刀劍#10 alicization running 讀後感

內含捏他

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今天上班通勤看刀劍剛好看到桐人要揮劍打上級修劍士首席(大佬), 地鐵就剛好要到中環. 還好
多得校巴遲到了, 才有時間看完那最後的二十頁.

我一直覺得川原礫文筆中流露了很多他的親身經歷. 桐人聽到其他貴族嘲笑他作為平民將要輸給出身貴族的首席修劍士, 但自己開在始集中自己的精神在劍尖上的時候, 身邊的聲音就完全聽不到了. 這個就是以前老師所說, 所謂的"高手是不會被人騷擾"的忘我景界吧.

實際上, 我在開始喜歡通過網台/現實上台演講之後也發現這個情況. 專心一意想做好自己的工作的時候, 你根本聽不到其他人在說什麼. 不管是下面的觀眾笑你的題目多麼無稽, 一句早晨之後就什麼都聽不到了. 偶爾知道自己去到講笑位/鼓掌位就會停一下. 或者偶到猛烈的掌聲的時候就會停一下吧. 這些都是自然的, 不會阻止你完成整個表演, 中間是看不到任何人的(因此我也不怕在校長演講参時候公然在台下做功課, 因為他太專心看不到的). 到最後一個多謝時候, 整個世界就像太陽從東方升起一樣光亮起來, 才發現觀眾們起立隆隆鼓掌.

這個真的是一個很神奇的經歷. 沒試過的人聽不懂的, 試過的人絕對會身同感受. 因此我經常人鼓勵人在在學時候努力爭取機會演講或者辯論. 因為在學時候就是讓你犯錯的, 甚至故意犯錯都比你龜守好, 出到來社會工作你就不會這樣敢"試錯"了. 而且, 多演講也絕對可以改善說話技巧. 我升中以前都是比較結巴及內向的人. 後來因為沙士無聊的關係開始了一段網上電台的黑歷史. 但是我也很感謝自己有過這一段經歷. 因為有過這段經驗之後自己說話起碼不會結結巴巴"痴利筋"了. 後來升高中, 本來有個強者我同學絕對是辯論演講材料來的. 他移民了去美國, 在沒有人自願的情況之下自動請纓, 第一次英文演講就連國際學校的學生都打贏了贏了冠軍. 後來校內對辯就算贏不到都是一個很好的經驗. 我學了很多演講, 邏輯, 應急以及應對壓力的技巧及方法. 某程度上我自豪的認為自己比一些碩士生好, 最少我自己不會容許自己那麼容易犯上一些低級邏輯錯誤, 笑死隔離的阿朕. 就算我怎樣都不是高手, 也第一次現實的體驗到高手是怎樣一會事. 因為當自己很集中要做好一件事的時候, 不論是演講, 對辯, boardgame, 甚至是上百次的高手麻雀對局, 都會感覺過忘我, 原川和會打牌打到面紅耳熱不是天馬行空的, 身邊的人怎樣說都不知道, 只會專心一意. 甚至偶有嚇到身邊的人, "嘩, 老奉好撚認真呀...". 後來才知道原來有人叫了我好幾次我都聽不到. 當然別人放個銀幣在你隔離"跟機"你都不會知道的, 因為你只會集中於對局, 後來發現自己做不好也只會怪自己.

這個也是為什麼往往在比賽的開始終結的槍聲是很明顯響亮的. 因為不大聲一點你根本聽不到, 只會一直摸下去, 連王牌區也摸掉.

我希望還沒經歷到這種忘我景界的人, 快點襯自己年輕的時候找一樣自己喜歡做的事情. 去感受一下什麼叫忘我, 未忘我就代表你還沒有認真過. 在還有很多機會錯的時候趕快試一下, 大過以後就不會敢那麼錯了, 沒有這個經驗在第一次認真時候也很容易吃不過來.

