Keep in mind that Ive never played in ESEA, but, from what people have been saying it seems as if, theres no competition in UGC, people want something more serious, but UGC just doesnt apply that, so when they go into Open expecting a more fair competition, and just getting stomped because the skill ceiling increases so dramatically that newer teams just get crushed, I think a reasonable way to ease this is a league, like a lower leveled ESEA where players take the game seriously, where the first half of your first season in a div is free, afterwards you pay, just to see if you can manage it and then back out if you feel like you cant make it. This will probably