My take is probably atypical, but as someone who missed the entirety of UGL, not having played since before VGT died, here's my fill:

There are two dominant fast map types: traditional and styler/super. Super is the Korean version of our map and it's pretty nice. Lots of good public players play on this map on West server, sometimes even more than on the traditional map.

I think obviously there is less activity, and a lot of the best players from years ago have stopped playing. We have had more Korean players and low$ players coming and dominating the league. Right now, 3 out of the top 5 are either Korean or traditionally low$ players.

I think the overall skill level has risen, but I think that the number of starlike gosus has gone down by a significant amount. The game is still interesting despite this because there are also fewer noobs. More people sort of gravitate to what is probably considered 'above average' from years ago.

There are a lot of good streams, particularly on Super map, that you can find on Twitch and YouTube which are opening up way higher levels of play than we're used to in this community. Lately it's been cool to watch various foreigners try to beat the Koreans, particularly: Xtre-Mamba, Gangster]Jose, Sithlord]lk[, Pro]Defjam.

Also the best clan since I've been back, by far, has been Pro. They have four of the most dominant (albeit inative) players on this game: monte, fantastic, evil, and defjam.