[EricH]

Originally Posted by Thromgord

I wonder what would happen if nobody accepted an alliance with the dirty (mumble-mumble) teams... is there a rule for this?

There is not such a rule. I would also note that it would be EXTREMELY unlikely for nobody to accept their alliance. HQ would almost certainly become involved at some point.

And here's why. Any team that is not in the top 8 is in an "accept or don't play" situation on Saturday, thus is almost guaranteed to accept any offer they receive. At a small (30-odd team) event, where a large percentage of teams will be playing on Saturday afternoon, there's a slight chance that enough teams decline for there to be not enough teams available to fill out the alliances, which will (being the first time this has happened) result in a call to HQ to figure out what to do. At a large event (50-60+ teams), not a chance unless the team's action is EXTREMELY egregious. And in that last case, there's a significant chance that they had to talk to the Head Referee or the Regional Director at least once about "being civil" among other things.