Picture this.
It's Tuesday night. Thursday's game is 48 hours away. There are 14 confirmed players in one spreadsheet, 3 maybes floating in text messages, and someone named "Linda (Susan's friend?)" who definitely signed up... somewhere.
The spreadsheet was last updated three weeks ago. Cool. Cool cool cool.
Welcome to the chaos that Mahjong instructors deal with every single week.
The Duct Tape Dynasty
If you've been running Mahjong games for more than five minutes, you've probably built your own Frankenstein monster of tools:
- Google Sheets for tracking players (and their skill levels, maybe, if you remembered to update it)
- Calendly for scheduling (except half your players just text you anyway)
- Venmo for payments (with helpful notes like "mj" that you have to decode three months later)
- Group texts for every. single. game. (RIP your notification settings)
- Your brain for remembering who can't sit next to whom, who's a beginner, and who always wants the seat by the window
It works! Kind of. Until it doesn't.
The Greatest Hits of "Working Fine"
The Overbooking Special
The Overbooking Special – Sixteen people confirmed for twelve seats. How? Nobody knows. The spreadsheet says twelve. The texts say "see you Thursday!" from sixteen different numbers. Time to consider adding a card table in the hallway.
The Payment Mystery – Someone Venmo'd $25 with the note "Tuesday." It's now Saturday. Was it for last Tuesday? Next Tuesday? A Tuesday from 2019 they're just now paying for? The world may never know.
The Reply-all Apocalypse – Game details go out to the Thursday group. Forty-seven messages later, there's a full discussion about someone's hip replacement, a great recipe for lemon bars, and approximately zero useful information about who's actually coming.
The Seating Sudoku – Game night arrives. Everyone's there. Now it's time to figure out seating on the fly while remembering that Margaret and Dorothy had "a thing" last month, two players are beginners, and someone specifically requested not to sit under the air vent. Mental gymnastics commence.
There Had to Be a Better Way
Here's the thing — instructors get into this because they love Mahjong. They love teaching people. They love watching beginners click with the game. They love the community.
Nobody signed up to become a part-time spreadsheet jockey, payment detective, and group text moderator.
That's why we built Omahji.
How Omahji Fixes the Chaos
One Place for Everything
Players, their info, their skill levels, their payment history — all in one spot. No more cross-referencing three spreadsheets and text messages to figure out who's who.
Scheduling That Actually Works
Create a game, set the details, and players can sign up themselves. They see what's available, tap to register, and you see exactly who's confirmed. No more "did you get my text?" No more mystery headcounts.
Payments You Can Track
Connect your payment processor and actually know who paid for what. "Linda - Thursday Mahjong - $20 - Paid" beats "mj ???" every single time.
No More Group Text Chaos
Send updates to everyone or just specific groups. Players get the info they need. No forty-seven replies about lemon bars. Everyone wins.
Smart Seating, Zero Stress
Build your table layout once. On game day, assign seats in seconds. Factor in skill levels, preferences, and yes — who shouldn't sit next to whom. Show up ready to play, not ready to solve a logic puzzle.
Players Get Their Own App
They can see upcoming games, sign up, check their seat assignment, and message directly. They're happy. You're not answering the same three questions twelve times. It's beautiful.
The Dream
Imagine this:
It's Tuesday night. Thursday's game is 48 hours away. Open Omahji. Twelve players confirmed. Seats assigned. Everyone's paid. Close the app and go back to your evening.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
No spreadsheet archaeology. No payment forensics. No text message detective work.
Just you, your players, and the game you love.
Ready to Ditch the Spreadsheets?
We're launching soon and saving spots for founding members who are ready to simplify their Mahjong business.
Join the waitlist and be first in line when we open the doors.
Your spreadsheets won't miss you. We promise.
