[colecampbell666]

How'd you get your title?

[Mobius]

Who knows...

I only know that my title isn't correct

[karajorma]

Do something fantastically useful for the community and you'll get a title as a badge of honour.

Do something fantastically stupid and you'll get a title as a badge of shame.

[Axem]

Or join a mod project and get a generic title.

[Mobius]

You forget titles connected to the nickname, like Nuke's Ka-Boom, my old Back where he started and Snail's old SC 5(Escargot 5 ).

[Fineus]

I helped create the place, so I got mine because I picked it

[Mobius]

Ok. There are 5 types of User Titles:

1) Those related to the name, like Nuke's "Ka-Boom" and my old "Back where he started";

2) Those related to stupid and/or funny episodes, like Snail's "Would jump off a cliff too", thesizzler's "Think then post" and my new "Rainbow Brite";

3) Those related to important contributions like taylor's "SCP/Linux Guru" and Karajorma's old "Academy Headmaster";

4) Those related to MODs, like Axem's "Star Wars Conversion";

5) Those related to absolutely nothing, like Goober's "91st Phantoms, GTI"();

[Nuke]

my title is somewhat dignified though i dont know when or how i earned it

[Mobius]

Simple...an Administrator notices a member, realizes that he's popular...and decides to write a title.

That's what I do elsewhere...

[Nuclear1]

You forget titles connected to the nickname, like Nuke's Ka-Boom,

Nuke's Ka-Boom is probably more tied into his affinity towards and constant advocation for ending the world in a hellish nuclear apocalypse.

[Mobius]

So? System crashes and scrap-spree of missions also justified my "Back where he started". I considered it a curse, not an User Title!

[NGTM-1R]

Do something fantastically useful for the community and you'll get a title as a badge of honour.

Do something fantastically stupid and you'll get a title as a badge of shame.

Or just have a bored moderator, which is how I got this one.

My first was the stupidity one though. "You're an admin, go do something admin-y." Title: Bak[h]a.

[colecampbell666]

I don't get it. Bak[h]a?

[Jeff Vader]

I'm guessing something like this: Bakha is the Vasudan bomber we all know. Baka on the other hand is a japanese word.

[WeatherOp]

I'm one of those people who has never done something very big, nor has caused enough crap.

[Geezer]

Ok. There are 5 types of User Titles:

1) Those related to the name, like Nuke's "Ka-Boom" and my old "Back where he started";

2) Those related to stupid and/or funny episodes, like Snail's "Would jump off a cliff too", thesizzler's "Think then post" and my new "Rainbow Brite";

3) Those related to important contributions like taylor's "SCP/Linux Guru" and Karajorma's old "Academy Headmaster";

4) Those related to MODs, like Axem's "Star Wars Conversion";

5) Those related to absolutely nothing, like Goober's "91st Phantoms, GTI"();

Or, you could be old...

[CP5670]

I got mine from a bug in the initial version of my campaign that made one mission a little too hard for Goober to handle.

The #2 titles are more common than the other types these days, much more so than they once used to be. That's either a reflection on the current group of admins or on the current forum population.

[TrashMan]

Do something fantastically useful for the community and you'll get a title as a badge of honour.

Do something fantastically stupid and you'll get a title as a badge of shame.

note that it doesn't always work. What is useful or stupid can be very subjective...
Or as ngtm1r said... admins/moderators can get bored...or vindictive..or they might feel particulary funny/inspired...or they might owe you a favor.
so basicly the rule is - there is no rule.
but stay here long enough and get noticed and you're bound to get a title - for better of for worse

[colecampbell666]

This is what, your fourth this year alone?

[TrashMan]

This is what, your fourth this year alone?

What can I say - I'm rather popular 
Can't help it tough - I'm made of 100% awesome.