Anyone else finding mahjong impossible to win?

[Kak]

Forget the completion list stuff, I literally just want to win *a* game, but after 2 hours of nonstop mahjong I haven't gone out on a single round, and have lost points in almost all of them.

And to be honest, I wouldn't say that I don't know how to play. I mean, there's likely an element of that, but I'm savvy enough with the rules that I know what a valid hand is and I can understand why I lose or why the AI wins. But the problem is that the AI never stops winning.

I've had games where multiple opponents call riichi on the second or even first pass, and they almost *always* win with a ron from my discards. Even on the beginner table, they rack up huge han bonuses with each hand and take massive amounts of points, making a comeback nigh impossible. In the two times I got a riichi myself, one of the AI opponents still managed to win before I could.

Is anyone else insanely unlucky/frustrated at this minigame? I hear people all the time saying that once they get it, it's fun, but I "get it" for the most part and it's still frustrating enough that I want to tear my hair out.

[lPaladinl]

It's kinda rigged and the A.I. always gets good hands at certain tables.

I'm not experienced enough with it to explain what to do, but there's ways to kind of cheese those tables or at least draw them out longer until you win.

There's tons of threads with people venting their frustrations about Mahjong.

[Game Master]

Mahjong pretty simple in 0. Played with veterans and always took 1 or 2 place.
I played it in Kiwami and was infuriatied, after AI call Riichi in FIRST step.

[Game Master]

Some tips:
1) Always drop dragon and wind tiles (dragon tiles are very rare, and wind one's need a correct current wind)
2) Create a combination (like pairs,triples, straight's and etc.)
3) If AI call Riichi, play VERY carefull and drop tiles which was dropped by another AI's.(Example, AI drop 4 bamboo, and other with Riichi didnt took it.). Its better to lose some points with all others players,when lose HUGE amount of points for Ron.
4) NEVER steal others dropped tiles. It's get harder to create any combination, you will unable to call Riichi. Steal only when you have Riichi and Ai dropped needed tile (Ron option)