[Satrek2000]

I agree that there's a problem - lack of prizes can't be the problem, as diamonds, IWDs, brutal maps and improvement potions are worth something, yet do not count as unbalancing items. Also, aren't there trophys, i.e. playing cards, castles and sword-displays? The first event item I won (i.e one of the two) was a silver castle (which me fool sold for 53 plats - it was the second day I played...).
Which leads me to another problem: most events favor strong players, and fighters above spellcasters. There should be more seperated events, with prizes that fit, so a fighter doesn't get an item with wis and pow or a spellcaster one with str and con.
Also, chaos has to be reduced, maybe by adding an event era where people can be warped, which in return would require the EMs to have warp rights.
I'm sure there are many out there who'd want to become EMs - but only a few are suited, and finding them takes time, and that, paired with the abovementioned conditions, makes things quite tricky...