Mahjong is a matching game, essentially. Each tile has a unique pattern and another tile with the same one. You need to stack the tiles (multiple ways to do this) and match them.
There are even tables that have 8 openings so that it can automatically dispatch the starting hands of players based on the what the dice roll result is. Also the tables for riichi mahjong can calculate points and ranks based on how many tenbos you have in the storage.
Mahjong table is the one invention that has stayed consistent in design for the past decade and more. I remember visiting the country as a kid and seeing these around
Farming simulator 19 was free for ps4 users this month, getting actual farmers vlogs reccomended now and all I watched were a couple of tips and tricks videos.
I've been awakened in the middle of the night by shuffling mahjong tiles all throughout my childhood by degenerate gambling family members. MAHJONG is addictive.
I can explain how to play Majong, I'm chinese. The tiles are the following: 4 of each: The Numerals: 10k (As of 10,000), 20k, 30k, all the way to 90k. The Winds: (The ones with a big cardinal symbol on them) The Northern wind, The south wind, The west wind and The east wind. (Yasuo Lmao) The circles: (Can't come up with a reasonable translation sorry) 1 to 9 circles. Bamboos: 1 to 9 (The 1 is a bird) The Honours: The Red Middle letter (Literally Middle, in red, 中, since this game is at least 2000 years old it was used to simbolize China (中国））, The Rich Letter and The White board. In many regions there are 8 more tiles, which are the four seasons and four flowers. Basically at the start of a game the majong tiles are placed in 4 rows of 18 pairs each, so 148 tiles (Including 4 Seasons and flowers) in total. Majong differs in many variations is different regions in China, so I'll explain the one I'm used to and play. The game must be played by four players, not one more or less, when you start without the winner of the last game (It's the first game in the seating), any player rolls one or two dices (This is to decide the starting player), for example you rolled 8, you'll need to count counterclockwise 8 players starting from yourself, so it's gonna be the player on your left. After that the chosen player rolls the dice (to decide which side we'll start drawing the tiles from) and counts just like you did in the first dice roll but instead of counting the player you count the majong rows, then the player who rolled the dice starts to count from the left to the right of that row one pairvat a time the number he just rolled and start drawing from there, and you draw counterclockwise for the rest of the game. If you have a winner from last game you just skip the first dice roll and just do the second. He/she starts by drawing four tiles in the (Two pairs at a time) then the next player draws four, and so on, until everyone has drawn 3 times each (If you're not the one starting then you should have 12 tiles) and then you draw one more except the player whovis starting, who draws two (Because he's starting and everyone draws one at the start). The game is simple, the goal is to Hu (胡), to form 4 sets of 3 of one kind or 3 consequential tiles (For example 20k, 30k and 40k) paired with one pair of the same tile. This is the most basic winning hand. There are more others like Same Color, which is to do the same thing I said above but with the same category of tiles (Like all sticks, all circles), or to do All Pairs (7 pairs in total). There are many ways to gather tiles to form your Hu: Drawing, Chi (吃) which means to eat, is when you have two consequential tiles (like 2 Bamboos and 3 Bamboos) and the player BEFORE YOU throws a 1 stick or 4 sticks on the table and you take it, you then must place the 3 tiles in front of your hand. Then we have Peng (碰), is when you have two identical tiles and ANY player throws a third one and you take it, likewise you need to out the three tiles in front of your hand. Lastly you can Gan (杆) which is 4 of the same tile (This is fairly hard to do since you'll need to have all 4 tiles of that single tile in the entire tile pile), you can either draw it youself (Which is more valuable) or to do the same thing as Peng but with 4 tiles. So to start the starting player has to put a tile in his hand to the table center. The next player draws a tile from the draw pile and has to either do an action like Chi, Peng or Gan if he can, or to just put the tile he thinks he doesn't need to form the Hu. The game proceeds like this until a player forms his Hu. The harder the Hu is, the more valuable it is, so the more points the winner gains. The points are usually money if you are serious enough. That's it! If you have any questions ask me! I'll probably remember things I maybe forgot later.
I was curious how the machine could make sure that all of the tiles are facing the right way in the end. But looking at the internal mechanism, I'd guess that the there is something on the white side, just under the surface, that is attracted to a magnet. Pool tables also often use magnetism to separate the cue ball from the other balls. It's commonly thought to differentiate by the size of the ball, but I think the magnet solution is more common.
@@Little_Sams_Top_Guy For coin operated tables. Some have a magnet, some the cue ball is slightly larger than the rest so it doesn’t fit down the shoot and is deflected back.
