2012-11-12, 11:35 | Link #2301 | ||||
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Marui's ability is more or less useless to herself when you think about it. It affects Himiko more than it affect her so I imagine, Marui more or less play like a normal person - no skewing draw orders, no feeling the flow, no seeing the future, etc. Quote:
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Let's admit it, Saki is jaw-droppingly broken as a player. To have compelling fights she must have powerful opponents or we risk curb-stomps. And even then, Ritz-sensei slants the conditions for her opponents and give Saki psychological blocks to make the game more even. Thus, If Achiga is the one who will continue on to the finals. Shizuno needs to have some sort of power-up beside her despair shield or she is going to be Kana/Kyouko 2.0. On the other hand, Achiga has the opposite problem. They are not really that strong in my opinion compared to powerhouse schools like Ryuumonbuchi, Eisui, etc. But, they are our protagonist in this manga and they must win their fight semi-realistically. Thus the author arranges the fights so that the teams that Achiga face are more or less on their level. Hence, the Achiga syndrome. Notice the draws seems to be rigged in such a way that Side-B receives the troublesome schools. But, due to the way Achiga is set-up they are going to meet Shiraitodai. Since curbstomp battles are unfun especially if its happening to our protagonist. The Achiga syndrome kicks in and they temporarily nerf Shiraitodai. The nerfing of Shiraitodai actually started at Teru's match wherein there is a collection of 3 abilities that work well together to stop Teru. We just didn't notice because even when Teru is being nerfed she's still overpowered. Then the pattern continues with Sumire who confirmed that yes Shiraitodai is taking it easy on this match. Beside that, Achiga discovered Sumire's tell so they managed to avoid her ability. On the other hand, Takami might not be trying to win actually and just observing, using her harvest ability to offset the point loss. Though, I do agree that there is not much excuse for Seiko. But, this nerfing is temporary though - come finals Shiraitodai will probably be presented in their best condition and they would be very motivated to win - no more data collecting. 1. Teru is going to use an ability (probably her nine lantern) and she would undoubtedly met with less resistance there; unless Ritz is going to introduce another character that has an ability that directly counters Teru. 2. Sumire will probably be aware of her tell and she will not be data collecting this time around. She'll try to end the round quickly sniping the lowest point player. This will be actually easier since after Teru's round all of her opponents will have low points. 3. Takami is going to be the last dealer. Sera's possibility that she will keep getting yakuman hand due to dealer repeats is going to be very probable. 4. Seiko.... no comment yet 5. Awai is being hyped as the most dangerous first year. She's going to be a monster class. Quote:
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2012-11-13, 13:43 | Link #2303 |
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Then again, as Nodoka said and any person who has played Mahjong can attest, one or two hanchan means jack when trying to peg down a player's ability beyond the very basics. You have to statistically track someone down in order to be able to say anything meaningful.
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2012-11-14, 00:53 | Link #2306 | |
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How can you say this to poor Hitomi~chan? Not only was she up against good players but the government was conspiring against her... the only reason Shindouji was at the last place was because of the government's doing... like she said, IT'S ALL THE GOVERNMENT'S FAULT!
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2012-11-14, 02:24 | Link #2307 |
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@Serperior I think Momoko is not that hard to play with. You just have to play cheap/fast hand and hope that you will tsumo/ron before Momoko can be in Tenpai. (You can do the same to counter Hisa's bad wait, I think.) A player who like to play fast hand like Ako shouldn't have much problem with Momoko. In the end, it's all about the luck.
By the way, I'm still confuse about the definition of "Digital Playstyle" I know that Nodoka is the Digital Player but I still don't understand how can that make her stronger??? (or, luckier)
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2012-11-14, 03:06 | Link #2308 |
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A digital player is said to play like a computer would, operating completely by analyzing percentages keeping track of whats been played, discarded, and so forth. This can allow for ultra high speed accurate play which can be difficult for opponents to keep up with or to keep track of. When done right this style of play doesn't give openings to exploit as the player just doesn't make mistakes like this.
However this style is hardly unstoppable. Like Nodoka for example, she's weak to occult style play as she just can't, or won't, understand it as it's so outside of the logic/percentage style of digital play. In the Sakiverse at least Digital style is a stable but hardly extraordinary playing style that apparently will let you curbstomp the mook level caliber players but you'll have a harder time vs the upper tiers. Now players who can mix Digital and Occult style would truly be deadly as Cold Touka seems to demonstrate. |
2012-11-14, 03:09 | Link #2309 |
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From what I know, Digital Playstyle is using a lot of probability teorema. By counting the discard tiles and construc your tiles with high probability tiles that will comes.
My question is, who is faster, Nodoka's full power or Ako? Nodoka always consider the time and the point that she will get. Last edited by sandhy88; 2012-11-14 at 03:20. |
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2012-11-14, 11:08 | Link #2313 |
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Lol ^^ If its any consolation here is the link for the raws of chapter 105 courtesy of a kind anon. http://www.mediafire.com/?tkm4b79118lpmem Spoiler for Saki 105:
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2012-11-14, 14:31 | Link #2315 |
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A 16-page chapter 105... when will we see the semi-final for side B? With the way things are going... do we have to wait for Side A to conclude their semi-final before the semi-final for side B starts? I just hope we get to see more from the Miyanaga story and not just some glimpse of what's happening from side A... I want to see Rinkai and Usuzan in action...
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2012-11-14, 22:01 | Link #2318 |
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Rinkai's members are being introduce but still..... its slow -_-
I will grow old before it even finish the finals. I wish side B will have more pages done 16-20 pages. 20 pages are usually for weekly manga but Saki is monthly right? or is it bi-weekly? its kinda... nope, Not Kinda but SLOW PACE like a snail. I'm more excited with Side A achiga than the main series.
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2012-11-15, 15:36 | Link #2320 |
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The first two panels on page 11 of the 105 already transitions to the next day, which means it's now Kiyosumi's semi-final day. Satoha is also heading out to the Inter High location. Some Usuzan introductions may be in order for 106.
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