After introducing some friends to riichi mahjong that I now regularly play with I decided to invest into a nicer set. Made a little comparison shot for a friend and thought I might share it here as well.

Note the playlist linked is missing ep23 since that just got posted today. Expect 24 to be posted next week.

Introduced some friends who were interested in Riichi Mahjong tonight just so the first proper round ends like this lol.

Funnily enough also my first ever yakuman. Would have never expected to get my first one IRL instead of MajSoul.

Picture indicates 2shanten but if I draw a 3sou or 7sou then by discarding a 6sou or ankan'ing them I should be in tenpai shouldn't I?

They went way overboard with the memes! It is only the first episode and I feel like they already parodied 75% of mahjong mangas, it was honestly too much at once haha. If anyone else spotted other inside jokes, feel free to share

The game says this hand is 1 tile away from tenpai but I just don't see it.

I've had this set since fathers day, but I decided I should at least practice setting up a game even though I don't know anyone to play with at the moment.

Ran through some rounds. The potato salad lid was a surprisingly good fit.

It took me a little over a year of playing, ~1100 East games, ~400 South games, and several failed yakuman waits, but I finally got one!

Link to the game below if anyone is curious. I Yakuman in East 2 and end the game, so it's short.

https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/?paipu=230915-dc23ecde-d0c6-46fd-ab4a-bddce5d9e57c_a907387108

It’s not even a good one, just “That’s a whole lot of Dora”

I'm keen of playing this because it seems like Nadia is in the game too.

Boy, do I love Ura dora!

In last round's 15th turn, 1st place decides to hard fold upon picking a 6man by dealing a 8sou, which breaks his tenpai. Folding at this point is understandable. What I don't understand is why he did this with a 8sou upon receiving a 6man. After all, both the 8sou and the 6man were safe against me, and neither was safe against the two other players. There wasn't even any suji for those! So that's my question, why did he discard the 6man and not the 8sou? Was it because the 8sou was safer against the two other players, and if so why?