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Old 2009-08-12, 19:56   Link #2077
Quarkboy
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Originally Posted by Proto View Post
That one sort of makes sense in the context it was said. When the East seat wins a hand, as you may have noticed they play a bonus hand instead of continuing to the next round. When you are East, it is often a valid tactic to keep winning on cheap fast hands while you wait for a strong initial hand that can turn the tables. Hence the if I keep winning... that Yumi said. Unlike Saki that could only win on a Yakuman hand, she could resort to the long term tactic. It is more than a mantra than anything anyway. And she went for the win in any case with the 13 orphans try.
Ironically enough, my editor changed it to that... in the original translation I had

quote: As long as I keep winning, I haven't lost yet! {more literally, "I cannot lose!" but that sounds really ridiculously stupid in english}

{ } note is [sic] my original unedited translation
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