It’s definitely magnets on the white side. You can see them when the top is open at the very end with the last two tiles that are in the shuffling bin in the middle
Man last time I thought about mahjong I just remember my grandparents manually shuffling their tiles while playing with friends... Technology has grown
Some people saying Mahjong is hard, but in truth the BASE rules isn't that hard to follow. Through out the game you'll have 13 tiles in front of you, and you're drawing 1 to make 14. In those total 14 tiles, you want to separate them into 4 sets of 3 tiles and 1 pair (3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 2) Your aim is to FINISH your hand first before someone else does. Not to make the "Strongest". The most basic of rules, simply make the 3 tiles in each set follow some kind of logical pattern within the same suit. For example, 1 2 3 of Bamboo Tiles, or 5 5 5 of Number Tiles. The tiles that has the Compass marking and the Red Dragon/Green Dragon/Empty tiles, they can only be combined into Triples (So if you have compass tile, you NEED 3x of the compass or the Dragon tiles to make a set. You cannot do 1 Red, 1 Green and 1 Empty tile to call it a set). As for the pair tile, simply make any pair. So a very basic hand that you can end up getting can be something like: (1 2 3 of Circle tile) + (5 5 5 of Number Tile) + (3x South Tile) + (6 6 6 of Number) + (2x of North Tile) = 14 tiles in total with each set following a logical pattern. So through out the game, you're drawing and discard tiles one after another, and everyone is simply trying to finish their hand first, with their hand consisting ATLEAST a basic pattern of 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 2 combination. So it's, weirdly like Poker where you have 5 Cards in total, each card is representing each set, so you're trying to "Make a Card" for your hand by finishing the set of 3 tiles. ------------------------------------- Now this is the easiest... What makes Mahjong hard is when we start talking about "Yaku" (Level of Point) and alllllll the rules around this and in all honesty where it gets daunting at first. When you make a Hand, you can make your hand worth alot of Yaku so when you finish your hand first, you can take a certain number of points from your opponent. What effects your Yaku, is the hundreds of different combinations you can do with your hand that can increase it, but there are certain things that can also TAKE away Yaku from your hand and attempting to memorize all of this is a absolutely nightmare because some combination is worth more Yaku than others.
Mass produce and years of heavy competition made them so cheap. In my hometown these machines are standard equipment for any tea shop. And you can look for Japanese made automated mahjong tables, which have lots of cool features, and of course far more expensive.
@@howardjones543 Almost, but there's also a big list of "legal" hands that you also need to match A winning hand is 4 sets of 3, a pair and then one of those patterns, for example only having numbers between 2-8 and no special tiles, or every set being a run and your winning tile being part of a run
The sorting and mechanical movements are fun to watch. You should incorporate a glass top with the smart glass window tint that switches on and off. Then you can turn the tint off while the machine is running and then turn it on when the machine stops.
As an ex cropier I remember when machines were introduced to sort the gaming chips which I thought was a wind up before they were installed in the casino 30 years ago. I've seen this played but don't understand it The machine is absolutely amazing.
That is just awesome. I know it probably defeats the purpose of the game, but I wish I had like a clear glass top just so we can look at the mechanism more clearly
I learned to play Mahjong at 12 years old for fun playing with my cousins.. My grandmother had 3 Mahjong tables when I was young, neighbors come to play and gamble. It's actually pretty easy to learn. It's good I don't play it now just to gamble..lmao
This takes me back. My dad thought us mahjong and always remember the build the wall bit :) We lived next door to a Chinese family and dad said after he’d been round one night, that he’d never seen so much cash before when they were playing for money lol
@@KTFlaSh96 automatic mahjong table but did you mean the brand ? We change brand every year as automatic mahjong table improve overtime iust like any electronics
mike102688 - We learned how to play craps in my statistics class in college. I’ve never played mahjong though other than the video game where you find matches.
@@deanacollins3508 That's not mahjong though that's just tile matching using mahjong tiles . Here how the REAL mahjong is played . www.coololdgames.com/tile-games/mahjong/#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20the%20Mahjong%20rules%20are%3A%201%20All,a%20tile%20from%20their%20hand.%20More%20items...%20
@@kraftzero2947 No. In Mahjong you have for different "colours" of stones ranging from one to 9, the four wind directions (each 4x), three dragon stones (each 4x) and a bnch of other specific stones. So using dominos wouldn't work at all ^^
Actually, you use the tiles you have on hand and constantly keeping certain ones and discarding the useless ones. Discarded tiles go in the middle so players can take a tile into their hand. Tiles have a certain order, type, and pattern you need to win. There are slight variations to it to. This is only the traditional Chinese mahjong.
