Rank IDs

''Note: Rank ID`s are not the same as rank numbers. for instance, rank 8 is not rank ID 8. also note that 2 different ranks can have the same label and the label itself does not mean anything. an administrator with the Official BrickFlat label will have more permissions available to him or her than a staff with the same Official BrickFlat label. ''

The Lithium framework used by the LEGO Message Boards use number based ID`s to sort ranks from most to least significant. the lowest rank ID is always reserved for administratives, while the highest are usually reserved for the ranks you first get upon registering. This is however tweakable by the customer, in this case the LEGO company.

Rank ID setup
The Mesage Boards only use even numbers, numbers that can be divided by 2. The reason for this is that the education version of the LMB`s uses only odd numbers. This was likely done to prevent developers and designers from getting confused. This probably also ensures better compatibility between the two different Boards. Here is the current ID layout for the regular LMB`s

ID 0-28 intended for officials and developers. contains Administrator and moderator

ID 30-84 contains user ranks 1 to 28

ID 86-100 mixed, contains reader ranks, the "no rank". interestingly, rank 29 exists here along with staff and community helper ranks.

List of all Rank ID`s
0. not used

2. administrator

4. not used

6. Lithium Technologies(used by Lithium employes to give tech support)

8. Moderator

ID 10-20 are all unused

22. Developer

24. Community Manager

26. not used

28. VIP

ID 30 to 84 contains user ranks 28 to 1 starting with rank 28 at ID 30

86. Maniac reader

88. Master Reader

90. Apprentice Reader

92. No Rank

94. Staff

96. Rank 29

98. Legendary Reader

100. Community Help

Rank 29 Theories
interestingly, rank 29(Alien) is all the way up at ID 96. this suggests that Rank 28 was intended to be the final rank. it was most likely succeeded by Rank 29 to expand the longevity of the LMB`s. even more interestingly, the label "Alien" existed before rank 29 was added to the list. at the time Jonencloud released the complete rank list in december 2013, Rank 29 was not part of the list and was added later in 2014. this could mean several things:

1. there were made more ranks than necessary in case it would be needed to expand the list later.

2. Rank labels were created and placed on the server before the list was set up and the staff picked which they wanted to be used in the final list. Alien didnt make the cut originally, but was added when they realized the needed to expand the list.

3. Rank 29 was supposed to be alien all along, but it didnt fit in the original list due to how ID 28 and down were reserved. the rank was then forgotten and ignored until somebody realized they had forgotten about it and placed it in a higher ID without caring about the original ID set-up