10 Years of Mahjong Then and Now
November "officially" marks my tenth year of mahjong. What does this mean? Nothing really, other than I can compare riichi mahjong in 2009 vs 2019. Ten is a round number; and we humans tend to point to things like that. Here, I shall highlight some comparisons of then vs now. Discord did not even exist, and the main chat communication was IRC . The old channel, #mahjong, is still there but very inactive. We gathered here centered around the Osamuko blog . Naturally, Discord became rather popular, and a migration occurred. As a side effect, numerous Discord servers exist for mahjong. The number of clubs across the North American continent was countable with one hand. Now, a whole bunch of clubs have sprouted since then, each with their own collection of mahjong and non-mahjong related talent. That talent pooled right into the riichi community. In 2010, I was lucky enough to find Chicago Area Mahjong v...