(This is the offtopic part of
this topic)
Sometimes, I like sneaking into newcomers' games, just to talk / play / show them any moves.
Most of games go like this: everyone's silent, the usual "gl hf", nobody talks. If the host forgets to set !crate banana 0 in a Shopper, people start flaming.
People play intermediate, do some random moves. Silent games, nobody talks. Some people quit, etc.
What I want to say is, I don't see people trying to get "involved" with the community overall. I have mentioned, in several games, the existence of TUS. I rarely see any of the people register. People no longer try to take this game competitively; I heard from a close friend IRL, literally: "who'd want to play Leagues in such an old game, where I can barely find any hosts whenever I get on?"
What is the encouragement? I don't know, but I believe, we should reconsider: do we need a League anymore? Whatever schemes it had, we need to see if there is any will of competition coming from the community, and I don't think there's any.