I'll put in my .02 since I'm usually a voice of reason on these forums.
It's Wun's tourney, so he can exclude who he wants. No one should be debating that. That leaves THC with 2 options: Compete w/o Grap, or sit out. THC chose to sit out. That is their choice. THC can't blame it on Wun. And for the record, if TLCS was in THC's place and for some reason say hb couldn't compete, we'd sit out too, so I can't blame you if he really is a major factor.
IMO however, it's not cool for THC to come on here and give Wun shit. It's his tourney and he can do what he wants. You chose not to compete, he isn't making you. He isn't punishing THC, IMO, you guys are only taking it that way because your backing your teammate. If you don't want to play, fine don't but it's not cool to come on here and give Wun shit for something that was your decision. If I was Grap I would be encouraging you guys to play w/o me. Just sayin'.
Also, it doesn't sound to me like Wun is doing the "its my ball and im taking it with me" thing. He excluded Grapple from the get-go. If he doesn't like him he doesn't have to let him in. I doubt he knew you guys would sit out in protest. If Grap was in TLCS he would still be banned, and I wouldn't take it as an assult on TLCS. There have been several players that were banned from tourneys. Shit, an entire alliance was banned from participating in an event (Royal Blood). Honestly it really sounds like "taking the ball" is what THC is trying to do when you're basically saying "If our guy can't play then we're not playing and you're not gonna get medals." For you guys to sit out and try to bully Wun into changing his mind by using medals is weak. You're CHOOSING to sit out, you should leave it at that.
There are 4 alliances competing in this tourney and I can almost guarantee there will be medals. I have never heard of there being any kind of minimum participation requirements for medals, especially one that states all alliances have to participate in order to get them. If there were a min I would say it would be 4 anyway. I would argue that an alliance should never hold the power to manipulate a tourney's medals by choosing to sit out. Your spat with each other should NOT affect the rest of us. I would also argue that if there are rules like that, they should be in writing and not left up to one person to pass judgement when something happens. If this is the case (minimum participation) then we need to see those rules in a thread, not in a PM. Then I would say it will be necessary to make it mandatory to compete or you get a last place DQ and everyone still gets medals...
**Cliff Notes**
Wuns tourney, he can choose to ban anyone he wants.
It's THC's choice to sit out.
THC's choice should not affect the rest of us getting medals. Especially when they are capable of fielding some type of team.
Well there's my .02...I'm sure I have change coming back.