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Subject: Personal Thoughts on the Title Bar System

NB: Forgive me if all content pertaining to the system must be discussed in one thread, I wanted to share my own personal thoughts on the subject here.

Most of us are relatively familiar with the title bar system. It lets us show off our own personal level of forbearance, experience and involvement with the Bnet and its forums. The bar colours of title bars used to distinguish between members, heroic members, legendary members, mythic members, (master) forum ninjas and Bungie employees is used quite well too.

But after reading Duardo's Proposal to improve the title system I noticed the idea of transcending the titles used by Bungie for their pentathlon to the site. I couldn't help but disagree with the idea of having the titles:

Member
Middle School
Old Skool
Grizzled Ancient

I must completely but respectfully disagree. The idea of changing the base titles from the current only because Bungie is moving on to new things rather than continuing Halo now is a little absurd. The titles are purposefully over-the-top, memorable and cool to read. Do you want say to someone "I'm a Noble Heroic member" or "I'm a Noble Middle School (member)?" You know what I mean? It isn't like the titles are "Master Chief", "Halo Monitor" or things like that. The adjectives used as of now, while they may be related (the minuscule amount they are) to Halo, they aren't exclusive to the series. They are words used in the English language which sound over-the-top and epic to say. Why not keep them as a little reminder of Bungie's origins? Changing them to the pentathlon team names is not a very attractive idea to me. The names just don't sound right at all and in the end they are just a blatant rip-off.

However there are other things which could be improved very much so. The idea to have the option to "turn off" visible titles is a good idea, as is the idea to be able to select your displayed prefix from a list of all you currently qualify for. The system should absolutely retain its mysterious requirements for achieving each title/prefix though. The idea of being able to choose "intrepid" over "fabled" for example is a little misleading and could end up being a bit confusing so an idea would be to have titles of similar requirements overwritten when their superior versions are unlocked. For example, the selection order would be:

Behavioural History
Honourable -> Noble -> Exalted

Years Spent on Bnet
Veteran -> Senior -> Elder

Post Count
Intrepid -> Fabled

Special
Webcam MVP, Theme Master etc.

The highest possible selection of options to choose from would be exalted, elder and fabled!

So, those are my thoughts on the current title system.
Please share your own and do feel free to criticise anything I've mentioned.

EDIT: Listed special titles as options to choose from.

[Edited on 02.11.2012 6:16 AM PST]

  • 02.11.2012 5:41 AM PDT
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The title system is fine the way it is. Chaotic and hard to understand. I agree with this ideology and the basics which formed it.

You are rewarded when the system says that you have to be. It is a fair deal and I have been accepting this for years.

[Edited on 02.11.2012 5:49 AM PST]

  • 02.11.2012 5:49 AM PDT

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I could care less about the titles. However, I do see your point.

  • 02.11.2012 7:18 AM PDT

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I'm okay with how they are now

  • 02.11.2012 7:20 AM PDT

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I like them the way there are right now, although I really don't mind if they happen to change to something like Duardo recommended, in the future.

  • 02.11.2012 8:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: AcedannyK 7
...in the end they are just a blatant rip-off.


My biggest issue with Duardo's suggestions. Those are Bungie's titles. It just seems too fanboy-ish to emulate them. If the community is unhappy with them, which they don't really seem to be, it should propose their own, unique titles.

  • 02.11.2012 8:12 AM PDT

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Title system is fine.

  • 02.11.2012 8:28 AM PDT

Key

Since nobody really responded to my idea in Duardo's thread, I guess I'm entitled to resubmit it , yeah? Yeah.

Titles:
10+ years on the site: ... the Magnificent
8-9 years on the site: ... the Great
5-7 years on the site: Elder
3-4 years on the site: Noble
1-2 years on the site: Citizen
less than one year on the site: Member

Prefixes:

Behavior: Honorable -> Exalted
Posting: Intrepid -> Fabled

There's no more Halo-related titles/prefixes.

There's enough titles/prefixes kept to make it noticeable, and there's enough new stuff added to make it different.

Ignored yet again. I guess the idea wasn't good after all.

[Edited on 02.11.2012 12:06 PM PST]

  • 02.11.2012 8:47 AM PDT

There was a feather in the chicken. It wasn't even a white feather, it was a black feather.

I like them how they are now, but I'd like to see them updated to correlate to something more Bungie-related and not Halo-related.

  • 02.11.2012 8:53 AM PDT

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Needs more special titles instead of just Theme Master and Webcam MVP. How about Mailman for members that got their questions featured in Mail Sack? How about maybe a title for members featured in the community spotlight?

  • 02.11.2012 10:00 AM PDT

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I think we should be able to select our Prefix, but other than that, I just wish they'd reward users for having higher titles.

  • 02.11.2012 10:04 AM PDT
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No. I always hated that idea

  • 02.11.2012 10:11 AM PDT

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Posted by: xReconAssassinX
I think we should be able to select our Prefix, but other than that, I just wish they'd reward users for having higher titles.

Having a slightly rarer title is your reward.

I've always thought selecting prefixes is a silly idea. They are trivial tidbits of information with no real detrimental effect on how users view you. If you do fall into the category of having two prefixes you are given the slightly harder to achieve one anyway.

Why change a reward system that works?

  • 02.11.2012 10:16 AM PDT
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Keep it the way it is, but just add more time related prefixes

  • 02.11.2012 10:19 AM PDT
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Wouldn't matter to me if it stayed the same, changed, or just disappeared.

Posted by: xReconAssassinX
I think we should be able to select our Prefix, but other than that, I just wish they'd reward users for having higher titles.


Reward for having a reward.

lol

[Edited on 02.11.2012 10:23 AM PST]

  • 02.11.2012 10:21 AM PDT

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I am in complete agreement. The idea of using the Pentathlon titles just doesn't seem right. I guess I would rather have no change, then move to a system they use, as we are not Bungie.

  • 02.11.2012 10:30 AM PDT

Posted by: TurtIe
No. I always hated that idea
Which idea do you speak of?

  • 02.11.2012 11:53 AM PDT

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I would like to be able to select which ones showed up other than that I like the names now.

  • 02.11.2012 12:02 PM PDT

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Posted by: Gl0ry Jo3
Needs more special titles instead of just Theme Master and Webcam MVP. How about Mailman for members that got their questions featured in Mail Sack? How about maybe a title for members featured in the community spotlight?
I feel there are enough "special titles" already. W/t a policy like the one you're suggesting there would be an exponential increase in "special titles". There would probably be more people with those titles then the standard ones, that'd just be crazy.

  • 02.11.2012 12:06 PM PDT

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the only title that should be tooken from the penthyon is Grizzled Ancient

  • 02.11.2012 12:10 PM PDT

Posted by: zoobkillerninja
the only title that should be tooken from the penthyon is Grizzled Ancient
Tooken from the penthyon?

  • 02.11.2012 12:14 PM PDT

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Posted by: AcedannyK 7
Posted by: zoobkillerninja
the only title that should be tooken from the penthyon is Grizzled Ancient
Tooken from the penthyon?


tooken from the title system they use for the penthyon... Pfft da

  • 02.11.2012 12:19 PM PDT

I usually click on other blue titled people to see when they joined and see if I joined before them.

  • 02.11.2012 12:25 PM PDT

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RIP Halo 2

I really don't care. I've been Fabled Legendary for almost three years now, though. It's getting kind of old.

  • 02.11.2012 12:28 PM PDT

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