<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post3679035150496110323..comments</id><updated>2007-10-11T13:43:53.831-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Reach Mahjong Columns: Gemma's Journal #13</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/feeds/3679035150496110323/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html'/><author><name>Reach Mahjong</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03675947960443095673</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-3591642826517397319</id><published>2007-10-11T13:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-11T13:43:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I think that the link you were trying to share was...</title><summary type='text'>I think that the link you were trying to share was supposed to be to &lt;A HREF="http://www.yakitorionline.com" REL="nofollow"&gt;yakitorionline.com&lt;/A&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/3591642826517397319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/3591642826517397319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html?showComment=1192135380000#c3591642826517397319' title=''/><author><name>themooon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-3679035150496110323' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/posts/default/3679035150496110323' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-2498639108474118299</id><published>2007-07-31T06:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-31T06:17:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>congrats on the great blog! I'm sure it will inspi...</title><summary type='text'>congrats on the great blog! I'm sure it will inspire scared beginners to have a go&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;cheers&lt;BR/&gt;Jade</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/2498639108474118299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/2498639108474118299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html?showComment=1185887820000#c2498639108474118299' title=''/><author><name>JadeB</name><uri>http://www.the-mahjong-guide.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-3679035150496110323' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/posts/default/3679035150496110323' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-2240068565054754315</id><published>2007-07-29T18:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-29T18:50:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Darn, too fast for me, Archon!It's duly noted in J...</title><summary type='text'>Darn, too fast for me, Archon!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It's duly noted in Jenn's scoring chart, but just so I can throw in my two cents, one note about that scoring situation: most Mahjong parlors in Japan will round up to 4000 points each in that situation. 4 hand points will almost always be "mangan", meaning it's rounded up to the 12000 or 8000 for the dealer or non-dealer. The only time it isn't is when the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/2240068565054754315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/2240068565054754315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html?showComment=1185760200000#c2240068565054754315' title=''/><author><name>gartheeeeeeeeee</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-3679035150496110323' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/posts/default/3679035150496110323' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-8105365869206056949</id><published>2007-07-27T11:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:28:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unfortunately you still have to count base points ...</title><summary type='text'>Unfortunately you still have to count base points for 4 fan/30 points or less. The first hand is self draw on a closed hand and doesn't get 10 extra points (that's ron on a closed hand which is not pinfu and will always be more than 30 base points and counting base points is not needed in that case). So 20 + 2 for self draw +2 a pair of dragons +2 pts for middle wait. Round up to 30 points, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/8105365869206056949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/3679035150496110323/comments/default/8105365869206056949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html?showComment=1185560880000#c8105365869206056949' title=''/><author><name>Archon_Wing</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11826347100425223214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://reachmahjong.blogspot.com/2007/07/gemmas-journal-13.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38029595.post-3679035150496110323' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/38029595/posts/default/3679035150496110323' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>