When MFK was still on vb, custom user titles used to be a big thing. After MFK moved to XF, they stopped giving out as many nicknames. A lot of old members have nicknames. Sure, you can have a lot of posts, but that does not necessarily mean that you are worthy of getting a nickname. I was told that if you are special enough, you will get a nickname. I got one, so apparently I am special enough. There used to be a usergroup field by post count when MFK still ran vB, so it would either say Registered member if you had under 5 posts or MFK member if you had over 5 and then the user titles used to be different fish based on how many posts you had. There is no longer a usergroup field, so now they use user titles instead and they reserve nicknames for people who are special enough. I still don't know what makes me special enough LOL.