Pacifier

If you've played fewer than 4 games, your ranking will be a "pacifier" (a polite way of saying "n00b"): 

Stars

Stars show basic statistics about a player. There are three rows (top, middle, bottom) as follows:

Statistic	Position	No star	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Units killed	Top	<150	150+	300+	600+
Games played	Middle	<50	50+	100+	200+
Games won	Bottom	<10	10+	40+	80+

Medals

Medals are used to indicate your win:loss ratio:

Medal		Games Won	Win:Loss Ratio
	No medal	<6	<2:1
	Silver Chevron	6+	2:1 or better
	Double Chevron	12+	4:1 or better
	Gold Star	24+	8:1 or better

Both requirements have to be met to achieve the medal. So, if you've won 20 games, but your win:loss ratio is less than 4:1, you'd get a Silver Chevron.

Summary

The lowest rank is the Pacifier – it means the player has played less than 4 games.

The highest rank is 3 gold stars and a gold star medal – it means the player has killed over 600 units, played over 200 games, won over 80 games and has a kill ratio of 8:1 or better.

For developers

Currently human player rankings aren't exposed to scripts – all human players will be set to MEDIUM difficulty, regardless of their rankings.

For information regarding Campaign and AI difficulties, see: Difficulty Levels.

To change the images, see: Images, Icons & Cursors.