Special Hands
Special hands are either standard hands which are typically improbable to obtain, or are a predefined set of tiles that do not form a standard hand. In many cases, point values for special hands are arbitrarily assigned. In nonstandard hands, point assignment is arbitrary by necessity, while in standard special hands, the points given are often greater than the sum of the parts (for example, having one meld of each dragon is worth more than three times the value of a single dragon). These special hands are also part of the scoring criteria, thus more points can be obtained from criteria that are probabilistic in nature.
Read more about this topic: Hong Kong Mahjong Scoring Rules
Famous quotes containing the words special and/or hands:
“I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“We had won. Pimps got out of their polished cars and walked the streets of San Francisco only a little uneasy at the unusual exercise. Gamblers, ignoring their sensitive fingers, shook hands with shoeshine boys.... Beauticians spoke to the shipyard workers, who in turn spoke to the easy ladies.... I thought if war did not include killing, I’d like to see one every year. Something like a festival.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)