus, my decision making is not where it should be.  To make matters worse, it is becoming a bit more difficult these days to find a "refresh".  This comes with the territory of a personal frontier not being breached.  If I were to ever breach Tenhou.net's wall at 5dan, then a new rush will be felt then.  However, I may continue to suffer until then.  This was the case in previous mahjong walls. Via Majsoul, I ran a very strong high wave.  Here, I rode my way int