HuckSome people will take UGC seriously but the vast majority will leave 6s if they don't have the same level of competition that ESEA matches bring.
Forgive me if I'm ignorant here (and I'm sure you'd love to hear what another euro has to say), but what necessarily stops any of you taking that same competitive drive you have in ESEA and using it in a different, maybe free, league? I keep seeing the subject of "ESEA has the best competition" but surely it's the players that bring that competition, not the league.
I understand that UGC 6s is a joke. Teams that are in plat aren't close to the level of invite. If you put the invite competition into plat, you'd weed out the shitties in no time. Just as a disclaimer, I'm not saying you should go to UGC. It's merely the only example I have to use.
I know that you guys love the end of season lan. I get that, lans are fucking cool. But I don't think they're necessary for the end of an online season. There are surely plenty of lans you guys could attend, right? I mean, GXL looked like a blast and there's gotta be lans similar during the summer period?
However, I'm not used to having a lan 3 times a year, so I might be missing the point entirely. I always think of lans as an event everyone can play in. So again, apologies for ignorance.