再來就是一直在故事中舖排. 桐人嘗試在這個墨守成規的世界中種植一個不屬於這個國家的花. 大概是想影射日本這個不思進取的國度吧, 但是這個不是重點. 桐人想這樣違反常規有3個目的:

1. 想在UW試驗意念的力量(簡單來說就是川原承認了這個"作弊"系統)
2. 因為他二奶莉娜學姊想看

第三點是他後來才發現的藉著花朵寄情自己跟現實世界親人的分離, 以及不知道什麼時候再見的痛苦. 在輕小說這類比較鬆散跟輕鬆的作品中比較少這類片段, 雖然這次不是第一次, 但是刀劍裡面的處理比較好. 不竟很多[後宮]以前都曾經出生入死過, 對情感, 認識過程跟人物描寫很多, 感覺就很強烈. 而且兩邊都互相思念對方. 可能因為工作關係看得多了, 就不再覺得幸福是那麼必然. 無論那個病人故事有多兒戲, 在旁人眼中有多麼滑稽好笑, 在伸手卻觸不及對方的時候, 那種莫名的悲痛實在很難受. 當有人有急事要離開了, 這個時候就真的進入"忘我"境界了, 什麼嘲笑恥笑你都不會聽到的. 將心比己, 今天他還可能在幫你抹腳擦屁股, 明天就因為一個司機的魯莽離開你了. 更何況一個已經服侍你二十多年的人? 他可是沒支薪的.

由對局終了到這個情感的發洩, 這種劇情急轉直下我實在沒想過, 我也最愛這些轉折(前題當然不要像harry potter 的過份)

如果有川原礫的自傳的話, 我也有興趣看看.

雖然過去不會回來了, 但請珍惜現在的一切.

FIGURE/同人誌/日本漫畫訂貨入門

近年隨著動漫興起, 玩figure/看同人誌/看漫畫的人都變多了. 怎樣入手變成一個FAQ. 小弟在這一門興趣打滾了好幾年, 可以討論一下.

以前香港的動漫舖頭都分布於灣仔/觀塘/銅鑼灣/旺角. 但是因為資訊流通, 租金上昇以及人流問題, 現在大部分的舖頭都集中於現時點以及旺角信和中心一帶. 小弟當然沒那種能耐可以去試過以及考察所有店家. 但是幫襯過的都可以分享一下經驗. 為免麻煩, 以下店名會同正式店名有所出入.

賊船
一間香港有名的動漫舖頭, 日本也有分店. 高峰期銅鑼灣太子都有分店, 但是最近因為租金及人流問題剩下信和商場兩間舖頭, 因此最近店內都較擠迫. 一間賣雜誌, 一間賣玩具/精品/FIGURE. 因為要聽從上頭指示的關係, 現貨價對市場調節比較不靈敏,

一點冷門的新貨品都可以到他們的facebook 查詢 (不要去門市問, 門市幫不到你的!), 周不時都有好結果, 服務態度都理想. 而且訂貨後有減價的話都可以向他們查詢, 暫時那麼多次減價後處理都非常滿意.

空運的話一般日本出貨後兩日到貨.

坐玩具分店店頭的不是"行內人", 請使用人類語言.

在賊船訂每年月曆也比較便宜.

書的話就不太建議在賊船訂, 因為來貨比較慢, 而且訂不到都好像有點拖,  一般有就有, 沒有就沒辦法了吧, 除非你認為想給多一點機會他們去找...

網上很多人建議一般人第一兩次訂FIGURE 的話請到賊船訂貨. 因為他們最有來貨保證的.

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五月天
信和商場頂層一家玩具店. 他們直接由日本空運進貨, good smile company 的話一般都可以當天到貨. 當然, 有那麼快的速度價錢也會稍貴一點. 老闆不是"行內人", 請使用人類語言.

