Originally Posted by PornMD

Honestly, with IDN TLDs in the works, which is what I'd expect most of Asia to want to use once they're out, .asia will seem really stupid considering not a whole lot of Asia even uses the roman alphabet let alone speaks English.

You could certainly try to counter them, but a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush. That's not a bad offer for that domain...I personally would take the money and run and invest it into more solid extensions.