Someone register Eddie here and give him the link so he can also have his say... you guys are making all the decisions for him.
I don't even know why he was banned. Although, there's already one unbanned user who was requested by the community, I don't know if he's better than Eddie.
Regarding those selected from the 2 tournaments: IMHO, this is actually a good thing. People have shown (and proven!!!) that they deserve to go to the finals, why add someone else from 4th or 5th place? They've already been defeated in the respective qualifiers. Are you running out of participants?