[EricH]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

I am a little confused by this. Does this mean that even though 1114 and 2056 are already going to world championships, that If/When 1114/2056 win at GTR East the Finalists don't get the wild card? Or will the finalists get the wild card still??

As I read it, for the wild card to be in play at all, any qualifiers in the winning alliance must have qualified for the 2013 Championship in the calendar year 2013 (this is what is effectively meant by excluding pre-qualifiers). So, if 1114 and 2056 and 4334 team up at GTR East and win the event, with 1 RCA and 1 EI, there will be no wild card unless one of the three has previously won an event or RCA or EI. But, if that same alliance shows up at GTR West, having won GTR East or another regional event, and wins there, then there are three wild cards in play, which can be picked up by the finalist alliance (all three members, then the backup if one of the three has already qualified and a backup is used).