KyuuAA
Full name Kyuu
Country USA
Club CAMP
ID epi*i+1

KyuuAA is an amateur Japanese mahjong player since Nov 2009. He currently resides in the Chicagoland area as part of the Chicago Area Mahjong Players club.

In Tenhou.net, he uses the "female voice", because it is pleasing to hear during the game. Nevertheless, Kyuu is definitely a male player.

Resources

From Wikimedia

Tenhou.net aliases

  • 4-player statistics only.
Name Games First game Last game Rank Avg Best Worst Status Source
KyuuA4 149 11-02-2009 12-16-2009 2.88 +103 -61 Retired [1]
キュウA4 8 11-03-2009 11-04-2009 3.00 +60 -43 Retired [2]
Kyuu44 65 12-17-2009 05-13-2010 2.71 +111 -57 Retired [3]
Kyuu24 133 05-09-2010 01-30-2011 2.93 +79 -87 Retired [4]
Kyuu77 46 03-13-2011 07-29-2012 2.59 +125 -64 Retired [5]
KyuuAA 24 01-31-2011 12-30-2011 2.50 +60 -51 Active [6]
643 01-02-2012 12-25-2012 2.45 +99 -79 [7]
769 01-02-2013 12-29-2013 2.49 +108 -61 [8]
1050 01-03-2014 12-31-2014 2.41 +106 -74 [9]
01-05-2014 [10]
KyuuBB 20+ 04-12-2013 1.95 +77 -30 Active [11]
ICKyuu 60+ 05-20-2013 2.54 80 -57 Active [12]

Ladder

Name Games First game Last game Rank Avg Best Worst Status Source
KyuuAA Cumulative 2.53 +106 -79 Active [13]
170 07-06-2012 12-15-2012 2.47 +74 -79 [14]
225 01-11-2013 12-29-2013 2.58 +79 -61 [15]
633 01-03-2014 12-31-2014 2.54 +106 -74 [16]
01-05-2015 [17]

Milestones

  • 9級
07-09-2012
  • 8級
07-10-2012
  • 7級
07-10-2012
  • 6級
07-11-2012
  • 5級
07-13-2012
  • 4級
07-14-2012
  • 3級
07-18-2012
  • 2級
08-06-2012
  • 1級
08-28-2012
  • 初段
09-01-2012
  • 二段
11-30-2012
  • 二段
06-08-2013
  • 二段
07-27-2013
  • 三段
02-17-2014
  • 三段
10-03-2014
  • 三段
10-26-2014
  • 四段
05-09-2015

Yakuman count

As of 07-11-2015, Kyuu's yakuman count is at 20 via Tenhou.net.[18] Three more were scored using real tiles.

Tenhou.net

Date Yakuman Room Oya Notes Source
07-21-2010[1] Suuankou 一般 No The only time yakuman was scored, only to finish in fourth. [19]
08-22-2010[2] Daisangen 一般 No [20]
02-22-2012 Shousuushi, Tsuuiisou 一般 Yes The only double yakuman scored so far. [21]
06-16-2012 Kazoe 一般 No Unknowingly and luckily tsumo'd this one. [22]
07-08-2012 Kokushi 7447 No Fast kokushi, tenpai by 6-7 discards. [23]
10-31-2012 Suuankou 7447 Yes Retailatory yakuman, as I had played into a Chinrotou one game prior. Also, furiten. [24]
11-03-2012 Shousuushi 7447 No Started hand with one of each wind, with initial intent to build honitsu. [25]
11-08-2012 Kazoe 7447 No Suuankou tenpai [26]
01-06-2013 Suuankou 7447 No Rejected calling ankan out of fear. After examining the wall, the rinshanpai was an agaripai. [27]
01-17-2013 Kazoe 7447 Yes Dealt hatsu ankan, held kan call until tenpai. Only hand won in the game. [28]
06-19-2013 Shousuushi 上級 Yes Broke cheap tenpai to convert hand to yakuman. [29]
09-20-2013 Kokushi 上級 No Began with 7 elements for orasu, and had to go for it while being last. [30]
02-25-2014 Shousuushi 上級 Yes Obvious opening hand for the yakuman. [31]
03-09-2014 Kazoe 上級 No Defense against two riichi's, both likely to be manzu waits. [32]
04-14-2014 Suuankou tanki 7447 No Simple collection of those ankous. [33]
10-08-2014 Tsuuiisou 上級 No Declined tenpai for toitoi + honitsu. 800th ranked game. [34]
11-13-2014 Kokushi 上級 No Snapped a horrible six 4th place losing streak. Very despair motivated. [35]
04-30-2015 Kokushi 13 上級 No Rising Sun! [36]
05-05-2015 Daisangen 上級 No Initially intended to go honroutou, honitsu. Daisangen chance apparent when the haku paired up. [37]
07-11-2015 Kokushi 上級 No Obvious chase for kokushi with 10-starting. [38]

Real tiles

Date Yakuman Room Notes Source
03-28-2012 Ryuuiisou CAMP
               Tsumo:  
[39]
07-24-2014 Shousuushi CAMP
               Tsumo:  
[40]
05-17-2015 Kokushi Anime Central
              Ron:  

Sanbaiman count

As of June 2, 2014, Kyuu has scored five sanbaiman online. An additional one is scored using real tiles.

