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MCR Penalties

1. erroneous calls

   1. no "change of mind"

      1. call must be played

      2. if action cannot be made

   2. false term (not hua/flower, chi/chow, pung, kong, hu/mah-jongg)

      pronunciation may differ in case of e.g. "ron... hu" it's important the correct call is in time (3s) and nothing was revealed before the correction

      1. if not hu

      2. in case of hu

   3. late call (pung/kong/hu from a discard after 3 sec)

      you may take more time (up to your 10s) to check if you've a valid hu in case a self pick

   4. laying out /claiming a false set

      1. before the discard: error may be corrected

      2. after discarding: error can't be undone

   5. "double" calls (e.g. pung... hu or chow... pung)

   6. false hu call

      player is not obliged to discard revealed tiles

      1. player realizes invalid call before revealing tiles

      2. correct combinations, but hasn't or can't find the required 8 points

         fellow players are not allowed to help in counting and may only object when too many points are added if a player cannot find new/additional points within about 10 s the scoring should end

      3. invalid hand

         fals structure, false set or too many/few tiles

      4. call with dead hand

2. erroneous sequence

   1. showing tiles before a call

      1. in case of hu

   2. taking a discard before making a call

      1. in case of hu

   3. taking a discard (after a call, but) before showing the matching tiles

      also in case of Hu

   4. discarding before taking a claimed tile

   5. failing to take a claimed tile before the second player next in turn discards

   6. forget to take the winning tile before starting to count: -10pt

      this is an EMA regulation - it may result in a dead hand outside of EMA

   7. prematurely destroying the wall or discards

      1. due to referee decision

   8. prematurely reveal own hand

      after a fellow player's call (maybe misunderstood or false hu)

3. tile errors

   1. fail to keep winning hand intact

      1. using flowers to score them forfeits only the flower points

   2. replacing a false flower

      1. before putting replacement in the hand: correctable

         1. replacement goes back into the wall

      2. after putting replacement in the hand: error can't be undone

         1. false flower remains on the table

            counts as discard for claiming hu or for scoring "last tile"

   3. taking tile from the wrong place

      1. before putting tile in the hand: correctable

      2. after putting tile in the hand AND mistake is pointed out immediately by a fellow player: error can't be undone

   4. revealing opponents tile(s)

      1. due to referee decision

   5. too few/many tiles

4. passing of information

   regardless if true or false, helpful or meaningless, obvious or not, by speech, expression or other overt behaviour

   1. pointing out a dead hand after a player took a tile from the wrong end of the wall and puts it between his other tiles

   2. objecting the erroneous counting of too many points

   3. less severe cases

      especially if people try to be helpful

   4. concearning the hand of an opponent

   5. severe cases

5. severe fouls

   1. obstructive play

      e.g. stalling for time, severe cases of revealing tiles or information

   2. severe disturbance

      e.g. cheating or obstruction (incl. repeatedly stalling for time)

6. being late

   1. < 10 min: -10pt

   2. < 15 min: -20pt

   3. >15 min: session disqualification (0 score/0 match points)

1. willingly but errounessly revealed tiles remain open on the table and must be subsequently discarded in the following turns

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