User titles
Instead of "Ranks", users who post in the forums have a title below his or her user name. This title changes as a user's post count grows. The list was changed in early 2009, though some titles such as "Whisker Whacker" kept their previous place in the title hierarchy.
Here is an approximate list of the current titles. Above 2000 posts, it gets messy to figure out which titles are automatic and which are custom.
0 | 0 | Lurker |
1 | 10 | Wetshaver Wannabe |
11 | 25 | In M3 Remission |
26 | 35 | DE Envious |
36 | 45 | Starter Kit Surfer |
46 | 55 | Whisker Whacker |
56 | 65 | Lather Learner |
66 | 71 | I Dream of DE |
72 | 79 | Proraso Pirate |
80 | 89 | First Lieutenant of Free Samples |
90 | 99 | WWND |
100 | 135 | Sir Shave-a-Lot |
136 | 150 | Badger Wrangler |
151 | 180 | Styptic Addicted |
181 | 204 | Knight of the Round Lather Bowl |
205 | 240 | Razor Rajah |
241 | 280 | Hot Lather High Roller |
281 | 320 | Foreman of the Bucking Badger Ranch |
321 | 359 | Chairman of the Bathroom |
360 | 379 | Lather Challenged |
380 | 399 | I survived RAD SSAD and ASAD |
400 | 439 | Bruce Lee of Wet Shaving |
440 | 469 | Sherpa of Shaving |
470 | 499 | Barbicide Barbarian |
500 | 525 | Proraso Green With Envy |
526 | 580 | Fanatical Face Fleecer |
581 | 640 | One with his SCAD |
641 | 699 | Bald Faced Baron |
700 | 799 | Top Toggle |
800 | 870 | Tenured at Institut Karite |
871 | 889 | Shave Mug Thug |
890 | 949 | With the Grain Wannabe |
950 | 974 | Blade Sampler Sophomore |
975 | 999 | Injector Inspector |
1000 | 1059 | Artist of Shaving |
1060 | 1099 | Beat Cop with a Paddle Strop |
1100 | 1179 | Superspeed Sensei |
1180 | 1219 | BBS Bandito |
1220 | 1299 | Shave Stick Samurai |
1300 | 1374 | Ace of Speick |
1375 | 1399 | Bobby Brown of Wet Shaving |
1400 | 1499 | DE Deity |
1500 | 1599 | Personna Persona |
1600 | 1650 | I'm an Aqua Velva Man |
1651 | 1690 | Valobra Viscount |
1691 | 1699 | Futur Jedi |
1700 | 1799 | Musgo Monster - for Real |
1800 | 1879 | Merkur Monster |
1880 | 1999 | Strop Me Gently |
2000 | 2099 | Fusion Flunky |
2100 | 2299 | Shavestick Swayze |
2300 | 2539 | Peer of the Tallow |
2540 | 2599 | Capo di Crema |
2600 | 2699 | Post Count Proliferator |
2700 | 2899 | Shaving Jedi |
2900 | 2999 | Method Shaving Marquess |
? | and up | Dali Lama of the DE |
WWND?
Left to the user's imagination. Obviously a reference to the "What Would Jesus Do?" wristbands popular with some population segments in the USA. Some reports indicate that the title means "What would Nick do?", as Nick is a founding member of B&B.
The official B&B answer about WWND? is this: "From time immemorial, from the very bowels of the primordial soup of B&B, this phrase has sprung from the lips in times of great strife and turmoil: WWND?"[1]
Vendors
Vendor members have "Vendor" appended to the end of their custom title, or simply have "Vendor" as their custom title. Vendor members have a small set of additional conditions/restrictions placed upon their forum behavior.
Custom titles
Some B&B users have titles that do not follow the usual progression based on the number of posts.
Contributors (Silver & Gold)
Contributors at the Gold level may choose a custom title, or have one assigned to them by the Moderators.
Mod-assigned
Occasionally, someone will make a statement in the forums that is (intentionally or not) exceptionally funny, self-deprecating, self-effacing, mod-provoking, or dangerously arrogant. These statements (sometimes modified or blended with earlier custom titles) can end up as custom titles, assigned by the moderators. Some moderators change titles very often.
Original List
From this post, the original list of custom titles was:
- Lurker (0)
- Ex-Lurker (1-10)
- In M3 Remission (11-25)
- DE Envious (26-45)
- Whisker Whacker (46-70)
- First Lieutenant of Free Samples (71-100)
- Sir Shave-a-Lot (101-135)
- Badger Wrangler (136-170)
- Knight of the Round Lather Bowl (171-204)
- Razor Rajah (205-240)
- Hot Lather High Roller (241-280)
- Foreman of the Bucking Badger Ranch (281-320)
- Chairman of the Bathroom (321-359)
- Master of My Shave Domain (360-400)
- Bruce Lee of Wet Shaving (401-439)
- Sherpa of Shaving (440-470)
- Barbicide Barbarian (471-524)
- Fanatical Face Fleecer (525-579)
- One with his SCAD (580-640)
- Bald Faced Baron (641-699)
- Top Toggle (700-869)
- Shave Mug Thug (870-949)
- Injector Inspector (950-999)
- Beat Cop with a Paddle Strop (1000-1099)
- Superspeed Sensei (1100-1199)
- Shave Stick Samurai (1200-1349)
- Bobby Brown of Wet Shaving (1350-1499)
- Personna Pimp (1500-1649)
- Musgo Monster - for Real (1650-1799)
- Merkur Monster (1800-1999)
- Fusion Flunky (2000-?)
- Barbasol Bandit
- Capo di Crema
- DE Deacon
- Well aren't I a Nancy Boy
- "Crown Prince of Progress", reached by very few members who had not obtained mod-assigned custom titles, was also a standard title.