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A week ago I got Sr.Member rank. This event surprised me, because I didn't expect it to happen in the near future. Pleasant suddenness - what can I say. Thanks to Quickseller, this moment was brought very close and I am sure that will tell my grandchildren about it :D. Thanks to him and to all those who marked my posts with "merits".


The theme of Ratimov [Merit] Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275032.msg55173475#msg55173475) also played an important role. If you have extra merits, then sometimes look into this topic and, perhaps, it is you who will bring closer the joyful moment for someone to receive a new rank.

I met New Era as a Member and remember how upset I was. For as it seemed to me then, I would be stuck in this rank forever. I had to get 100 merits for Full Member, and at that time it was not achievable for me. But I continued to post anyway and eventually found merit in my profile. It stirred me up and encouraged me to act more actively. I wanted, by all means, to get Full Member. My efforts were not in vain and gradually I still managed to do it. This was the 1st step that I was able to climb in the New Era ranking system. In principle, I saw that merits accumulate and theoretically can get Sr.Member if try better. But for some time I began to devote very little time to bitcointalk and stopped at an approximate mark of 170. Of course, I periodically looked at this forum, but for the most part I was passive at the time.

A couple of months ago, I returned to bitcointalk and decided to still reach Sr.Member rank, which I didn't get last time. As you can see, I succeeded, albeit the second time. If I get Senior was quite possible (from 170 to 250 the gap is not so big), then Hero Member seems almost impossible to me (remember, for me Full Member seemed just as unattainable), and Legendary is definitely impossible and something beyond.

In order for me to get Hero, I need to go all the way to the Sr.Member again. But I don't lose heart and will go to this.


The path to Hero for me will not be a sprint, but a marathon run - long and slow, so as not to waste all my energy at the beginning of the journey. Fortunately, the other day I already received the 1st merit (251/500) on the way to a new rank.


I think I will not be mistaken if I say that for every forum member, especially a new one, it is very important to get the Legendary rank. Many strive to achieve this - One milestone achieved [Amazing journey to Legendary] (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5379229.0). I am no exception either, because I dream of the Legendary in the depths of my soul too. But I soberly assess the situation, and I see that I am not ready for this now and the path to this rank will be long. Look, even Ratimov, with all his uberactivity and over 6k merits and the contribution of his time to the forum, still cannot get a this rank -   6k Merit Club. When is Legendary ? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5379199.0). :D Not surprisingly, getting high ranks turns users off.

Now we have come to the point where we need to clarify why I called the topic " Beginers dream of becoming a Legendary, and my goal is Hero". Now, at this stage, I want to focus on achieving Hero Member. This is the immediate goal, the achievement of which brings me closer to the dream of all beginners - Legendary. Therefore, I broke my path into 2 stages: first Hero, and only then the next rank.


You can reasonably ask me a question, why do I need a Legendary? I think it will be difficult to answer this question briefly and clearly, but I will try. I see the race for rank as a kind of challenge for me, a personal achievement. It is not so much the achievement of the goal that is important here (although it sounds paradoxical, this is also important), but the path that will be passed. Much more important is what changes will occur in me as I move towards the Legendary. This is the path to change in oneself, the path to acquiring something new, new inner qualities and skills. I am sure that change is possible and I feel that it is already happening. After all, have to strive for something, right?

Also, as I move towards the goal and close the milestones, I enjoy this activity. In its own way, this is a kind of fun. Any business is joy if it brings pleasure, isn't it?


My example of getting an Senior rank in New Era is far from the only one, and there are many users who have received a rank on bitcointalk. But I want to show by my example, to beginners, that this is possible with patience, diligence and a little luck. It would be great if this topic helps to motivate newcomers to new personal achievements and then my efforts to write this post will not be in vain. Let's see what happens and how the forum members will appreciate it.

I deserve Hero / Legendary and can I do it? Express your opinion, it is important to me.

Disclaimer: I don't advertise Walker's products and don't encourage you to consume it. I just like their slogan :). Agree, it's inspiring.

Good work man, many cannot move from a Newbie rank (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5382409.msg59039003#msg59039003) for years.

Here's a funny fact, you registered your account just two days after my registration, lol. Happy to see someone still active here after all those years :)

You'll be a Legendary in no time :)

You got most of your Merit from chimk (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1202061), who was last active 2 years ago. He was a very active Russian Merit source, so just your luck.

You don't look like a spammer to me, so I don't think Merit should be holding you back like this. You mainly post on boards I don't read, so allow me to dump some Merit on this topic.

