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24.03.2024

"MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" Results

The winners of "MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" are:
🥇 — 300 Euros, Cheng-Lung Peng, Chinese Taipei
🥈— 200 Euros, Galina Dulenko, Russia
🥉— 100 Euros, Simone Duboz, France
🏅 — 100 Euros, Jeremie Barbet, France
The tournament was attended by 32 players from 9 countries.
To see full results please refer to the tournament page.

02.03.2024

Participation in "MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament"

Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 finished. The list of participants of "MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament", which will be held on March 23, 2024 (Saturday) at 15:00 (UTC+3), can be viewed by link.
Participants consist of 4 groups, 3 groups of which are in the main section of the tournament, and the 4th group is a substitute players list (with conditional participation):

  • group marked as "Ann" are players ranked 1-32 of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 overall — 32 players
  • group marked as "Mon"are players ranked 1-3 in all 12 monthly results of MCR Marathon — 6 more players
  • group marked as "Org" are Duplicate tournament organizers — 4 players
  • group marked as "Sub" are players ranked 33-40 of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 overall — 8 players.

Consent in participation

All participants of "Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" strictly till March 16, 2024 23:00 (UTC+3) have to send to Vitaly Novikov their "Consent in participation", the text like:
"I, [your name and lastname, MUST coincide with what is in your profile!], agree to participate in "MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" to be held on March 23, 2024 from 15:00 till 20:00 (UTC+3).
I agree to follow all the tournament procedures (have time allocated for all the duration of the tournament, enter the system 30 minutes before the start, confirm my participation prior to 5 minutes before the start, etc.)
It is my responsibility to ensure stable internet connection, valid password, to understand how MCR Duplicate rules work."

Contacts of Vitaly Novikov:

  • email address: vitaly.novikov@mail.ru
  • WhatsApp: +7(925)771-45-92
  • telegram: @Novikov_mahjong
  • WeChat ID: Novikov_Mahjong

At the day of the tournament

The ultimate goal is to hold top quality competitive mahjong event. There are obvious limitations like to have all the tables to be completed. Hence, the confirmation procedure is the most critical component!

The launching scheme will work as follows:

  • all 3 groups of players in the main section of participants will be placed into "main players" section as-a-whole, the starting seating for the session 1 will be determined randomly by the system
  • on the contrary, players in the "substitute players" section will have their order based on their ranking, whenever the opportunity comes, only the first in the list will be taken
  • all the players are strongly adviced to enter the system 30 minutes before the start of the tournament
  • 20 minutes before the start of the tournament the confirmation will start
  • IMPORTANT: confirmation will end 5 minutes before the start of the tournament, after that all unconfirmed players will be REMOVED from the system!
  • when only 5 minutes left before the start, the goal of tournament organizers is to complete tables, which will be done by "moving" the first available confirmed player in the substitute players section to the "main players" section; the process will be repeated untill the last incomplete table would be filled in
  • at the declared time the tournament starts

01.03.2023

Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Results

Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 finished. Here is some statistics:

  • 14729 games played
  • 677 players from 21 country participated
  • 365 players received non-zero ranking in at least one MCR Marathon period
  • top 3 players won medals (will be sent by mail)
  • winner won a mahjong set (will be sent by mail)

Winners of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024

Rank Country Player's name Medal
1 王孙玮 (我叫你放铳你👂🐉🐎) 🥇
2 Ricky Huang (Ricky) 🥈
3 Kenji Shibasaki (Shiba-one) 🥉
01.03.2024

Season "Winter" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Results

Season "Winter" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 finished. Here is some statistics:

  • 3624 games played
  • 427 players participated
  • top 3 players won medals (will be sent by mail)

Winners of Season "Winter" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024

Rank Country Player Medal
1 buffalo 🥇
2 Shiba-one 🥈
3 我叫你放铳你👂🐉🐎 🥉
20.02.2024

MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament

Mahjong International League (MIL) and MahjongSoft are pleased to announce a special tournament "MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" for 40 best MCR Marathon players taken from winners of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024.

Tournament

The tournament will be held on March 23, 2024 (Saturday) at 15:00 (UTC+3).
The tournament will be played in 3 sessions (90 minutes, 16 duplicate deals each). So, approximate ending time is 20:00 (UTC+3).

