Still got the riichi sauce (Clubhouse Games)

Clubhouse Games is available on Nintendo Switch!
Apollo's channel: / dumbdog
This was taken from my stream on April 12th, 2021. Catch me live every weekday from 11AM-4PM: / northernlion
I was at a loss for what to play so I decided to run some Clubhouse. If you can't find one game to play - how about 51?

[@WokuGames]

I love Apollos energy. He carries himself so differently from a few years ago. Im gonna have to start watching him again.

[@fisheatsyourhead]

we stan a mature and confident king

[@EveloGrave]

Seems less arrogant which is always good.

[@bigblueshoe777]

I love his new try not to laugh vids.

[@TheKevinPodcast]

He’s grown into himself for sure, but I think playing games with Steve really helped him hit that delicate balance into the beautiful boy we see today

[@fisheatsyourhead]

He was barely into his 20's when he first appeared on the NLSS, and I feel like he assumed his "value" in being a streamer was being skilled rather than charismatic. Time around streamers who are personalities rather than just good at games, plus the realisation that he's actually very entertaining when he's just goofing about and chatting instead of just being good at games has made him into a very good streamer

[@jonguy7944]

You gotta know when to call Pon. Know when to call Kan. Know when to Richii, and know when to Ron. You never count your Dora, When you're sitting at the table, There'll be time enough counting, when the dealings done.

[@Paperplanerr1]

But sometimes life hands you a Tsumo

[@canox6017]

Every gambler knows That the secret to survivin' Is knowin' what to throw away And knowin' when to Chii

[@GeoQuag]

Ryan convinced me to learn how to play mahjong and now I know how questionable most of his deductions are that he confidently believes in

[@al_yx]

this is true about so many things LMAO add sap to the list

[@aloudpancake]

Sometimes it sneaks up on you. I was wondering why being in furiten prevented him from calling tsumo. Then I realized he didn't even have a yaku

[@nekkowe]

@@aloudpancake And what's worse, when he was in tenpai with the 23s ryanmen wait, he did have a yaku (tanyao, no terminals and honors) but threw them out... to keep the single red dragon "I'm pissed off - I'm lookin at my hand and wondering how I haven't won this hand already"

[@anuk1311]

@@nekkowe thats what i thought too why didnt he just go for the naked grandma or the wingless dragon duuh and the worst part of it he was so confident in his overconfident canoe

[@Mathmachine]

I have watched many hours of NL playing this game and still barely understand it, but I will never get tired of watching him play it.

[@vincentvalentine1877]

I have learned it by watching Akagi

[@someperson3807]

Im reading this comment while watching him play connect 4

[@torgor_]

This has unironically teached me more about mahjong than I knew before ever

[@duelviper9871]

Everything I know about mahjong was from an episode of how I became a god where it was the most bullshit over the top game

[@DrCrazyEvil]

I get what to do except the Ron pon chi things, I get chi but not the others xD

[@ryan45890]

I watched a whole 30 min video on Mahjong to understand this video

[@shoegayser]

@@DrCrazyEvil pon is when another player discards a tile that would complete a triplet of 3 identical tiles, kan is the same but for 4 identical tiles if you already have three in your hand (the 4th tile is basically like a bonus tile), chi is when the player to your left dicards a tile that would complete a sequence, ron is when you pon or chi someone for your winning tile, tsumo is when you draw the winning tile yourself.

[@DrCrazyEvil]

@@shoegayser I'll have to write that down in brackets later, thanks though! It kind of reminds me of the Turkish board game called Okey if you like boardgames that one is really fun with 4 people.

[@williamapple7705]

Every time they talk about mahjong I think of that Josh impersonation NL made. God it's perfect.

[@mountainofmeat540]

“Yinz got any blank tiles?” “You’re telling me this blank piece of shit is a dragon?”

[@thejerg]

That was actually one of the greatest NL moments, in context, ever.

