I've watched several streamers who formerly did runs at GDQ. They are entertaining and can make a living off of their personalities from their Twitch streams. It seems to me that at some point GDQ had two options:
>get big-name streamers that attract thousands of viewers by name alone
>pay for their flights and hotels
or
>find people through community
>lower standards for runners and runs
The more viewers a streamer has, the more entertaining they are. This is just a general rule, and it isn't always true, but as an average it is. There are few incentives for a big streamer to take a week off to go to a charity event on their own dime (where they are at risk for being banned or facing drama from the staff). GDQ is entirely at fault for the degeneration of their event. They could have invested in the runners who people tuned in for, instead they attempted to stomp them out in favor of randos who do meme runs. It is much easier to control runners who are DESPERATE to get onto GDQ because their streaming career depends on it.