You're right that CA don't support the MP Community at all nowadays.Shame really.
However,it just means that the MP Community itself has to do all its own work in terms of organising Tournies and prizes.
Looks in the list of tournement links that YM has posted.

Again talk of less skill involved is nonsense.The game has evolved, maybe different skills are needed now. As to Flat Maps, look to CWC or CWB, they use different maps.

Where do the Multiplayers of M2TW post? CCS forums of course.We even have some chaps from CA who has started posting on that site. Sure, it originated as purely a tournament site, but it has evolved into exactly what you are saying you can't find.

.Org really isn't the best place to discuss MP issues, no offence to the admins here. This serves nowadays as a place where a Beginner can get a quick fix.Nothing wrong with that, but as you said, this is not the type of forum where you will find the hub of the Multiplayer Community.

You seek a Competitive ladder? Then keep an eye out on YM's Champions League.The Best of the Best will be competing over the duration of a Season,trying to win it, or simply trying to retain their place in the Top Flight.

We may not be as large an MP community as you had in your day, but we're every bit as commited.This is why it rankles when we hear the Community was better before.

People see what they wish to see. I see a Group of MultiPlayers,(even without official support from CA),able to organise themselves and push the MP Community forward. Grumblings about how things were better before, do nothing to make the situation better.