The automated promotion is kind of the reason UG bronze isn't as good as it used to be. In 1.0 we had Regular Member, UG Member, and ViP Member. In this sense, UG in 1.0 would be equal to UG Silver in 2.0 which has some pretty good stuff in it. This was because of the application system that was in place that Omega moderated. ViP would be equal to the non-existent UG Gold which by seeing Silver, would have some kickbutt shit in it. There were prerequisites involving posts and rep however.

E: I strongly support this suggestion, so I'm gonna put up a poll for this to see who agrees