按: 2013年已擴充至信和商場頂層(2樓)及樓下一層(1樓)(注意信和上電梯後第一層正式為M層, 雖然通稱為一樓)

一舖過賭局
別以為他裝潢簡陋, 其實他已經有三家分店了! 在信和跟銅鑼灣188都有. 只是訂單也非常簡陋, 小心弄丟. 態度不錯. 只是不要期待有什麼超水準服務, 看店的也不是行內人

精粉玩具
已經有4家分店. 看旺角信和的是行內人可吹水. 態度也不差. 訂單白紙單字打印非常清楚. 雖然只是試過被轉讓訂單, 但是純觀察普遍來貨都很快, 而且老實.

hip hop 佬
信和中層中間很hip hop 的店舖. 逢星期一休息. 因為老闆懶得寫, 所以所有訂單都是白字黑字打印, "訂單最漂亮". 但試過訂小黏土人全盒時誤以為全盒, 實為一套. 本來想拿多出來的一隻放在公司的... 因此下訂的時候要注意一下. 雖然該次有點誤會, 但態度仍然良好. 只是星期一休息求妻心切時就有點麻煩, 而且身子比較弱.

老闆算是個"行內人", 也老實, 熱心

超級市場
最近因為租金問題寄居了到旁邊的舖位. 印象不太好. 這家很商業, 老闆也不是行內人.

按: 已結業

文哥
現時點2樓, figure 圈內有名的老實商人. "爛好人", 好人到客人不來拿貨都不賣貨吃訂, 弄得店舖滿是貨物, 難以收舖. 詳見facebook, 他本人都直認不諱. 有時候facebook 文字上因為錯別字關係溝通上有點問題, 但是整體上是ok 的, 面談也有禮, 有問題(如想訂冷門貨物,  一個好例子就是我曾經跟他問價amiami紅椿)也願意跟詳細分析, 拒絕來訂都非常有道理令人信服, 非常老實. 算是半個行內人, 有講有笑. 連mio 的內褲可以拿來驗屍開玩笑的都算是這樣了. 只是因為店內貨物多, 來貨較慢(同樣在facebook 上直認不諱), 心急的似乎去找別的訂比較好, 但如果有缺貨必定會提早揚聲要客人自行尋找, 又或者自己調貨.

最近請了一位金毛哥哥, 少了跟文哥吹水, 購物經驗就差了一點..

按: 2013年現時點舖面已於13年9月結業. 但仍有為已結約的顧客服務.

(日本)AMIAMI/1999.co.jp
因為日本人看不懂而且不是踩沒關係(笑). 因為是日本網站, 當然會受日本匯價直接影響. 但是同時有國際門戶, 到貨很有保證. 而且偶有特典. 現時(2013年9月)因為日圓匯價疲弱, 部份黏土人的價格連運費會比香港便宜. 可以一試. 不過當然就不可以做到即日到貨. 請預算兩三天. 但是ems 可以送到家裡, 足不出戶就收到老婆囡囡, 皇上你還想怎樣?

某知名論壇T.X.
良好

現時點同人誌
差劣

毛神神代理漫畫/同人誌
如果budget不太多又有想一定到手的漫畫, 都可以考慮找他們. 但是如果有點閒錢, 倒不如多給一算/半算找日本書店代訂. 因為來貨實在太太太太太太慢了. 而且也有甩漏的情況. 再來就是因為女性市場太強大, 一般女性向的似乎都比較先到貨, 男性的就...咳咳.

**去書店訂漫畫記得先查好isbn, 方便店員也免得了雞同鴨講, 你知道動漫人的語言不是正常人的語言吧...**

銅鑼灣sogo旭屋書店
當然的大書店作風. 只是離出版日期太遠的不會收訂, 要近出版日期才可以去訂.船貨一般一星期左右到貨(單上面是寫一個月)

東京堂書店
雖然曾經有點訂書的問題, 但是態度仍算良好. 船貨一般出版十日後到貨. 離出版日期有點時間的漫畫都訂得到. 訂不到的都不會拖訂立即退訂的.

