Less than that. Significantly less. It was a huge error on my part, because if I were to say that there were 25 ego emblems, then that would mean almost every staff member would have one, which isn't necessarily true for the most part(at least to me). I'd say there's less than....i dunno...15 or so? That's a pretty small number, you've gotta admit, even in comparison to 400.
I was gonna reply to Kura's quote, but I have something general I'd like to say to: Guys, stop getting on the staff's cases.
The most basic thing anyone should know about receiving emblems(that are not event-related) is that they're usually given out when a staff members actually feels like that particular member is worthy of that emblem. You guys are particularly acting like the staff MUST give out recognition emblems. .__. I'm probably misunderstanding something here, but guys, emblems are something fun and enjoyable to have, I honestly don't understand why people complain about them and just don't enjoy the fun aspect about them.
The personal emblems are there to say "thanks for being my friend". The personal emblems are there to say "you're a close friend to me". The personal emblems are there to say "I like you". Is there anything really wrong with that? That's what I usually associate personal emblems with, and since I defined the purpose of the personal emblems, yeah, they sort of do have a meaning as well as the rest of the emblems.
Tl;dr stop taking the issue more than it needs to go, get over it, and just enjoy emblems for what they are. If someone doesn't get a particular emblem that's not event-related, don't blame the staff for it. It's probably because that user didn't stick out too much, or the staff member didn't see that particular person worthy of it. Keep note that some staff members dislike giving out emblems. There are many other factors that come through with this; staff members are not really obligated to have personal emblems nor are they obligated to even give out emblems, so it's kinda pointless to me complaining about something the staff really doesn't have to do.