Your story is a long read but I took my time to read every word and I can feel the honesty and desire to be productive here. Introduction of the merit made some users give up after failing at getting merits, like TheBeardedBaby said, congratulate yourself even though the  merits are coming late. You will be legendary in no time. You post mostly in Russian board maybe you should send a dm to one of Russian board merit source if they have one. I believe you won’t find it difficult to rank to hero member if you can come back after so long and make senior member then there hero will not be impossible to achieve. I’m rooting for you.
Edit the OP you now have 306/500. Let’s see if you can make it to hero member before the end of the month.

m2017, congratulations to you. Experience how LoyceV's service bomb makes your party even more festive. LOL
As a longtime member (2017) then you might have managed to rank up to Legendary by now. But that doesn't matter, the quality of your next post will determine the speed at which your rank up. I had a nice ride on this forum as I am a new user after the merit system was introduced. You may never experience a de-rank up from Jr. member to Newbie, but I've been. LOL

Once again enjoy your forum journey and do your best for the quality of your posts.

And now 307. His speed will be affected by the quality of his post, it will be worth the effort he puts in.

Congrats mate, you did it. Hope you will achieve your goal very soon. I joined this forum after the implementation of the merit system. So I spent a hard time earning merits and I know how it was hard earning merits at the beginning. I didn't imagine I can achieve Legendary within this short time where many users were still newbies even joined before me. However, the forum users appreciate good works, so continue your contribution and improve yourself. Just achieving Hero rank shouldn't be a goal, the goal should improve yourself and contribute to the forum. Then merit will come automatically to ranking up. Best of luck to you.

Nice topic mate!
I think you will achieve your goal without any problems. And I really envy you (although I have more merits right now) because you have almost twice as much activity as mine. Despite the fact that you registered on the forum later than me. Now I regret that I paused few times and was not active on the forum all the time.
In any case, let everything go as it goes and everything has its time. Good luck!

I had enough time to rest and gain strength to be active. :)

The fact is that year was peculiar then. I'm sure you know what I mean :)
Perhaps I will mention this in my other small digression into the past., the idea of which I have been nurturing for some time.



Wow, take it easy, LoyceV (the rest too. don't think that I don't see you are on the very top line). You are spoil me with your generosity. :)
I'm glad you didn't include me as a spammer because I try to make meaningful posts to the best of my modest ability. Sometimes it's better, sometimes it's worse. Forgive me for those posts whose quality is lame: sometimes the muse of inspiration leaves me :)

Yes, I know who made the biggest contribution to the growth of my account and I remember chimk very well, because it was he who instilled in me the hope of increasing the rank. It was just nice that moment (and now too) from the fact that my post was noticed and noted with merit.
Don't forget, I was just a Member with 2-3 months of experience in shitposting at the time. I didn’t understand at all what the true meaning of bitcointalk was and how to behave, because the quality of my posts was terrible and I’m even ashamed to look at them now. Unfortunately, we are not born with the knowledge and skills of the Legendary: we have to start our journey in life from a newb with the appropriate quality of posts.

Therefore, people, don't get angry once again at newbies if their posts really annoy you. They (not all of course) just don't know what they are doing. It takes time for them to get used to and correctly direct their energy with the help of already more experienced members of the forum. Only you can help them with this.

Of course, it also happens that behind the rank of newb is a person with great experience and skills, which deserves a Legendary. Such very quickly and a lot gain merit here, and if they want to get Legendary, they achieve this. You have seen the embodiment of such examples more than once here.

I digress a little from the topic.

You don't think that if chimk was a merit-source, then he was just handing out merits to everyone left and right. It wasn't like that. At least I would like to consider that I deservedly received these awards and this is not just luck. :) He noted only those that corresponded to his worldview and view, the man sincerely believed in the possibilities and the future of bitcoin. I cann't talk for him, but I got such an impression. Those who knew him better correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes, I am aware that chimk has been offline for a long time and this makes me sad. Because, as far as I remember from his activity, he was not going to leave the forum, especially after he received merit-source. Chimk took his new duties responsibly, therefore, it seems to me that he stopped appearing here against his will. I don't know what exactly happened, but I have a bad guess. For the same reason that his account has not been active for a long time, I didn't mention chimk in the original post. And, you LoyceV, you are right that you paid attention to this and I still should have mentioned him.

'll say it now: Dear chimk, if you ever see this, I want to express my gratitude for your contribution to bitcointalk and to me personally. Without you, I wouldn't be writing this now.

Since we were talking about him, I wanted to speak out, because I repeat, of course, chimk greatly influenced my attitude towards the forum (this is especially important at the initial stages), even though we never knew each other personally.