Participants

The main list of participants will be taken from players ranked 1-32 of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 overall and players ranked 1-3 in all 12 monthly results of MCR Marathon (provided they are not in the list of top 32). Players ranked 33-40 overall will be a source of substitute players list.
In addition to the winners, 4 wild-cards for Duplicate tournament organizers will be added.
Comment: all the names of tournament participants will be known on March 2, 2024 after finalizing the results of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024.

Prizes

The best 4 players of "Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" will be pronounced as winners, every winner will receive cash prize and a medal:

  • rank 1 — 300 Euros
  • rank 2 — 200 Euros
  • ranks 3-4 — 100 Euros each

All the prizes will be provided by Mahjong International League (MIL).

Additional information

All the potential participants will be contacted by tournament organizers starting from March 3, 2024 via email addresses, indicated in the players' profiles (please, make sure the information in profile is updated).
The more detailed information regarding the "Winners Duplicate MCR Tournament" will be provided later, after March 3, 2024, please follow the "News" section of Mahjongsoft site.

01.12.2023

Season "Autumn" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Results

Season "Autumn" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 finished. Here is some statistics:

  • 4716 games played
  • 424 players participated
  • top 3 players won medals (will be sent by mail)

Winners of Season "Autumn" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024

Rank Country Player Medal
1 Andrei Ivanov 🥇
2 Bob 🥈
3 buffalo 🥉
01.09.2023

Season "Summer" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Results

Season "Summer" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 finished. Here is some statistics:

  • 3679 games played
  • 413 players participated
  • top 3 players won medals (will be sent by mail)

Winners of Season "Summer" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024

Rank Country Player Medal
1 Bob 🥇
2 佳伟佳伟爱你不悔 🥈
3 Ricky 🥉
10.08.2023

"Progressive Ban" Scale Modification

After player receives 5 or more cases of "progressive ban" the whole scale of "ban days" has been changed:

  • 5 cases would lead to losing the "verified user" ("VU") status for 30 days
  • 6 cases would lead to losing the "verified user" ("VU") status for 90 days
  • 7 cases or more would lead to losing the "verified user" ("VU") status for 365 days

The above-stated modification is effective immediately for all new MCR Marathon games.

01.06.2023

Season "Spring" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Results

Season "Spring" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 finished. Here is some statistics:

  • 3967 games played
  • 417 players participated
  • top 3 players won medals (will be sent by mail)

Winners of Season "Spring" of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024

Rank Country Player Medal
1 佳伟佳伟爱你不悔 🥇
2 1484dai 🥈
3 clarionxd 🥉
13.03.2023

MCR Marathon Games Disqualification Criteria Modification

The following criteria for MCR Marathon games disqualification will be added (all the measurements are in "automoves", AM, that is the moves which are made by the system due to player's disconnection):

  • after deal 13 if MCR Marathon game has not been disqualified, then such a deal is played to its end and cannot be disqualified regardless the number of accumulated AM "combined" for the entire game (to get AM "combined", add up the number of AM for all players)
  • if 100 or more AM "combined" for the entire game have been received, if a player has got 80 or more AM during such a game, that player receives so-called "progressive ban" by losing the "verified user" ("VU") status for the period equal to the previously accumulated "ban days" plus 1 day

22.02.2023

Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Launch

Mahjong International League (MIL) and MahjongSoft are pleased to announce Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024, a long-term open tournament, which starts on 01.03.2023 at 00:00 and ends on 29.02.2024 at 23:59 (UTC+3).
Marathon is opened to all players, with no restrictions with respect to participation, or the number of accounted games.

Periods

Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 is composed of four "seasons":

  • "Spring", 01.03-31.05.2023
  • "Summer", 01.06-31.08.2023
  • "Autumn", 01.09-30.11.2023
  • "Winter", 01.12.2023-29.02.2024

In turn, any "season" consists of three monthly periods, each starts on 1st day of the accounted month at 00:00 and ends at 23:59 (UTC+3) of the last day of the respective month.

Results and Ranking

All games played by a player within a monthly period are then consolidated using four-component formula to get player's score. All player's scores are then ranked accordingly to get rank (place) and basic rank for the considered period.
The player's seasonal result is a sum of TWO BEST basic rank values from the considered season.
The player's annual result is a sum of seasonal result values taken from each of four periods.
Comment: for details on formulas and ranking procedures please refer to MCR Marathon/Information page.

