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Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.

  • 12.20.2010 8:29 AM PDT

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Posted by: Halo biggest fan
Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.


Questions are fine, just the "hoping" and "praying" for new titles is getting silly.

  • 12.20.2010 8:31 AM PDT
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Posted by: zzthejimzz
Posted by: Halo biggest fan
Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.


Questions are fine, just the "hoping" and "praying" for new titles is getting silly.
Praying? People pray for titles?

  • 12.20.2010 8:39 AM PDT

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I just wanted to throw in that, I've been more active since around the Christmas time and I've been upped to Heroic member title, just today I believe. I've been a member (on this account) since '07, well within the Heroic eligible threshold.

So account activity would definitely suggest a relation. At least in my case. I also contributed to a higher than average, for myself, post count.

*I also was a part of the masses that received the Heroic title in error. Just adding more stuff that has happened to me.*

  • 12.20.2010 11:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: zzthejimzz
Posted by: Halo biggest fan
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.
Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Questions are fine, just the "hoping" and "praying" for new titles is getting silly.
I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way, but in a way Halo biggest fan is right. Yes, there is a plethora of information in the OP of this thread, but the problem is that few care to read it.

It's not that the information is not accessible enough. I, along with a few other people, set out to find as many official posts on the title system and compile them into a library of sorts about a year ago. There is also a multitude of well thought out theories that do a pretty good job at explaining certain aspects of the system, considering how little exact information there is to go off of. That library and those theories are both in the OP, and they have the capability of answering probably 90% of the legitimate questions asked in this thread.

The problem is that most of the questions asked here, by far, are illegitimate and unanswerable by the "general public". There is only a handful of people who have the ability to answer these questions, and they have made it very clear that they will not do so.

The fact that people still ask questions like, "When will I get X title?" or post poorly founded answers such as, "You need to boost your PPD in order to get Y title", is totally beyond me. I would consider both of those spam, and possibly even misinformation, but one of the problems with this thread is that it's such a large gray area that it is most likely very difficult to moderate with consistency.

This thread's purpose has changed from being a hub to discuss theories and observations, to being the designated toilet designed to prevent the same old crap questions from spilling over into other threads. It pains me to say that, for the most part, it's doing its new job pretty well.

  • 12.20.2010 2:57 PM PDT


Posted by: JBSpudster
Posted by: zzthejimzz
Posted by: Halo biggest fan
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.
Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Questions are fine, just the "hoping" and "praying" for new titles is getting silly.
I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way, but in a way Halo biggest fan is right. Yes, there is a plethora of information in the OP of this thread, but the problem is that few care to read it.

It's not that the information is not accessible enough. I, along with a few other people, set out to find as many official posts on the title system and compile them into a library of sorts about a year ago. There is also a multitude of well thought out theories that do a pretty good job at explaining certain aspects of the system, considering how little exact information there is to go off of. That library and those theories are both in the OP, and they have the capability of answering probably 90% of the legitimate questions asked in this thread.

The problem is that most of the questions asked here, by far, are illegitimate and unanswerable by the "general public". There is only a handful of people who have the ability to answer these questions, and they have made it very clear that they will not do so.

The fact that people still ask questions like, "When will I get X title?" or post poorly founded answers such as, "You need to boost your PPD in order to get Y title", is totally beyond me. I would consider both of those spam, and possibly even misinformation, but one of the problems with this thread is that it's such a large gray area that it is most likely very difficult to moderate with consistency.

This thread's purpose has changed from being a hub to discuss theories and observations, to being the designated toilet designed to prevent the same old crap questions from spilling over into other threads. It pains me to say that, for the most part, it's doing its new job pretty well.


I agree to an extent. Yes it can and does get annoying to see this thread once an important thread that once had such good use turned the other direction.

As you were saying, it is people and their laziness that lack ways of searching for information like back in the good ol' days.

I remember after joining Bungie.net this what one of the first threads I check out in the Bungie Forums due to I was curious about the whole system. After a good 10-20 minutes of some good reading of the OP and all of the Links to posts attatched, I had a good basic understanding of the title system.

