How do you get stars on top of your user picture?

yeah, i was wondering how. i've got two stars and have got the name handheld gamer but how did i? is it the more posts you write, the more stars you get?

 

Ya, it's post number related.

But don't start making needless posts just to increase it.

 

bam! good answer
here have a cookie
posts in the forums games/jokes and random don't count though
but people who have in mind : I want more posts, more stars!!
start posting everywhere and posting nonsense, and that's when they get banned
so watch out and post normally, don't spam

 

This thread also offers an open invitation of spammers.

-Should be locked. The questions been answered already.