New ranks system thats in place, My graphic is too big explaining things, but hopefully when things get tied up it will show okay. In the mean time here's a link to it: http://i43.tinypic.com/2dme44x.png
Text on it for the now: On TeamAFX.net your rank is determined by how many posts you make on the forums. the more posts you make the higher rank you will gain. your rank is displayed on the forums by a karate belt shown below, a list of the post count for the corresponding belt is detailed also. for a bit fun we have added in famous martial arts actors/characters/people based on what colour of belt you have, for example if you have a high ranking belt such as the black belt (8th dan) your rank name would be jackie chan; if your a low rank such as 9th kyu your rank would be Hong Kong Fooey. Articles on the news section will gradually be done for a each character to give you a bit insight into them.
Rank 21. white belt / mukyu = 1-10 posts // Cobra Kai Apprentice
Rank 20. yellow belt / 10th kyu = 11-25 posts // Cobra Kai Sensei
Rank 19. orange belt / 9th kyu = 26-50 posts // Hong Kong Fooey
Rank 18. blue belt / 8th kyu = 51-100 posts // Kung-Fu Panda
Rank 17. purple belt / 7th kyu = 101-150 posts // Shredder
Rank 16. green belt / 6th kyu = 151-200 posts // TMNT
Rank 15. pine green belt / 5th kyu = 201-250 posts // Splinter
Rank 14 light green belt / 4th kyu = 251-300 posts // Naruto
Rank 13. pink belt / 3rd kyu = 301-400 posts // Pink Power Ranger
Rank 12. red Belt / 2nd kyu = 401-750 posts // Ryu
Rank 11. brown belt / 1st kyu = 751 - 1000 posts // Daniel LaRusso
Rank 10. black belt / 1st dan = 1001 - 1500 posts // Steven Seagal
Rank 09. black belt / 2nd dan = 1501 - 2000 posts // Jason Statham
Rank 08. black belt / 3rd dan = 2001 - 2500 posts // Jean-Claude Van Damme
Rank 07. black belt / 4thdan = 2501 - 3000 posts // Sammo Hung
Rank 06. black belt / 5th dan = 3001 - 3500 posts // Chow Yun-Fat
Rank 05. black belt / 6th dan = 3501 - 4000 posts // Jet-Li
Rank 04. black belt / 7th dan = 4001 - 5000 posts // Mr Miyagi
Rank 03. black belt / 8th dan = 5001 - 7500 posts // Jackie Chan
Rank 02. black belt / 9th dan = 7501 - 10000+ posts // Chuck Norris
Rank 01. black belt / 10th dan = 10001+ posts // Bruce Lee