They should have another BoTB..give every rogue the same gear and let them test their skills.
The whole gear issue comes into play way too much nowadays to really judge who's better than who.
Back during Kunark when the BoTB first took place it wasn't as MUCH of a gear deal, since pretty much the best rogue gear was still Woven Shadow and Mrylokar's...and not many people had the latter.
It still played a part though...the winner on Bertox was dual wielding bloodpoints and had borrowed a fungi tunic...and the fight came down to like a 2% difference.
The bad part is even though she won, she ended up skipping the finals...which pretty much sucked for those of us she beat )