Wrong play, crazy luck

The same report is up on bgg.
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I have been playing mahjong for 10+ years. Now I play Japanese or Zung Yung mahjong for 10 hours on a Sunday every month in a local clubhouse with my friends. I usually play my hands optimally because I play money, I care about winning, and I do not have much luck with those rare hands. I took Economics and Mathematics, too, in university so I care a lot about optimal play. Most importantly, these are really some good players. If you know about the Japanese mahjong Tenhou, we are at least about 5 dan, which is about top 5% of the society. But some of us had been to 7 dan, which is the top 1%. So if one do not play try his best playing optimally, he bleeds money really fast like CPR isn’t going to save your ass although the rate is actually quite low. For the record, we are playing 1HKD/10 points or 1HKD/5points sometimes, where 7.8HKD=1USD. Healthy rate but a highly competitive environment. I would only try my luck having fun playing sub-optimally sometimes but with 7000+ sets I haven’t seen such crazy thing once.

I started with a hand filled with terminals, some 2378s and a couple of middle cards. It is a typical standard hand where one could not go out fast as a chicken hand so one is likely to go for terminal hands. Lucky enough I had enough cards for Three Similar Sequences. So it is natural to go that way. Even if it doesn’t turn out good, it still serves as a nice bluff and a hand to retreat.

With a bit of luck, I managed to get 113b1123a1178c with 999b exposed by turn 5. I looked at the discard pool. The players ‘behaved’ and didn’t look like they are going for big hands obviously and aggressively, i.e. they discarded honour tiles first. I thought that no one would get into my way so I decided to take a bit of risk and try to get Three Triplets as it seemed like they are going to discard terminals soon™. It turned out good. I punged 111a and 111c. The hand became 11b78c with 111a111c999b exposed. A not-quite-often but obviously scary expose.

When they saw such 9 scary cards lying down there, we started trash-talking in a friendly manner like usual. At first, one raised about the obvious guess that I have Similar Triplets. So if someone is so retarded to discard 1b, he doesn’t have to come next time. Then, one raised about chances of having a YAKUMAN, or a limited hand in Zung Yung. And it is natural for me to think that no one would discard 1b except if he at least has an 80 points two-sided waiting hand standing there. Chances of completing the Triplets are slim. No one is that stupid to discard the obvious 9c either as if even it doesn’t involve Triplets, a Terminal hand would be damaging also. So I decided I would go out with a 6c also with Small Three Similar Triplets.

Now, the crazy moment. Turn 12, I draw a 1b. What would you do?

The hand before was:

11b78c with 111a111c999b exposed

30 Small Three Similar Triplets
50 Pure Lesser Terminals (Perhaps)

80 points max, likely 30 points

Now it could become

100 Three Similar Triplets
30 All Triplets

130 at least

Cards available to win goes down from 8 cards to 3 cards. A more than 50% efficiency drop in the intuitive sense. But no one gonna deal 9c anyway, the only chance to win with a 9c is to self-draw. Hence, the drop isn’t more than 50% but less than 50%. With more than 3x bump in points, it seemed a good trade. Even better, I thought of not being greedy. I will wait for a middleish card with least availability. As the wall was becoming short, the optimal strategy here is to play somewhat close to defensive if you have a small hand as the chance to self-draw on anything would become very slim. The middleish cards with least availability are those easiest winning cards given a situational of the 9 scary laid cards as they are the seemingly safest cards. So I would counter-spell them with their optimal play. In another sense, I am pretty much satisfied with a 130 hand. Adding another 100 points for Mixed Greater Terminals isn’t a nice trade as no one gonna discard terminals anyway unless they have something as scary as said. So this was the strategy I would be taking.

But then I made a mistake here. I wasn’t satisfied of how ‘middleish’ and ‘unavailability’ the cards I am waiting. So at first I discarded a 7c. Then I discarded a 8c. I drew a 3b, not satisfied as it would involve people thinking that 3b would be part of the lesser terminals. I discarded and settled with a 5b, the least available and the most middleish card. But it was too late, not in time or turn sense. By that time, something wrong was figured out. The players realized that I kept picking out cards from my hand. And those are not terminals. My hand doesn’t seem like a bluff either. Something must have been very wrong. So they started to think very carefully and play even extra extra extra attention. Now I regret that I keep changing but whatever. Too late.