In fact, there are many people like chimk who inspired or influenced my views. Everyone, to one degree or another, leaves their mark on the mind. These people, individuals, form the same cryptocommunity of this forum. Therefore, thanks to the entire community, and to you, who read this post, as a part of it. I am grateful to fate / chance that I can also be a part of bitcointalk community.  

I said what I think and what I wanted to say, nothing more.

P.S. Thanks to everyone who was part of this community (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211001.0), but left this forum forever...

Congratulation to you for achieving the rank of the Sr. Member. And base on your current merit you are not so for from being a hero member. Also, I don't think you will stop at the rank of hero. After reaching on hero you will try to be Legendary too.

The amount of merit you get is of course very impressive lately, this may only happen to a few people who have good quality posts regardless of whether it is a new post or an old post that the merit source has just discovered. I think you'll hit 500 merit in the near future if you're passionate enough to create much higher quality posts. For now, congratulations to the members of Sr. Keep your quality.

Sorry, this is my vice, I can write a lot and with details when inspiration comes. :)

Do you remember when I asked (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5379229.msg59051462#msg59051462) who would reach Sr. Member 1st?

Since this is no longer relevant, maybe we will arrange another challenge: which of us will be the 1st to receive Hero Member? :)  At the time of the publication this topic, I lagged behind you on merit, but now you can scold LoyceV&Co for the merit-pack handed over to me. :D

Absolutely right. As you can see from my story, I also gave up at times. But if look at it now, it turns out that it was a controlled retreat to gain strength. :) Take a step back and then take two steps forward. Perhaps a pause for me on the forum then was necessary to rethink. In any case, it turned out the way it happened and I look at it philosophically.

In fact, if you really want to get something, then it can deplete all your strength and you can burn out, drop your hands and give up this goal. Therefore, it is very important, albeit slowly, but to go towards your goal. I posted the "keep walking" picture for a reason.

I planned to reach this bar not earlier than in half a year :)  
I will post the current counter in my post once a week since the publication of this topic. This will allow to see the dynamics of changes with an interval of 1 week.

And you about it. LoyceV  and his friends have already made adjustments to my plan "to go long and slowly towards the cherished goal". :D The achievement of Hero rank by me will happen when it happens. I don't rush things.

Thank you and not only you for comments and positive. It is pleasant and inspires hope for success.

I don't see her like an explosion of charity to make her dreams come true, so I think the challenge will be somewhat unfair. Apparently, sometimes our merit sources want to sincerely help those who dream, especially those who have not been able to reach the rank after a few years.
To me, it looks like a pity, nothing more. ;D
Just compare what @SatoPrincess has achieved during her time on the forum, and what you have achieved by just "asking" for your dream. Yes, Santa Claus does happen these days.

Thank you. Oh, yes, LoyceV certainly succeeded it.


Wow, that must be a very interesting story, but unfortunately I don't know anything about it. Where can I read your memoir about it? I hope this has already been published. ;)

Thank you and wish you the same. Yes, this forum journey is really exciting and encourages to get better. I have to put in more effort so that my efforts are appreciated by other people. There is definitely enjoy in this.

Thank you too. I took only a small step. I still have a long way to go. Not only to a new rank, but also to self-improvement. Thank you for your kind words and your parting word. It is valuable to hear from a person who has reached a high rank through his efforts. I am doing my best.

Since you stated this was no longer relevant and alluded it had served the purpose you had in mind (which were receiving merits in the hope of ranking up), I suggest this thread is locked.

Yeah, I can only imagine how much of a bummer it was for relatively-newish members right when the merit system was rolled out.  The day before the merit system existed, all the lower-ranked members were well on their way to becoming Legendary with enough time and posting....and ever since the day the merit system has existed, it's become harder to get to Legendary probably by a factor of at least 8.

Congrats on getting to Sr. Member, OP.  I suspect if you just posted more, you'd probably have been at least a Hero member by now.  One thing newer members need to realize is that unless you're a superb poster, the fraction of posts that you'll earn merits for is fairly low--so in order to have a shot at ranking up in a reasonable amount of time, you need to post frequently and make those posts stand out.  If you only post a couple of times a week, it's more likely than not those posts are just going to get buried, unmerited and forgotten about, and that'll happen within less than a day.

Agreed.

Edit:  BTW, OP, if you want to take me up on my offer of a monthly post history review, feel free to drop me a PM asking me to do so.  I don't know how many posts you average per month, but it might pay off and help you rank up faster--and it certainly couldn't hurt, right? 

(And as always, I extend the same offer to any member under Legendary rank who doesn't already have 1000 merits).

He could be even Legendary. Just saw his profile and he registered in 2017 which is over 4 years in here. With regular posting one needs around two years to be legendary considering OP did not have problem earning merits. His posts are fairly good to earn merits so earning merits were not an issue in this account.

