This month, Mahong Time is spotlighting kanane. Hailing from New York, USA, kanane is a masterful Mahjong player, specializing in Taiwanese Mahjong. With a rating of 47.75, kanane currently holds first place in the TW rankings at Mahjong Time! kanane is a member of the TW guild “KISMET”, and among his other accomplishments, he also holds the medal for second place winner of the Februrary TW GMT. Mahjong Time got the chance to ask ohnny a few questions:

Q: How did you originally discover multiplayer Mahjong?
A: I found mahjongtime.com through a google search.

Q: How often do you play online?
A: I play about 2-3 hrs every weeknight and sometimes 1/2 hr during my lunchtime at work.
My weekend playtime is limited.
 
Q: How long have you played at Mahjong Time?
A: I've been playing on this site exactly 1 year.

Q: What do you like the most about Mahjong Time?
A: The ability to play with 3 others in your underwear. Lol.
 
Q: Tell us more about yourself! What would other Mahjong Time players be surprised to know about you?
A: Me?  I'm a very simple man. Just give me a laptop and a NY Knick game every night and I'm all set. Although I hibernate in my room every night, my kids actually get to see me on the weekends. haha.

Q: Which style of Mahjong do you like best? Why is this your favorite and why?
A: I started on the site playing HK, but immediately switched to TW and never looked back.  I found TW alot more challenging, especially MP6 games which makes the game more strategic.

Q: What is better: playing live or playing online?
A: I used to play live almost every Saturday night into Sunday morning.  As the years went by, I was not able to handle the night owl hours. Eventually, the live games diminished to Sunday afternoon games every so often.  To be honest, I would rather play online than live.  I love the excitement of playing on a guild.  Also get a chance to talk to people all around the world and make new friends.

Q: On the subject of online play, what kind of advice would you give to the online player?
A: As I only play fun games,  I suggest all players to join a guild, have lots of fun, and compete hard. But don't let the excitement of guilding get the best of you. At the end of the day, its still what its called, a Fun Game.