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dog
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I really do love how often I see the fighting game player to shmup player pipeline in action. It’s a real thing

gosokkyu
@gosokkyu

in my experience there's a hard generational line that determines who goes to other arcade genres and who completely divests and goes full degenerate MMO player

inevitably, all roads lead to poker/chess/mahjong

gosokkyu
@gosokkyu

if mahjong is the last stop on the road to FGC Retirement then Yumeiro Yuram's like, FGC Assisted Living

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@gosokkyu

FGC RETIREMENT WATCH: Tetsumi Mahjong

This upcoming Japanese mahjong sim not only claims to be the first online mahjong client to allow for manual shuffling and wall-building, complete with simulated physics, it's also offering a goddamned training mode for those who want to lab setting up the table

(it also claims to have super-flexible custom rule configs, so it might be worth paying attention to sans-gimmick)

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DeaneFox
@DeaneFox

I hit the FGC -> Shmup line fairly early on in 2009ish, took a jaunt in MMO when FFXIV ARR came out in 2013 (which continues on and off to this day)...and then decided to learn mahjong during the initial covid waves of 2020...so I've been down all these roads lol

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sasuraiger
@sasuraiger

I def dabbled in shmups when I got into arcade games in general, but I've come to terms with the fact that I'm basically just not that great at the fundamental genre skills. Maybe I just can't stay still. I was able to 1CC Mushi Futari on Original and good old Cho Ren Sha 68K before realizing this

I learned mahjong specifically because FG input lag was so bad at the time and esp lately I have really had a lot of fun and success applying competitive skills I learned in FGs to something where I don't have to block Nagoriyuki

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sasuraiger
@sasuraiger

There's probably a market for this, albeit very very small. Players who transition from online into table play often have trouble with the table ritual because video games always do it for you, and it's something that only really gets drilled into your head via repetition. If you want to play against people rather than faceless ranked you really need to get to know it.

That being said, you probably wouldn't want to play online for very long like this; there's a reason players who play hand-shuffled mahjong a lot eventually go insane and drop two grand on an auto table.

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gosokkyu
@gosokkyu

yeah I did mean to bring up the fact that it's running counter to real-world mahjong trends which are all pushing for automation (maybe too aggressively, I thought, but the post-lockdown reset that occurred with other forms of doesn't seem to have manifested to the same degree with table games)

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sasuraiger
@sasuraiger

Shuffle tiles long enough and you'll dream of having it done for you. I'm sure this versus the prohibitive cost of a home setup (and of course the gambling) are how the parlor remains alive as an institution. It's also worth noting that the tables for a parlor are way nicer and about 8k USD more expensive than ones intended for home use. Home table shuffles the tiles and needs the players to deal; parlor table does it all in the blink of an eye.

(oh, and I dropped this game's steam page into my mj discord and a bunch of people were like "sold!")

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