Anyway, good luck brother. continue and soon you will be Legendary.

I will have to break the order of answering posts and explain for those who interpret the meaning of my topic in their own way and see what is not in the text.

I treat this topic as a kind of micro-blog and progress diary, in which I share some of my thoughts, memories and track my current progress towards the immediate goal. This allows me to keep a "hand on the pulse" of my progress and track the dynamics of changes.

Also, I console myself with the hope that this topic and comments will inspire newcomers to new achievements (but it seems to me that they will only know about the dark side of the community from your comments of my dear detractors ;)). I would really like that the time I spent on posts here will bring at least a small benefit to any of you.

I don't forcibly force anyone to read this topic and leave their comments, and even more so, to reward me with merits. This is purely a matter and the choice of each of you personally.

I perfectly understand that can’t please everyone and there will always be dissatisfied people, no matter what you do and no matter how good your intentions are. Such is the reality. Therefore, if someone from reading something here does not like it, just pass by. There are a lot of topics on bitcointalk, I'm sure you can find the right one for you.

I thank you for your congratulations and the comments you left. It is always valuable to hear the opinion of more experienced members.

I thank you for your generous offer, but I prefer to refuse. I am already unreasonably accused of all mortal sins and of creating this topic for selfish purposes. Moreover, with begging for merit. My only fault is that I like receiving congratulations and responding to them. :) It makes my forum activities meaningful and keeps me moving in the right direction.
 
The entire history of my messages is publicly available, for those who are not in the know. Anyone can easily read them and mark merit, if he sees fit. Its up to you, as they say.  Don't need to send a PM for this.

A person doesn't know what he is talking about, taking the words out of context and fantasizing. Read carefully what is written in my original post and the link before agreeing please.

Or do I still need to be clear so that posts don't happen again?
That post was about a joke-mini-challenge (who will be the 1st of us to reach rank Sr.Member), which I suggested SatoPrincess before I got Sr.Member. After one of the participants reached rank Sr.Member, the mini-challenge was no longer relevant. Is it logical? All proofs are in the topic above. If you have nothing else to do, then look for yourself who needs it.

P.S.
Read carefully next time before commenting. This applies to everyone. And further. I think some people have difficulty with a sense of humor. Please don't waste time on meaningless and empty comments if you have nothing say to the point. "Life is too short to waste it on evil". Take care of yourself.

 

I concur with you but the irony is the OP does not even see it as "asking".

We have similar thoughts on this subject and it was in order to avoid coming across as harsh that I did not reply to your post earlier, instead asking rather subtly that the thread be locked since the objective of the OP receiving merits was achieved but after receiving some merits the OP has a different take on it for obvious reasons.

I read the thread and had zero sympathy and zero merits for the OP but he will continue to bump the thread several times more trying to rinse the last possible merit out of it.

According to the OP, both The Pharmacist and I:

-"do not know what we are taking about"
-"we are taking words out of context and fantasising"
-"we do not read carefully before commenting-we have no sense of humour"

I have unwatched this thread for obvious reasons  ::)

If this is your blog, may I ask how you motivate newbies? Have you been absent from the forum for several years and suddenly waking up, you decided to tell us about your dream?
What is an example for beginners? Come and ask to be given merit? Don't you look like this? Or do you have outstanding posts to show off?
I am surprised that the most generous source, Ratimov did not participate either in raising your rank or in dreams. He usually helps with this. Didn't notice?? I do not think. Probably just passed by.
And yes, they know very little about you here to talk about enemies. It just catches the eye...   ::)

Congratulations to you for senior member rank.
I enjoy reading your story. You like to write long articles with good english. It is like you took a break for sometime and return back to the forum. I check your profile you have been here since 2017. You should have no problem to get to hero because many people must have known you and wish you to rank up.

Here it was only about you. Sorry for my English. This is not my native language and therefore, I can not quite correctly express my thoughts in English, and not in the way I originally intended.


Sympathy or antipathy is a purely personal matter and not necessarily everyone should like me. Also, everyone on this forum has the right to dispose of their merit. Including you. I think you already know this without me.


It was not clear to me why The Pharmacist agreed with your words here. Either he "do not read carefully before commenting", or he agrees with your words. At that moment, I could not imagine that someone could agree with your words above. But I cooled down and rethought it.

Even if The Pharmacist fully agrees with what you said, then I don't blame him for anything. And anyone else who is of the same opinion as you. Everyone has the right to see the current situation as they see fit. How many people, so many opinions, views, points of view.

