meh, i should be senior member, but i dont care, cause i prolly made about 5000 posts in the saftey valve
As far as I know the "updating" is done by an automated script. It kicks in every once in a while but I don't remember how often. I believe that the script minuses Safety Valve and the All Other Topics section from your total when figuring out if it should change your title. I could be wrong but, that is what I remember reading about the "ranks".
I'm on 3500 (just under)! Lol. I'm not rly bothered tbh tho, cos with that many posts in a year (on the 20th feb that is), I think I'm more than a qualified addict And hey, he title just sits under my name, not too bothered about what it says. **Finds his title changed to AfterDawn Idiot** Lol
Posts in the safety valve do not count in the rankings 5219 if you include this one, lol http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/324494
Wow! But, then again you probably were close to addict level when you got promoted to Mod and you have probably made 50 posts (just a guess) per day since becoming a Mod. Hopefully this doesn't create a repeat of my "500th post" thread.