>Competing Guilds must still meet qualifications for the competition: Guild Masters and Officers must not have any account violations for the past 60 days and the guild should also have at least 75% of their members in good standing, with no account violations to be eligible in the final ranking.<
Aye, there's the rub.
With 400 plus members, one lowly BAB (Basic Access Bob) with an ill-chosen rudeness might have knocked one's guild out of the placings.
Or maybe ye olde Guildmaster was "reported" for giving witty (though acceptable) banter back to some Bleub.
Aye, they'll try and steal the Mickey out of ye...
(If one does not know the Britishism, "to steal the Mickey", please look it up!)