Ranks explained

[Jesse D]

Oooo, shiny. Could just widen that column for everyone.

[Infinity's End]

The rest of the new badges are now uploaded. I had to do some rearranging and now the rank after Mother Brain is Nightmare. See it for yourself on the first page. The next rank after that is SA-X, but you'll have to earn it to actually see what it will look like.

[Naner]

Yay, I'll be able to control gravity and all that stuff after just a few more posts. And perhaps you could allow avatars to be slightly wider now, so there isn't as much extra space on the sides.

... 7000 for SA-X? Hah, we'll see that in 2014.


And don't the lurkers get any love?

[Infinity's End]

And don't the lurkers get any love?

Nope, they don't. They don't have any posts, so it's obvious they don't care about their rank. Unlike some people...

[Naner]

It's just that the zero badge looks odd when put next to the new ones.

And I only care for fun. What's the point of them being there if we can't have fun with them? And you know as well as I do that I'll only stop to think about them again about 1507 posts from now.

[Doc Scratch]

I like the rank system. I was a bit confused at first, but it's fun seeing "Zeta Metroid" near my name. I get the feeling we'll never see the top few ranks... At least until another Metroid game is released and this forum gets a lot more traffic.

I'm guessing Metroid Prime, Samus, and Phantoon are ranks; Metroid Prime fits with the whole Metroid progression and sounds cool, Samus is Samus, and Phantoon is a boss who's appeared in two games and fits the mysteriousness of the higher ranks well. Only problem with Prime is that he's not a sprite, so you'd have to use a fanmade sprite.

I'm also guessing there will be at least one joke rank, which will be a Zoomer, Anthony Higgs, or Armstrong Houston.

[Infinity's End]

I like the rank system. I was a bit confused at first, but it's fun seeing "Zeta Metroid" near my name. I get the feeling we'll never see the top few ranks... At least until another Metroid game is released and this forum gets a lot more traffic.

I'm guessing Metroid Prime, Samus, and Phantoon are ranks; Metroid Prime fits with the whole Metroid progression and sounds cool, Samus is Samus, and Phantoon is a boss who's appeared in two games and fits the mysteriousness of the higher ranks well. Only problem with Prime is that he's not a sprite, so you'd have to use a fanmade sprite.

I'm also guessing there will be at least one joke rank, which will be a Zoomer, Anthony Higgs, or Armstrong Houston.

Glad you like the ranks! I worked hard on them.
Sorry, but you're wrong on almost everything you wrote here.
At the 10,000 post mark, the ranks change into something slightly different, and more special. That's all I'll say.

[HYRUL3]

I just kind of became interested in ranks, seeing as I just hit Kraid status.

I'll probably hit Ridley by Christmas.

Really wondering what those hidden ranks are, and if they won't be revealed until someone gets close to them, we will probably never find out...

[R7038 XX]

how about meta ridley rank?
or metroid Prime rank?

[Chozo Guardian]

I'll probably hit Ridley by Christmas.

Um, you just did.

[HYRUL3]

I'll probably hit Ridley by Christmas.

Um, you just did.

That post was made back in July, I just hit Ridley at the beginning of September...

[Chozo Guardian]

HAH I'm so high up there, I'm off the charts

can't wait to see what the rest are

So if you weren't a moderator, who knows what you might be.

[HYRUL3]

HAH I'm so high up there, I'm off the charts

can't wait to see what the rest are

So if you weren't a moderator, who knows what you might be.

You know they posted that in March 2010, right?

[Chozo Guardian]

So what? As far as I know, the rankings are still the same.

[HYRUL3]

So what? As far as I know, the rankings are still the same.

I just thought it was funny.