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July 5th 2008
Enter the Mah
Jong Time July Drawing!
Congratulations
to player Chazy who was the winner of Mah Jong Times' $1,000 June deposit
drawing!
For their July deposit drawing, they are offering three separate cash
prizes for three lucky depositors!
-
$500 drawing
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$350 drawing
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$150 drawing
The # of entries
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Here's the details:
Make a deposit
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cash bonuses! The more money you deposit, the more drawing entries you
can get to win! For example, you get 1 entry by depositing $20, 10 entries
for depositing $100 and 150 entries for deposits of $500 or more!
They will complete
the drawings August 4th and notify the winners via email. They will
also announce the winners on their site!
May, 16th 2008
Register for
WSoM & OFMC - Online 2008
Registrations
Still Open for Upcoming Mahjong Time Online Tournaments!
Registration for
The World Series of Mahjong Qualifiers 2008 is still open! Mahjong Time
members are invited to compete online for WSoM seats (worth $5000 each),
and a chance to win $1 million!. The Grand Prize for each 2-day WSoM
Online Qualifier tournament is a seat at the World Series of Mahjong
2008, air ticket to Macau for the tournament, and full accommodations!
The next four highest ranked players in the online qualifier tournament
receive a seat at The World Series of Mahjong! Also, a seat at WSoM
will be given to the player with the best hand in the qualifier tournament.
That is a total of six chances to win $1 million! Don't miss this exclusive
million dollar opportunity!
WSoM Online Qualifiers
2008 will be held on: June 14-15, July 19-20 , August 23-34
Registration fees
for each World Series of Mahjong Online Qualifier are as follows:
- Full Price for
registration is $100.
- Mahjong Time
League Members receive an additional $25 off the registration fee.
Mahjong Time, the
best place to play Mahjong online, is hosting the ONLY WSoM Online Qualifiers,
so don’t miss out! Click Below to Register
The first ever Open
French Mahjong Championship is still open for registrations! It
is a 2-day event, and will be played on June 7-8, 2008. The tournament
is being sponsored by the prestigious European Mahjong Association (EMA).
By participating in this tournament, players have the chance to earn
points towards their European Online Ranking, or MORSE. Players from
around the world are all welcome to play!
Registration Fees
for the tournament are only $25, and Mahjong Time League Members save
50% when they register. The 3 highest ranked tournament players receive
a beautiful trophy. The grand prize is a collectible gold-plated Mahjong
Tile!
Don’t miss this
opportunity to show off your Mahjong skills and compete against players
all around the world, register today!
May, 16th 2008
3rd International
Tournament of Paris 2008
The 2008 edition of the
Paris International Mahjong Tournament took place on April 25th, 26th
and 27th in the Rossini rooms of the town hall of the 9th district of
the French capital.
In its third year, the tournament
was organized by two Parisian clubs, Magic Mahjong Social Pung and Fleur
d’Orchide?e, with the French mahjong federation and the European mahjong
association.
This tournament saw a dramatic
rise in playing intensity, and has clearly become one of the major Mahjong
events in Europe. Opening ceremonies and player welcoming were held
on Friday the 25th, followed by two days of competition on the 26th
and 27th.
The competitions consisted
of 6 rounds, 2 hours each (4 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday). At stake were
the title of winner, European ranking points, and the title of French
champion for 2008. 80 players seated across 20 tables were there for
the showdown, with a remarkable increase in geographical origins for
this year’s competition. There was a strong French representation, amongst
which several players from the island of the Reunion.
The tournament's real originality
came from its truly European draw (France, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands,
Portugal, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, Russia,
Sweden, Switzerland and Spain), along with American and Japanese players.
Over the whole tournament,
1656 games were played, of which only 64 ended on a blank score. Playing
level was high, with a suspense that lasted until the very last round
for the first places.
The winner of the 2007 edition,
Marianne Croeze (Blom1234 on MahjongTime), confirmed her liking for
the Paris tournament by winning once again, thanks to a very consistent,
high level of play over the entire six rounds.