[@LilyVan7]

I actually said out loud "what are you doing" at 18:20

[@omyyer]

A little front seating for those who don't know Riichi mahjong: To win, create a hand of 4 sets and a pair. A set can be a three-of-a-kind or a sequence of three consecutive tiles. If you are one tile away from winning, you are in "Tenpai" and you can call "Ron" if someone discards what you need. This means you take all your victory points from that player! Otherwise, "Tsumo" means you drew the tile you needed yourself. If you have two of the three tiles needed for a set, you can "pon" a three-of-a-kind or "chii" a sequence from someone's discard. This is known as "calling". Calling "Riichi" means you are in Tenpai without ever calling. As well as the 4 sets and a pair, your hand needs a "Yaku" quality. There are about 40 of these: Riichi, All Triplets, and Pure Flush to name but a few.

[@TheRealGeorgeWashington]

Thanks for trying, but he was definitely right to just not even try and explain 😂

[@ItsTheSebbe]

I like your funny words, magic man

[@omyyer]

Bit of extra sauce: two tiles that could become a run of three are called protoruns, and it breaks my heart every time NL breaks them by discarding.

[@GeoQuag]

@@omyyer but the one white dragon might win the game for him, that’s why he had to break up the 5567

[@omyyer]

@@GeoQuag I don't remember the hands right now, but it happened a lot.

[@thatpedanticcommenter5847]

Look, I barely understood what was going on in Mahjong, but NLs two simplifications of it allowed me to glean just enough information from it for it to be funny regardless. Props to NL for having the ability to make great analogies.

[@notbulger]

We need a comeback of Riichi Mahjong

[@therecipegod1766]

I can’t tell you how much I need more yacht dice

[@Xzhh_]

Watching NL and K8 play Riichi got me into it too, I had some very pog times during the lockdowns thanks that. Ty NL for more Mahjong content.

[@tommyvandriessche592]

Same

[@mikahs7944]

Northernlion is a godfather of content

[@xXChipsAndGravyXx]

As a pre reg optometrist, hearing the glasses stories is quite entertaining. Btw kids do actu actually often pretend that they cant see, but its less that they want glasses and more that they feel like something is wrong and wants glasses to be the solution when it probably isnt. And also id get a second opinion on your 1 "integer" change in one eye, if its correct then its just something youll have to get used to (unilateral changes in prescription is often tricky to get used to and leads to people feeling like its wrong) ,but it also could just be wrong and its best to know for sure

[@xXChipsAndGravyXx]

By second opinion you could just get the same optom to retest as prescriptions vary back and forth and you genuinly could have been messured on a weird day for your eyes

[@Speglritz]

Perfect winds just mean he gets the 1 han bonus twice, one from the east wind being his seat and one from the round being the east wind.

[@eljapo6078]

Yakuza painfully and slowly taught me mahjong just so I could understand this video . Tyvm

[@imholdenonarope]

I can't describe how happy I am for more riichi and clubhouse content

[@chicken7882]

It is so enjoyable to watch people play mahjong once you knew the basic

[@sirios_guy2724]

NL posting 5 videos within a few hours is awesome!

[@kaitlynallen8082]

Northernlion. I'm fucking pogged out of my gourd to see you make Mahjong content. I NEED MORE. I feel like you are uniquely suited as a content creator to have a rabid fanbase of Mahjong players.

[@nicolescats2]

Part of it is that Kate plays Mahjong. So some people watch his wife, want more mahjong content, and come over here.

[@wargin7049]

Yoo NL playing Mahjong let’s go! I’ve been playing a ton of mahjong these last few weeks so I was pogged out of my gourd to see him play

[@VuizTV]

0:08 never knew apollo was secretly seth rogan

[@Oliverinspace]

I am so pumped that NL got his 1mil. Class of Wrath of the Lamb. I'm really happy for you.

[@PureLionHeart]

Oh no, it's the first time I've seen him play Mahjong since I've learned it myself, and now I see all the inefficiency! Haha, just kidding, would love to see more Mahjong honestly.

[@queenofsprinkles]

Love watching you collaborate with Apollo!

[@MystDaLow]

*starts by cutting the dora* Well that's gonna be entertaining

[@scrub_jay]

2 of my sisters got glasses within a few weeks of each other, and a little while later my little cousin did lie on her eye test because she wanted some too lmao

[@asbestos78]

everybody gangsta til the dealer chi's a terminal

[@BlutigeTranen]

Almost a week since Isaac. I never thought I'd see the day

[@XypherFTW]

Riichi Mahjong content is *always* goated with the sauce

[@Slightnoob]

My mom took me to get my eyes tested when we went to a magic show, and afterward, I asked my mom "was that a bird or a blanket he was playing with?" Apparently it was clearly a bird. I couldn't tell you, I could barely see the man on stage, much less what he was actually doing.

