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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:30 pm Reply with quote

quanquan,
you are too funny!!! I was going to post something I translated into chinese, but when it posts it comes out in "#'s" instead of symbols.
Minusmeto, if you go to
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
you can translate from any language to another language, it's a pretty cool site to visit.

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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:48 am Reply with quote

Helloooooo ..... from the New No2.

I'm colour Blind and can't see the tiles real well ... but I'm determined to be No'1.

(Maybe you could tell me how to start a game when three of the tiles are under the center one and they are all the same)

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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:56 am Reply with quote

i just made hichscore board Razz
.........only last place........
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:00 am Reply with quote

Escape now while you can.
Its Far too addictive a game for sane people.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:02 am Reply with quote

Dlinkquint wrote:
i still dont understand the game ,it's like pairs but impossible Sad

me niether but i can't stop playing
theres something about it
something... evil Surprised
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 6:01 pm Reply with quote

seVven wrote:
Escape now while you can.
Its Far too addictive a game for sane people.


LOL! Yes it is addictive, VERY!!!!

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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:21 am Reply with quote

Lol Bssgrl - you will never be happy with 10th place.
My Goal - is to finish it in under 3 minutes.... but I find the tiles a bit small to play the game quick enough. Crying or Very sad
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:41 am Reply with quote

seVven wrote:


(Maybe you could tell me how to start a game when three of the tiles are under the center one and they are all the same)



Hello sevVen,

It's called "RESET"! LOL Very Happy (that is if the one on top of the three is also the same as those 3) - if not, play away. the fourth one is out there somewhere....

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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:22 am Reply with quote

Thanks Shannon (Lovely name btw)
Yes - lol - I've been hitting the reset button .... I just thought that I was missing some part of the gamepley as I have never played it before.
Would you be prepared to give away any other tips?
It says that it is better to clear the center tiles first - but I have found it better to clear the edge first and work in ..?? Question
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:44 am Reply with quote

sevVen

I don't have any kind of strategy. I just play. If I see a match, I match it. I try to work on the edges and middle equally if possible. My strategy is to just work as fast as possible. That's about it. The rest is just luck!

Shannon

ps. being new to the game. in case you didn't know. here are a few pointers

1. matches are not necessarily true matches when it comes to the flower looking tiles. any flower looking tiles will match any of the other flower looking tiles. however, flower looking tiles without symbols have to be paired with others without symbols, and flower looking tiles with symbols have to be paired with others with symbols.

2. there are 4 of every tile, so once you've made two matches with the same tile, that tile is no longer on the board for that game

also. thanks for the compliment!
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:55 am Reply with quote

Shannon
Thanks for that.
I guess I am just too slow then.
(That and the fact that the one with the five dots never seems to be there when you need it )

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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:51 am Reply with quote

the way i play it (though it doesnt work too well judging by my scores) is by taking out the tiles that will give me more tiles in return first, so instead of taking out two tiles and getting back one i take two and get back three creating a better chance for me too find new conections, eventually you will have to take the tiles that don't give you alot in return but you do end up freeing up alot of tiles Cool
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minusmetoo wrote:
Hi quanquan,

That is so awesome!! I've always been a fan of mahjong. It's one of my all time favorite games. I've played it since I was very small. I've always wondered what some of the symbols meant. I'll have to look it up sometime.

Shannon :-)


firstly i have to say that i was kind of kidding on my previous post Razz , some symbols are chinese , but some are not , they just have their own meanings , for example , the symbol --" bird" , but it's not a bird actually ( omg... how to explain it with my chenglish correctly LOL. and i do want to tell you some interesting meanings of those words ,but i fould i couldn't type chinese on this thread Confused ) .
Normally, four person sit around the table and play it as a gambling over here ,and it has many game rules hehehe.
we can invite another 2 guys and play it on yahoo game sometime Wink Very Happy it's would be fun !
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:54 pm Reply with quote

Bssgrl wrote:
quanquan,
you are too funny!!! I was going to post something I translated into chinese, but when it posts it comes out in "#'s" instead of symbols.
Minusmeto, if you go to
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
you can translate from any language to another language, it's a pretty cool site to visit.

Tammy


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Hi Tammy , this web site is very useful for translating word by word , but as for sentence , mmmm i have to admit that it works definitely cool ... when i typed " what are you doing now " in english , it displayed " who are you and doing now " in chinese Shocked Laughing Laughing Laughing
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