the_fuckingidiotyou play UGC because its free, if you have the time in your life to grind 80+hrs/2weeks for 6v6, you can definitely throw down the ~30$ it costs to play a season of ESEA, you aren't fooling anyone kid.
You don't need to play 80 hours a week to improve and thats especially true if youre UGC level. You might improve faster if youre not the type of person that gets burnt out but you really don't need to play 40 hours a week to get better. There's nothing wrong with a free league and I don't blame new players who probably arent even sure if they like 6v6 yet for not wanting to pay for a whole season, especially if theyre extremely unlikely to do well.
I'm guilty of this myself, but I would really like for higher level players to stop using ugc as a way to fuck around with lower level players. Most of the people are there to get better and its discouraging and a waste of their time when they get rolled by sandbaggers running huntsman and spy to mid. If you're going to stop UGC, at least stomp them properly so they can hopefully learn from you.