The league isn't saying what, specifically, they did.

The EULA covers things like cheating, account sharing/boosting, etc., and to get a ban for the whole season, it's probably something of that severity, if not specifically one of those things. You don't get a season ban from Contenders for being toxic in chat.

There are a bunch of reasons for tournaments not being stable.

A lot of these smaller tournaments struggle to get any funding at all, let alone enough to draw the caliber of talent that brings in viewers (and the viewers bring in sponsorship money, so it's a vicious cycle). Noukky jump-started the StriveWire Monthly Brawls with her own funds. I know other people in the scene went out-of-pocket to get tournaments going too, plus the talent worked for free (they still get practice and exposure, but neither of those pay rent).

Plus, it takes a lot of time to organize a tournament. There's lining up teams, going through the approval process with Blizzard, lining up sponsors, recruiting casters, securing a Twitch channel, marketing the event so people actually show up, and so on. There's barely enough money for prize pools, let alone the money to pay someone to organize tournaments full time. So it relies on volunteers. And when you're relying on volunteers, you run the risk that they get busy with other (potentially paid) work, or just burn out.

I'm sorry, but the correct answer is "Bishop feeding Kaiser grapes".

The way Bishop made it out, Xepher is the main flex, while Gods will be primarily a DPS.

Movistar getting on the list is nice to see.

Not sure if Runaway deserve to be as high up as they are, but we may be overreacting to one (admittedly pretty awful) loss. At the very least, I'd put KDP above them.

I really don't get the Talespin hype, and I don't see it happening here.

• He abandoned a team mid-tournament. Regardless of the reasons, that's a pretty big red flag that would give any well run org pause.
• He hasn't played in a team environment in months.
• He's known for his Pharah, a hero that Surefour is already very strong on. I don't remember his Genji as anything special, and even though he's played a bunch of Tracer, he's not a hitscan specialist.

To be clear, Joemeister is holding the AMA. It's not a team thing, although I'm sure questions about the team will be asked.

With that caliber of leaking skill, he'll fit right in over in the West.