Mahjong Tiles

Writen by Josh Riverside

Mahjong is a traditional Chinese game. There are various versions of mahjong today: the Chinese, the Japanese and the American with different rules. There are also various kinds of games like the Mahjong solitaire. Mahjong is a game that involves skill, intelligence, estimation as well as luck. Mahjong, which literally means "the game of a hundred intelligences" in Chinese, has been traditionally used as a gambling game. Ma Chiao, Mo Tsiah, Ma Cheuk, Ma Jong, Ma Chiang, Ma Chong, Man Chu, Mah Diao, Pung Chow, Mah Chong, Ching Chong, Mah Cheuk, Ma Chiang, Kong Chow, Mah Deuck, Lung Chan, Mah Lowe, Pe Ling, Baak Ling are other names for Mahjong.

Tiles are the most important part of the game. A mahjong game may contain 136, 144, 148 or 152 tiles, the most common being 136 and 144. These tiles have beautiful designs on them representing honor tiles (the winds and the dragons), suit (bamboo, circles and characters) and flower tiles. The most common designs are: the circle/wheel suit (contains circles), the bamboo/stick suit (contains bamboos), character/number suit (Chinese characters representing ten thousand coins each), wind tiles (representing north, south, east and west), dragon tiles (red, green and white), flower tiles (containing art work) and joker tiles (used like a wild card, as a substitute for any tile). A Mahjong set contains 144 tiles, 2 season tiles, 4 "red 5" bonus tiles, 1 table wind Tessera, 4 dice, scoring tallies, storage trays and a carrying case. These tiles are of 34 kinds, in five different suits or designs-wan, circle, bamboo, wind and prime (4X34=136) and 8 flower tiles.

The flower and season tiles are like the wild or joker card in card games. They are used as a substitute for other tiles and may not contain any scoring points. Plum, Lily or Orchid Chrysanthemum and Bamboo are the flower tiles while spring (fisherman), summer (woodcutter), autumn (farmer) and winter (scholar) are the season tiles. Seasons are represented by people or animals. There are three kinds of dragons: the red dragon, the green dragon and the white dragon. There are four dragons of each of these three kinds in a set. Each of these tiles has different scoring points. The stick suit, the wheel suit and the number suit contain 9 kinds of tiles, numbered 1 to 9. The wind tiles contain 4 kinds of tiles, 4 kinds of flower tiles, 4 kinds of season tiles and three kinds of dragon tiles. These tiles are made of ivory, plastics or other compounds though semi-wooden or wooden tiles are also available. Some sets contain wooden tiles with beautiful hand-engraved designs.

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Which Mmorpg Is The Best Part 2 Pvp

Writen by Tayman Hur

Before I get started with the second part of this article, I want to mention another requirement for a good pvp(player versus player) game; Open Pvp. I know that I have opened a large can of worms with this one. But, I want all of you reading this to realize that I am not trying to make friends. Many of the things I say will offend some (I tend to call them carebears). The plague of carebears will be discussed in another article. :) Anyway, back on topic...

Why is Open PVP so important Tay?

Open pvp/pk is the very heart of competition in online games. "Survival of the fittest" If you concentrate on the pvp niche, you will find many people who will sign up for these games. There are consequences to open pvp however. Most of the paying customers of MMORPGs despise failure(getting killed). Why? Well, many people use MMORPGs to get away from their real lives. In many cases, these lives are already filled with enough drama and failure. So, why would they want to experience failure in an artificial world as well? It's much too easy to complain about failure instead of taking the proper steps to correct the problem.

So what about the player-killers that target newbies? How will I ever level?

You can level easily in every game that you play if you take the proper steps. I personally haven't had any major problems in this area. You may get killed every now and then, but never to the point where you can't continue leveling. Read the "How to avoid getting ganked in WoW" article for survival tips. The strategies can be carried over in most games.

You can grief others in consentual pvp/pk based games much easier than an open pvp environment

So, what makes a bad pvp game?

