Light Pink Member Names...

[MCNewYork71]

are these members really banned from the site? they are the ones that are like a light pink color. they all say banned under them but i have noticed that the name is different between lots of different users..sometimes it's "hitman" "elite" "rookie" or a custom looking one. i dont know how to change it but i'm assuming it's a rank deal.. anyways are the pink ones really banned from the site?

[HAL 9000]

the pink people are banned from the site... most of them are actually bots though.... the others were members who broke the rules one way or another...

[Nikola]

You have "Hitman" written below username, well if i ban you now it would stay like this.
custom user titles dont change even when users are banned.

[Draven]

are these members really banned from the site? they are the ones that are like a light pink color. they all say banned under them but i have noticed that the name is different between lots of different users..sometimes it's "hitman" "elite" "rookie" or a custom looking one. i dont know how to change it but i'm assuming it's a rank deal.. anyways are the pink ones really banned from the site?

Would you like me to ban you so you can see bro..? lol

Just joking, yeah they are light pink, everything else is still the same as when they were active members so thats why you see what you see in the user titles, which changes depends on your activity and posts etc, the more you do the better title you get

[djukak]

.sometimes it's "hitman" "elite" "rookie" or a custom looking one. i dont know how to change it but i'm assuming it's a rank deal.. anyways are the pink ones really banned from the site?

Settings

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Under date of birth option there is
"Optional Information - All information will be viewable by other forum members.
Custom User Title:
Your current user title is

This is the title that appears beneath your name on your posts. Check the 'Reset' box if you wish to use the default title for your usergroup and post count."

There u can enter custom title..
Mu is Plotting in shadows

[007]

are these members really banned from the site? they are the ones that are like a light pink color. they all say banned under them but i have noticed that the name is different between lots of different users..sometimes it's "hitman" "elite" "rookie" or a custom looking one. i dont know how to change it but i'm assuming it's a rank deal.. anyways are the pink ones really banned from the site?

light pink members are banned yes. the reason you see the same few on the site all the time is because they are autobots that try to spam advertisements, and they are very difficult to get rid of. i have changed passwords, renamed accounts, etc and they still get in because the computer running the bot has it cached. i have tried deleting the accounts entirely before but then the next time the bot shows up, it shows a broken account called "unregistered" in the whos online section that is just as hard to get rid of.

the names below your username are called "user titles" these are a part of the system and are similar to a rank system as you stated. while user titles are completely customizable, the system allows me to add default user titles when certain posts counts are reached, for those who never bothered to change their user title. below is a screen shot of the names. I did these real quick back when the site first was set up back in 2008, but I think it may be time for an update. I will add some more titles and spread it out so they change or "rank up" quicker. if anyone has any suggestions on default user titles, let me know

[MCNewYork71]

great info and thanks everyone for getting back to me. i figured it was banned members. but had to ask... now my next question.. "bots" Josh pretty much explained it but i'm still curious.. is it an AI or a real person that is hacking? what is the situation? and no guys please don't ban me i enjoy my home here too much! i'm a "hitman" fuck yeah lol and thanks DJ for telling me how to change mine. you guys all kick ass!

[007]

looks like your a sergeant major now i updated the user titles. when i have it finalized ill post here.

so the bots programs that are designed to post on forums with advertisements to make the programmer money. they also in some cases can put viruses. because of protection against auto bot sign ups on the site, usually they are started by a human,but then once logged in, they are programmed to roam free and try and post. this is why the auto bots you see online all the time are always trying to create a thread, even though they have no permissions to do so

[MENTION=3662]MCNewYork71

[MCNewYork71]

looks like your a sergeant major now i updated the user titles. when i have it finalized ill post here.

so the bots programs that are designed to post on forums with advertisements to make the programmer money. they also in some cases can put viruses. because of protection against auto bot sign ups on the site, usually they are started by a human,but then once logged in, they are programmed to roam free and try and post. this is why the auto bots you see online all the time are always trying to create a thread, even though they have no permissions to do so

[MENTION=3662]MCNewYork71

sergent major MCNewYork71...hell yeah. i see what you are saying about the bots...fucking creeps lol. that's so crazy shit though that they can do it. i was just wondering because one that i recognized was the member shiva, he was pretty active from what i remember, then i never saw post from him and then the other day i saw he was pink..didn't know what the deal was. but oh well, i guess he slipped.