International Mahjong Day 2020 Event Announcement 「Mahjong CROSS CUP -International Mahjong Day-」
española (Thank you Cristian for the translation!)
한국 (Thank you 꼬북이 for the translation!)
Português (Thank you Miguel for the translation!)
We have officially rebranded the day to “International Mahjong Day” as we will be celebrating this day with other Riichi players around the world starting 2020! Click HERE for the official details on https://nationaldaycalendar.com
To kick off the renewed day, we are working with various organizations in Japan! This will be a combination of styles of events we’ve seen in the past, and with new additions to help celebrate the new day to the calendar!
It will be a combination of individual events, as well as a team event! Read on for the details!
「Mahjong CROSS CUP -International Mahjong Day-」
Schedule
Preliminary Matches (Best of 3 Consecutive Matches)
First Half
August 1st (Sat) 18:00 - August 2nd (Sun) 5:30AM (JST/Japan Standard Time)
August 1st (Sat) 2:00AM - 13:30 (PDT/Pacific Daylight Savings Time)
August 1st (Sat) 9:00AM - 20:30 (UTC/Coordinated Universal Time)
Click HERE for Time Converter
Second Half
August 2nd (Sun) 6:00AM - 18:00 (JST/Japan Standard Time)
August 1st (Sat) 14:00 - August 2nd (Sun) 2:00AM (PDT/Pacific Daylight Savings Time)
August 1st (Sat) 21:00 - August 2nd (Sun) 9:00AM (UTC/Coordinated Universal Time)
Click HERE for Time Converter
*Opponents will be decided at random.*
The Preliminary Matches are split into 2 parts due to Tenhou’s backend requirements.
There will be no limitations on total matches played.
Players are allowed to play as many times within the time given, and will use the best points for 3 consecutive matches.
Main Matches
August 8th (Sat) 12:00PM - 18:00/TBD (JST/Japan Standard Time)
August 7th (Fri) 20:00 - August 8th (Sat) 2:00AM/TBD (PDT/Pacific Daylight Savings Time)
August 8th (Sat) 3:00AM - 9:00AM/TBD (UTC/Coordinated Universal Time)
Click HERE for Time Converter
Rules
4 Player East/South Hanchan. No West rounds when tied at the end of South 4.
Kui-Tan allowed and no Red 5.
30,000 point start and 30,000 point return. No Oka.
Ippatsu and Ura Dora are allowed.
Kan dora is allowed, and will be revealed immediately when called Kan.
Tobi/Bust is allowed, and negative score will end the game.
No abortive draws.
Atamahane/Headbump format, and no double Ron.
No Agariyame, and last dealer must continue if winning last hand.
No Tenpaiyame, and last dealer must continue if Tenpai at an exhaustive draw.
Uma will be 1st: +30, 2nd: +10, 3rd: -10, 4th: -30 points.
No Nagashi Mangan.
Pao/Liability Payment is enforced when solidifying a players’ Yakuman.
Kazoe Yakuman is allowed when 13 Han or more.
Combining Yakuman is allowed.
Double wind for Atama/Pair is awarded 4 Fu.
Click HERE for Detailed SPM Rules in English
Top 10 Players from the Preliminary Matches + 6 players from specified Time Zones will be going to the Main Matches. The 3 Time Zones are below:
The Americas
Europe & Africa
Asia & Australia
The top 10 players will be determined by the top 5 players from the First Half and another 5 from the Second Half. Next, the top 2 players from each Time Zone will also be going into the Main Matches.
In a case where a qualified player overlaps, the ticket to the Main Matches will be passed on to the next player in placement.
Once all 16 players are determined, the 4 guest Professional players will be holding a live-streamed draft pick among the 16 players to create a 5 player team.
The top 16 players will need to pitch themselves to the team captains to be selected. This will be live-streamed on Riichi Mahjong Central and JanSaku’s YouTube channel, so be prepared to either be on camera, or have an avatar! If translation aside from English/Japanese is required, please let us know so we can find someone in the community to help you.
Guest Players
Koushin Asakura aka ASAPIN
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Takunori Kajimoto
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Hidehito Higa
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Meka Zetton
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Prize
1st～3rd Place Tenhou paid Access Ticket (90 Day Expiration)
4th～20th Place Tenhou paid Access Ticket (30 Day Expiration)
Tournament Lobby URL
https://tenhou.net/cs/2020/08cp/
Livestream URL
English
Click HERE to subscribe to Riichi Mahjong Central’s YouTube Channel to get notified when we go LIVE!
Japanese
Click HERE to subscribe to 雀サクッ/JanSaku YouTube Channel for Japanese contents and updates!
Main Host
National Mahjong Business Association (Zenjanren)/全国麻雀業組合総連合会
Co Host
Riichi Mahjong Central
JanSaku/雀サクッ
Cosponsors
Tenhou/天鳳
Osaka Mahjong Association/大阪麻雀連合会
Houou/株式会社鳳凰
Los Angeles Pride of Mahjong/LAPOM
Monthly Mahjong Magazine “Mahjong Kai”/月刊 麻雀界