And I am the kind of person that searches for their information before asking another for help. It is one of my mroals as a person just to help myself and do what I can myself. Many of these members that post in this thread asking questions as JB said are, in the most respectful way "lazy". I checked this thread out a few weeks after I joined Bungie.net and had gotten used to things. Some of these members, are long time members of the community who haven't discovered that doing a bit of reaidng maybe help to their advantage.

It even isn't just Bungie.net. It happens in life now way to much. Take school for example, I hear my classmates call out to teacher saying, "I dun know how to do this". Well instead if asking, they should do something and stop be a lazy peice of ___ and look back at the information given to you. Do some research and you may learn a thing or two.

Now, what I am overall getting at here in my rambling is that some people now a days do not have the courtisy to look for info themselves but depend on people like us who did our research and did soemthing to fidn our info. And then we see post like, "When will I get X or Y title as JB said".

Pretty much, it is people and societies ways of doing things which differ from what should really happen. We vcannot change societies ways but we can enforce the right ways by putting punishments on those who ask without even reading this thread.

  • 12.20.2010 3:32 PM PDT

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Agreed, the community can only give estimates on when a certain user might earn his title. For the most part every user that has posted in this thread with a question, say "Why am I not a Heroic member yet" gets the same answer, "You need to stay active, just start posting and stay away from bans/warnings". (You don't need help from other users if the information is posted in the OP!)
Posted by: JBSpudster
Posted by: zzthejimzz
Posted by: Halo biggest fan
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.
Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Questions are fine, just the "hoping" and "praying" for new titles is getting silly.
I am glad I am not the only one who feels this way, but in a way Halo biggest fan is right. Yes, there is a plethora of information in the OP of this thread, but the problem is that few care to read it.

It's not that the information is not accessible enough. I, along with a few other people, set out to find as many official posts on the title system and compile them into a library of sorts about a year ago. There is also a multitude of well thought out theories that do a pretty good job at explaining certain aspects of the system, considering how little exact information there is to go off of. That library and those theories are both in the OP, and they have the capability of answering probably 90% of the legitimate questions asked in this thread.

The problem is that most of the questions asked here, by far, are illegitimate and unanswerable by the "general public". There is only a handful of people who have the ability to answer these questions, and they have made it very clear that they will not do so.

The fact that people still ask questions like, "When will I get X title?" or post poorly founded answers such as, "You need to boost your PPD in order to get Y title", is totally beyond me. I would consider both of those spam, and possibly even misinformation, but one of the problems with this thread is that it's such a large gray area that it is most likely very difficult to moderate with consistency.

This thread's purpose has changed from being a hub to discuss theories and observations, to being the designated toilet designed to prevent the same old crap questions from spilling over into other threads. It pains me to say that, for the most part, it's doing its new job pretty well.

  • 12.20.2010 3:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: zzthejimzz
Posted by: Halo biggest fan
Well you wonder why users still ask questions in this thread, most likely they only read the requirements for titles/prefixes. Then they get confused and ask a question. (I would rather have them ask a question in this thread, than in the community forum)
Posted by: zzthejimzz
This thread has really gone down the tubes. It was a great thread early on, with speculations and theories as to how and why.

If you have not done so, I highly suggest you read the information in the beginning of this thread. There was a lot of info posted early on which will answer most of the basic questions everyone has.


Questions are fine, just the "hoping" and "praying" for new titles is getting silly.
Praying? People pray for titles?

  • 12.20.2010 6:46 PM PDT
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Someone PM me if you have an answer. I've been a member for almost 3 years, and am still am honorable member. I have never been banned and have been active.

  • 12.20.2010 9:09 PM PDT

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Read the OP, and you had to of been banned/warned at least once.
Posted by: HWB25
Someone PM me if you have an answer. I've been a member for almost 3 years, and am still am honorable member. I have never been banned and have been active.

  • 12.20.2010 9:27 PM PDT


Posted by: HWB25
Someone PM me if you have an answer. I've been a member for almost 3 years, and am still am honorable member. I have never been banned and have been active.


You haven't even been here for 2 years yet. You need to re-evaluate your maths. And you are not very active at all, post a solid 10 times a day and login every day if you can... then you'll be "Active".

[Edited on 12.20.2010 9:28 PM PST]

  • 12.20.2010 9:28 PM PDT
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Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.

  • 12.21.2010 12:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.

