Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: dazarobbo
Posted by: darthbob
I believe the 'titles' are just for our own enjoyment.
Posted by: dazarobbo
I'm still don't get it.
What I mean is, to whom are the titles supposed to mean anything to? Other members? The moderators? The Web-team?
If we (by 'we' I mean, the member base) don't fully understand what each of the prefixes mean in the context of the forums, then they don't really mean anything at all.
I'm not complaining about them; just confused as to their purpose.
: ?Well.. OK, but I can't possibly see what kind of enjoyment anyone would get out of them.
They're hats. They have no "real purpose" unless the sun is shining or it is raining.
People wear them for reasons other than their functionality. It's all fashion. Auto-calculated and arbitrarily assigned. And some people get a sense of accomplishment or other enjoyment out of it. Others don't.
In the grand scheme, it has as much importance as what hat (if any) someone chooses to wear to a ballgame. It is something for other people to see on top of their head, it can "make a statement" to anyone who thinks that such statements are worthwhile, and other than that, it means very little.Except, how can someone who wants to "make a statement" do just that if no-one else knows what they mean?
Are they [the prefixes] supposed to be there to designate, for example, someone as having kept their nose clean, because they avoid a/multiple reprimand(s)? Also, on top of that, how can someone distinguish between the prefixes, such as what an Honorable, Noble, or Exalted member's title means, when the actual words have such close semantic-meanings? Obviously there has to be some kind of a difference between each 'level' which we will (probably) never know, but my point remains from my first post here; "to whom are the titles supposed to mean anything to?"