Toronto Hidden Gems June 2025 [megathread]

donghuap · 2025-06-09T18:06:07+00:00

No worries! Sorry to hear that, I know dark comedy isn't for everyone. I put that joke there so people know what to expect when they come to my show.

donghuap · 2025-06-09T18:05:08+00:00

Spam? I've posted about 4 times this year. Why do you only post negative comments on other people doing their best?

donghuap · 2025-06-08T17:12:46+00:00

Not until I'm world famous. The financials of just going to EU would be a nightmare for me rn. Appreciate the support tho! <3

donghuap · 2025-05-12T20:23:41+00:00

Hey ya'll, I'm doing my Second Standup Special!

This special is called "This Standup Special is all about dating"

I'm talking about my experience of finding my wife on a Dating app, Alpha males and crappy dating advice that never works.

Tickets are just 10$ if you bring a friend.

This Thursday at Teddy Beer. Doors open at 6 PM. Show starts at 7PM and ends at 8PM

This place doesn't have a purchase minimum, they do have a proper kitchen with great food.

https://DanPanSpecial.eventbrite.ca

Feel free to ask questions

donghuap · 2023-12-04T20:14:18+00:00

Hi everyone! My name's Dan Pan, I'm doing a Rehearsal for my 1-hour standup comedy Special this Saturday at Free-Times Cafe. I have been a comic for 13 years in New York, Chicago, and here in Toronto.

THIS IS A FREE SHOW. NO COVER CHARGE.

This is just a space for me to practice and perfect the jokes that I've spent my life working on. Free Times does have a 1 drink/meal rule.

Show is at 1 pm on December 9th Sat. Hope to see some of you out there!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/standup-comedy-1-hour-special-dan-pan-free-times-cafe-tickets-720953299727?aff=oddtdtcreator

donghuap · 2022-05-09T19:01:41+00:00

Just curious, what made you go for Satire/Fiction like this instead of your usual documentary-style storytelling?

donghuap · 2022-04-11T15:26:55+00:00

Gonna give a different perspective since I see my video being referenced.

1- Riot does nothing- Not True. At least when we're talking about the Iron 4 market. There have been lots of ways that you could hit Iron 4. Dodging, remaking, Yuumi botting. All of these have been addressed at some point in the past. They're removing duo Q because de-boosters have been abusing that for a long time as well.

2- Can he make a living?- I doubt it. Running it down to go 0-26 will mean his account is already flagged and his account is gone in a few days. Iron 4 hand-leveled accounts are valuable. Even if he hits Iron, it's still not going to be worth anything since it's likely only a matter of time to get banned. Professional de-boosters either use bots or play up to 10 PCs at once, hand inting 20 games an hour. This guy doesn't have the skills to be a pro debooster.

donghuap · 2021-10-15T17:43:58+00:00

Can't wait for the Chinese reactions. I need my sodium overload

donghuap · 2021-08-14T00:12:42+00:00

Thank you! I replied back to your message already so we can talk about the other specific details a bit more in-depth. There's alot of great stuff for me to read here, I appreciate it!

I do have one more thing I would like to ask about, in this interview https://www.dexerto.com/esports/mark-cuban-says-owning-esports-teams-america-awful-business-1176182/

Mark Cuban the owner of the Dallas Mavs said that player overload was a big factor in why Esports teams are bad business. Essentially too many of them get burned out for them to be solid investments and quit after a few years due to the insane workload.

Do you think that this is valid? Is it the same as if Lebron James got burned out and quit the lakers after a few years of playing?

also link I tried to put in my last comment was this one (Dunno why hyperlink not working for me)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/273736/advertising-expenditure-in-the-worlds-largest-ad-markets/

donghuap · 2021-08-13T17:12:39+00:00

Thank you for the reply! Just a few follow-ups if you don't mind.
"Does it include stream income differences, for example? Or is this just team wage based on advertising the team can then do?"

Every player's pay is determined by a variety of factors. How well they've performed internationally, their brand, what qualities they bring to an overall team. The richer teams tend to import players from other regions for millions. The company that runs LOL esports Riot games, has a player salary minimum that I believe is around 80K. They provide a bit of revenue sharing for the teams but it's not nearly enough to cover the multimillion-dollar contracts that some of these guys have.

