The funny thing is cRPG higher ups ARE locking into the problem atm, trying to find solutions for AI hiring thingy and discussing it in irc. It is a difficult issue and we are working on it.
However the reason why Panos was banned (again) was not this thread. Chadz himself stated that several times. Panos just went too far countless of times, was repeately banned ingame and on the forums. After each unban he was told to change his attitude. He couldn't do that and fell back to his old behaviour soon. He just can't change.
And of course Grey and DRZ dominate Strategus because of them bribing us devs with massive amounts of money, women, etc. and not because of the fact that they are two giant, well organised moonspeak-zergs that happen to like each other.