my two cents is coh2 tourneys arent popular because the game has a low online player base period. I play coh2 even though I find it quite boring. I only play because its the closest thing to what I would like to play. So many people who bought the game just stopped playing, even I do off and on. Make coh2 a more interesting expansive game and things change. But until then not many will care enough to play in tournaments. I can't shake the feeling of coh2 being a watered down version of the previous versions and not an improvement.
Even the people who sign up for tourneys are then like meh, i don't really wanna play coh2. I wish relic would stop trying to make the game safe and make it fun and exciting again.
I like your MG42 aggression - I watched it recently in obs mode
However, and with some considerable reluctance, I must take issue with you ( to a a very polite degree ).
Recent CoH2 tourneys were, in fact, popular - the last SNF tourney attracted consirably more support. The 2v2 Nations Cup also attracted a notable interest - but sadly, Kreatiir left the staff, before it was completed - and he cancelled the end games of the tourney, seemingly through lack of support from the Dev base.