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When performing '''situational analysis''', a player accounts for the [[Ba|game round]] and each players' current score to determine their decisions. | When performing '''situational analysis''', a player accounts for the [[Ba|game round]] and each players' current score to determine their decisions. | ||
In riichi mahjong, your final placement (1st/2nd/etc.) is often important. Due to the [[oka and uma]] systems, you can gain huge bonuses or penalties when changing place. In competitive environments, your placement can be important for gaining rating points. Therefore, players should act differently as the overall conditions change. For example, when given the exact same hand, a player with a huge lead might not want to [[riichi]], but a player far behind may be desperate to riichi. | In riichi mahjong, your final placement (1st/2nd/etc.) is often important. Due to the [[oka and uma]] systems, you can gain huge bonuses or penalties when changing place. In competitive environments, your placement can be important for gaining rating points. Therefore, players should act differently as the overall conditions change. For example, when given the exact same hand, a player with a huge lead might not want to [[riichi]], but a player far behind may be desperate to riichi. Therefore, it is not only important to look at your own hand, but both your and your opponents' current points as well. | ||
== Hand values == | == Hand values == | ||
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*Majsoul: If a Saint 1 player plays in Jade Room, they get 125/60/-5/-255 rank points for placing 1st through 4th, respectively (counting [[uma]]). | *Majsoul: If a Saint 1 player plays in Jade Room, they get 125/60/-5/-255 rank points for placing 1st through 4th, respectively (counting [[uma]]). | ||
Say you are playing at Majsoul. If you currently 3rd and doing | Say you are playing at Majsoul. If you currently 3rd and doing an action has a 50% chance to be 2nd, but a 50% chance to be 4th, don't do it. If it succeeds, you'd only get 65 points, but if it fails you lose a significant -255 points. Even if you had a 50% chance for 1st, and a 25% chance for 4th, it is still a net negative. | ||
It is important to restate that an extreme level of 4th place avoidance only applies when you are at a high rank. At lower levels, it is best to improve on ''average placement'' (including fundamentals like [[tile efficiency]] and [[defense]]) rather than focus on avoiding 4th specifically. At these high ranks, do what you can to avoid being last - try not to take risks late in the game, even if there is no immediate threat of being 4th. | It is important to restate that an extreme level of 4th place avoidance only applies when you are at a high rank. At lower levels, it is best to improve on ''average placement'' (including fundamentals like [[tile efficiency]] and [[defense]]) rather than focus on avoiding 4th specifically. At these high ranks, do what you can to avoid being last - try not to take risks late in the game, even if there is no immediate threat of being 4th. | ||