Maybe because currently you have the absent member title.

  • 12.21.2010 12:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dunver

Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.

Maybe because currently you have the absent member title.

No I don't.

  • 12.21.2010 12:40 PM PDT

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Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.


If you've been gone from the site for a little while, you may come back as just a member for a little while. Just remain active. If you had a title before your absence, most of the time you will earn those back the same day you come back(login) to the site or within a few days.

Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Posted by: Dunver

Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.

Maybe because currently you have the absent member title.

No I don't.


EDIT: See, you were Absent Member, due to your 2 month break from posting. Within less than an hour you were back to member.

EDIT2: After one day, you have regained your Honorable prefix.

[Edited on 12.22.2010 7:16 AM PST]

  • 12.21.2010 12:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: zzthejimzz
Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.


If you've been gone from the site for a little while, you may come back as just a member for a little while. Just remain active. If you had a title before your absence, most of the time you will earn those back the same day you come back(login) to the site or within a few days.

Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Posted by: Dunver

Posted by: The 7th Ninja
Why am I not Honorable? It's been a year and I haven't been banned once.

Maybe because currently you have the absent member title.

No I don't.


See, you were Absent Member, due to your 2 month break from posting. Within less than an hour you were back to member.


Oh ok, thanks.

PS Sorry about your title loss.

  • 12.21.2010 12:46 PM PDT
Subject: FAQ on Bungie.net Member Titles

Message me if you want, I will try to get back as soon as possible.

See you on the forums and in the games.

Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?

  • 12.22.2010 12:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?

Push the report button on every post you see. That way, the website thinks you care! And everyone knows, when you work for the government, the government gives you nothing of real value, but it makes you feel good anyway.

  • 12.22.2010 1:10 AM PDT

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Damnit Billy, this ain't show'n tell!

Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?

Post more. You either weren't active enough or you got banned or warned. (Though a warning wouldn't affect you as much)

  • 12.22.2010 1:12 AM PDT
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Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?
Post more.
Did you even check his post history? Three hundred posts in a single month and you are telling him to post more? Oh boy.

  • 12.22.2010 1:21 AM PDT

Message me if you want, I will try to get back as soon as possible.

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Posted by: Yax
Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?
Post more.
Did you even check his post history? Three hundred posts in a single month and you are telling him to post more? Oh boy.


Holy crap! 300 this month? Did you count those from my history or is there an easy way to tell? If this is true I would definitely think I'd be Heroic by now.

  • 12.22.2010 1:33 AM PDT

Posted by: Captain K Mart
Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
For me, it's my grandpa, Captain K Mart.

Damnit Billy, this ain't show'n tell!

Posted by: Yax
Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?
Post more.
Did you even check his post history? Three hundred posts in a single month and you are telling him to post more? Oh boy.

I also noted that him getting banned could have something to do with it, which, by his post history, is most likely what happened due to the number of actual posts.
I'll do my research next time.

  • 12.22.2010 1:37 AM PDT

Message me if you want, I will try to get back as soon as possible.

See you on the forums and in the games.

Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
Posted by: Yax
Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Anyone else been an active member for over a year and not gotten Heroic? I have and it seems very strange to me, any help or advice?
Post more.
Did you even check his post history? Three hundred posts in a single month and you are telling him to post more? Oh boy.

I also noted that him getting banned could have something to do with it, which, by his post history, is most likely what happened due to the number of actual posts.
I'll do my research next time.


Actually, never been banned. Was warned back in I believe January of this year, doubt that the warning is still effecting me though.

  • 12.22.2010 1:39 AM PDT

Posted by: Captain K Mart
Posted by: Ryan is an ODST
For me, it's my grandpa, Captain K Mart.

Damnit Billy, this ain't show'n tell!

Posted by: Rawk to the Fist
Actually, never been banned. Was warned back in I believe January of this year, doubt that the warning is still effecting me though.

Really? Hm, were you as active previous months as you have been lately?

  • 12.22.2010 1:42 AM PDT

Message me if you want, I will try to get back as soon as possible.

See you on the forums and in the games.

Maybe not as active, but I postted several times a day, probably 5-20. This month has just been a very active month, about 10-30 a day it seems like.

  • 12.22.2010 1:47 AM PDT