Date Main yaku Room Han Notes Source
09-03-2012 Chinitsu Chiitoitsu 一般 12 Response hand to the previous one. [41]
10-18-2012 Sanshoku 一般 11 Kan assisted. [42]
06-16-2013 Riichi Ippatsu Tsumo 上級 12 Riichi after kan, like the 01-17-2013 Kazoe. [43]
10-19-2013 Pinfu 7447 11 Kan dora assisted. [44]
06-02-2014 Honitsu 7447 12 Fast honitsu, with yakuhai dora. [45]

Real tiles

Date Main yaku Room Han Notes Source
05-14-2014 Toitoi CAMP 12 Double ton, toitoi, dora 8. By ron. Ended game as the initial dealer.

End score of 100 or greater

Date Room Score Notes Source
02-22-2012 一般 +125 Double yakuman. [46]
05-08-2010 一般 +111 Multiple renchan on both dealer opportunities. [47]
10-28-2013 7447 +108 All other players finishing with 3000 points or less. [48]
02-25-2014 上級 +106 Dealer shousuushi while in the lead. [49]
11-19-2009 一般 +103 No game link. [50]

Unusual game list

These are some unusual mahjong yakuman. None of these scored by Kyuu.

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013032523gm-0009-0000-eb5221b8&tw=1&ts=4
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014072115gm-0029-0000-8f8059ef&tw=3&ts=6
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2008121721gm-00c1-0000-fcadb0d7&tw=3&ts=5
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013020807gm-0009-7447-8494ff98&tw=2&ts=2
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009100819gm-0049-0000-13bf5b23&tw=0&ts=9
  • Kokushi, via Double Riichi and Ippatsu
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009040101gm-0009-0000-d2a9745a&tw=1&ts=0
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009110921gm-0029-0000-ad0f061b&tw=1&ts=2
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2010101720gm-0009-0000-4e36568a&tw=2&ts=1
  • Kokushi 1-shanten with haipai to kokushi tenpai to riichi ippatsu (2 turns)
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013100905gm-0009-7447-xbe578c7d4e93&tw=3&ts=5
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014010103gm-00a9-0000-ca27a20c&tw=2&ts=9
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2014071521gm-0009-0000-b572bd52&tw=2&ts=5
  • Double ron into Kokushi and Chinroutou
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2009120221gm-0001-0000-8f264f66&tw=0&ts=3

More ridiculous stuff here

http://wikiwiki.jp/kusotsuno/?%C5%C1%C0%E2%A4%CE%C7%D7%C9%E8

Other highlighted games

These are some sample games played by Kyuu, where some unusual non-yakuman occurences are involved.

  • The "Bill Clinton" game
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012090616gm-0009-0000-ef78f6ce&tw=1&ts=6
This game was played after watching Bill Clinton's 2012 DNC speech.
  • Triple ron
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013030311gm-0009-7447-93eb0b9e&tw=2
  • Four riichi, followed by "renhou"
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013041010gm-0009-7447-199d05f9&tw=1&ts=8
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013080614gm-0089-0000-x339040987b74&tw=1&ts=7
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012102815gm-0009-0000-e3ad7ffe&tw=1&ts=3
  • Win with exactly 30,000
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2012120416gm-0009-0000-20a78337&tw=3&ts=8
  • 2nd and 4th separated by 200 pts, which leaves 3rd right in the middle
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013092514gm-0089-0000-xb34e5352dc7e&tw=3&ts=13
  • Blown ryuuiisou
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2015012507gm-0009-7447-af613d7b&tw=1&ts=6
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013030311gm-0009-7447-93eb0b9e&tw=2
  • Chuuren tenpai #1
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2013102709gm-0009-7447-dce693b1&tw=0&ts=11

Videos

Washizu table design

Achievement list

Riichi achievement list - a list of very odd, but possible, scenarios in the game

Sandbox page

This is where I do various test edits. User:KyuuAA/sandbox

Game rules document

User:KyuuAA/Game rules

References

External links

If you drop a winning tile on me, I'll be thinking this - sometimes.