EPTDreamHack going to Montreal - Page 3
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ilikeredheads
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StarcraftMan
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On April 07 2016 10:36 Dianchie wrote: Can Vancouver get some love too? Vancouver's closest major cities within a 6 hour driving time are Seattle and Victoria. Within 6 hours driving time to Montreal, you have Toronto, New York, Boston, Ottawa, Quebec City, and more (although border crossing would add more time from the US). It's a no brainer to choose a city within that area for the first Dreamhack Canada event. I'm surprised though that they didn't choose Toronto though because that's a guaranteed turnout (I'm sure they had their reasons to pick Montreal). As for Calgary and Edmonton, those two cities are in the middle of nowhere and it would be much more difficult to get a larger turnout than Toronto or Montreal. The main advantage of Vancouver is that I don't think there has been a "premier" SC2 e-sports tournament in Vancouver before. That could possibly drive the turnout because it hasn't happened before. But if it's the first time for Dreamhack in Canada, it's better to choose a location with a guaranteed turnout (which makes it surprising they didn't choose Toronto). | ||
Soularion
Canada2764 Posts
On April 07 2016 18:06 StarcraftMan wrote: Vancouver's closest major cities within a 6 hour driving time are Seattle and Victoria. Within 6 hours driving time to Montreal, you have Toronto, New York, Boston, Ottawa, Quebec City, and more (although border crossing would add more time from the US). It's a no brainer to choose a city within that area for the first Dreamhack Canada event. I'm surprised though that they didn't choose Toronto though because that's a guaranteed turnout (I'm sure they had their reasons to pick Montreal). As for Calgary and Edmonton, those two cities are in the middle of nowhere and it would be much more difficult to get a larger turnout than Toronto or Montreal. I'm glad they chose Montreal- too much of a focus on Toronto imo. It's a good idea to branch out and get more events across Canada (especially in easy cities like Montreal which are not only reasonably big but also good for location) rather than have literally every event ever in Toronto. I'd be happy to see an event in West Canada too, but the concerns are real  | ||
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StarcraftMan
Canada507 Posts
On April 07 2016 18:09 Soularion wrote: I'm glad they chose Montreal- too much of a focus on Toronto imo. It's a good idea to branch out and get more events across Canada (especially in easy cities like Montreal which are not only reasonably big but also good for location) rather than have literally every event ever in Toronto. I'd be happy to see an event in West Canada too, but the concerns are real I would rather they have a guaranteed turnout - or even a turnout that surpasses expectations if its their first time in Canada. If that happens, we could see additional Dreamhack events in other Canadian cities. But if the the turnout in Montreal is "meh," they may not come back to Canada. | ||
Pandemona
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On April 07 2016 17:14 Soularion wrote: ;_; It'll be the first event I go to, so #hype Oh awesome!!! Hope sc2 is there then and a special invite for Maru?  | ||
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TT1
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Psychotikah
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On April 07 2016 18:12 StarcraftMan wrote: I would rather they have a guaranteed turnout - or even a turnout that surpasses expectations if its their first time in Canada. If that happens, we could see additional Dreamhack events in other Canadian cities. But if the the turnout in Montreal is "meh," they may not come back to Canada. I wouldn't worry about turn out. Quebec is video game crazy. CS GO and whatever MOBA they have is going to bring in a huge and very loud crowd. Hopefully they have sc2. I will be honest though, I don't know many sc2 fanatics here, but there are a lot of RTS fans. And kiwikaki! | ||
Jer99
Canada8159 Posts
On April 07 2016 19:48 Psychotikah wrote: I wouldn't worry about turn out. Quebec is video game crazy. CS GO and whatever MOBA they have is going to bring in a huge and very loud crowd. Hopefully they have sc2. I will be honest though, I don't know Manu sc2 fanatics here, but there are a lot of RTS fans. And kiwikaki! I'm in Ottawa and I'll be making the trip | ||
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Psychotikah
Canada101 Posts
Yeah, not to mention the fact that many big cites are not very far from Montreal! Now let's pray for a global event I guess!!!! | ||
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Empirimancer
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Diminisherqc
Canada220 Posts
On April 07 2016 19:48 Psychotikah wrote: I wouldn't worry about turn out. Quebec is video game crazy. CS GO and whatever MOBA they have is going to bring in a huge and very loud crowd. Hopefully they have sc2. I will be honest though, I don't know Manu sc2 fanatics here, but there are a lot of RTS fans. And kiwikaki! i wouldn be worried about the sc2 crowd turnout in montreal ! remeber these insane 1000 ppl + Barcraft . ? here's somehting to remember | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17029 Posts
vive le quebec libre and mercy buckets to Dreamhack for doing this. On April 07 2016 18:06 StarcraftMan wrote: Vancouver's closest major cities within a 6 hour driving time are Seattle and Victoria. Within 6 hours driving time to Montreal, you have Toronto, Boston, Toronto is a 6 hour drive from Montreal  my gf lives in Aylmer and its typically a 5,5 hour drive. ya i guess if you leave Toronto at 1am from Warden and 401 it is a 6 hour drive. thanks for the laugh. if you want to be careful with your health you should budget an 8 hour drive from Toronto to Montreal with a 30 minute break in Kingston. On April 07 2016 17:58 ilikeredheads wrote: well, at least it's not in the centre of the universe.... according to certain google maps readers in this thread its only a 5.5 hour drive from the Centre of the Universe to Montreal. | ||
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Empirimancer
Canada1024 Posts
On April 07 2016 23:18 Diminisherqc wrote: i wouldn be worried about the sc2 crowd turnout in montreal ! remeber these insane 1000 ppl + Barcraft . ? here's somehting to remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MNh1Fv_Vc I was there, it was crazy! | ||
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intotheheart
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Makro
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intotheheart
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Nakajin
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On April 08 2016 00:21 IntoTheheart wrote: Do those count as French, or Canada? Seeing how absolutely broken the french is on their website it seem we count as Canadian  | ||
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seopthi
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Jer99
Canada8159 Posts
On April 07 2016 23:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote: Montreal has deserved a major event for a long, long time. vive le quebec libre and mercy buckets to Dreamhack for doing this. Toronto is a 6 hour drive from Montreal my gf lives in Aylmer and its typically a 5,5 hour drive. ya i guess if you leave Toronto at 1am from Warden and 401 it is a 6 hour drive. thanks for the laugh. if you want to be careful with your health you should budget an 8 hour drive from Toronto to Montreal with a 30 minute break in Kingston. according to certain google maps readers in this thread its only a 5.5 hour drive from the Centre of the Universe to Montreal. Doing ~120 on the highway from Ottawa to Toronto takes roughly 4 hours, and it definitely takes under 6 hours to drive from Toronto to MTL unless you are going way below the limit | ||
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dr3am_b3ing
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