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Community Ranks

Community Ranks are forum access ranks in CIT that give extra forum and community privileges. They are requested on the Community Ranks board and are earned through forum activity, recent helpful posting, or officially recognized community duties.

Community Ranks are not automatic. You must request the rank yourself once you meet the requirements.

Each rank is shown next to a member's name as a number of coloured bricks.

  • NCM, JCM, RCM, SCM and OCM use the green brick Green brick
  • Honorable uses the mint brick Mint brick

Rank overview

Rank Full name Bricks PM limit
NCM New Community Member Green brick Default
JCM Junior Community Member Green brickGreen brick 200
RCM Regular Community Member Green brickGreen brickGreen brick 300
SCM Senior Community Member Green brickGreen brickGreen brickGreen brick 400
OCM Outstanding Community Member Green brickGreen brickGreen brickGreen brickGreen brick Not documented
Honorable Honorable Mint brickMint brickMint brickMint brickMint brick Not documented

The rank order is:

  • NCM
  • JCM
  • RCM
  • SCM
  • OCM

Ranks are gained in order. You cannot skip a rank.

Ways to qualify

There are three methods of qualifying:

  • Method 1 — by total posts on your forum account (applies to NCM and above)
  • Method 2 — by recent forum activity in the major boards (applies to JCM and above)
  • Method 3 — by serving the community through duties (applies to JCM and above)

You only need to meet one method, but you must meet all conditions inside that method.

Your post counts can be checked on your forum profile under top boards by posts.

JCM

JCM means Junior Community Member.

Perks:

  • edit your own posts (not on every board)
  • mention users
  • use the Notify button in topics
  • view the Administrative Profiles board
  • post in the Group Profiles board
  • private message limit of 200
  • light green color and 2 green squares

JCM requirements

Method Conditions
Method 1 More than 150 posts in major boards, and a forum account registered more than 2 months ago
Method 2 At least 20 posts in major boards in the past month, of which over 30% are decent quality, and a forum account registered more than 2 months ago
Method 3 2 months in an officially recognized community duty (excluding inactivity), or 6 months as Leader of an Official Group at L6+ with a custom title

Additional rule: no punishments in the last 1 month.

RCM

RCM means Regular Community Member.

Perks:

  • everything JCM has
  • private message limit of 300
  • ability to apply for L1 Staff or PAM in the Administrative Profiles board
  • 3 green squares

RCM requirements

Method Conditions
Method 1 More than 300 posts in major boards, and you received JCM at least 2 months ago
Method 2 At least 35 posts in major boards in the past month, of which over 60% are decent quality, and you received JCM at least 2 months ago
Method 3 1 year in an officially recognized community duty (excluding inactivity)

Additional rule: no punishments in the last 45 days.

SCM

SCM means Senior Community Member.

Perks:

  • everything RCM has
  • private message limit of 400
  • 4 green squares

SCM requirements

Method Conditions
Method 1 More than 450 posts in major boards, and you received RCM at least 3 months ago
Method 2 At least 50 posts in major boards in the past month, of which over 80% are decent quality, and you received RCM at least 3 months ago
Method 3 2 years in an officially recognized community duty (excluding inactivity), or at least 2 months as NAS, L2+ Staff, or ICM

Additional rule: no punishments in the last 2 months.

OCM and Honorable

OCM means Outstanding Community Member. Honorable is the rarest Community Rank.

Both ranks are obtained the same way:

  • They cannot be applied for on the Community Ranks board.
  • They are given for exceptional contributions, as Staff or otherwise.
  • You do not have to be Staff to be eligible.
  • They are awarded for enormous contributions that few other members have made.

