The way I see it, I had more rights on classic as FAQ Cades ad the EMs have here - I'm not saying they should have more, even though some would come in handy for events, warping and locking levels, but that's not the point. What could an EM do if he decided that corruption would pay for him? Keep all the prizes and never hold another event. First, nobody gets hurt and second, the items can be taken away from him quite easily, or so I think. Maybe an EM should get to prove their "worth" by giving out diamonds, IWDs, trophys or brutal maps for a start, before they are given the real stuff like bracers, gloves and so on.
I got some event ideas in mind which would rely on rping, hence not favoring the strongest players, but they would require some decision making institution, i.e. to judge who delivered the best roleplaying-paragraph under 100 words or whatever. If one EM decides that on his/her own, people will complain... Just an idea though, there's certainly much more that can be done - not to mention Tsengs rp-events (as he already mentioned them
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