Ah, your right. Forgot about time differences. However, his opt in spell has ran out due to the extended time.
My battlelist has about a dozen people, more than before, but they have literally been the same exact people for hours. Also did I miss something or did devs sneak the bottled ichor into the pvp rewards? Didnt think I saw them their yest.
They updated all the rewards today due to the "pvp outage" this morning. There's another thread from Charlie further down AT.
Towards the above, it could be those are the only opt-in players in your stat bracket. I did all the PVP challenges and was easily top 1000, close to top 500 without opting in.