A Frenchwoman from Magic
Mahjong Social Pung grabbed second place for her very first entry in
an international tournament. Sandra Bondoin thus became French champion
2008.
Yukari Kugimiya from Japan
took third place. The “Knitted” won the competition by team: it was
made up of Robert Rijnders (Netherlands, Dumarest on MahjongTime), Paula
Pereira Gomes (Portugal, Derai), Bo Lang and Mei Hwa Felder (Switzerland,
Roxan and hwa).
The next French events will
be the first ever Open French Mahjong Championship Online on Mahjong
Time in June 7-8, and the Reunion Island Tournament in September 20-21.
You can find full results
on the tournament website: http://mahjong.paris.free.fr.
May, 16th 2008
This tournament
is the 4th official Dutch Open, and Mahjong Time is
very excited to be part of this year's event.
Mahjong Time is
an official partner of Nederlandse Mahjong Bond (Netherlands
Mahjong Association) and is working closely with them in this event.
The prestigious
two – day competition will be played at the "De Draaikolk"
venue in Almere, Netherlands on Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June
1st. Events will kick off on Saturday with player registration followed
by the first 6-round, 2-hour block of play.
Players will then
eat lunch, and resume play for another 4-hour block.
A dinner party follows, then players will retreat to nearby hotels for
rest. Players will once again match their wits, skills, and luck on
Sunday for 3 more 6-round blocks of play, followed by the award ceremony
at 6pm.
Winners will be
crowned, and will receive their prizes. Mahjong Time is sponsoring some
of the prizes for the contest. Winners receive a free VIP subscription
to Mahjong Time!
Slava Novozhenya, Mahjong Time COO commented: "We are
very proud to be a part of the 4th Dutch Open. We have sponsored The
Dutch Open tournaments in the past, and past editions have always been
a tremendous success. We look forward eagerly towards this competition."
The 4th Dutch open is sure to be an exciting event!
April 18th, 2008
The Latest Mahjong
Time Improvements
Mahjong Time are
always dedicated to providing the best Online Mahjong experience for
their players. They work hard to improve their services to make the
game more enjoyable for their players. Here’s the latest Mahjong
Time Improvements and News:
- American Modern
Mahjong is now played by the NMJL card 2008.
- All hands will
be played from the new 2008 card. NMJL 2007 will not be supported
anymore.
- All of the
AM practice levels include new combinations from 2008 card. Try
to compose the new AM hands with our bots!
- The American
Modern Score Page has been updated with new combinations.
- All of the text
in the Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified flash game is now
in Chinese.
- Smart help for
AM and WS has now been updated.
- The May 17-18
WSoM has been postponed
- A new tournament
date will be announced at a later time.
- The Registration
for the June 14-15 Qualifier is now open
- The Tournament
page has been improved
- The Terms and
Conditions for the WSoM Online Qualifiers 2008 have been updated
March
10th ,
2008
3rd
International Paris Mahjong Tournament – French Championship 2008
Once
again Paris will host one of the major European mahjong events of
the year,
the 2008 Paris Mahjong Tournament, from the 25th to the 27th of April.
In its third edition, the Tournament will continue expanding in number
of players and countries of origin, number of rounds and the overall
level of competition.
The competition has experienced
rapid growth and expansion. From 24 players in the 2005 edition, the
Tournament has moved on to 84 players in 2007, and should host about
120 this year. Numbers have grown, and origins have become more diverse
as well. The first edition, although small in scale, was already open
to players from around the world, including an already large number
of dutch players who performed remarkably well. In 2007, the Tournament
saw its European attendence rise with Austrian, Hungarian and Swedish
players as well as many other nationalities. The 2008 edition should
confirm this progression with a still increasing number of players
from all around Europe, including new countries such as Spain, Russia,
Slovakia, Italy, and Switzerland. Japanese and perhaps American and
Chinese players will also join the competition. The Tournament is
thus becoming a major attraction in the mahjong community, attracting
increased numbers beyond the borders of the European Union.
