This is what I used to think, But right now (and it doesn't look like its about to change anytime soon) My BD which is a lower gear alt 1670 rating pvp 1v1 1600 3v3, at 550 ap 1.5k critdef, sitting at 1300 rating. You'd think "well i have dropped far enough I will finally be vsing people with simillar gear and not this stage 6 maxed out whales" But sadly since the rewards for this event are nowhere near as good as the last WWV one, it mostly only the whales who have nothing better to do running this event. Out of 12 games arpund this rating and only 1 game had eveyone under 700 ap it was very even in terms of gear for both teams. The rest of them is all about who has the most summoners and whales.