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JONG NEWS
November 9th
2008
Big News!!
Mahjong Time are
rewarding the WINNERS of select cash games with an extra 20%!
Check it out:
- 20% of the winning
player's fee will be refunded!
- For $5 games
and above only!
- LIMITED TIME
- only available for games played from Nov. 6th to the 20th!
- Games will be
totaled each week and bonus money will be put into player accounts!
ADDED BONUS
- Want to have a better chance for the the weekly Jackpot? Higher stakes
games accumulate points much faster towards the jackpot!
October 4th 2008
September Cash
Drawing Winners Announced
Congratulations
to the winners of MahJong Times' September $1,000 drawing!
There are three lucky winners!
- $500 drawing
- Player mapmap
- $350 drawing
- Player 1036970kl
- $150 drawing
- Player orchidh
For their October
deposit drawing, they are once again offering three separate cash prizes
for three lucky depositors!
The number of entries you can receive depends on your deposit(s) amount!
Now you have THREE chances to win, as your entries will go into our
three drawings!
Here's the details:
Make a deposit of $20 or more during the month of October, 2008 for
your chance at one of the 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 before
November 5th and notify the winners via email. We will also announce
the winners on our site!
Terms and Conditions
Qualifying players must deposit or have deposited $20 or more between
00:00 PST on October 1 and 23:59 PST on October 31, in order to gain
entry to the three separate drawings.
Qualifying players do not need to play through their deposits in order
to take part in the cash prize draw. There are three cash prize drawings
of $500, $350, and $150! Players chosen as the winner of a drawing may
not win either of the other two offered drawings. Any player that deposits
exactly $20 will have 1 prize entry into each drawing. $20.01 - $40
= 2 prize entries, $40.01 - $60 = 3 prize entries, $60.01 - $80 = 4
prize entries. $80.01 - $99.99 = 5 entries. $100 = 10 entries. $200
= 25 entries. $300 = 50 entries. $400 = 75 entries. Deposits of more
than $500 receive 150 entries. The winners will be randomly drawn on
September 5th and contacted via email.
The winners will be asked, but not forced, to take part in publicity
about their win.
Mahjong Time’s decision is final.
August 30th 2008
Mahjong Time is
excited to be working with Reach Mahjong and professional mahjong players
Jenn Barr and Garthe Nelson on a new WSOM qualifier tournament! Reach
Mahjong is offering a high-stakes Riichi game in Macau before the start
of the WSOM. Cash prizes, a champion's bracelet, and a $5,000 WSOM entry
will be among the prizes awarded!
"We are very excited to be working with Reach Mahjong and look forward
to offering our Mahjong Time members some new and exciting games and
tournaments", said William Sutjiadi, CEO of Mahjong Time. "The first
ever WSoM Riichi Event will make the WSoM a true series and give players
a chance to be the Reach Mahjong World Champion", added Jenn Barr.
Mahjong Time is offering you the chance to qualify online for this exclusive
event for as little as $75! The $1,000 event is a chance for you to
earn some cash and practice or qualify for the World Series of Mahjong!
Here are the important details about the event!: Keep checking our site
for complete rules and registration.
- Online qualifer
event will be held on August 31st!
- Played under
Riichi Rules!
- $100 entry fee
- with a $25 discount for Mahjong Time members
- Winner has prize
options! Choose $1,000 entry into the Reach Mahjong WSOM qualifer
in Macau and $1,000 travel reimbursement, or you
can take just the $1,000 cash if you are not going to Macau!
- The $1,000
Reach Mahjong tournament will be held on September 18th in Macau -
the day before the WSOM!
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
-
$350 drawing
-
$150 drawing
The # of entries
you can receive depends on your deposit(s) amount! Now you have THREE
chances to win, as your entries will go into our three drawings!
Here's the details:
Make a deposit
of $20 or more during the month of July for your chance at one of the
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
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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