Prizes

Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024:

  • the best player will receive a mahjong set
  • top 3 players will receive medals

Each "season":

  • top 3 players will receive medals

In March 2024 40 best MCR Marathon players taken from winners of "seasons" and Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 overall will compete in "MCR Marathon 2023-2024 Winners Duplicate Tournament" with the additional prizes from Mahjong International League (MIL). All the necessary details about such "Winners DMCR Tournament" will be provided closer to the tournament date.

Comment: organizers of Annual MCR Marathon 2023-2024 may consider some other prizes in addition to the listed above.

How to Participate?

To enter MCR Marathon, please, enter the table marked "MCR Marathon" on the starting page. The table of results is available at Consolidated Marathon Results page (please, choose the rules and period in a drop-down menu accordingly). The table of annual results is available at Results of Annual MCR Marathon page.

Disconnection Policy and MCR Marathon Games Disqualification

The disconnected during MCR Marathon game player is replaced by the system by so-called "inert" bot, which does not have any functions except to discard freshly taken from the wall tile (hence, no declarations are possible by such inert bot). Any moves made by the system while a player is disconnected are called as "automoves", AM, that concept is then used to determine MCR Marathon game possible disqualification.

To enforce "healthy" competition, and to address disconnected players issue, the following criteria for MCR Marathon games disqualification will be applied:

  • 50 or more AM for one player in deals 1-4 of the game
  • 100 or more AM "combined" for the entire game (to get AM "combined", add up the number of AM for all players)
  • 11 deals or less in the game

IMPORTANT NOTE: Whenever MCR Marathon game is disqualified, if a player has got 80 or more AM during such disqualified game, that player receives so-called "progressive ban". The player is penalized by losing the "verified user" ("VU") status for the period equal to the previously accumulated "ban days" plus 1 day. Thus, the first ban restricts player to participate in MCR Marathon for 1 day, the second ban restricts player for 2 days, and so forth.

Comment: for players with "seemingly bad" internet connection it is adviced to restrain from playing in MCR Marathon. The way to improve may be a change of browser, playing device or even internet provider.

MCR Marathon table parameters

Deal per session: 16, Time for session: 80 min., Time for own action: 9 sec., Time for declaration: 8 sec., Additional time: 10 sec., Time for results: 10 sec.

FAQ

What is Marathon?

Marathon is a long-term open tournament, usually played by periods. Marathon is opened to all players, with no restrictions with respect to participation, or the number of accounted games within a period.

Player's Score

The player's score within a monthly period is a weighted sum of four components: 50%*average_TP (taken for all games) + 50%*average_TP (taken for best 10 by TP games) + 0.1%*number_of_games + 10%*average_TP_opponents (against whom player played).

To be rated, 10 games have to be played by the player. While determining the player's result, all missing to the amount of 10 games will forceably be counted as having 0 TP and 0 GP.

For the sake of simplicity, all the components are rounded to the three digits after decimal point.

Ranking

All players' scores within the same period are then ranked (including breaking-ties algorithms). Each player, who played the established minimum number of games (10), is called as "qualified player". Each "qualified player" receives so-called "Basic Rank" (BR) according to the formula:
BR = 1000*(number_of_qualified_players-player's_place+1)/number_of_qualified_players, rounded to the closest integer number

All players who have not played the established minimum number of games within a considered period (10), receive BR=0.

Further Ranking

In the big-scope events like "Annual Marathon" all the "Basic Rank" (BR) values, received in individual periods, may be subject to further aggregating with or without discarding the worst player's results. The resulting number can represent "quarterly" or "annual" player's result.

Disconnection Policy and MCR Marathon Games Disqualification

The disconnected during MCR Marathon game player is replaced by the system by so-called "inert" bot, which does not have any functions except to discard freshly taken from the wall tile (hence, no declarations are possible by such inert bot). Any moves made by the system while a player is disconnected are called as "automoves", AM, that concept is then used to determine MCR Marathon game possible disqualification.

To enforce "healthy" competition any game with seemingly unequal opportunities to compete should not be counted (disqualified). Thus, any games having "excessive" number of "automoves" should be disqualified.

Miscellanea

  • any game is assigned to the period based on it's starting time
  • any game disqualification is applied only after the end of a deal
  • game statistic can be found at menu "Statistics/List of sessions", then choose "Type"="MCR Marathon"

Updated: 24.03.2024