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The World Amateur Mahjong League (WAML) is a Tenhou.net league hosted by Osamuko under the direction of Senechal.

History

First iteration

The first iteration of WAML was a participative league where players took part in playing as many games as possible in order to compete in a running tally with other players. Those who played often were readily near the top, as well as players with great averages. Seasons 0 through 3 lasted from November 2012 to June 2013. In 8 months, WAML encouraged the playing of 7244 hanchan in Lobby 7447 alone.

Eventually, there were issues with both participation, the intended goals and the back-end coding that led to the end of WAML as it was then.

Second iteration

Plans were underway to revive WAML as a more league-like structure, resembling leagues run by JPML and NPM Kyoukai. An obvious differences accounts the global nature of the player base. With a planned start for April 2015, players were scheduled to engage in 6 sessions of 4 hanchan each, in groups of 4 or 5 players for each session. Rankings, league divisions and even dan points are to be featured in the new iteration. Unfortunately, the fixed grid system which arranged groups from multiple time zones forced players to work with the difficulty of scheduling. Ultimately, the players' drive to play out their games dwindled.

Seasons

2015 season 1

WAML Competitive Rulings

WAML management may impose penalties, adjustments or suspensions for violations at the sole discretion of management. Such decisions will be made public with the relevant circumstances explained in order to maximize trust from participants. The basic rule applies: should something really nasty happen, the fact that it isn't written in the rules does not preclude us from acting.

Broadcasting plans

While this is still tentative, the goal is to be able to record, replay, and comment league matches for broadcasting on Twitch or uploading later to Youtube.

External links

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-The '''World Amateur Mahjong League''' (WAML) is a Tenhou.net league hosted by [[Osamuko]].
+The '''World Amateur Mahjong League''' (WAML) is a Tenhou.net league hosted by [[Osamuko]] under the direction of [[User:Senechal|Senechal]].
 == History ==
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 Eventually, there were issues with both participation, the intended goals and the back-end coding that led to the end of WAML as it was then.
-=== Current (second) iteration ===
+=== Second iteration ===
-Plans are underway to revive WAML as a more league-like structure, resembling leagues run by JPML and NPM Kyoukai, with a few obvious differences accounting to the global nature of the player base. With a planned start for April 2015, players will engage in 6 sessions of 4 hanchan each, in groups of 4 or 5 players for each session. Rankings, league divisions and even dan points are to be featured in the new iteration.
+Plans were underway to revive WAML as a more league-like structure, resembling leagues run by JPML and NPM Kyoukai.  An obvious differences accounts the global nature of the player base. With a planned start for April 2015, players were scheduled to engage in 6 sessions of 4 hanchan each, in groups of 4 or 5 players for each session. Rankings, league divisions and even dan points are to be featured in the new iteration.  Unfortunately, the fixed grid system which arranged groups from multiple time zones forced players to work with the difficulty of scheduling.  Ultimately, the players' drive to play out their games dwindled.
-== Procedure ==
+== Seasons ==
-Players will start in the lowest division, and will complete assigned matches within two-week intervals. Players may also freely engage in future sessions' matches, as long as they endeavour to complete their required matches in time.
+* [[2015 WAML season 1|2015 season 1]]
-=== Session dates and times ===
+== WAML Competitive Rulings ==
-Sessions will start with the first matches due the first weekend of April/July/October/January containing a Saturday. The specific time limit is the first Sunday (2nd to 8th) at 00:00 UTC, which equates to Saturday (1st to 7th) at 19:00 Eastern Standard Time, or 20:00 Eastern Daylight Time. Any group has until then to '''start''' playing their games, as long as they finish their group games immediately following the deadline (players can continue for 3 or even 6 hours, but by then they should be done). Future sessions are due for 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 weeks after.
+WAML management may impose penalties, adjustments or suspensions for violations at the sole discretion of management. Such decisions will be made public with the relevant circumstances explained in order to maximize trust from participants. The basic rule applies: should something really nasty happen, the fact that it isn't written in the rules does not preclude us from acting.
-=== Scoring ===
-Players will record the scores of their matches, as played directly on Tenhou.net or live with Tenhou standard ari-ari rules and will be tallied.
-=== Dan points ===
-Players in WAML will be designated to have earned the rank of 1-dan. At the end of a season, players are then awarded dan points according to their power ranking. 500 points are necessary to earn the rank of 2-dan. 1000 more for 3-dan, doubling for each successive dan level.
-=== League divisions ===
-Players will be placed in a single division for Season 1 (Bronze). Should a sufficient number of participants be available for Season 2, the top 10 shall be placed in a new Silver division. Future divisions would include Gold, Platinum, and Diamond, should we reach that level. Higher divisions may benefit from a padded bonus to their dan points awarded.
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
-|-
-! Division !! Max Bronze !! Max Silver !! Max Gold !! Max Platinum !! Max Diamond
-|-
-| Bronze || 13+ || 18+ || 26+ || 34+  || 42+
-|-
-| Silver || --- || 10 || 18 || 26  || 34
-|-
-| Gold || --- || --- || 10 || 18  || 26
-|-
-| Platinum || --- || --- || --- || 10  || 18
-|-
-| Diamond || --- || --- || --- || ---  || 10
-|}
-=== Penalties for absences ===
-Players who do not complete their matches in time and who are not present to finish at the deadline will suffer a penalty to their scores, consisting of:
-* -10% points earned over the season;
-* +10% points lost over the season;
-* -100 dan points.
-If a player would finish a season with +20 points, but won +150 and lost -130 in various hanchan, the actual point penalty would be -15 and -13, a subtotal of -28, giving a player a total of -8 points.
-=== Player requirements ===
-A player must submit by the deadline (March 15 for Season 1) the following:
-* An avatar (minimum size to be determined, 150x150 seems to be the accepted format).
-* Their current Tenhou.net name.
-* Their handle or pseudonym, the short handle must not contain more than 16 characters or 12 full-width characters. The short handle refers to what the player is comfortable with being called. Examples of acceptable handles are:
-** Senechal
-** 'Senechal' Duhaut ''(use single quotes for the usual part, only that will show in rankings)''
-** Senechal "Trundle" Duhaut ''(use double quotes for an actual pseudonym)''
-** DeShaun "sixteencharacter" Johnson ''(very long example, as long as it isn't abusive and the quoted section complies)''
 == Broadcasting plans ==
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 == External links ==
-[[Category:Online]]
+[[Category:Osamuko]]
-[[Category:Tenhou.net]]
+[[Category:WAML]]
 * [http://mahjong-league.com/ Main site]
+* [http://mahjong-league.com/2015-waml-season-1-registration/ Registration post]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130129175506/http://www.osamuko.com/waml-presents-league-ranking Osamuko post]
+* [http://waml.harphield.com/index.php?p=a First iteration data]