I am grateful to you for expressing an alternative point of view. You, like any of us, have the right to have your own opinion. I heard and accept your position, but I still remain in my opinion and will not try to convince you or anyone else. I'm not going to impose my point of view. Let each of the readers of this topic decide for himself which of the points of view is closer to him.

Here is the answer to your question:
Maybe that's why I should write? Btw, this account is about 6 months old, and can it be considered a newcomers?

Let everyone decide individually. What seems like a useless example to you may be useful to others, isn't it?

Your position is also clear to me. I will repeat the downtrodden phrase in this post - you have the right to think as you wish and adhere to the opinion that you consider correct. But at the same time, keep in mind that people around you may have an opinion different from yours. This is neither good nor bad. This is a given, which is better to accept so that there are no misunderstandings.

I'm trying to show at least some activity. To the best of my ability I do it the best I can and how I can do it. And certainly, I do not pretend to be the best writer of the year. But I know for sure that there is little honor in blaming others. I also don't like many of the posts on bitcointalk and I think that many of them are undeservedly awarded merit. But who am I to judge others and teach how to live? Evaluation is a subjective thing.

I hope, lovesmayfamilis and JollyGood, we understand each other and can we stop discussing the difference in our opinions? Perhaps you are nice people  and in the future, in other topics, we can find a common language. I don't hold a grudge against you and I hope you will forgive me if somewhere I expressed myself a little harshly or expressed myself incorrectly.

My questions are rhetorical, aimed at prompting readers to some thoughts. To your thoughts.

I am a peace-loving person and I believe that negativity is a destructive path. It is much more profitable to unite by common interests, because together you can achieve more. I hope that what I wanted to say in this post will be understood correctly.

You helped me in any way and thank you for that, both indirectly through your topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5275032.msg59106748#msg59106748) and directly through merit.

A small digression:
Thank you  uchegod-21 for your kind words. No doubt you flatter me about my English. Undoubtedly, I still have some work to do if such situations with misunderstandings arise (which I wrote about at the beginning of the post).

This topic is made nice by you and others who leave here their wishes, parting words or just their comments. Thanks for your positivity.

To get even with you, I will say that I envy your merits. ;D In fact, don't need to envy the achievements of others, but it is better to concentrate on own. But of course, other people's examples can serve as a good motivation.

We've both been through this and let this be an example to others that if you want to achieve anything (not just rank up) then don't pause. "I see a purpose, but I don't see obstacles."  ;)

Well said. I take my time and try not to "lose my breath in the race". Thank you

Thank you for your comment. Life is a movement and in no case should you stop. Having achieved some goals, you always need to come up with new ones for yourself so that they encourage new achievements. For only in the process of this movement can something useful be created.

As I said earlier, achieving ranks is just a kind of tool.

I think that I can still become Legendary. After the next 4 years, not before. :)
Thx. I don't want to soon, I want to stretch this pleasure, like Ratimov.  :)

As Boristhecat already said:
By the way, hands off my merit-meter! :) Let me mess with it myself and thank you for your wishes.

Hope I haven't missed anyone with an answer and we continue on our way.

P.S.
On this two-week cycle, I passed the 1000 activity mark. Although a very insignificant event, for me this is also a small achievement. A kind of psychological barrier "over 1k activity" has been overcome.

 

Congratulations m2017!

You are a Hero Member Now. It just takes two months to reach Hero rank from Sr. Member rank. I believe you are a good quality poster and I have seen a few of your posts. Even you have said Legendary is almost impossible (I don't think so), I hope you will reach Legendary within a year from now. I guess you can celebrate your rank up within this thread instead of creating another one. Because a lot of old members think creating a thread to celebrate your rank up is intentional merit begging. BTW, We have a Dedicated Rank-up thread here. Announce your rank up, merit or any achievements that makes you feel great! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5391471.0)

Congratulations on your new achievement. You achieve a new rank before me twice in a row. My feelings are hurt lol. What next? Legendary! Enjoy a bottle of wine, today you’re hero

I don’t think m2017 is the type that would create threads to hunt merits. He’s been consistent on this thread to celebrate his achievements and I think he’s going to continue doing so.

Thank you for your congratulations and for watching my counter.  :)

Yes, it's true now, although 2 months ago I would not have thought that this would happen so soon. I described my assumptions in previous posts and expected that the achievement of the Hero rank would be delayed for a longer period of time.

I would like to think so too. :) And yes, I saw your posts too ;) and learned something new for myself from them. This I can say for sure.

Now it seems to me that this is, in fact, possible if I am active. Basically, I have no choice: there is only one direction. :) In any case, I can say that this "mini-game" with the receipt of merits brought its share of fun and therefore, it is foolish to refuse it. Also, merits stimulate to make posts better.  I want to continue this journie.