Then, miracle happened. I drew a 9c. DAFUQ

I wasn’t and am not regretting that I didn’t kept 1178c because THAT WAS WERTH IT. I am just so surprised that I am now waiting on a 400 points hand! Of course, no one is gonna ever discard a 9c but I decide I just have to go for it. It is quite a fail already, so if its gonna fail, MAKE IT A EPIC FAIL. One may not have even once going out with such a hand in their entire life. Even waiting on such a hand is extreme rare.  I would regret if I didn’t go for it. So I decided to gamble with the last 3 draws. Well, the player to my right discarded 6c and one went out with a 15 point hand. They were happy and more than welcomed to pay that 15 points as they are out of the inferno of trouble. They are also interested in my hand so I opened it. A huge surprise as this is something you don’t see every day, thank god. I am not disappointed either. Although it didn’t go out, which was expected, this is moral victory already. 

麻雀筆記(一)

(1) 麻雀是一個順子的遊戲.

無他的, 順子跟刻子的比例大約是9:1. 有錯請指正, 數字是不重要的, 要重的是順子比刻子多很多. 順子也比刻子靈活度高. 最少你234567 摸酊1/8 都可以順移順子避銃. 刻子要不開槓, 要不拆掉變成對子. 一但拆掉就很難變回刻子了. 刻子本身也比順子難做得多, 而且也沒什麼技術可言,  看平和跟非平和出現比例就大約知道了, 留意平和已經包括4個順子, 而非平和則最少有一個刻子而已(不算特殊和牌型的話). 刻子役也是運氣居多, 很難是做出來的. 刻子之前最少要有對子才可以碰, 要摸到特定兩隻一樣的牌是不容易的. 但是要摸到特定的順子搭最多有8個機會, 順子歪了還可以修正. 所以, 一般的麻雀的是順子麻雀. 除非規則或分數非常扭曲, 如"愛國"碰槓麻雀, 一般都是順子麻雀較有利

(2) 在中庸麻雀中, 讀捨牌跟看抽出摸打行為是很重要的

一般露骨的MISBEHAVIOUR 很容易發覺.
(a) 如對手第一二巡已經拆搭45s, 明顯他很難索子一通一色或者是3456三色, 大多是其他色的一色系或者是機會頗高的全帶系. 留意如果仍然是3456三色的話, 他大可以不拆45s, 留作345/456煙霧或三色四順之用
(b) 對手不斷打索子萬子, 明顯他在做波波池.

我不是想講這些簡單讀牌, 而是可能有時我自已都會大意走漏眼的. 如以下東家兩個捨牌, 下面捨牌全部從手中抽出

(c) 南北白東9s1m
(d) 1m9s南北白東
(e) 1m9s南東北白

在日麻中基本上分別不大. 那些門斷平麻雀這些都是廢牌, 而且因為門前濫賞取材自由, 讀牌困難, 不需要浪費時間去慢慢研究, 一般狀況做好自己搶和本份就好, 搶不到就棄胡落牌求過莊, 這就是日本麻雀.

但是在中庸就好大分別了. 當然看的方法有很多, 但是如果我面對有水準的對手一般我會這樣看.

唯一一個要留意的是面對東南西北中發白這些doremifaso 單獨配牌, 不想用字牌而有效牌數相等的話一般會先打下家的門將, 再打對家的門將, 再打上家的門將, 最後打公將跟自己的門將. 先打公將再打門將很容易理解, 因為公將每個人都容易用得到, 門將只有自己加分比較安全. 先打下家再打對家再打上家則比較少人留意跟理解. 最後打上家的門將是因為希望他多點機會摸到自己的門將. 摸到的話他碰牌自己就可以立即再摸一隻, 自己是順子系的話速度上是差很遠的.