@@Cookivirus the simple matching game is mahjong solitaire, "real" mahjong is a multiplayer game trying to collect hands with specific sets of tiles for example having 3 or 4 or the same can be a set, or 3 tiles following each other can be a set (eg the 3 4 and 5 of the same type) of specific sets of symbols together and so on where you try to obtain points from the others. If you watch anime and wanna know some things about mahjong try saki or akagi. Both have fansubs which explain at least some of it. I don't understand it all myself but that's the basics of the basics
I have some vague ideas of what Majong is (Truffles was playing it in _Chowder_ with her old lady friends, and my mom used to play a solitaire variant with stacked tiles), but I had no idea tables like this existed.
Mahjong is an Asian card game... Except instead of cards, they use tiles... And when the hand is over everyone throws their tiles in the hole in the center and the machine shuffles it for them then deals Everyone a fresh hand
UA-cam after I watched the news about a Chinese police man destroying automatic mahjong table: "okay now he knows that thing exist better to know how it works as well."
When i went to china my mums friend had an automatic mahjong table and i played a few rounds with it then when i left to go back to new zealand i instantly forgot how to play even a bit of mahjong
It's 4 sequence and/or triplets and one pair, but it's also not just any sequence and triplets. There's a winning hand with 7 pairs but that one doesn't worth much. I understand why mahjong kinda intimidating because unlike poker, Mahjong has so many winning hand and some of them might even change or added in the game depending on the region it played.
Big magnets under the conveyor belt and magnetic orientation in all tiles. Also the wheel that lifts the tiles is bi-directional and can spit them out again. Lastly there is an optical sensor on all four sides to count the tiles, discard the ones that are upside down and spit back tiles when enough have been stacked
Out of curiosity. I did a project back in College where we were supposed to sort different battery types. And the only way we could think of was sensors. How much were the sensors for all of them?
I wouldn't even be surprised if there are also ones with 2 colors for harder cheating and less time loss in tournaments etc. (like in the anime you can often see that between hands the backside of the tiles has a different color for example orange and dark blue are iirc mostly used there
The most difficult part of mahjong is finding 3 additional people to play together.
You said it, Mr. Woo! I agree!
Alternatively, finding an app that plays it among the thousands upon thousands of apps for solitaire games using mahjong tiles.
And then scoring the bloody thing
@@michaelwoodhams7866Mahjong Soul has a really active online playerbase
Mahjong Soul is free and lets you play riichi mahjong online with other players. I play it for an hour or two each week, it’s pretty fun.
redstone powered automatic mahjong table with 64 pistons..
*Mojang
I’m a cancer patient, mojang granted me the privilege of playing their game before I die.
SGpro 42:00 it was probably a joke
SGpro bro you gotta calm down
@@SGprooo the joke flew over your head
I don’t know what Mahjong is but I suddenly feel the need to learn
Yeah can somebody explain to me how to play mahjong
@@luiseduardofontes33 I'm sure there is a video on UA-cam about it. Lol
The Mahjong game pre installed on windows looks different.
rules from different region differs quite a lot. but they also have many shared features. The best way to learn is to just play it
Why are we all recommended this 2-3 years later
The convenience of this machine can’t be denied, but one of the best merit of mahjong is its sound while we’re shuffling by ourselves.
I like the sound of dropping the tiles inside the machine... tiles falling xD
Well, actually one of the reasons why this table was made is to prevent the pros from cheating.
Actually, some believe that the name mahjong comes from the sound of stirring the tiles.
Fuck those noises from my neighbour
Like washing Dominos
it's 3 am and i don't even know what mahjong is yet i'm watching this
not gonna lie it looks interesting
Mahjong is a matching game, essentially. Each tile has a unique pattern and another tile with the same one. You need to stack the tiles (multiple ways to do this) and match them.
oh yeah
shit i remember my grandma and grandpa were playing this back in 2007-ish when we first got an internet connection.
Yeah same here lol. I even play sometimes, when i'm bored
spiriiit that's white ppl mahjong, not the same as in the video here
same xD
I thought this was CGI until he touched it
@I Wetted Myself Uwu r/technicallythetruth
@@PirateCat822 bruh yes
100k subs, Excuse Me, What.
I didn't know but I watched one of this guy's youtube videos before.
CGI is never this good
Don’t know how to play mahjong but I would totally get one of these if I have the money
me too
Mahjong is addictively fun
honestly, same.
its free on the microsoft store
AFK_BIN it is gambling and my grandma almost lost her future cuz of mahjong
I don't play Majhong, but I'm glad this exists...
