Shirayuki Reid Ends 15-Game Mahjong Stream With Three Straight Top-Two Finishes

NEO-PORTE — Shirayuki Reid, a Neo-Porte streamer, ended a nearly nine-hour Mahjong Soul (Jantama) stream on Wednesday by saying he had put together three straight top-two finishes, the goal he set out in his opening minutes. He played 15 games by his count in the game’s Throne Room tier and stopped once the streak was in hand.

The night did not start smoothly. In one early game he finished third without a riichi, a win or a deal-in, and said, “Give me back 30 minutes of my life.” Through the evening he spoke to the Saber character he plays as though it were asleep during slumps (“Saber, seriously, wake up”) and cheered when big wins arrived. He also complained several times about tables with three players from the game’s Saint rank.

“You could even call it the best bout of the year.” — Shirayuki Reid, near the end of the stream

Near the two-hour mark he took up a tangent over whether shogi is a game of luck, saying chance plays a part in any contest but that calling shogi a luck game misses the point. At about four and a half hours he left for a convenience store and came back with rice balls, saying he felt sharper for it.

Late in the stream he said the day’s total could end up in the red. Then came a baiman, a double-limit hand, in the final round of his last game, which he said left him roughly three first-place finishes ahead for the day. “You could even call it the best bout of the year,” he said, thanking Saber. He closed by saying he would play Tarkov the next day.