On Halo 3 when findin people to join the game what does it mean when someone has a grey gear beside there name

On Halo 3 when your in Matchmaking and its searching for people when someone pops up and has a grey gear beside there name and promotion what does that mean?

On Halo 3 when findin people to join the game what does it mean when someone has a grey gear beside there name
The "gear" as you called it, is really the 7th Column logo. It signifies that the player has signed up and is registered on Bungie.net.





If you would like the logo as well simply visit Bungie.net and sign in your profile linking it with your gamertag. Then on the edit profile page, scroll down to where it says "make Halo 3 icon appear" or something along those lines.





It's the same process as Halo 2. Remember when people had Bungie.net on there gamertag. Same thing different logo.
Reply:It means that they registered to have their stats tracked. They apparently have more time to waste then you and I.