I feel like most people are in the position of "ting", which is akin to check, where they're just waiting for the right piece to come along. Everything's in order and set.
I think I'm a step behind. Still figuring out my pieces... and trying to figure out if i should go for the extra pretty hand with all the same suit for extra points or work with what I have for an easy win. I think it's pretty early in the game though... so extra pretty hand it is...
(not sure this analogy actually works...)
I don't think this actually works. = P
ReplyDeleteAlthough granted my knowledge of mahjong isn't that great...
But there's a lot more time pressure in mahjong. For one, you're competing with 3 other people in mahjong, and if you ain't first, you're last! So if this analogy held true, it's likely you should've given up on the pretty hand by now, but largely to keep others from winning.
Additional time pressure comes from the fact that mahjong games are short. You have to commit early because there are only enough tiles to try going for a couple possible hands, and it either works out or it doesn't. Fortunately in life, you have time to try more possibilities.
Maybe what it would be like is a game of mahjong with a lot more tiles, so you had the time to abandon hands and try new ones, and the game kept going even after other's finished...
Probably not. Actually I think trying to draw an analogy to mahjong is like when we tried to draw analogies to fencing: it's fun, has some relevant points, and at times seems to make sense, but really most of the time it doesn't work. = P
It seems maybe for your train of thought the best analogy/model yet is the 1/e problem. But we all know that's flawed, so let me know if you can improve that model and come up with a better answer =)
Pretty sad rebuttal.
ReplyDeleteThe analogy works in that you want to pick someone bf all the good ones are taken. That is, bf someone else positions themselves better to take the piece that you want (like pong). And the game eventually ends when...you give up... and get a cat
haha, that's harsh
ReplyDeleteWait, so in this analogy a guy is represented by a single piece, not by a full hand? That seems odd.
And I don't really understand why the analogy seems to focus so much on competition with the other players over getting the pieces you want. There's rarely competition in mahjong over pieces, only over time.