Why is there no UK players in international team then?

Smooya was playing in Epsilon. Surreal and dephh both played in NA. ALEX plays in France... Not sure if you actually follow the CS scene. Besides, nowadays old timers and the long-term talent have no desire to play with international teams because they have lives and don't want to spend time trying to get back into CS. In recent years, new UK players are not developing team based abilities because our own teams are weak, they are too lazy and egoistical to start at the bottom and work up together, and domestic events are dominated by the same 20 people. It is slow, but I think it is getting better.

Do you think there is less gaming stigma in Eastern Europe and more investment?

We had a major hosted in Krakow literally 3 months ago, ESL Cologne is hosted every year in, wait for it, Cologne, and Bucharest has hosted the PGL finals several times. There are like 4 decent LANs a year in the UK whole of the UK, and until last year no tournaments hosted here. Is this a trick question?