I'm under the impression that people who have a banhammer over a bunch of Counter-Strike Source servers and joining a Vent server to bring together people that play and/or administrate on said Counter-Strike Source servers aren't on some higher plateau than those who play World of Warcraft.
We're all gamers, I'm pretty sure none of us are better than any other gamer based upon the games that they play versus the games that we play. I'm also under the impression that if anyone disagrees with what I just said, they are quite uncomfortable and insecure with their chosen hobby.
Of course I can't really comment on the situation as I wasn't there, just chiming in as a CSS player and a WoW player.