That is actually a really good question. I see what you mean, I can only see them as an admin, yet not a user. I'll have to see if I can figure that out.

Also on the subject of badges, I may be doing some customization and such over the coming days with them, such as adding some new ones that have some Arthur related names.

Maybe...I'll check that out for ya.

Sweet!

I really am blind as a bat and teeny tiny images with lots of detail tend to cause me eyestrain >_<

Since I've run forums before in the past, those "badge thingies" aren't badge thingies...

Most forums like these have these stars, or other little icons, that coincide with your posting status. Like for example, 1 star for new members, 2 stars for say 50 posts, 3 stars for 100 posts, 4 stars for 1,000 posts, 5 stars for 2,000 posts... and of course, forum staff members have different stars, like admins have 5 red stars, assistant admins or global mods have 5 green stars, regular mods have like 5 blue stars, etc.

Right, exactly. We're not speaking of stars, but instead badges. As said, basically MC trophy points of sort.