I haven't done ESEA in a billion years, but I saw a friend cast who played a game with someone who happened to be a D+ rank, and that mans gamesense was something to behold. Don't you still have to pay for ESEA? Cause some people might want to save the cash.
I pay for ESEA for one reason.
"oh shit I'm having a bad day. Lost 3 mm games in a row and I'm playing like shit. I wanna keep playing hit I don't wanna derank.
fuck it ESEA who cares about my stats."
And
"man, I wanna see if I'm slowly improving or getting worse compared to my previous results. Let's see what my ADR/RWS is this month compared to the last few."
I'm getting worse.
$7 a month isn't much money. I pay for ESEA for the convince of having another way to play seriously, when I can't play on MM well.