NASL invites DRG, MMA, Violet and Taeja to S4 - Page 8

On August 30 2012 17:48 Jacmert wrote:

Haven't you heard? Word on the street was that Season 2 was an improvement over S1 but still wasn't a top tier tournament. And Season 3 was a hit, especially the S3 Grand Finals. Season 4? I dunno, man... but odds are they'll put in another strong performance and no one will flip Stephano upside down and kick an NASL staff hostess in the head this time.

On August 30 2012 17:52 Sub40APM wrote:

Toronto has way more, brah. Even if the area around Metrotown is covered with Korean language signs.

On August 30 2012 17:45 Jacmert wrote:

Or Vancouver, aka South Korea North? (ok, I made that up myself. and yes, it's a little confusing with the south/north in there. But basically Canada is North and the Vancouver area has possibly the largest concentration of South Koreans on the planet outside of Korea).

On August 30 2012 18:38 Jacmert wrote:

I don't think Toronto has many more Koreans than Vancouver. There's a chance Toronto has a larger total Korean population, but even then, I would be surprised.

I attended the NASL S3 Grand Finals in Toronto (which was actually next to the airport, so it was technically in Mississauga which is a neighboring suburb) - but basically, I don't remember seeing any Koreans other than the 6 progamers who were in the finals. Well, plus Smix I was curious to see how many local Koreans would show up, and I'm sure some did, but I didn't notice them. There were definitely local Chinese who were there, but even so, I was surprised at the relatively low % of Asians in attendance (I can't remember if it was > 50% or < 50% - all I remember is that I've been surrounded by more Asians in other environments both in Toronto and Vancouver).

I think a lot of this has to do with the somewhat removed venue location. It was right next to the airport, but that's about a 30 minute drive outside of the Toronto core, and even further if you're coming from one of the Asian-dense northern suburbs of Richmond Hill or Markham.

In contrast, Greater Vancouver is basically one contiguous area where Vancouver and its suburbs don't really have any physical boundaries or separation and the transit system is generally pretty good. And there are Asians EVERYWHERE.

Hmm, just found two interesting links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Vancouver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Toronto

Ok, one of the tables is messed up (there's overlap) because the %'s add up to more than 100%, but ignoring that table, some key things to note are:

The "Census Metropolitan Area" for the Vancouver region has a 19.16% (402,000 total) Chinese population and a 2.19% (46,040 total) Korean population. The CMA for Toronto has a 9.6% (486,330 total) Chinese population and a 1.1% (55,265 total) Korean population.

In other words, we (Vancouver area) have about 80%+ the same number of Chinese and Koreans as the Toronto area, but density wise that makes us 2x more Asian than Toronto! (which explains why NASL S3 grand finals was noticeably less Asian in the crowd than what I'm used to)

In summary: NASL please come to VANCOUVER

On August 30 2012 18:49 Sub40APM wrote:


Oh come on man. If they held NASL 3 in Pitt Meadows or Surrey, youd have seen the same limited amount of Asians. If NASL had rented some space around U of T you would have seen more asians.

On August 30 2012 19:54 ilbh wrote:
they have been invited, but is it confirmed that all of them will participate?

On August 30 2012 20:02 Derez wrote:
No way MMA is top 4 on any leaderboard. Only result he has had is Ironsquid and nothing else over 2012.

On August 30 2012 20:02 Derez wrote:
No way MMA is top 4 on any leaderboard. Only result he has had is Ironsquid and nothing else over 2012.