sure, since after the event ends the settinggs that are applied are more correct than doing it manually, but mostly this shouldnt been an issue, its...
hmm... seems like a weird bug, i am not sure how to help, if u open to everyone u can join right ? and what about the guild members can they join or...
check the other item .bmds of your client local folder and change there too, infotooltiptext itemtooltiptext itemtrsdata and all that, should be also...
so it means u have a shared webhost, what if u get a non shared webhost? or ofcourse try other webhost, i use sovahost and mu websites work fine and...