[EricH]

Originally Posted by Austinmead

in the sandiego regional one team was declined 2 times, by teams in the top 8.... one of the teams was a stuck up team so noone was surprised but two in a row was like a record lol

It's not a record, and it's a highly strategic move. I've seen the #1 seed in a Championship division ask 2 really good top 8 teams, that they knew would decline, to an alliance. 2 declines later, they picked another really good top 8 team, who accepted. I'm pretty sure that there's been a case of 3 or more declines before, too.

As for calling a team "stuck up", that's more insulting than any perceived insult delivered by a decline.