The excerpt of the conversation you posted is a pretty short one. It only proves that Reptile thinks CC won't be participating. It doesn't tell if that's a) because he won't let them in, or b) because he thinks CC isn't interested.

Frankly, I have a bit of a problem with believing option a. I mean, the way the first rounds are organised (i.e. a system with groups), there is practically no limit on the number of clans participating (I mean, if it was a knockout tournament, you'd need 4, 8, 16,... participants. But with a group system, there's a way to divide almost any number of clans into groups (and even for the annoying numbers 7 and 11: so what if there's one more clan in one of the groups, it's chosen randomly)). Ergo, there is no reason to deny active clans access to the tournament.

So, my question to the angry mob of CCers is: did Reptile explicitly state that he doesn't want CC in his tournament, or is there a chance that someone told him you weren't interested and that you drew the wrong conclusion when he said you weren't playing?