[@aneyaru]

renchan of the century

[@greeniegreens7737]

So mahjong is kinda like gin rummy? But with tiles rather than cards?

[@primeministersinister4541]

I love NL mahjong content.

[@bigrips7734]

Mahjong and React Court are NLs specialties

[@Speglritz]

I love the aggressive play to reach tenpai with an invalid hand impossible to win with. Me and my friends made that mistake a lot when we we're beginners.

[@RockiesSweden]

Northernlion playing Mahjong again is immense pog!!!

[@RockiesSweden]

Seriously NL got me into mahjong in the first place so it gives me such immense joy to see him playing it again!

[@MattyGHerring]

dababy

[@Ulticow]

Sporcle and Mahjong? Seems like it's gonna be a pretty pog week.

[@sl0w.1krr]

gotta love some early morning nl

[@dpunlasmith]

Dudes head is a cue ball and you’re doubting his pool knowledge?

[@GotRed0nYou]

Connect 4 is a solved game btw

[@GoodSmile3]

Bro 6 videos in a single day someone's got busy holidays

[@AureliaLux]

Love the Mahjong content

[@noirblanc8013]

Thanks to this video, I am now considering doing mahjong in Yakuza

[@Excessumamy]

The mahjong tutorial is pretty confusing in Yakuza imo, I recommend checking out the Mahjong Souls tutorial. Basically, make four groups of three (consecutive numbers or exact same) and a pair. However, you have to fufill a win condition alongside this. The most common win condition is to have at least one three-of-a-kind of dragons OR the table 'wind' OR the seat 'wind'. The other condition you can go for is to have no terminal cards (no 1/9/wind/dragon tiles at all). You can basically ignore the win conditions though if you just keep your hand closed, and start learning by just building your hand through discarding, like NL does for most of the games. TLDR - hope you try and enjoy mahjong in Yakuza ^^

[@noirblanc8013]

@@Excessumamy I came back to this video after learning mahjong on mahjong soul lmaooooooooooo I hate how yakuza's mahjong is a bit different than mahjong soul since I need to be more aware of the tiles (and I swear it felt rigged at times) but otherwise I think I have a decent grasp at mahjong. thanks for the comment anw :D

[@abcdaz]

Pog. Pure, unfiltered pog.

[@Fenneconomist]

Every time NL holds onto isolated honor tiles trying to get two extra honors to go with it or something and throws out his middle number tiles, I mald until I remember that I used to do exactly that. But the tile inefficiency still hurts just a little.

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

Those Honor Tiles have a special Hand: 13 Orphans. You'll need 1 and 9 MSP tiles and all 7 honor tiles. You'll want to have a pair of any of the 7 tiles for it.

[@Fenneconomist]

@@mynintendogamingfeed5208 Going for one of the rarest hands in the game instead of working with perfectly good number tiles that can make many other scoring hands is absurd. If he wanted to go for 13 orphans he'd have to move further from tenpai or even if not, have terrible waits on all the rest of his tiles. Riichi Mahjong is a fold-heavy game because of how punishing it is to throw into someone else's hand, so you don't have time to mess around like this.

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

@@Fenneconomist True. I have 2 clips of separate Riichi Mahjong sessions. One clip, I saw a CPU call "Ron!" Off a CPU's Dragon tile, resulting on the 3 Large Dragons Yakuman (and wiping out all 32,000 points from that CPU), and I got another clip of the separate Riichi Mahjong session in which the East Seat CPU called "Ron!" On the South Seat CPU that had the following hand (D is Dora): 5(D)67789P, EEEN(D)N(D)GGG Honor Tiles, which resulted in this score: Riichi (1) 1-shot (1) Dragon Tiles (1) Perfect Winds (2) ½ Flush (3) Dora (3 as bonus Han) Which resulted in a full Sanbaiman being calculated as a result and just instantly sent the CPU in the South Seat into the Minus Zone, all in E-1. And this was in Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics.

