Dianna Agron is the epitome of perfection.
Quinntology.
Yes, the titles promote Elitism slightly, but not enought to have a drastic effect. I like how Pezz worded his statement about how younger members have a goal and tend to strive toward those special member titles. The only thing that I would like to change about the whole thing is that many people (including myself) tend to switch accounts because of different reasons, so therefore they do no get their "special member" titles. Changes that could be made? None that I could think of really, the system works perfectly fine. However, is there some way for newer accounts but older members to get these titles? For example, I have been lurking Bungie.net since 2004, I have never been banned from the forums, I do not believe I have gotten 1 warning (if any at all), and most of the time I try to contribute and do my best to give helpful suggestions. The only issue would be that I have had a lot of accounts (Bosspilks, APurpleChicken, Kasai Kaji, ATalkingBunny, Kasai, Return of Kasai, and Killed by Pasta. [Wow, I need to stop...] over 4 years). I believe that I would qualify if I had no switched accounts so many times.
So that is my opinion on that matter, yes the system works well, but I personally believe that one modification would help out a lot more.
**** See? Even I want a higher rank in order to feel superior over other people. As much as everyone tries to deny it, we all promote Elitism one way or another ****