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>>19109210
Thanks, anon. Been playing for over a year and never calculated fu before, but you've made me understand it a lot more, been testing it out on games and hands and stuff, but damn WORKING out fu using the calculation was stupid.

Was trying to understand how a 4han hand got a Mangan (pic related) and attempted to work out fu. Which was 20 + 10 (closed ron) + 2 (pinfu) + 4 (triplet of simples that's closed) and got 36 which I rounded to 40. I then found out there's a calculation for this "(fu × 2(2 + han))" and thought "Oh, this must calculate the closest points" calculated it and got 2000+ and it confused the fuck outta me, I thought this was going to give the closets points like somewhere between 8000, but then I noticed why I was being stupid from the page that gave me the calculation and discovered if the calculation is above 2000, it's a Mangan and it's lead me to this conclusion.

It'm better off just using the Mahjong Calculator app on my phone than to actually work out fu in casual games that I've played over the past year and a half. It's not only quicker, but in the end you'd still have to calculate it with a calculator or in your head which could take time. So I might as well use my phone. It's nice I guess, and is expected if I were to ever play in some parlor in Japan (which I highly doubt I will), but outside of the novelty.

Thanks though, it's good to know regardless.