We are aware of the fact you need 8 clans to make this tournament work, without these clans it's not even possible to make two groups, thus you can't start.
We really want to help you out and make it work, but we can't take back everything we've said, we can't pretend nothing has happened.
To cut the bullshit, we can't participate in a tournament where we would be obligated to face clans, we see as unreliable. Ioe, for example, is a clan we don't want to grant the fun of playing wars, surely not against us.
We don't want to make it any harder for you, than it already is Soren, so you don't have to make a choice. We won't participate. I do hope you find 8 clans though, if you'd have 8 -reliable- clans we could replace IOE, I'm sure none of the other competitors would mind that.
Good luck with it. You have our (moral) support
EDIT: It's not my intention to start a discussion with IOE or any other clan in here. We've had far too many. I'm not attacking a member in particular, but the clan as a whole although we are also aware there are clean players in IOE. But you play as a clan.. So please, no replies with that content, they are useless and I won't even bother to read them.
EDIT 2: The 4 clans mentioned in your 'official' list, Soren, are for us reliable enough to face. Just a side note.
Emperor