loocorijnait's definitely a different sort of community from TF2. it's larger, therefore harder to get "into".
my first time playing on a CS team was actually in season 14 with a bunch of other TF2 players. it was super chill.
later when I actually got into competitive CS, I played in CEVO. at the time it was basically CS's equivalent to UGC skill-wise. i dunno if it still has that same vibe, but i'd check out the CEVO forums and see if you can find a team there
Thanks :) I'll look into that