Great! There goes my life....

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:21 am

There's a mah jong game in the arcade here. I'm doomed.

MY NAME IS LULU AND I'M POWERLESS OVER MAH JONG.

Can I put the game on my "ignore" list? :-3

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:25 am

:-1 I have a HUGE problem, Hammy!

(Say, Hamster ol' pal, ol' buddy.....have you ever played mah jong? I could show you how...just til you get the hang of it. :sneaky: )

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:41 am

OK Lulu...lets challenge each other, see who can get the best score.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:42 am

Marie5656;501429 wrote: OK Lulu...lets challenge each other, see who can get the best score.

Ladies and Gentleman

Cher will be taking bets on the action :p

Who's it gonna be

Lulu2 or Marie??

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:44 am

WHATTTT? I came here for support in quitting....not a dive into the deep end!

Help me--before I cast the tiles! :-5

(Hamster had her own tiles? That's like shooting it into the VEIN!)

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:06 pm

LULU

I noticed your playing that alot !! - I use to play that, they changed the tiles and it screws with my eyes - the tiles are smaller and rounded. I'm stuck on BlackJack Solitaire. I beat Somebody21 once - he just couldn't leave my name in lights - brat..

Patsy

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:49 pm

Psst..she is off playing mah jong.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:53 pm

Do any of my fellow addicts play at POGO? I like word jong there, too...but, Patsy, if you haven't seen it...the colors are better than the ones here. I've noticed the tiles here are hard to see.

It's nice to know I'm not alone in this addiction.

Just ONE MORE GAME....uh, HUH!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:54 pm

Lulu2;501525 wrote: Do any of my fellow addicts play at POGO? I like word jong there, too...but, Patsy, if you haven't seen it...the colors are better than the ones here. I've noticed the tiles here are hard to see.

It's nice to know I'm not alone in this addiction.

Just ONE MORE GAME....uh, HUH!

Oh I play there all the time. I am mamabear14625 there. I like word jong too. Have you played majong garden?? I agree, the colors are richer there.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:55 pm

nonononononononono :-1 Don't TRY to take these tiles! DO NOT APPROACH ME.

STEP AWAY FROM MY MAH JONG GAME! I DO NOT WANT TO HURT YOU!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:57 pm

Do we need to do an intervention here?

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:00 pm

No kidding! You play at Pogo, too? Word jong, even?

A FELLOW ADDICT! I'm pasapdub and I usually just let them select a room for me...but I'll look for you.

(Embarassed to admit...I'm there now.

)

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:02 pm

I am actually taking a break...played alot of POGO yesterday. Was playing Bingo and Bowling.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:09 pm

Marie's an addict, too! Marie's an addict, too! (Maybe we can have a little MJA room here...with coffee & cookies & no internet access?)

:-3

NAH!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:32 pm

You're already a mother and you're asking that question? :rolleyes:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:37 pm

OK someone tell me how to play the "MJ" game never played it before..:-3

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:05 pm

Carla, I'll tell you ..... but, first, you have to agree NOT to blame me if you get hooked, ok?

(Assuming your silence means agreement :wah: )

Mah Jong is an ancient Chinese game, rather like "concentration." There are tiles with various number/symbols which you must pair up in order to remove them from the board. Just click on a tile and then click on its match. If nothing happens, you've selected a tile which can't be moved. It takes awhile to see the layers--sometimes one pattern's harder than another.

The tiles are laid out in traditional patterns which are hundreds of years old.

When you play, the best strategy is to try to remove tiles from the top layer down, trying to get to a single layer, so no tiles are hidden.

My suggestion would be to go to www.pogo.com and find a game there. It's easier to see the patterns/colors. No offence to whomever selects the game for the ARCADE here, but those are hard to see.

Pogo also has a game called "Animal Mah Jong" which is relatively simple and a good place to begin.

Good luck! :sneaky:

Those're my suggestions...anyone else want to share their methods?

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:18 pm

Hiya Lulu, I have mah jong on disc. Its made by Hoyle and has a whole pile of different layouts which adds to the fun. A lot of the tiles also turn into little animated gifs when you click on them. They're very cute! :rolleyes:

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:24 pm

OK Lulu2 I'm going in and give it a shot..:wah:

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:36 pm

Rapunzel....since we're sister addicts...I have that game, too! VERY hard to win...or at least, for me it is! But it's fun to play!

(PSSST...Rapunzel....Carla's going to play Mah Jong toooooooo! HEHEHEHEHEHEH :sneaky: )

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:47 pm

OK I played for 6 minutes and got 60 points. :-3 I don't get the edge thing I see lots of things to match but nothing happens unless they are on the edge??? So the game is over after 4 or 5 move.. :-5

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:39 pm

I just finished a game got 860 points before I ran out of moves..

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:45 pm

Well, you're off to a good start! The idea is to remove all the tiles! Remember, they're in layers....pyramids or other shapes and you can't move them unless they're at the edges. That's why it's important to be able to SEE the edges--which is easier at Pogo than it is here.

Nothing like beginning a new year with a new addiction.......:sneaky:

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:16 am

LuLu...try Shanghi2 here in our arcade. Tiles are bigger, and colors deeper. Plus you can pick your own layout and difficulty level.

I guess I am enabling now, right?

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:08 am

Hamster;501929 wrote: Girls, it's time to come out of the arcade now and back to real life!!! :wah:

Wait, are you telling me the arcade is NOT real life???? I am shocked and dismayed.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:17 am

Hamster;502215 wrote: I'm afraid so Marie!! Sorry about that!

Did you know that FG is also not real life??:wah:

Oh man....now I have to go do laundry...and cook.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:24 am

Dear MARIENABLER! I tried Shanghai2 and am now further into addiction. Thanks eversomuch! Naturally, it let me win...sort of like one of those sidewalk MONTY games....also known as COME ON IN, SUCKERRRRR!

What've I done? :-3

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:25 am

And what are friends for????

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:30 am

For leading us down the primrose path to DOOOOOOOOM....that seems to be it!

:wah:

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:33 am

:sneaky: Anything I can do to help out a friend.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:59 am

Really? Hamster...you're suggesting I could actually LIVE in the arcade? BAD GIRL! BADDDD GIRL!

chrisb84uk · Post by **chrisb84uk** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:08 pm

I knew that the Arcade was addictive, but never THAT addictive enough to spend your life in there hahaha. Must get kind of lonely in there though no, or do the games make up for that?? :sneaky: