[EricLeifermann]

I think this incident is really getting under peoples skin(it did to me, though I let it go even before Paul's post in the previous thread), because it was Paul who went around and told all the teams that they were done. I think that if a different non well known mentor or a student from 217 went and told all the teams they were done, teams wouldn't have been as upset and "outraged" that this happened.

I've always had good interactions with 217, as well as Paul, and I can say that even though I was angry that it appeared that 217 had sandbagged their way into the #1 alliance. Paul came up to several members of my team after and he looked truly shocked and you could tell he was thinking that everyone thought that they had sandbagged the division.

Is it right to tell teams you are done and then accept an invitation to an alliance? If you were going to accept no matter what , why even take the time to tell teams you're broken?

These are questions that each team needs to ask themselves and live with the choices they make, and the reputation they earn through making those choices.