There are even tables that have 8 openings so that it can automatically dispatch the starting hands of players based on the what the dice roll result is. Also the tables for riichi mahjong can calculate points and ranks based on how many tenbos you have in the storage.
you are talking about Japanese mahjong table with 8 openings ;D
Tenbo? Richi? Wtf? Lol
@@samlinton1294 Riichi means Japanese Mahjong, Tenbo are the sticks, that calculate your score
@@user-ks4mg3sl8f thanks
In China most of the fun is washing the tiles manually while talking trash to each other.
In malaysia too
Yeah. Fun for these old aunties, for young people it was a disaster. Time for a roast about your salary, marriage, reproductive plan.....
@@GG-cy3rl not if you learn to not give a fuck
@@monkeseeaction21987 LMAO you listen politely so they dont gossip about how rude you are but you still curse them in your head.
@@watermelonice8775 LOL based on what?
but the true mahjong experience is aggressively trying to stack the longest wall before the person next to you
And try to hold up 17 pieces at once and it falls apart
Bruh I just made forts out of the pieces cause idk how tf to play
@@darkmatteracid2353 lmao same
Mahjong table is the one invention that has stayed consistent in design for the past decade and more. I remember visiting the country as a kid and seeing these around
You watch one mahjong guide for Yakuza 0 and the site thinks you love the damn game.
Tell me about it. I fucking hate those CPs
Finally got Kiwami 2 platinum after 10h of Mahjong
I'm in the same boat, trying to complete one friendship event on Judgement/Judge Eyes
I actually started to like mahjong thanks to yakuza, and became pretty good at the game 💪
Farming simulator 19 was free for ps4 users this month, getting actual farmers vlogs reccomended now and all I watched were a couple of tips and tricks videos.
I've been awakened in the middle of the night by shuffling mahjong tiles all throughout my childhood by degenerate gambling family members. MAHJONG is addictive.
I can explain how to play Majong, I'm chinese.
The tiles are the following:
4 of each:
The Numerals:
10k (As of 10,000), 20k, 30k, all the way to 90k.
The Winds: (The ones with a big cardinal symbol on them)
The Northern wind, The south wind, The west wind and The east wind. (Yasuo Lmao)
The circles: (Can't come up with a reasonable translation sorry)
1 to 9 circles.
Bamboos:
1 to 9 (The 1 is a bird)
The Honours:
The Red Middle letter (Literally Middle, in red, 中, since this game is at least 2000 years old it was used to simbolize China (中国））, The Rich Letter and The White board.
In many regions there are 8 more tiles, which are the four seasons and four flowers.
Basically at the start of a game the majong tiles are placed in 4 rows of 18 pairs each, so 148 tiles (Including 4 Seasons and flowers) in total. Majong differs in many variations is different regions in China, so I'll explain the one I'm used to and play. The game must be played by four players, not one more or less, when you start without the winner of the last game (It's the first game in the seating), any player rolls one or two dices (This is to decide the starting player), for example you rolled 8, you'll need to count counterclockwise 8 players starting from yourself, so it's gonna be the player on your left. After that the chosen player rolls the dice (to decide which side we'll start drawing the tiles from) and counts just like you did in the first dice roll but instead of counting the player you count the majong rows, then the player who rolled the dice starts to count from the left to the right of that row one pairvat a time the number he just rolled and start drawing from there, and you draw counterclockwise for the rest of the game. If you have a winner from last game you just skip the first dice roll and just do the second. He/she starts by drawing four tiles in the (Two pairs at a time) then the next player draws four, and so on, until everyone has drawn 3 times each (If you're not the one starting then you should have 12 tiles) and then you draw one more except the player whovis starting, who draws two (Because he's starting and everyone draws one at the start).
The game is simple, the goal is to Hu (胡), to form 4 sets of 3 of one kind or 3 consequential tiles (For example 20k, 30k and 40k) paired with one pair of the same tile. This is the most basic winning hand. There are more others like Same Color, which is to do the same thing I said above but with the same category of tiles (Like all sticks, all circles), or to do All Pairs (7 pairs in total).
There are many ways to gather tiles to form your Hu: Drawing, Chi (吃) which means to eat, is when you have two consequential tiles (like 2 Bamboos and 3 Bamboos) and the player BEFORE YOU throws a 1 stick or 4 sticks on the table and you take it, you then must place the 3 tiles in front of your hand. Then we have Peng (碰), is when you have two identical tiles and ANY player throws a third one and you take it, likewise you need to out the three tiles in front of your hand. Lastly you can Gan (杆) which is 4 of the same tile (This is fairly hard to do since you'll need to have all 4 tiles of that single tile in the entire tile pile), you can either draw it youself (Which is more valuable) or to do the same thing as Peng but with 4 tiles.