I hope that also my efforts in the form of posts and topics (the best of them) prompted readers to think, because I can say with confidence that their creation stimulated my reflections exactly.  :)

You will be surprised, but my first thought today about Legendary rank in my head sounded almost the same as you say. I have already set myself up that I will be able to reach new rank not earlier than in a year, or even more. This time, it will really be a marathon run. Here I am certain.

I had no plans to create separate topics (similar) and this  is enough for me. After all, I already wrote here earlier, this is something like a micro-blog or mini-diary for me. Added another update/ mark note today.

Therefore, I will immediately say that in NO case should you give me merits here.
_{If such a desire arises, then it is better to pay attention to my posts in other topics that contain more useful information (if you consider it so)}.
 
Yes, I am aware and writing a post in this thread is next on my to-do list.



I won't be able to do it the third time. So, you have every chance and therefore - catch up! :)
You have already fulfilled one of the requirements for the new stage and it remains only to wait for the right hour and then you will become closer to me.

Thank you for your words and for rooting for me. I didn't forget about bottle of wine.

You got to know me better than others here. :)

 

 

You deserve it man. Congratulations on your rank up. I’ve also achieved my Hero Member rank several days ago too. I know it’s a great feeling for you to achieve that rank and sharing your testimony here to the Bitcointalk community.

Just stick to your goal. Don’t pressure yourself to keep posting and sharing for the purpose of getting merits and ranking up. Treat them like “bonus” or “blessing”. Have a “give more” mentality without expecting anything in return. It’ll paid off and you’re already experiencing it now.

Cheers and have a great day man!

Thanks, I forgot to fix it. In the previous post I will leave everything as it is, but I will indicate current counter in this post.


At times it seems to me that this is not entirely true and they gave me merit as an "advance payment", which I need to "work" and justify the trust. I hope you understand what I want to say.

Thank you for your congratulations. I saw a glimpse Finally in the Hero club! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390896.msg59608759#msg59608759) and wanted to unsubscribe there, but kept putting it off. I think I should look there and complete what I had planned earlier.

I was tempted to close this thread for comments and write here only about significant events for me, but your words prompted me not to do this. I will highlight this in your text.

I don't want to comment on anything, because I think that you said exactly what is needed. No more, no less.

And good luck on your path too.

 

Achieving any rank in this forum is a milestone in itself due to the difficulty of having and receiving merits from the users. The fact that you were able to reach Hero rank tells a lot about your skill and is a testimony that you definitely deserve such achievement.

Congratulations, OP! The feeling of achieving something due to the hard work you have painstakingly did is worth it! You managed to achieve something that 90% of the forum members cannot do, which is to be consistent and firm. I hope to see you in a legendary rank status the next time I reply to this post.

Well, that day has come, to which I went a little more than a year. This topic was created on February 4 last year and as you can see, I managed to achieve not only my goal, but also to touch the dream. To the dream of all beginners.

Probably, the phrase "I managed to achieve" sounds a little pathetic, as if I had done a heroic deed (this was left in the past when I became a Hero member :)). In fact, my merit is only that slowly, step by step, stubbornly and persistently went to this goal. How? The fact that he systematically communicated on this forum and tried to write posts in such a way that it could be at least a little useful for others. Whether it is some information or my opinion, which prompted others to think and look from a different angle. I confess, it is not always possible to write well, but I try. :) All the way, the merits encouraged me to improve the quality of the posts (to the best of my ability), so I became even more convinced that the introduction of the merits system was the right decision. At least for me, because it pushes me to become better and try to benefit others. I still amuse myself with the hope that this topic and what is written in it will benefit someone and push them to new achievements. For many beginners, the merit system is painful and frustrating. This is the wrong position. In difficulties and obstacles, one should try to see a challenge for oneself and opportunities for changes in oneself. As I thought, having gone through this year-long path, personal metamorphoses will become the most important for me, and achieving the coveted rank is a good incentive and personal moral reward. It's nice to know that you've accomplished what you set out to do.

For beginners who want to become a Legendary someday, I can say that it is important to be active and take action to make your wish come true. But this activity should be deliberate, and not make heaps of empty and meaningless posts. Little is better, but of high quality and having at least some benefit. If not useful, then at least try to be active in the life of the forum. Legendary rank can't be obtained in 1 day, therefore, tune in for a long distance, as in investing. How not to become a millionaire in 1 day, and not to get the Legendary rank in 1 day.

I sincerely hope that my little adventure here will be a good motivation, at least for someone :). And now, I'm passing the baton to other beginners - your ranks are waiting for you!