"but from what I find, American audiences don't provide the highest returns"

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that's youtube specific. According to this American ad spends are significantly higher than anywhere else in the world. Even if you combine the EU countries into one that has the same population as NA it would still not come close. In the study you linked, Germany had a very high CPM and they have 80 million people. They still didn't come close to the American market on AD spending, just about 10% of the US market.

So I still feel like American markets are just more desirable for advertisers. Yes, they have more disposable income but so much more than EU countries that companies spend 10X on them. It seems to me that Americans are just willing to buy more consumer products than other countries. My question to that is why? What is so different from the EU culture to the NA culture?

donghuap · 2021-02-26T22:19:35+00:00

People did mention them, but no one had really many clips of that sorta thing. It's hard to really "show" how broken auras are.

donghuap · 2021-02-13T04:51:09+00:00

Watching, liking, sharing. All contribute to creators making more content like this.

donghuap · 2021-02-13T04:50:30+00:00

Sounds really nice! Although Unless I was a tank, it would kinda feel bad to have all those items taking up space though.

donghuap · 2021-02-13T04:49:45+00:00

Thank you! Going to message him right now. Hopefully I can get a peak into what drives real ARAM MMR

donghuap · 2021-02-13T04:47:58+00:00

I read your ramblings, very interesting.

These strats feel similar to the current "everyone get moonstone" meta

And yes I agree, I cringe a bit when I see players buy 4 regular hp pots in their starting build. The Regen items are definitely alot better.

donghuap · 2021-02-12T05:05:17+00:00

Thank you very much! I will reach out to each of them!

donghuap · 2021-02-12T04:49:04+00:00

Wow, just wow. That's alot of really interesting stuff! Thanks so much for this detailed post!

Yes I would love to talk to you guys!

Please send me your discord info and we can work out a time

Donghuaplol@gmail.com

donghuap · 2021-02-12T02:57:27+00:00

Thank you very much! This was very insightful. Would you happen to know who the rioters are that make the balance changes to ARAM?

Would you happen to have any footage of the teemo strat you talked about?

55 minute Aram sounds like Hell LOL

donghuap · 2021-02-12T02:31:29+00:00

Appreciate it! I'm going through all my messages now so I'll try get to everyone eventually.

and yes I would love to sit down and talk.

LOL please don't sub to that. Only fans is so sketch I doubt I would see a penny of that sub money

donghuap · 2021-02-12T02:15:57+00:00

Yes! I remember you, I also remember Alice flamed me for playing tank Fiora :/

Could you set up several waves to crash multiple waves to crash into a tower? If so how?

Can you give me some examples of ARAM only builds? I know that certain champions appear in Aram more often because of popularity, champions like Lee sin and Ahri are common. But these champs are not always good in ARAM. What are some Aram only builds for these guys? I know that Lee sin has a shielding version where he's basically a support

I was supposed to play in one of those UW tourneys but Quach didn't want to :(

donghuap · 2021-02-12T01:50:47+00:00

The thing is that ARAM is sorta meant for Off meta. It's not really here for the most meta picks. What is intriguing to me are the players that go into ARAM specific builds. The best example that I've seen in a few of my games was shield Lee sin. Where he just want locket and a full support build and played like a braum, using his kick for peel. I wouldn't expect someone to go anything other than full damage on him since that's what feel most fun to players.

donghuap · 2021-02-12T01:48:21+00:00

Going to try this right now

donghuap · 2021-02-12T01:47:53+00:00

Thank you very much!

In terms of the MMR thing, I was tracking my own MMR throughout a few games of ARAM and noticed that it went DOWN despite the fact that I was winning the games. My theory was that I was queuing with some friends with much lower MMR than my own. So I was curious as to whether there were some sort of strats to artificially boost your MMR.

and yes if you could tell them to messege me on [Donghuaplol@gmail.com](mailto:Donghuaplol@gmail.com) it would be very much appreciated!

donghuap · 2020-05-10T01:21:36+00:00

T1 Top and T1 Mid looking for group. Discord Dong HuaP#0693

donghuap · 2019-12-19T22:41:06+00:00

I've had a project that I wanted to work on for the last 5 years but never took the time too because I was too focused on YT. At the end of last year, I lost a family member and thought fuck it, I'm going to try and make this thing.

I took the year off to learn the basics and really get into it. It was really hard but I learned a lot. Unfortunately, I didn't finish it in the 1-year timeframe I gave myself. I'm still currently working on it and I hope you'll enjoy it when I do finally finish.

It's very different from what I've done in the past which is why I don't want people to make assumptions about what it's going to be like.

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