Titanfall
88 Achievements
2,000
320-425h
Stay Gold
Earned 50 Battlemarks in Ranked Play
50
8.17%
How to unlock the Stay Gold achievement in Titanfall - Definitive Guide
When you play with your rank chip on, you earn battlemarks. The way to earn battlemarks is listed on the Ranked Play page, but essentially involves doing whatever objective the gametype entails. Any deaths will detract from the score to earn battlemarks. As noted in the other guide, unless there are enough players in the lobby the chip isn't activated. I haven't played in a long time, so I'm not sure how many are actually required.
Deaths barely detract at all, so I'd say just play your best gametype and you'll earn this in no time.
Last Titan Standing may be the easiest gametype as the only thing relevent to battlemarks is doing damage to the enemy titans. As far as the list says, deaths don't matter, but I'm not sure if that's true.
You can earn up to 5 marks a game.
Since each Bronze rank requires 5 marks, and each Silver rank requires 6, you will have this by the time you are Gold.
As Foxy noted in the comments, once you have locked in a mark (IE there is a green symbol in the bottom left of the screen) you can not lose that mark, but you can lose progress towards the next mark.
Credit to dc0dr - You don't need to earn 50 in 1 'season', you just need to earn 50 total.
UPDATE - Battlemark loss now works slightly different. I don't think losing a battlemark subtracts from the achievement but figured I'd mention it.
As of November 6th - If you earn 75% of a battlemark, you won't lose a battlemark when the game ends.
As a result, however, they've made it so battlemarks don't crack anymore. So if you don't get at least 75% of a battlemark, you'll lose one. Since you only need 50 marks this shouldn't be a problem.
Once you reach level 32 in Gen 1, you will receive a notice at the bottom of the left hand menu that you have a message. When you read the message, it unlocks the ability to use your rank chip. This does not change game play in any way other than providing an extra reward (Battlemarks) for good performance in matches with at least three other players also with active rank chips. When you play games with three or more other players with active rank chips, you will earn Battlemarks for performing actions that positively contribute to your team score, and potentially lose Battlemarks for not contributing and dying.
Every month starts a new season, and a portion of your Battlemarks are removed. The requirement of earning 50 Battlemarks is a cumulative total, so even if you lose some from poor performance or the start of a new season, this achievement will unlock after your 50th Battlemark earned. You do not need to have 50 Battlemarks at any given time to unlock this achievement.
The Campaign and Attrition playlists are the best places to find other players with active rank chips.