[@Fenneconomist]

@@mynintendogamingfeed5208 This is an extremely specific reply you've given me but honestly I am fully sympathetic to the absurdity of your situation. CPUs are big stinky cheaters (possibly). I'll never forget in FFXIV, my first Mahjong game with the bots, an easy AI straight up got a 13 orphans hand and my eyes rolled into the back of my skull. It was funny though. Good luck finding players on Clubhouse Games tbh lol. Hopefully you got another resource like Tenhou or Mahjong Soul

[@mynintendogamingfeed5208]

@@Fenneconomist Lucky for me, my points weren't robbed by the CPU that flung "Ron!" On those occasions. It was a CPU-ON-CPU affair.

[@EveloGrave]

During the First Connect Four game. I too did not see the four diagonal.

[@childhoodfriendsalwayswin]

Akagi Shigeru but if he was bald

[@diamond1468]

Love me some mahjong

[@tyc9909]

I've only ever played the game in chinese and now hearing them say the japanese words in english is so crazy to me

[@sventheultimate]

I have virtually no idea what is happening in Mahjong, but I'm pogging nonetheless.

[@mewtwotwo2222]

i would love more mahjong on this channel

[@LupusInCaligo]

Watching NL play more Mahjong again really surprised him. You won't believe what happens next! Saved You A Click NLComments: His gourd gets outpogged.

[@omny6686]

Majong actually remind me of an Arabic card game called hend. And when you finish your entire hand it's called a hendrema.

[@csguy3223]

So in Mahjong, what happens when the psycho circus stays in town one more night?

[@ancientdwarf7009]

I love these games

[@briffyvee50]

I'm so stoked to see more mahjong. I don't get it but I love not getting it

[@Jkjkjkkj2001]

Don’t quite understand why he didn’t Kan the East tile in the first game… that’s an extra point right there

[@OsoGordozon]

Please god play more Riichi

[@rexss90]

Bro my glasses got messed up this year too wtf? Mine are really bad, I told the dr several times during the examination and once they gave me the glasses that it was not good. I couldn't walk when I wore them, it threw off my depth perception so bad for like 3 days. I kept trying to adjust and kind of did for a bit, but anytime my glasses moved at all on my face (even if it was when I was walking) my entire vision would be thrown off so bad. I've since had to stop wearing them due to an increase of dizzy spells with them on. Luckily I'm just an at home college student, so I don't have to drive often.

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

I’m actually kinda pogged for mahjong now

[@ciaranmanca9381]

How is he so bad at connect four. It just doesn't make sense. If someone asked me if I thought NL was good or bad at connect four, I would hands down assume he was a God

[@alexanderkonczal3908]

He's a wordcel, not a shape rotater

[@ciaranmanca9381]

@@alexanderkonczal3908 actually so true, forgot about the shape rotating incident

[@floge1]

Also cribbage would be sick, twitch wouldn't know what hit them

[@lagspike7763]

We need more mahjong honestly it goes crZy

[@AngelasWings]

Love ya NL thanks for the content

[@mrshikad]

Jesus Christ, watching northernlion play this is pain inducing. He plays extremely bad. I still love watching it though.

[@Level80Sorcerer]

Mahjong is pog city

[@Ihasnotomato]

I understand Riichi Mahjong as well as I understand why my wife left me.

[@cesardiazjr8233]

the miss click at 25:24

[@DONKINDONUTS]

...Wtf even is Mahjong, honestly? 😂

[@darrenmills3943]

Bro what the heck is mahjong?

[@MrZyLeXx]

I have NOO clue what is happening in the game around 35:00

[@xaki6545]

Can confirm. Apollo is a furry 10

[@vepply]

is it just more or does apollo sound like young nl

[@purifire]

26:38 no kan no balls 44:27 :) 49:30 :):)

[@ravnaroks6469]

That's not even close to how I play kalaha what the heck

[@takingamassiveel]

38:07 I love NortherLion but god this hand made me so mad He gave up pinfu for literally no reason by making the 7Sou his triplet and then with 30 draws left he called his worse out It wouldn’t be mangan but it’s 2 Han he gave up for no reason I’m gonna SCREAM Sorry I’m autistic and a nerd for this game

[@williesmith8954]

You should play stacklands on steem

[@floge1]

Mr NL I will suck all of your points if you play more Mahjong