What would happen if the #1 alliance captain gets denied by every team

[bdaroz]

I think the outcome with the highest likelihood in this situation is a frantic call to FIRST.

[Chris is me]

As far as the rules allow, there would be no eligible teams left for anyone to pick in alliance selection, so each alliance would consist of a single team. 1v1 matches all the way to the finals.

There's nothing in the rules that suggests a re-draft is allowed or anything like that, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone at the event decided that would happen.

[Jon Stratis]

Just as a point of interest, there has been at least one case where the alliance captains almost all declined the #1 seed. kept other teams from moving up to become captain's, and prevented picking within the other top 8 teams.

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

Just as a point of interest, there has been at least one case where the alliance captains almost all declined the #1 seed. kept other teams from moving up to become captain's, and prevented picking within the other top 8 teams.

There's Scorched Earth, then there's OP's scenario, which would be like Heat Death of the Universe or so...

[Roboshant]

At the Bloomfield All Girls event (yesterday) the #1 alliance was denied by the top 5.

More Info:
1. 4779
2. 33
3. 1023
4. 226
5. 2337
6. 2834 (accepted)

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by Roboshant

At the Bloomfield All Girls event (yesterday) the #1 alliance was denied by the top 5.

More Info:
1. 4779
2. 33
3. 1023
4. 226
5. 2337
6. 2834 (accepted)

Beats our record of 4 declines on Curie 2013. Anyone ever seen more than 5 declines?

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by Roboshant

At the Bloomfield All Girls event (yesterday) the #1 alliance was denied by the top 5.

More Info:
1. 4779
2. 33
3. 1023
4. 226
5. 2337
6. 2834 (accepted)

Was this supposed to be a friendly event????

[Koko Ed]

IT nearly happened in the 2006 Newton division where 176 was top seed and started picking every team in the top 8 who then one after the other said no to them til 111 accepted their invitation. They made it all the way to the divison finals.
What struck me was I heard many people label 176 jerks for doing that but it would be perfectly ok to say no to them.