The split between BlizzCon 2014 Hearthstone champion James "Firebat" Kostesich and Team Archon, which came to light Tuesday, has been surrounded by allegations finding fault with both player and team.

When contacted by theScore eSports, Firebat said that he "was owed money in the form of unpaid monthly salaries and bonuses for [his] tournament placement at WCA [World Cyber Arena 2015]." He did not confirm if he was still owed that money.

A report by GosuGamers' Radoslav "Nydra" Kolev cited unnamed sources alleging that Firebat's contract was amended to cut his pay without his approval.

On Wednesday, Firebat posted a statement about the situation on Twitlonger.

I'm going to try to keep this short. I have no intention of arguing with my former teammates and I'm sad they felt the need to go after me publicly. I left Archon because I was unhappy with circumstances regarding the team, specifically regarding payments. Given that, I decided to be upfront and left on what I thought were amicable terms to pursue other options. I still wish them the best of luck in the future. I hope all my fans and their fans understand.

Archon co-owner Sebastian Park told theScore eSports that he wouldn't comment on whether Firebat was owed money, citing a confidentiality clause in the contract. When asked about the WCA bonuses, Park said that his only response "is that Team Archon pays all of its players the correct amount they’re owed. Period."

Park did say that the contract signed by Team Archon players explicitly states that failing to meet player obligations can result in fines, and that Archon had fined players in the past.

"We have a warning system, and once you get a certain amount of warnings, you get fined. But we handle that all internally," Park said. "I'm not saying that happened to Firebat per se, but it's just saying that this is something we do as a club."

According to Park, some of those player obligations include: having sponsorship banners on your stream at all times, using equipment provided by the club, wearing team apparel at all official appearances, playing the game you're paid to play, making a good-faith effort to practice the game, and not engaging in deceitful or competitive practices that would would jeopardize or be likely to jeopardize the image of the player or club.

Additionally, players are expected to resolve all conflicts and disagreements with club management using private communication.

On his stream Tuesday, Firebat offered his point of view, saying that he and Archon had previously had "problems with the contract," and claiming that the organization had not held up their end.

"When they weren't honoring the contract, that gave me a window of opportunity to say, 'Hey, if they're not honoring the contract, this is an opportunity for me that I can either leave or stay on the team,'" he said.

On stream, he said that others in his team house didn't respect his belongings and "treated me like shit." As of Tuesday, he claimed his belongings had still not been returned.

Park said that the team was currently working on returning Firebat's personal property and computer to him. When the team house moved from Plano, Texas to Las Vegas, Park explained that Firebat was not at the team house. He claims that Firebat asked him to have the items transferred to the new team house, where it remained until recently.

Archon co-owners Jason "Amaz" Chan and Brent "Backspace" Kaskel took to YouTube on Wednesday to respond to some of the accusations against Archon. They claimed Firebat had a tendency to share company details that were sometimes confidential or inaccurate, and could be damaging to the company.

"Over the course of the entirety of Archon, every major event that has happened that involves drama has been based around Firebat leaking some sort of information that he had either overheard from me and Amaz talking privately in our room, or coming up with his own conclusions that don't exist," Backspace said in the video.

In their YouTube video, Backspace and Amaz discussed payments made to winners of the Archon Team League Championships, which they allege Firebat spoke about without consulting the company. According to Archon, they believed that they would be able to pay players within 45 days of the event but were unable to pay until a week before the maximum payment period of 90 days expired.

"Firebat was telling everyone that he wasn't getting paid by Archon and that they're probably not going to get paid for ATLC anyways, which was very unnecessary," Amaz said.

Park said that the contractual deadline for ATLC payments was met, and said winnings were not paid out earlier due to difficulties securing funds from sponsors.

"Archon as a company is solvent. We're not broke, we pay people on time. But to be completely honest with you, it's not easy," he said, adding that Amaz fronted some of the money to make up for some of the sponsorship funds that hadn't arrived.

"If we didn't pay people, that would be a story. That would be the biggest story in Hearthstone. But we did."

"Firebat was definitely the initiator," Amaz said in the video, "... We really thought that this was over when we paid everybody, but I guess Firebat decided that it wasn't over at this point in time, even after all payments had been sent out [for ATLC]."

On Wednesday afternoon, upcoming Hearthstone tournament Red Bull Team Brawl changed its lineup to reflect that Firebat, now a free agent, would be sitting in for Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk on team Tempo Storm.

"I am really excited to be able to play, and I really thank Reynad for giving me the opportunity to still play in this event," said Firebat in a statement.

Firebat has not officially signed with any team.

Josh "Gauntlet" Bury is a 5/6 minion with Battlecry: Drink some coffee. You can find him on Twitter.