I express my deep gratitude to everyone who encouraged my posts with merit, all 1000 times. This allowed me to realize that the efforts were not in vain and pushed me to move forward and bring this day closer. It also allowed me to keep the hope that even such an unbearable number as 1000 merit is achievable if you keep going. Without all of you, I wouldn't be writing this today. I don't know if this is good or bad. :)

Also, I want to express my gratitude to all forum users, past and present, for sharing your opinions and remaining responsive. This is the most valuable thing on bitcointalk - it's a community and I'm glad to be a part of it.

keep walking, Johnnie m2017

P.S. I'm sorry that I had to bring up an old topic (as well like this longread :)), which has been inactive for a long time, but this little story had to have an ending in order to have a logical conclusion.
 
 

m2017, your dream come true. Your consistency and hard work paid off, so congrats on your new rank as Legendary. Of course, this is the happiest day on your part and you have the right to share that happiness with the members of the forum.

I've actually felt this before, it was when I managed to rank up to Legendary as well. As a user who was on this forum after the merit system was introduced, I think I really know how the struggle and journey are. So have fun.

Congratulations m2017 dream is now achieved by moving up the ranks to become a legendary member because of course this is thanks to your efforts and hard work in making meaningful posts on the forum.

I have also reached the hero member since the airdrop merit of 250 and now my goal is still long for the next rank but with many reaching these members it is a motivation for many people including myself to continue to provide meaningful posts here I will not give up at any time because in here provide more extensive knowledge about the world of bitcoin and other types.

I don't feel you have to be sorry because it is better to use this "old topic" for all of your achievements, than to start a new one when you achieve any new milestone, so posting it here or here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5391471.0) is good.

Congratulations m2017, you dreamt of being legendary, and now you can say you have achieved that dream, when members rank up like this, it can be a motivation for others to get better at their posts and achieve the same thing, so this is a good post and please enjoy your new rank.

Congratulations m2017, it doesn’t get higher than this. Not many people can say they have reached a legendary in such short time. I’m encouraged by your journey and how far you have come. You won the legendary race lol I’m short 464 merits but I’m coming for you. How about we race to 3k merit club. Congratulations again!

Since this thread was created which indicates you have been promoted to rank Sr. Members, it's like you're on a toll road with no obstacles at all to get a higher rank. In a very short time 4 February 2022 while you are still at rank Sr. Members, now you have won the highest rank on the forum February 20, 2023.

MS and the generous people in the forum have played an important role in your success to reach Legendary rank. Of course this is very fun, especially for those of you who have just succeeded in realizing the dream of becoming a Legendary.
Congratulations @m2017, now you are a Legendary member. Have fun, after this you can play the role as others have done for you.

Congratulations m2017, you are not only a legendary member now but also an idol and motivation for other lower ranked  members. I know its a bit tough after the merit system launch, but if one can do it, everyone with good dedication can as well. :)
Gonna take another few months for you (and me too). I guess we both are in the same club princess ;)

Haha, so the competition and the human tendency to get more never ends xD

Needless of saying much, I remember all about this thread and I remember your rank and merit count being so far from achievement when you made this thread. I remember how consistent you have remained. I remember when you helped me escape the 666 merit count ;D
I remember when you joined the Best_Change family. I remember most things about you as if you are my close friend. We only meet here and nothing more, but with all modesty I can attest that you are a good fellow.
Congratulations and accept my love from this end of the world ❤️

I guess we are. If m2017 can do it, we definitely can. I messed up OP’s beautiful 1000 merit number by sending 1 merit. Guess I’m bitter afterall.
It never does lol. There are still legendary members requesting for the creation of a new rank that’s higher than Legendary.

My congratulations OP. But it's time to change the title of your theme. You've become legendary, meaning dreams come true often on this forum if you put in some effort.
I wish you all the best, rejoice with you, and want you to rise to the same level every year, albeit without an official name, nevertheless, achieving new heights and victories.

You've proven that the merit system won't make it difficult for anyone to move up in the rankings when the quality of posts and contributions are the benchmark. You are not the first to reach this stage and you are not the last to feel it, I mean there are a lot of people lining up to reach this milestone and they are on their way.

I'm just advice that you also help other users as others help you about merit. Your merit stats say you have 100+ sMerits still buried in your profile, so it would be great if you could spend them on other users to keep this system going. It doesn't matter how high your priority posts are, but keeping the system running is good.

Seems not the first time with higher level achievement account less contributing with smerits system, I got another user account last several days have been the higher level in Bitcointalk forum as Legendary but looking on smerit transaction sending under 20. Need spent with smerit having for the other user have good contribution in Bitcointalk forum by looking them grow up to higher level.