So to start the starting player has to put a tile in his hand to the table center. The next player draws a tile from the draw pile and has to either do an action like Chi, Peng or Gan if he can, or to just put the tile he thinks he doesn't need to form the Hu. The game proceeds like this until a player forms his Hu.
The harder the Hu is, the more valuable it is, so the more points the winner gains. The points are usually money if you are serious enough.
That's it! If you have any questions ask me! I'll probably remember things I maybe forgot later.
i ain't reading all that
i'm happy for u tho
or sorry that happened
@@harispramajakti6355 it's ok bruh it's way faster to watch a video
But...but.. i play Riichi Mahjong
@@alpha.n9481 Chinese majong is traditional
@@AnonymousGentooman Not sure what richi and Dora are but generally the two are pretty similar
Plot twist: Actually It's Mr.Wishy washy under the table
I no have your shirt!
Or consuela
@@cheesegyoza every bing bong two cent
@@randallsmith8825 * 2 sen
@@cheesegyoza you yes have my shirt
I was curious how the machine could make sure that all of the tiles are facing the right way in the end. But looking at the internal mechanism, I'd guess that the there is something on the white side, just under the surface, that is attracted to a magnet. Pool tables also often use magnetism to separate the cue ball from the other balls. It's commonly thought to differentiate by the size of the ball, but I think the magnet solution is more common.
I was always told pool table separated the que ball by its weight
@@Little_Sams_Top_Guy
For coin operated tables. Some have a magnet, some the cue ball is slightly larger than the rest so it doesn’t fit down the shoot and is deflected back.
It’s definitely magnets on the white side. You can see them when the top is open at the very end with the last two tiles that are in the shuffling bin in the middle
@@joshphillips9961 So you need a specific type of tile versus you’re typical melamine only. Fascinating. Those must be a fortune.
Why youtube recommend me to watch this, I've never played mahjong my entire life.
Cool mechanism tho
This would make my grandma’s dream come true
My grandma has one of this and she loves it
Western have these too?!
My grandpa for me xD sadly hes on heaven now :)
@@catchy9665 oof
@@idefkicabti4141 his mahjong set has never been found lol
I'd always watch some old people play with this table and it's great seeing how this actually works
Man last time I thought about mahjong I just remember my grandparents manually shuffling their tiles while playing with friends... Technology has grown
I like that you can see the magnets selecting the pieces that the machine wants elsewhere
I’ve been recommended this video on multiple occasions and happily rewatch it each time.
I just love how satisfying it is when the pieces all come out at once. DAM it feels good.
Some people saying Mahjong is hard, but in truth the BASE rules isn't that hard to follow.
Through out the game you'll have 13 tiles in front of you, and you're drawing 1 to make 14.
In those total 14 tiles, you want to separate them into 4 sets of 3 tiles and 1 pair (3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 2)
Your aim is to FINISH your hand first before someone else does. Not to make the "Strongest".
The most basic of rules, simply make the 3 tiles in each set follow some kind of logical pattern within the same suit. For example, 1 2 3 of Bamboo Tiles, or 5 5 5 of Number Tiles. The tiles that has the Compass marking and the Red Dragon/Green Dragon/Empty tiles, they can only be combined into Triples (So if you have compass tile, you NEED 3x of the compass or the Dragon tiles to make a set. You cannot do 1 Red, 1 Green and 1 Empty tile to call it a set).
As for the pair tile, simply make any pair.
So a very basic hand that you can end up getting can be something like: (1 2 3 of Circle tile) + (5 5 5 of Number Tile) + (3x South Tile) + (6 6 6 of Number) + (2x of North Tile) = 14 tiles in total with each set following a logical pattern.
So through out the game, you're drawing and discard tiles one after another, and everyone is simply trying to finish their hand first, with their hand consisting ATLEAST a basic pattern of 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 2 combination.
So it's, weirdly like Poker where you have 5 Cards in total, each card is representing each set, so you're trying to "Make a Card" for your hand by finishing the set of 3 tiles.
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Now this is the easiest... What makes Mahjong hard is when we start talking about "Yaku" (Level of Point) and alllllll the rules around this and in all honesty where it gets daunting at first.
When you make a Hand, you can make your hand worth alot of Yaku so when you finish your hand first, you can take a certain number of points from your opponent. What effects your Yaku, is the hundreds of different combinations you can do with your hand that can increase it, but there are certain things that can also TAKE away Yaku from your hand and attempting to memorize all of this is a absolutely nightmare because some combination is worth more Yaku than others.
