Introduction
If you've been playing Mahjong Soul for a long time, you might notice a bias in your performance, with periods of good results and periods of bad results.
While periods of good performance feel good and rarely cause problems, prolonged periods of poor performance can have a negative impact on mental health.
In mahjong, even small mistakes can often have significant consequences.
Even if a decision is correct in the long term, if the immediate results are very bad, it's inevitable that you'll lose confidence.
This time, I'd like to introduce some supplementary tools to help you avoid being swayed by short-term fluctuations in performance.
IrisCat has published it."Mahjong Soul Rank Match Point Progression Graph Creation Tool"This visually displays the progression of your rank points.
How to use
When you access the URL, you will see a screen like the one below.
All you need to create the graph is your username used in Mahjong Soul.
First, enter your username in the area circled in red in the image.
After entering your username, press the play button (▶) on the left side of the screen.
By entering the "Detailed Settings" at the bottom, you can choose which matches to display, starting and ending with which matches.
However, in most cases, you probably don't need to enter anything.
After pressing the play button and waiting about 10 seconds, a line graph showing the progression of your rank points will be created at the bottom of the screen.
How to read graphs
The vertical axis of the graph represents rank points, and the horizontal axis represents the number of matches played.
You can see at a glance how the points progressed at each rank.
If you want to use this graph to improve your mental stability, focus on the dips in the graph.
Typically, every few hundred games, there's always a period of significant slumps.
First, let's acknowledge that even if you're doing your best, there will inevitably be times like this.
And most importantly, during this lull period, you shouldn't change your hitting style too much.
If your performance isn't bad, it's important to stick with your current batting style rather than constantly changing it.
If you make the wrong changes, there's a risk that the opportunity to rise after the trough will never come, and the trend will continue to decline.
Personally, during the first slump after becoming a Mahjong Saint 3, I went through a period where I overthought things and lost sight of how to play.
While I did learn some things through that suffering, I feel that it's not the right time to try new things.
If you have mastered the proper technique, you will definitely experience an upward trend after enduring the slump.
Even if you keep getting last place in a series of games, the trend should change after about 100 games.
I believe that having that belief while you play will lead to mental stability.
However, if you consistently fall below the starting line for an extended period, it might indicate that you are not yet at the standard level for that rank.
However, that's something you can only really understand by playing thousands of matches.
In conclusion
Mahjong is a game where luck plays a significant role.
To achieve good results in the long term, you need a stable mentality.
It's difficult to judge what's right or wrong based solely on a subjective perspective, so I think it's important to utilize a variety of tools.
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