Mahjong of ̶L̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ Materia: Tenbou Collide
published on , last updated on , written by q. Thai “RPGReki” Chung, tagged with Riichi Mahjong, Doman Mahjong, Doman Mahjong Tournament, 立直麻雀, ドマ式麻雀, ドマ式麻雀大会.
It's time for another Mahjong Tournament! Given SquareEnix is letting us to travel to OCE wolrds, this tournament is going to be on Sophia, Materia, the OCE datacenter. Let's see how well it works for us.
As always, this is a player event: it is not affiliated with FFXIV, SquareEnix etc.
Schedule
Deadline for Registration: 2024-04-21
Games: 2024-05-03 to 2024-05-05
Prizes
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA
Extra prizes will be announce on the Discord Server. The spreadsheet includes space for private games. After the finalization of the timetable, feel free to challenge some players for a game to fill the time. There will be second ranking for those, which also include the scores for games someone subbed in.
Sponsors
A big thanks to the sponsors! If you want to sponsor, feel free to send it to my PayPal or get in touch.
General Information
How to Register: fill out the Registration Form
Registered Players, Seating etc.: see the Tournament Spreadsheet, times are all UTC (a. k. a. Server Time)
Where: Final Fantasy XIV Online, Data Center Materia, preferably at the Mahjong Tables on Server Sophia. Feel free to join the Materia Mahjong Discord
Format
6+ Hanchan Round-Robin'ish. As before, it depends on how many people attend.
Since I'm trying to accommodate players from all over the globe, the games don't have necessarily to be in one single block each day. My current plan is to have 2 games per player each day. Having more slots just helps a lot with not playing the same people each time.
All games will be played in Final Fantasy XIV Online as friendly matches “Full Game Four-player Mahjong (Kuitan Enabled)” on Data Center Materia. Don't be confused, what Doman Mahjong considers a “Full Game” is just a hanchan, it's not an iichan. After the game, since FFXIV doesn't have logs and spectator mode (yet! Yoshi-P, please add one for us!) the result should be screenshotted and sent to the organizer.
Rules
I want everyone to have a good time, so please show good sportsmanship. In case of bad conduct, I will take the liberty to disqualify any offending players. Should any problems arise, even during the tournament, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Riichi Rules
Most of these are the result of playing in Final Fantasy XIV Online.
- three red fives (aka ari)
- players start on 25,000 points and return 25,000
- placement bonuses are +15/+5/-5/-15, placement bonuses are split equally if multiple people end with the same score
- hanchan ends if a player falls below zero points (tobi)
- South 4 Round also ends when dealership doesn't pass (agariyame)
- open tanyao is allowed (kuitan ari)
- 13 han and above is a kazoe yakuman
- cumulative single yakuman, i. e. suuankou tanki is 1 yakuman, but daisangen suuankou is 2 yakuman
- double ron allowed, no head bump
- abortive draws for
- no abortive draw for 4 riichi (suucha riichi)
- mangan at draw (nagashi mangan) possible 2
If a player is late by more than ten minutes, they are replaced by a substitute player for the hanchan.
On Missed Games and Substituted Players
Substitute players are scored normally and then not included in the ranking. The player missing the hanchan doesn't get any points and will have a 30 points penalty.
Final Fantasy XIV Online
All games are being played in Final Fantasy XIV Online. To play, a trial account is sufficient. You only need to unlock the Gold Saucer. Note, if you're not new to Mahjong, it's recommended to change the display from actual dora (setting: doman mahjong) to dora indicator (setting: traditional). If your character is not on world Sophia on Datacenter Materia, you can use the World Visit System or Data Center Travel System to be on Materia for the tournament.
