Damn, nice review.
On the eSports front, NASL (host a major Starcraft2 tournament) will be adding a Tribes branch to its league.
Details here: http://nasl.tv/News/Article/20120510tribes-tournament-details-unveiled
This is a good start. I'd be interested in watching some competitive play.
Pretty sad that the prize pool is only $10k though, considering DotA2's Beta tournament had $1mil, a SC2 showmatch between 2 players will bring $5-10k, etc. Of course, Valve and Riot invest a shit ton of money into their prize pools. Blizzard only funds their own tournaments (ie: Blizzcon, Blizzard Cup). I wonder if HiRez will do something similar. Maybe fund a big tournament with $50-100k pool. That type of money draws a lot of attention.