Bricks:

  • OCM is shown with 5 bricks: Green brickGreen brickGreen brickGreen brickGreen brick
  • Honorable is shown with 5 mint bricks: Mint brickMint brickMint brickMint brickMint brick

Rules that apply to all requests

  • No recent punishments (see each rank for the exact period).
  • No behavioral issues.
  • Your last Community Rank request must be at least 14 days ago.
  • Post constructive, useful replies. A few useful posts are valued over many useless ones.
  • Your English must be understandable on a minimally coherent level.
  • Power posting (spamming the forum to look active) before applying can get you denied for appearing ingenuine.
  • Copied or lightly reworded applications are denied for lack of effort, and may result in a warning for useless post.
  • You cannot discuss or argue a denied application. Improve the points the FMMs mentioned instead.
  • FMM or L4+ Staff must state why a request was rejected.
  • If you voluntarily delete your forum account, FMMs will not recover your lost forum rank. (since 16-10-2019)
  • You cannot apply while fully muted in game — doing so results in instant denial.
  • After a Community Rank removal you cannot skip ranks when applying again.
  • After a Community Rank removal, contributions from before the removal do not count. (since 30-10-2022)
  • More than 5% warning level results in immediate denial. (since 12-04-2024)
  • When using Method 3, mention all duties you served in — unmentioned duties are not considered — and you must have no punishments in the past year. (since 20-08-2024)

Major boards

Posts only count in the following boards, and only when the post is actually helpful:

  • Discussion — only if you are helping
  • News and Updates — only if you are helping
  • Backlogged — only if you are helping
  • Quality Assurance — only if you are helping or reporting bugs
  • Support Boards — only if you are helping
  • Tutorials and Guides — only if you are helping
  • Contribute — only if you are helping

Posts only count if they are meaningful and contribute to the server in some way. Silly posts and posts that do not contribute are not counted.

Recognized community duties

The officially recognized community duties for Method 3 are:

How to apply

To apply for JCM and above:

  • create a new topic on the Community Ranks board
  • use the correct subject format
  • fill in the application format

Subject format

xCM Request - YourName

Example: SCM Request - Ptole

Application format

[b]Nickname: [/b]
[b]Account name: [/b]
[b]Serial(s): [/b]
[b]Current rank (if any): [/b]
[b]Requesting rank: [/b]
[b]Discord Username (without #1234): [/b]
[b]Why do I think I deserve this: [/b]

To find your serial, press F8 and type serial. If you still cannot find it, use J > Support chat.

Ranks you cannot apply for here

The following cannot be requested on the Community Ranks board:

These are given by the respective teams or boards. Once accepted, you may request the forum change in the dedicated topic.

Primary forum group

If your Community Rank is added as a secondary forum group and you want it displayed as your primary forum group, request the change in the forum topic for changing primary forum groups. Staff and PAM priority rules still apply.

Losing your Community Rank

Community Ranks can be taken away.

Demotion by one rank

  • stupid behavior or not using intelligence
  • being warned for lying, insulting, trolling, or any other non-trivial offense

Instant removal of the rank (at L4+ discretion)

  • ungrateful attitude
  • non-specific serious offense
  • any decision deemed appropriate by L4+ for serious cases

Blacklisted from applying

  • serious lying in an application
  • muted many times
  • warned many times
  • behavior or temper problems
  • prone to drama, causing trouble, being a bad example
  • previously had a Community Rank removed

Who decides requests

Community Rank requests are decided and discussed privately by Forum Membership Moderators (FMM).

L4+ Staff members may take part in these discussions and are also authorized to reward Community Ranks.

The current FMM list changes over time — check the Community Ranks board for the up to date roster.

Quick requirement summary

Rank Method 1 (total posts) Method 2 (recent posts) Method 3 (duties) Extra requirement
JCM 150+ posts in major boards 20 posts last month, 30%+ decent quality 2 months duty, or 6 months Official Group Leader at L6+ with custom title Forum account older than 2 months
RCM 300+ posts in major boards 35 posts last month, 60%+ decent quality 1 year duty JCM for at least 2 months
SCM 450+ posts in major boards 50 posts last month, 80%+ decent quality 2 years duty, or 2 months as NAS, L2+ Staff, or ICM RCM for at least 3 months

Staff level references

Staff levels can change over time. Check the CIT Staff page or the official Staff Roster before relying on a staff level as part of a Community Rank requirement.

See also

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