I agree with Taran. We don’t need another 200+ post thread.
This happens on rare occasions. Some of the teams probably (especially the team who declined out of the tournament) shouldn’t have declined. Make sure you have backup partners if a team who you think is bad ranks above you. I have also seen a lot of high level teams make the mistake of not prioritizing the AWP. Play smart and have a backup plan in case alliance selection becomes a mess.