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Facebook is an online community very similar to MySpace that allows people to get together over the internet. The World Mahjong Tour Incorporated is an Asian based company that has made a deal to launch the first Mahjong and Big Two multiplayer software game applications for Facebook.
“Both Mahjong and Big Two are extremely popular Asian games with a massive following worldwide,” said David Wang who co-founded the World Mahjong Tour Inc. with Pierre Wuu. “We plan to bring and introduce many Asian games to the entire worldwide audience in English and other languages.”
Facebook has a community of more than sixty-one million accounts. Mahjong has a strong following of about thirty-nine million. The new deal between Facebook and World Mahjong Tour Inc. could potentially make one hundred million people fans of the games Mahjong and Big Two. David Wang continued to stress the fact that Mahjong is one of the most popular games played far and wide. The game is considered to be the national pastime in China and is undoubtedly the cream of the crop among other Asian nations.
“With this new launch on the Facebook platform we will be the leader in presenting Asian games to a worldwide global audience,” said World Mahjong Tour Inc. co-founder Pierre Wuu.
Facebook users will be able to play socially as well as competitively online as long as they have a Facebook account. If that is the case users can play at any time of the day with no restrictions. World Mahjong Tour Inc. has made sure that Mahjong will be available in English as well as Chinese ensuring that a wider American audience can learn and experience a time favored Chinese tradition. Mahjong and Big Two are both skill games which means they are legal to play online in America. Facebook is well known and used greatly in America and Europe, this is a smart move for the World Mahjong Tour.
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