what is the most popular recreational game in China?
Fireball
Not WeiQi and XiangQi and Poker
Not Gongfu and Taiji
Not KalaOK and Dancing
.......
It is Mah-Jong,
the most enigmatical and greatest recreational game in the world.
z1
what's the demographic analysis of that survey?
I bet the number gets 'stacked' because loads of women play this game.
and what's your point you are trying to make?
KoKs
> what's the demographic analysis of that survey?
> I bet the number gets 'stacked' because loads of women play this game.
nope, men play this game as much as women, in japan, maybe men play
more
Patrick
"Enigmatical"? ;)
Mah-jongg probably is a game of widespread popularity, as you say.
But IMO it's because it's a game of chance. Gambling games (and even
games of chance that don't always involve gambling per se) typically
appeal to the masses much more than "thinking" games like xiangqi and
wei-qi.
Sometimes a game gets refined as it passes through many hands and down
through the ages. Other times, gems fall by the wayside and are
forgotten, while pretty baubles continue to be valued and exchanged.
Popularity is rarely a reliable sign of worth.
That said, I like mah-jongg pretty well, though to me it's just a
rummy variant.
But this discussion group is about go, isn't it?
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Patrick <p55ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [ ... ] But this discussion group is about go, isn't it?
Without any particular discussion group for "pente" and
"othello" most any game using Go Equipment may be topical.
Observe what people generally say when you play Go in public.
- regards
- jb
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pete
Chongqing and have done a tour on Yangtze.
I was looking around for Go of course but everywhere all I saw was
people playing XiangQi. I must have spotted 40+ games over the course
of my stay in China. These were taking place right on the street so
they had high visibility. Throughout my stay I saw Mah-Jong played
only twice and on both occasions this was in-doors (make sense as you
need a 4-side table to play that game). Certainly that reduced the
visibility of the game on the streets. Maybe once or twice I also
spotted folks playing poker.
During my entire stay in China I spotted Go being played only once.
Two guys at a street corner near the forbiden city in Beijing:
http://baduk.blogsite.org/wiki/index.php/Trip_to_China_in_2007
Another data point that XiangQi is still one of the most popular games
is this: visit the China Town in Boston around noon on any day. Around
the gate you will see 30+ man playing XiangQi.
According to the World Mind Sports Games site, XiangQi has 200 million
players in the world while Go only has 60. Compare this to 300 million
for chess, 40 million for checkers and 100 million for bridge.
... sad (to a Go player) but true :)
Patrick
> According to the World Mind Sports Games site, XiangQi has 200 million
> players in the world while Go only has 60. Compare this to 300 million
> for chess, 40 million for checkers and 100 million for bridge.
>
> ... sad (to a Go player) but true :)
I'm wondering why this should be sad (unless you really mean only 60
players, not 60 million; that would be sad). I mean, how many of
those 60 million players do you expect to meet in the course of your
life, even if you devote all your time to seeking opponents for Go?
If there are 60 million players in the world, odds are you're not the
only one in Boston.
Anyhow, it could be worse. Suppose you were a checkers player. ;)
Ganesh3
I am French, living in Wu-han, China for one year, have interest in the
game of Go for 30 years. I look for go players : none. I have exactly
the same impression than Pete : XiangQi first. However, near from the
place where I live, there is a small lake, and on a stone table, 3 game
boards are carved, one of those being a go board. Maybe I should wait
here to see somebody playing go.
pete a �crit :