Now they're making you pay a subscription fee to play on their servers.
>ESEA is a third party matchmaking program that uses the industry leading anti-cheat (ESEA Client) to protect matches. ESEA currently has PUGs, Scrims, Ladders, Events and runs one of the largest open format leagues in the world. Join us today for access to one of the largest gaming communities in the world. A premium subscription not only unlocks the game features, it also allows you to join our active website community and forums. A premium subscription is required to use the ESEA network.
>Users must have a STEAM Account that does not carry any VAC bans in order to play on ESEA. ESEA Premium is used for CS:GO and TF2 on the ESEA Network.
Well hey the price is steep, but at least I can get to play on AWESOME servers that are free of toxicity and trollers and cheaters!
Or not. Reviews seem to be polarized and the positive reviews are sketchy as fuck, reading like the most generic of shill reviews. Meanwhile there are just as many negative reviews.
It takes me back to the good old days of fucking around in scrim servers on CS 1.6, but unfortunately this new ESEA client only caters to the nu-Valve games like TF2 and CS:GO.