* Heavy restrictions on the pvp/pk environment

* Item/Time based leveling

* Lack of goals, rewards, competition, and public kill/death ratio

* Overpowered classes

* Over censorship from Game Masters (Gms)

* Relying on others to advance your character - This is a pet peeve of mine. If I want to grind for 12 hours straight solo, I should be able to do that. Many will say, "But, playing online with friends is the purpose of a *multiplayer* game." That may be true, but time zone differences and other restrictions make it difficult at times. I shouldn't need to join a zerg just to continue leveling...

Many of these items were discussed in the first part of the article, so I won't regurgitate the same information twice.

How do I satisfy everyone as a developer and make money at the same time?

I will use WoW and Lineage 2 as examples. World of Warcraft has 89y67123 different servers now...but where is the open pvp server? It would be so exciting to be able to kill anyone, anywhere. Just make a few of the major towns safe zones so you can use the warehouse, etc.(Ogrimmar, Undercity, etc.)

In Lineage 2, you should get rid of the highly flawed karma system. A discussion of this topic would take an entire page... The only thing I will say is, there must be a balance. Gaining more karma from defending yourself is the most ignorant idea ever.

If you want to satisfy everyone, create a game where all of the best gear and equipment is gained through pvp. You must enter the "wastelands" in order to obtain the best items. No artificial boundaries like a karma system, unbalanced item drops, etc.

The best aspects of each game MMORPG that I have played will be discussed in the next article. In the meantime, keep killing, keep grinding, and always strive to be the best. **Failure isn't an option**

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Easy Gold In World Of Warcraft

Writen by Gen Mason

There are ways of making easy gold in World of Warcraft, if you know how. To make use of all the opportunities available, could take a very long time to discover, especially if you only play for a couple of hours a day. There are guides to help you make easy gold in World of Warcraft, and one of these is by making use of the Auction House or AH.

Auctioneer NPC's are able to be found in Undercity, Orgrimmar, and Thunder Bluff, if you are playing on the Horde's side. The Alliance players make use of the same Auction House, but they can find these in Stormwind City, Ironforge, and Darnassus. If Alliance players and Horde players want to sell or buy item from each other, they must ask a guard to lead them to the neutral Auction Houses in Tanaris, Booty Bay, and Everlook.

With this basic information, you can now begin to acquire items from battles and quests to make easy gold in World of Warcraft using the Auction House system. On certain levels and in certain regions, you can buy cheap items, which might be extremely useful to another player. They will be willing to pay a good price for these items, especially if it will increase their power, or help their leveling. You can easily make an awesome profit from the item you sell.

To make easy gold in World of Warcraft, might seem tricky at first, as you have know precisely what to do and where to go in order to kill as many characters as possible to take their items to sell. Don't give up though, the more you play and the better understanding of the game, you'll soon find that in no time you are raking in the gold. You are also allowed to pull players out of the graveyard, once you have various potions and skills. You can then take their money and items as well. Be on the lookout for rare and highly sought after items by many professions, such as Heart of Fire and Wildvine.

Another way to make easy gold in World of Warcraft is to enchant an item before you sell it to give it a greater value. Enchanters are also always on the lookout for resources, so you can disenchant some items and sell them the resource.

In the various quests you have to undertake, you are also able to make easy gold in World of Warcraft, because in some of the quests, like those that take place in the underworld, the corpses might have bags of gold with them. You are usually able to choose the kind of reward you would like that best suits your character and profile, so be sure to choose carefully as some of your awards could be sold for a high profit. To get a quest is easy – just talk to any NPC that has an exclamation mark above his or her head. Some of these quests, require you to perform simple tasks, like collecting supplies for someone, and can become complicated, such as infiltrating a dangerous cult.

So, there you have it. It's only a brief outline to get you started on making easy gold in World of Warcraft, but once you begin, you will make even more than you can imagine, and the more quests you do and tips you pick up, the better your profile will become. So even if you start off slowly and don't play often, you can still up your levels, and become a great contender in this worldwide, popular Massive Multiplayer Online Game.

Gen Mason plays World of Warcraft almost everyday. Discover free World of Warcraft tactics and tricks at WOW Powerleveling