Riichi City Grand Prix
The Riichi City Grand Prix is a specialized tournament game mode within Riichi City. It is an automated tournament, that players can sign up for. It is available on a daily basis.
Format
The tournament uses a 256-mahjong bracket. Initially, all players are grouped into 8 brackets: A through H. From each bracket, the top 2 from each stage move on to the next. Furthermore, a percentage of a players points move on to the next stage. Moving to the next stage, a player's starting points is adjusted based on the carry over from the previous round. Every round begins with 25,000. Therefore, the points carried over are based on points won in the round.
Next Starting Points = Winning Points x Stage Carry Percentage + Base Starting Points
- Stage 1: 256
- Stage 2: 128
- Iikyokusen
- 60% carry over to next round.
- Stage 3: 64
- Iikyokusen
- 70% carry over to next round.
- Stage 4: Group finals: 32
- Iikyokusen
- 80% carry over to next round.
- Stage 5: Quarterfinal: Top 16
- Iikyokusen
- 90% carry over to next round.
- Stage 6: Semifinal: Top 8
- Iikyokusen
- 100% carry over to next round.
- Stage 7: Final: Top 4