Hildrethyung_tapside note: would be pretty cool if etf2l came over to NA
You guys have UGC, free community league and you had CEVO, just the big difference was a 4 or 5 years ago when ESL was still going for TF2, The Euros decided to support the free community league whilst the Americans decided to support the Pay to Play ESEA League.
Which is best for the scene? I'll leave that for you to decide, but I kind of agree with Enigma's assessment, ESEA EU could be on par with the North American one, I even pumped £100 of my own money to get it going but the whole bitcoin fiasco left a sour taste in my mouth. You can say what you like about ETF2L but they're not money grabbing criminals.
UGC is garbage