[Gambet]

All of that (besides the art contest bit) could be automated and probably should be automated on a server struggling to keep an active player count. Though, to be honest, Gold servers especially should have automated events systems that don't rely on staff to be around to host events because these are servers that players are paying to play on, and it isn't really fair for people to be paying on a server where events are dependent on when the staff feel like hosting.

But regardless of that, automated systems (when coded correctly) would leave no room for error when it comes to event winners and the way events are handled, which also eliminates the possibility of corruption amongst your EM's, and also ensures that events would be ran as they should be (smoothly without error).

It would be extra work, but definitely worth it in the long run. Just my thoughts.