Mahjong is gaining popularity and
visibility through competitions such as the Paris Tournament and becoming
less and less a confidential game for die-hard supporters only. And
as the number of participants in the Paris Tournament grows, so does
the level of the competition. This year’s edition will host many top-seeded
players, including Marianne Croeze (Netherlands, winner of last year’s
edition, “Blom1234” on MahjongTime), Kimito Kugimiya (one of the top-ranked
japanese players, winner of several international competitions), Bo
Lang (Switzerland, winner of two European Mahjong Association (EMA)
tournaments and third in the MahjongTime community under the pseudonym
“Roxan”), Martin Mauthner (Austria, arrived second in last year’s
edition, ranked 14th, “Mausiboss” on MahjongTime), or Nathalie Mahe
(France, ranked 15th European, “Sodalite” on MahjongTime). The level
of the competition has been acknowledged by the EMA, which has given
the Paris Tournament a weight of 2 in calculating the results in terms
of players’ rankings. The Tournament will be played over two days,
in six rounds of two hours each, along the rules defined by the World
Mahjong Organization’s (WMO) “Green Book”.
The setting of the competition
will reflect this gradual rise in its importance. This year’s edition
will take place in the grand rooms of the town hall of the 9th “arrondissement”
(district) of Paris, a stone’s throw away from the Paris Garnier Opera.
The Tournament, as all previous ones, will be organized by members
of the french mahjong community, the Magic Mahjong Social Pung (MMSP)
club, the Fleur D’Orchidee club and, of course, the French Mahjong
Federation (FFMJ). This year’s top-ranked french player at the end
of the tournament will receive the title of french champion for 2008.
With the support of its partners,
among which MahjongTime
is of prominent importance, the 2008 edition promises to be a major
highlight of the 2008 mahjong season, a meeting of talented tacticians
and of sharp minds. Tension rises as the date nears!
SAN
DIEGO, March 5th, 2008
A
New World Champion?
The
current world champion in mahjong is called Li Li - so it would
not be a great change for everyone if the next would be called
JulJul. A girl from the East Coast in the USA. She is now the
absolute number 1 player in online tournaments, since she won
the Open European Online Tournament last September, and also the
next official online tournament, the Open Hungarian, last weekend.
Yet,
she hardly touches a real mahjong tile anymore. She used to play
with her family, but now that she is addicted to the 'New Mahjong',
she cannot find any friends to build walls with and play the real
game at a real table. Unlike in Europe, Mahjong Competition Rules
are virtually unknown in the United States.
So,
she plays online. At least two rounds a day a the Mahjong Time
server. "Is that a lot?", she asks me. (Yes, I think it is!) And
she is quite good. Winning in two hard online tournaments in a
row, that is no 'small beer', as the Belgians say. Although JulJul
says humbly: "I am shocked myself, they were both unexpected.
I'd still give credit to luck."
First
of all: JulJul is not her real name. That is just the name of
her Mahjong Time-avatar. In real life, she is called Juliani Leo.
She would love to find players to play the real game with, but
so far no luck. She misses it: "I think 'live mahjong' is more
fun as we make the wall and tiles are not computer-drawn."
Will
we see her at the next European championship, in Austria? Or the
World Championship 2010 in Holland maybe?
Juliani is planning to join the OEMC 2009 in Austria, and if all
goes well, she will also play at the World Championship in Holland.
" After I missed the tournaments in Denmark and Chengdu, I promised
myself I have to make it to the next one, and there's still plenty
of time to make plans for it."
Last
question: how does she survive those long hours during the on
line tournaments?
Juliani:
"As I've always played mahjong online, I'm pretty used to sit
and play for quite a long time. I had my chips/crackers/cookies
and juice/coke ready before the tournament started :-) For me,
having something to munch while playing really helped to calm
the nerves."
By
Martin Rep ,http://www.mahjongnews.com/
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