I still remember people saying that WoW PvP shouldn't be considered an E-sport. I've always wondered where that notion came from...WoW PvP is like the essence of E-sport. You have 60+ keybinds (all of which have to be used very, VERY quickly) all across your keyboard. You need an insane level of awareness, insane level of reaction speed, learn to come up with new tactics in milliseconds and communicate as well as execute these with your partners. It has everything E-sport is about.
I don't want to compare WoW PvP too much with like MOBAs etc...but have you actually seen the faces of WoW players when competing at like Blizzcon? They are SO tense, so excited...so alive. And then you watch like for example a SMITE tournament...it's the friggin final...prize pool 1.3 million or w/e...and the dudes are like chilling...they look like they could use an energy drink...and the commentators are only pretending that there is something to talk about...and then you have Azael...one of the fastest speaking commentators in all of history and EVEN HE can't cover everything that's going on...like not even close.
WoW PvP is fucking INSANE at a high level. It's actually stupid how hard 3v3 can get.
And this is where I see the problem. In WoW PvP there is SO much to learn before you can even start playing at a high rating. Nowadays, people don't want that. They just cba learning every friggin ability of every spec in the game and how they work with pretty much everything else. Everything is intertwined. It's simply too much for most people. They just want to log in...manage 4 abilities and aim a bit here and there...or they just want to have a reticle on their screen wait some and then klick some whenever they see something moving.
Props to everyone playing at 2700+ in 3v3 Arenas. You are the kings of E-sports.