So it's basically Rummy with tiles 🥸
The fact that that’s only 680$ blows my mind
Yep... wouldnt be 600 here in the west more like 5000$
Mass produce and years of heavy competition made them so cheap. In my hometown these machines are standard equipment for any tea shop. And you can look for Japanese made automated mahjong tables, which have lots of cool features, and of course far more expensive.
@Tsrif Tsal ?
@Tsrif Tsal they r very common. My aunt has one since I don’t know how long ago. They r still in use. :)
680$?, that’s a bit expansive to be honest.
(Tries to learn how this mahjong table works)
"Dang this complicated!"
(Tries to learn how to play Mahjong)
"DANG THIS IS COMPLICATED!"
No it's not! It's easy 😂😂
(I'm from Hong Kong, btw)
@@PrestonFlanders Bare in mind my focus was on Riichi Mahjong. You can't tell me it's not complicated. =/
@@Galiaverse It's not complicated, you can learn the game in just 1 day.
Memorize and perform all the yakuman possibilities it's complicated
@@stefanoguerraayala1585 Isn't Mahjong basically the same as Rummy with playing cards? (make sets, runs, etc)
@@howardjones543 Almost, but there's also a big list of "legal" hands that you also need to match
A winning hand is 4 sets of 3, a pair and then one of those patterns, for example only having numbers between 2-8 and no special tiles, or every set being a run and your winning tile being part of a run
The sorting and mechanical movements are fun to watch. You should incorporate a glass top with the smart glass window tint that switches on and off. Then you can turn the tint off while the machine is running and then turn it on when the machine stops.
sadly the glass would eventually get all scratched up. (which is why all gaming tables have that green felt)
Game: Mahjong
Minimum skill: Beginner
Maximum skill: Asian aunties
Grandmas are also someones aunty
@@extrabang2495 in Malaysia/Singapore, We literally call any elderly woman auntie (maybe 30+ years older than us) even though they're not relate to us
@@BenziLZK yeah same with kurds
ua-cam.com/video/H9mKDCNZ2oo/v-deo.html
@@BenziLZK same with india
me:
youtube: let me show you how automatic mahjong table works
My grandparents have one of these and when it’s the weekends my aunts and uncles would play and hearing this noise would be so satisfying
I'd be interesting in knowing how it makes sure the tiles are face-down.
magnets
Magic
most likely a color sensor
The blue sides have magnets
The white part is ivory.
The colored part is usually metal.
It took UA-cam 5 years to show me this but it's worth it
Yeah, same, just saw this now, this is pretty cool
As an ex cropier I remember when machines were introduced to sort the gaming chips which I thought was a wind up before they were installed in the casino 30 years ago.
I've seen this played but don't understand it
The machine is absolutely amazing.
I love playing on an automatic table. So much faster than hand shuffling. Plus it has a cool factor that can’t be beat.
That is just awesome. I know it probably defeats the purpose of the game, but I wish I had like a clear glass top just so we can look at the mechanism more clearly
it’s not the same not hearing all the tiles shuffled manually.....it’s the “sound” of mahjong.
How do you shuffle mahjong manually?
@@theorpettersson4102 move them around the table
@@theorpettersson4102 with your hands
I like to call it the tsunami
This automation looks intuitive and all but I must say I agree with the sounds made from manual shuffling
My grandmother would kill for this.
Too bad she can get killed if she is not vaccinated and wearing a mask
@@Ronakvevo did he comment something in another video or something?
@@tsaqifammarsakti7825 Nope.
@@Ronakvevo wow tysm for spreading negativity so helpful
@@Ronakvevo And how's that related to the original comment?
I've never needed to know about how these work or even that they existed but I'm glad I do now.
Seeing how cool this table is makes me want to learn and play Mahjong.
I learned to play Mahjong at 12 years old for fun playing with my cousins.. My grandmother had 3 Mahjong tables when I was young, neighbors come to play and gamble. It's actually pretty easy to learn. It's good I don't play it now just to gamble..lmao
I’ve never played mahjong once but I just want this to flex on my friends.
This takes me back. My dad thought us mahjong and always remember the build the wall bit :) We lived next door to a Chinese family and dad said after he’d been round one night, that he’d never seen so much cash before when they were playing for money lol
This just makes you wanna play some Mahjong, an absolute marvel of machinery
2021: UA-cam algorithms brought me here.
Thankfully so. One of the questions I didn’t know I needed answers too
Hey, me too.
Thank the UA-cam algorithm 🙏🏼
Kind of funny how I searched for this in 2019, only for it to appear in my recommendations in 2021.
