and all their work making them was undermined when they invited map hackers to their invitational event a few years ago based on ladder position.
you are over stating its negative impact.
its not good... however, there are dozens of events every year... with not a single hacker in sight.
and the days of "Testie" making it to a Blizzcon based on hacking his way through WGTour are long since past.
Furthermore, when "Testie" did actually play at BLizzcon he got steam rolled and was a running joke amongst the non hackers who earned their spot at Blizzcon.