Membership is based on length of being a member of this forum and participation. The membership is organized as such:
Newbie: This is the basic user account. Users can post, view and upload images and have full access to the public areas. This is a basic account which has many limitations.
Fully Registered: Once a member has either 50 reputation points or 50 posts
and has been registered for at least 90 days, the membership becomes "
Fully Registered". These members have full usage of the public areas, and are able to create personal albums, join social groups, join the "Webmeister" user group, and blog.
Experienced Member: Once you have either 200 reputation points or 100 posts
and have been registered for at least 365 days, the membership becomes "
Experienced". These members have a number of more capabilities in the forum.
Senior Member: is for members with 1000 reputation points or 500 posts and have been registered for two years - they become a "
Senior Member".
Meister Member: Once a member has 5000 reputation points or 1000 posts and have been registered for four years - they become a "
Meister Member".
Ueber Meister Member: Once a member has 5000 reputation points or 1000 posts and have been registered for seven years - they become an "
Ueber Meister Member".
Less than Zero: These are members who have been given enough "negative" reputation points or infractions that they become "Less than Zero". These accounts are pretty much hobbled - can't search the forum, can't post in the complaints section, can't start threads, and can't use the PM or email functions as well. They are also ridiculed by their fellow forum members. You might as well be banned. Even though it's only for a limited time (a few days to a month), you don't want to become "less than zero".
Other memberships:
Webby - this is a secondary membership that anyone can join. This is meant for beginning webmasters and gives you access to the Webmeister section. You can join this in your user profile under
Group Permissions.
Webmeister - this is for Full Members and above. This gives you access to the Webmeister section and you are allowed to use URLs in your signature. You can request to join from
here.
i-Gaming Representatives,
Accredited Casino reps, and
Affiliate Managers have additional permissions and can be joined from
here.
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