I don't even know how to play mahjong or even watch video about mahjong, but UA-cam recommend me this, I don't regret it.
I have wondered this for so uncomfortably long, this video saved me
UA-cam: Recommend this in 6 years they need it
"Are you sick and tired of having to shuffle mahjong tiles. Well no more with our $10000 table"
wow $10,000 is too much, this particular table is only $680
mike102688 maybe with shipping added to it.
@@mike102688 whats the name of the table?
@@KTFlaSh96 automatic mahjong table but did you mean the brand ? We change brand every year as automatic mahjong table improve overtime iust like any electronics
It was $680
I had no idea that such a think existed and now I’m fascinated!
If we have this, my mom and her friends would play this for a day, nonstop.
I know how the table works, all I need to do now is find out what Mahjong is.
I am wondering how poker works....
mike102688 - We learned how to play craps in my statistics class in college. I’ve never played mahjong though other than the video game where you find matches.
@@deanacollins3508 matching is nice... I played that when I am bored too
@@deanacollins3508 That's not mahjong though that's just tile matching using mahjong tiles .
Here how the REAL mahjong is played .
www.coololdgames.com/tile-games/mahjong/#:~:text=In%20summary%2C%20the%20Mahjong%20rules%20are%3A%201%20All,a%20tile%20from%20their%20hand.%20More%20items...%20
Mahjong is complex.
Traditionally, it's gambling but with certain tiles and call-outs to win. No bluffs. Just the tiles you have and needed.
That’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen and I don’t even know how to play.
when you find out for the first time that such a table even existed. Vivid memories of spending ages trying to organise the damn tiles....
I like shuffling it myself. The sound is just perfection. I guess this is for the oldies.
I thought this was a fictional machine that only existed in one of my favorite animes Saki.
haha i love that anime and i bought the anime game set ;D
KuzCo
What’s the title of that anime? You got me interested and curious : )
Anime name: saki ..
I dont know why I love replying to messages from years ago haha..
I was here looking for Saki references, Thank you!
Two years later, after I have finally learned to play mahjong this gets recommended to me once again.
I’ve got no clue on how to play, looks like dominos
Mahjong: looks like dominoes, plays like rummy
@@Haights couldnt you technically use dominoes for discount mahjong?
@@kraftzero2947 No. In Mahjong you have for different "colours" of stones ranging from one to 9, the four wind directions (each 4x), three dragon stones (each 4x) and a bnch of other specific stones.
So using dominos wouldn't work at all ^^
@@Martell364 interesting
Actually, you use the tiles you have on hand and constantly keeping certain ones and discarding the useless ones.
Discarded tiles go in the middle so players can take a tile into their hand.
Tiles have a certain order, type, and pattern you need to win. There are slight variations to it to.
This is only the traditional Chinese mahjong.
This is still my favorite video ever on YT.
Bruh this thing was my childhood, its just so satisfying.
that's pretty dope
That's wild. I had no idea what an interesting game it apparently is.
Bethany NW
Similar to the western card game Rummy
That sound is mildly satisfying 😌
Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.
I want a mahjong table now, got no clue what mahjong is thou 🤣 The internet: been selling us shit we dont need since its inception 🤣🤣
conception?
It is really just a matching game
You could always try it out online
It can be quite fun
Like what cookvirus said it is just a matching game only with 160 tiles i think, it is fun just like a card game just a lot of pieces.
@@Cookivirus the simple matching game is mahjong solitaire, "real" mahjong is a multiplayer game trying to collect hands with specific sets of tiles for example having 3 or 4 or the same can be a set, or 3 tiles following each other can be a set (eg the 3 4 and 5 of the same type) of specific sets of symbols together and so on where you try to obtain points from the others. If you watch anime and wanna know some things about mahjong try saki or akagi. Both have fansubs which explain at least some of it. I don't understand it all myself but that's the basics of the basics
@@My1xT ah
Well I'm lonely so I guess I have no experience with the multiplayer
Thx for informing me
*Superbe création, bien organisé.*
I may not know a thing about mahjong but i do happen to know a thing or two about tables and i can say that is a pretty cool table
I don’t even know what Mahjong is but that shit look amazing, especially at the end.
This is what they played in the show “Chowder” on CN
My house have one of this too! It’s also the exact same color and everything. Huh
Ngl I want this its looks cool at the same time less bothersome to stack them and scramble
This is probably the best video UA-cam has ever recommended to me
The pieces can be normal plastics pieces. They should have magnetic inserts to flip them the correct way up when stacking
They are actually magnetic to ensure the orientation
How else do you think they all got the same way, you dingus?
