Bungie.net Member Titles

***Member Titles*** on Bungie.net enabled users to, at a glance, glean additional information about a user's longetivity on the site.

*Almost all known information about member titles were gathered together in Duardo's FAQ thread.*

## 2007 - 2013

The following Member Titles were available from December 10, 2007, to January 8, 2013. The old Titles and Prefixes can be seen on Archive.org's web archive of halo.bungie.net.

### **Member**

   The basic status given to any person who had a registered account on Bungie.net, the vast majority of people held this title. The title bar color was dark-gray. The title denotes nothing positive or negative about a user, and was the default setting for all new users on the forums. The "Member" title could be overridden by any other title that a user gained depending on ban history and activity.

### **Heroic Member**

Members who were consistently active for 1-12 months (on average) and hadn't received many warnings or bans (if any). The title bar color was gray. This title was implemented on December 10, 2007.

### **Legendary Member**

Members who were consistently active for about two years and hadn't received many warnings or bans (if any). There were likely other factors, too. Usually, users who earned this title had been on Bungie.net longer than Heroic Members. The title bar color was light-gray. This title was implemented on December 10, 2007.

### **Mythic Member**

Mythic Members were the seldom few who gained the highest possible Bungie.net Trust Rating through extreme longevity, lack of warnings and bans from Bungie.net, and a host of other factors. Originally, Mythic Members were extremely rare on Bungie.net (there were only 5), but that was later adjusted. Their title bar color was royal-blue. A Mythic Member title triumphed over the other titles, but could have been overriden by Custom Titles on the main forums, such as Theme Master, Webcam MVP, and Forum Ninja. This title was implemented on December 10, 2007.

### **Trust Points**

It was speculated that, to gain a higher title, users had to have a certain amount of 'trust points'. The most trust points someone could obtain was a five digit number (probably 99,999).

Achronos posted that each user had two numbers assigned to them: base\_trust\_rating and trust\_modifier. They were calculated by an automatic system that examined the history of everyone's account and weighting each data point by a certain value according to a formula that nobody but Achronos knew.

On the March 13, 2012, urk responded to ctjl96 with an image showing their 'trust points'. It's unknown whether this image was real or fake.

**Note**

* Only Achronos and the Web Team knew exactly what the qualifications were in order to obtain a specific title

### **Prefixes For Base Titles**

A total of nine prefixes were added to the member title system on November 13, 2008. Example: Honorable Heroic Member, Exalted Mythic Member, etc.

**Priority Order for Title Prefixes** *(in order from lowest to highest):*

1. Honorable - worthy of honor and high respect (No bans/warnings in about 1 year)
2. Veteran - a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like (Active member for 4 years)
3. Noble - pertaining to persons so distinguished (Active member for 2 years, with no bans for at least 1 year)
4. Senior - older; of higher or the highest standing (Active member for 5 years)
5. Elder - greater than another in age or seniority (Active member for 6 years)
6. Intrepid - resolutely fearless (High post count)
7. Fabled - celebrated in fables; myth or legend (Very high post count)
8. Exalted - To praise, or honor (No bans/warnings in 3 years)
9. Absent - not in a certain place at a given time; away (inactivity for 2+ months)

**Notes**

* Priority came into play only when a user qualified for more than one member title
* All information known was an approximation
* Only Achronos and the Web Team knew exactly what the qualifications were in order to obtain a specific prefix
* The rarest title on Bungie.net was an Absent Mythic Member

**Source**

* Duardo's old Member Title thread and Other Titles post

## 2013 - Present

After the website update "Bungie.Next," all member titles were removed from the forums. Forum Titles, now more like tags, are currently only used to distinguish members from Bungie Employees, Forum Ninjas and Forum Mentors. There are no forum titles for the average member.

### **Bungie**

Employees at Bungie who work on the wbsite or deal with the community have a blue tag/title attached to their account.

### **Ninja**

Forum Ninjas, the Bungie forum Moderators still have a Salmon/Atomic orange coloured title/tag.

### **Mentor**

Forum Mentors have a white title/tag attached to their account.

## Custom Titles

*Source: Duardo's Member Title thread*

Users with custom titles could still see their regular forum bar color in private groups.

### avius custos

* Jeremiah
* KPaul

### Bungie Team

* RocketMoose
* Thug Larz

### Bungie Online Team

* BungiePro
* runningturtle
* Test Ninja Alpha
* widgeywoo

### Bungie Employee

* Abe Froman
* AGDTinman
* Bothari
* Cunbelin
* d1rtydr3w
* drabominable
* DrBunsenHoneydew
* Earthling4Hire
* Enormous Corgi
* Evil Otto
* harangutan
* Jay the younger
* Jejor
* JonnyOThan
* KAPTURE
* Lowest Ranked
* Marty the Elder
* plague bng
* sarukaze
* TexasToo

### Forum Ninja

* ash55
* BobBQ
* bobcast
* borrowedchief
* Captain K Mart
* dazarobbo
* Dr Weird
* Gods Prophet
* goweb
* just another fan
* Nedus
* odmichael
* Old Papa Rich
* Pezz
* Predator5791
* Senor Leche
* Sir Fragula
* THE DON WAN
* True Underdog
* x Lord Revan x

### Magic Touch

* SasukeFKay *(Given after SasukeFKay created a thread about custom titles**)*

### Management Overhead

* Kuniklo
* Master

### Master Forum Ninja

* Duardo
* El Roboto
* Recon Number 54
* Nosferatu\_Soldie
* Qbix89
* The Slayer
* stosh
* x Foman123 x
* Yoozel

### Superintendent

* IIIIlll
* IIIIIII
* IIIIIIl
* IIIllll
* lllllll
* llllllI

### Theme Master

* akba
* AmX15
* Gruntsbane
* Index
* mrsmiley
* Psyched
* SniperStealth

### Webcam MVP

* Basilisk666
* SonicJohn
* Tater Salad jr
* WhiteRaven119

### Other Titles

* Assassin of Dreams
* Banhammer
* Content Gorilla
* Content Lackey
* Content Monkey
* H2 Vista Test Lead
* Web Master

### Urk's Titles

* Droppin' Blogs
* Marvelous Bauble

### Lukem's Titles

* Assassin of Joy
* don't get treated
* Night Elf Probation
* Scarab Lord
* real talk
* replacement stosh

## Resources

1. ↑ Bungie.net (via archive.org) - FAQ on Bungie.net Member Titles / Prefixes / Bar Colors (October 31, 2012)
2. ↑ Halo.Bungie.net (via archive.org) (January 26, 2021)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Bungie.net (via archive.org) - December Update (December 10, 2007)
4. ↑ Bungie.net (via archive.org) - Administering Trust: Achronos (March 2, 2008)
5. ↑ Bungie.net (via archive.org) - Since wheren have there been ads?: urk (March 13, 2012)
6. ↑ Bungie.net (via archive.org) - Forum update?: Achronos (November 13, 2008)
7. ↑ Bungie.net (via archive.org) - FAQ on Bungie.net Member Titles / Bar Colors: CURRENT TITLES (July 15, 2012)
8. ↑ Bungie.net (via archive.org) - If Bungie allowed you.... (December 29, 2011)