This is an interesting topic . I am not sure it is just a skill thing . That is not to say Method don ' t have some of the top most skilled players in the world . The top 2030 players in Europe cant really be THAT much better than say the next 100 . However there could be other factors . The amount of time they play . Which could be supported by the guild having lots of sponsors . It is hard to quantify skill when you have a large playerbase like wow and the progress gap between the top guilds . I would love to see Blizz initiate a more eSport style extravaganza with progress raids . That would bring in more sponsors for more guilds and give them the same opportunities as the top 1 % have . Then we can have a real race .