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The main purpose of tile calls | The main purpose of tile calls is to push hands forward and reduce the number of [[shanten]]. However, kuikae doesn't reduce the number of shanten, as the tile to discard can make a group with the tiles used for calling to form a [[mentsu]]. This kind of behaviour is usually not recognized to be "meaningful" to the player himself/herself, but as a way to "disturb" other players, e.g. utilizing kuikae on purpose to eliminate [[ippatsu]] or [[Haitei raoyue and houtei raoyui|haitei]]. More and more people agree with it and then the kuikae rule becomes popular today. | ||
Note that kuikae is not always meaningless to the player himself/herself. The use of kuikae often includes: | Note that kuikae is not always meaningless to the player himself/herself. The use of kuikae often includes: | ||