Just want to add in my thoughts on the subject.

I tend to only post questions or attempt to answer questions that interest me or I have knowledge about. Of course I have posted a few ideas in the forum feedback, and one or two posts in the chit chat forum, but as a rule 99% of my posts are asking or answering questions. In the time the new titles have been released I have seen people rocket from 20 odd posts to 150 posts, bypassing me by just posting junk, and even though it shouldn't bother you it does.
I'm in total agreement about judging if someone is eligible to be a guru, also in future (when possible) I think it would be best if the posts were not counted in the chit chat forum. I also think Mark's suggestion not to show the number of posts (and possibly reverting back to the old titles, apart from Guru) is spot on.

Apart from that, this is still a first class forum.