Like we all know GC is a lower tier of competition even in comparison to a lot of T2, like genuinely the retakes, util use, mechanics and game sense, etc seems so poor in so many teams and players, not all tho but in serious sense people play T2 for what? Cause they can get good enough to become a T1 player than can shine in the bigger spotlight, the primary reason behind why a lot of people pursue eSports is the glory and spotlight part of it and that they want to be the best, while we all can definitely agree GC is much smaller competition with lesser spotlight, spending your entire career in GC is similar to all those who spend their entire career in T3 ( regional Valo challengers) and tho they are known to be really good there in that region, they are barely good enough for T2 and T1 is an even longer road( not applicable for everyone tho) , i believe if you are joining eSports you should strive for the best and thus try T2 or T3 after becoming a really good level player in GC or there's no point , that's why I respect mel so much , she's good in GC already and tried for a T1 team tho it ended bad.