明白的話就可以再分析

(c) 的話的目標是順子型. 一般是三色一通, 有一定機會門斷平般高. 如果是一色么九系的話, 一般都不會打那麼多字牌跟么九. 對手筒子移往是後話
(d) 跟(c)不同, 混一色帶么九機會較(c)高, 但是仍然是三色一通系列壓倒地高. 如果是`帶么系的話他應該用不著123m789s, 其他字牌一但碰出就要特別留意, 尤其是他家門將
(e) 如果字牌有效牌數一直不變或者對他來說沒分別的話, 留意他打出字牌的次序反轉了. 一般自家門將應該會留後, 但是白變成了最後才打. 有機會是三元牌齊二搭, 想淫小三元大三元但是淫不起來了, 才打出白版. 再來就是故意把北後打出, 想加大上家摸到北的機會碰牌, 以提昇自己手牌的進度. 無論如何, 這手牌很大機會已經齊搭, 而且背後有一個建國大業, 需要提防一下.

當然, 以上的是almost theoretical, 用處不大, 我亦無辦法列出無限那麼多個捨牌, 但是如果以上的捨牌可以令你有所思考, 則本人深以為幸

最後的就是, 看人家他人抽出牌是很累的. 自己小賭怡情的時候有閒情就看看, 只想打一下牌消磨時間可以少費神一點. 但是在有一百萬放在自己面前的時候, 還是注意一下好一點. 試想一下, 對手在第三巡的時候在手中抽出一隻7p. 在第七巡之後小考一下又在手中抽出一隻7p, 除非他真的那麼"幸運"摸到那麼多7p在裝模作樣, 否則這個動作是有背後動機看得出來的. 這個就交給聰明的讀者自己想了.

刀劍神域SAO篇 中二病感想

好的是他故事底子好, 要不只看戰鬥真的只會扣到零分. 落得MUNDO 那些下場

最想說的, 是剛剛看第二次#14 才靈機一動. 雖然沒可能被證實, 但是要是真的話我一定寫個服字.

SAO 裡面很多地方作畫實在差到不行, 真的有點不像2012年的水準, 看上去像是2007年的再加一點現代電腦背景. 故事也免不了有些不完整交待. 好在SAO已經有一班十年的忠實粉絲. 他們不斷在網上面討論, 不斷婊, 最近一集SAO在2CH怒婊的情況下可以有7秒一條THREAD 的流量, 其他人看到了也來八卦一下有什麼發生. 面對支離破碎的資料, 有興趣的人等得不耐煩了, 就跑去買原著看, 結果原著就好像一般當造高級產物一樣大賣.

如果製作商是故意這樣做的呢? 如果是真的話就會是我所見過的最大最成功的TROLLING了. 低成本超高效益. 最少我自己也因為SAO砸了快一千大元. 也從來沒試過在一個月之內看9本小說.

Princes of Florence Note

1. PLAY EVERY PROFESSION POSSIBLE: they are the most efficient income and PP.
2. play inconsistent work at the beginning of the game or when you are completely not confident to win the best work. They are still PP and income
3. try to gather the same freedoms and landscapes: efficient action spent. Buildings could be a bit flexible as it is 3PP each. If you plan to play a lot of buildings, the first builder might be useful
4. 2^nd and 3^rd builders are not quite useful unless you plan to spam buildings
5. Bonus are almost useless but to win best work. But 1 bonus card serves to be a good threat to others as it is an uncertainty to them.
6. PP card are good towards the end. You do not need much of them as they are mostly unique. Get one or two early if possible which will help you shape your strategy
7. pay attention to others profession played. Get recruitments when needed
8. if you are short in 1 WP to pass the border in the beginning of the game and plan not to get best work, get professions
9. optimal money needed should be 5000 with 3500 in the beginning. You would need more if you play a pure jester strategy but make sure it worths it
10. jester price should be capped at about 1300 as each jester would yield 200 per turn if played. Assuming you play 6 work it would be 1300 and you could do an average of how many times best work you would have each game. The price should go down by about 220 per turn unless someone is stacking jester hard.
11. you should not get double landscapes+ unless you are obligated to do so
12. big buildings are not as effective as the small ones as you plan to get least landscapes and freedoms.
13. aim the score at 60 if it is 5er. 70 if it is 3er. the score will not fluterate a lot as the resources available is roughly the same.

fast blog is fast

MadoMagion まど☆マギオン English Rules is up

http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/80548/madomagion-rules-english-including-card-descriptio

oops. seems someone is faster than me :)