I make up for my performance at the Mahjong table by absolutely killing it at the Yuzu's Kitchen table, all customers served immediately on daily reset, every recipe of every level ready to go neatly arranged in the same order as in the menu. Gordon Ramsay, if you want someone to run one of your restaurants in Canada, I'm right here!
I've been binge watching a lot of these vids and you keep making references I get, can't tell whether we're very similar or if you're throwing out so many references that I'm bound to get them. Either way, pog.
I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus earlier this year for $60, impulse buy just cause it was so cheap. I liked it enough that I actually wish I'd bought a more expensive model with analog sticks to support more platforms!
The RG35XX Plus is very similar, too, so whichever one you can find a deal on you'll find will scratch the itch similarly. I really like my smaller Miyoo Mini, but those aren't an option anymore.
Is there a reason for throwing the 4 that's already in your hand in a 4-5-6 shape instead of the 4 you just drew? Does rotating out the old 4 for the new 4 help with tile flow? Feng shui perhaps?
Personally I do it when I'm in damaten or my hand is open to throw off people who are looking at which tile in my hand is being discarded, which they do to judge how close you are to tenpai.
Seconding what TheAncardia Codex is saying! Basically it's to throw off people who're trying to judge whether you're close/far away from tenpai. Usually when people discard from their hand, it means they're progressing [citation extremely needed but I'm pretty confident this is true!] All that being said, it's extremely hard to notice in game lol
You're worried that the way you're talking about magic would be nonsensical to your audience, but let's be real, it's no more nonsensical than mahjong talk would sound to someone who doesn't know how to play