I have this too, I didn't realize it was related to the events. Going to try to delete them and see if it goes away. It wasn't doing this last night so that's weird.
Can't delete events -- at least not all of them. Can't get huge space to go away. It's on every page. This is really irritating. The fact that it has happened on and off for weeks… seems like it should have been resolved by now.
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Also have events showing on the default dashboard -- even though I have it set to show only on events page. Can't delete some events from either option.
I just wanted to add that I had this for a few hours today, I had plenty of events (around 80) and when I deleted most of them just now, the space disappeared. Just saying, maybe it'll work for someone! xo
It seems to come and go and it doesn't seem to matter how many events I have. Sometimes I can delete the events, other times I can't. Even trying to keep the number of events low doesn't seem to help much. It seems totally random.
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is so since yesterday..:(... hope they fix it fast, it disturb to much...

I didn't think and tried minimize a couple event boxes in my sidebar. I had the color block show up at the top of every page for a little while, but it disappeared after I click "Ping History" in the forum drop down menu... I don't know if it was pure coincidence and I timed it just right or if it actually worked as a fix. Whatever the reason it went away, I am glad it's gone and I hope I never have to see it again. I also hope that the staff is able to come up with a site-wide fix for whatever caused it in the first place.
[edit]I am using Goggle Chrome.
Firefox and Safari Looks like it corrected itself. Sporadic at best.

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Also having this problem among other things at once!
Events showing in dashboard Black space at the top of my pages (all of them) using ff (and safari on my phone) with and without adblock, with events and without them. All of my first page of a thread I made disappeared and the stuff on page 2 moved to page 1.
I don't know if these are related or what is going on.
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Had the same issue, but once I deleted my forum ping history it immediately left. I also noticed the amount of space it was pushed down lined up with where that ping was in the events menu (horizontally on the screen).
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This just happened to me for the very first time ever. On the latest Firefox. I had 2 events, it was difficult to close them (the first few times I couldn't even click on them), but after a couple of refreshes, both the events closed, and a bit after that, the blank space disappeared. I waited till I got another event, but this time, nothing happened. So, it happens randomly?
I seem to get this every time I get more than a couple events... Just started today.
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I have this big spaces again now for 2 days in a row. It´s a little bit demanding scrolling down when doing quests. Also I can´t delete events or when I am able to delete them, they show up blank again all the time. I am on Safari, deleted the pathway and cache already and made a new start, nothing helps.

I got this after getting an event for Random. It cleared up on its own after a few page changes.
I'm using the latest version of Firefox and have Adblock enabled. I don't think Adblock is causing any problems. I didn't get a chance to try disabling it before the problem went away.
Edit: It came back again with another event for Random. I cleared the event, and the sidebar went back to the dashboard on the next page (I use smart events), but the space was still there.
The Random event was still in the events tab of the sidebar. As long as the event was still there, the space at the top of the page remained.
I did a hard refresh, which seems to have fixed it. The event completely deleted, and the blank space went with it.
Im about to rip all of my hair out Im so fustrated! Im having all these same problems! Mail buttons and others are way at the bottom left, Huge space at top, space at right. Im using google chrome and I removed ad block and reinstalled google chrome and restarted my pc and nothing has changed. Im extremely upset. Please someone HELP ME :0
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I am getting the space above thing right now, I am currently using Google Chrome.
Idk if it's been mentioned at all, but I noticed I get this when I collapse events.
So... delete, don't collapse.
That might help prevent the bar of dooooom.
Okay I have figured this problem out finally! This happens when events are not being cleared out properly. You clear an event, but it pops right back on there, and the block above the page appears. Just keep Hard refreshing and keep clearing the events over ad over again indvidually until it actually is cleared. Then the box will go away and everything will be back to normal. It has nothing to do with what browser you are using and if you are using adblock or not.
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