@@CardHandlers "Should have" is just another way to say "must have," dick head. He's explaining how it works, obviously.
They are magnetic. Watch the left side track. It picks up the piece only when the white side is face up.
I have some vague ideas of what Majong is (Truffles was playing it in _Chowder_ with her old lady friends, and my mom used to play a solitaire variant with stacked tiles), but I had no idea tables like this existed.
I was searching the comments hoping I wasn’t the only one who knew about this because of chowder.
oh dang this looks insane, me and my family were talking about how they work yesterday while playing
The mahjong tiles look so satisfying
I don't know what I just watched... but, it was pretty cool!
an electric mahjong table? built with electromechanical equipment and parts
Mahjong is an Asian card game... Except instead of cards, they use tiles... And when the hand is over everyone throws their tiles in the hole in the center and the machine shuffles it for them then deals Everyone a fresh hand
Now I don’t have to hear my parents clamming the pieces together at midnight
now it's the machine clamming the pieces together at midnight
I used to watch my parents and uncle play that but never understood the point of the game but i just liked the mixing of the square things
Never knew this table even existed til today. Thanks to YT recommendation I now know how it works.
half the fun is shuffling!!!
lurker782
Washing tiles
Swimming in the table to be precise hahaha
It's supposed to swim on the table
@@shadowstalker4431 We typically say ''let's go swimming'' as a joke to refer to playing mahjong sometimes XD
And slamming of them tiles!
UA-cam after I watched the news about a Chinese police man destroying automatic mahjong table: "okay now he knows that thing exist better to know how it works as well."
Is youtube asking us in low key to buy a load Mahjong tables to replace the one the police smashed up?
I didn't need to see this but I'm glad I did!
It's cool!
That’s honestly pretty sick
*_*My Aunt intensifies*_*
*watches video with no knowledge on what mahjong even is*
*finishes video*
*gazes into the sky*
"I'll take your entire stock"
I know I'm late to this video but thank you. I've always wanted to know how those worked.
0:03 I'd consider buying one just for the satisfaction of doing this, MAN that looks satisfying!
Nobody:
UA-cam Algorithm: Pst hey you wanna see a video about a automatic Mahjong table
Cuz people searching it as loads of vids of china police smashing them up to stop people meeting and catch corona virus
When i went to china my mums friend had an automatic mahjong table and i played a few rounds with it then when i left to go back to new zealand i instantly forgot how to play even a bit of mahjong
It's literally just Finding Pairs? What's so hard and forgetful about that?
It's 4 sequence and/or triplets and one pair, but it's also not just any sequence and triplets. There's a winning hand with 7 pairs but that one doesn't worth much. I understand why mahjong kinda intimidating because unlike poker, Mahjong has so many winning hand and some of them might even change or added in the game depending on the region it played.
@@Roadent1241 That's Mahjong Solitaire. They're talking about the traditional game.
One of the fun things of mahjong is everyone shuffling and then building the tiles
Faster the table gets set, the faster You can get that moolah. So nice!
Aren't you also supposed to use 2 sets of pieces playing with one while the other ones are prepared for the next game ?
How could the machine recognize front and back of the tiles?
Big magnets under the conveyor belt and magnetic orientation in all tiles. Also the wheel that lifts the tiles is bi-directional and can spit them out again. Lastly there is an optical sensor on all four sides to count the tiles, discard the ones that are upside down and spit back tiles when enough have been stacked
Out of curiosity. I did a project back in College where we were supposed to sort different battery types. And the only way we could think of was sensors. How much were the sensors for all of them?
magnets bruh
Perhaps you did not notice that the back of the tiles are blue?
Hall effect sensors.... and maybe a laser.... cuz lasers
I can’t believe I read it as Mojang table and Thought that this is minecraft related
That's really awesome I never knew this existed.
That looks super cool.❤
Didn't know the automatic table from anime called "Saki" exist
I wouldn't even be surprised if there are also ones with 2 colors for harder cheating and less time loss in tournaments etc. (like in the anime you can often see that between hands the backside of the tiles has a different color for example orange and dark blue are iirc mostly used there
@@My1xT Can confirm, my grams got one that cycles between three sets.
@@secretasianman108 THREE wow cool. Is it ready to play already with set 2 while the first set is still mixing or does it wait?
@@My1xT Yep, close to zero down time, as there's always one set ready to go, even as one set being used, and the second is being sorted.
@@secretasianman108 that's awesome.
The hardest tasks are assigned to the laziest of people so they can find an easier way of doing it
These are super satisfying
There's a tiny elf in the table busy sorting these tiles. He's the best if well treated. Very hard working type.