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Some user are happy when looking the other reach to higher account level by sending feedback or smerit contributing, we can't stand by our self and help the other user will not make your account level downgrade. I think many user got many merit points sending after how active his contributing helped the other user.

Your dream exceeds expectations, this is a very beautiful moment for you. No one thought you could get to the Legendary Rank this fast, the time you need is too fast which may be difficult for other people to achieve.
Glad to see your success reaching Legendary even though your goal was a Hero Member at first. Congratulations to you for this success, your story has inspired other members that there is no obstacle for anyone to go to the highest rank as long as they want to try.

Congratulations OP for achieving what you have dreamed off and this is another example for nothing can stop when you keep working on your goals.

But myself never gave much attention to the merits column, I am happy with the financial knowledge I am getting from bitcointalk and it helped me a lot personally to break and live a good life but topics like these kinds of triggers me to get more merits and now am asking myself what am I doing wrong?

Or I am just another bounty spammer? ???

I am happy every day spent on the forum, and not just on the day of reaching the rank, if you can call it that, and I simply have to share it with the forum members. For you are the main accomplices. :)

The adventure continues. It just changed from driving on the highway to free-floating. I will continue to have fun.


Every day brings even distant goals closer if you don't be passive.


There are much better examples for motivation than me, but I hope that I wrote my posts here (and not only) not for nothing and they will be useful to someone.


Have you forgotten that joke bet yet? :) Oh, no. One race was enough for me. :) I'll wait for you here at the finish line, catch up.
Actually, as I said, I was in no hurry and I'm not going to do it. I will continue to move at my own pace and if I ever save 3k merit, then so be it. Probably in 100 years. :)


Thank you all for your kind words and for appreciating my stubbornness on my way to legendary rank.:)

Something is difficult when we think it is difficult, including how we rank in forum. I'm not at all worried about how forum contributor can get assurance that they'll get to the highest level without realizing it, that's what most people want, but only in the minority here.

You've had a great trip and today you've had a lot of fun, congrats on your rank up to Legendary.

It is 1yr and 15 days you made the thread and the merits,you had then was little compared to the numbers that have added to it since then till date. This means that you are improving yourself and contributing in the forum for other members to learn from you.

You are already in the highest rank and it shows that your dreams came true. It is everybody's dream as a forum member from hero rank down to newbie rank to be legendaries some day,but some of them end up not achieving this goal because of difficulties of getting merits on the forum. Forgetting that patience and hard work is the key.  Congrats mate.

Yes it is. I will have to be more attentive to the posts of other participants and repay the same that others have done for me. All the same, merit should circulate among users, as it was intended.


The idol sounds too loud and pretentious. I'm not suitable for this role.
I see it like this: If you are desperate to get a promotion, then get together and look around. Others could do it, so you can too. If you want. If you want to put in the effort.


It's nice to hear these words and that you still remember these moments. It seemed that this was important only for me, and few people around me would notice these events in my forum life. Sometimes it's nice to be wrong.

You definitely won the cutest post for me. :)


My revenge for this will certainly be cruel and merciless. :D


Let the title of this topic remain unchanged, unlike us. For us always need to strive for new heights and it gets better so that KingsDen has a reason to write charming and cute posts. ;)

Official names and titles, in my opinion, are not as significant as what we ourselves are. The inner state is more important than the rank. Frankly, I still don't feel like a Legendary, because I don't have sufficient knowledge to consider myself as such. I am not ashamed to say that I will ask questions that would not expect from a high rank. So, your wish for new heights is very appropriate in my case.



Thank you all. Sincerely. For your posts and words.

This implies that not all Legendaries are well-rounded members and can understand everything without asking. There are even many Legendaries here who are spammers, without much knowledge and living in the dark among other low ranking spammers. I don't deny it, it exists and will continue to exist.

About your new rank, it is fun. I even wonder when I'll become Legendary - I think months from now or maybe when ATH just hits. LOL

You have enough merits but lack activity which can be earned only by patience so let's say at least a year from now to reach about 900+ to 1000 activities which are normally when someone will become legendary and it's completely random so if you are lucky it may happen as early as possible.

OP ignored my post which kind of makes me feel embarrassed and is proving that my reply is not really worth this discussion. ???

Threads like this one always serves as a source of inspiration for others members in the forum that are looking forward to excel in such way, i personally would love to achieve such feat if not even more than what you have achieved. I honestly believe a good poster will always be recognized in this forum as his hardwork and resilience to growth will always point him out different to other obscure lazy members in the forum. Nothing comes easy in life as you really need to work for it. Congratulations Op on your great achievement as you have truly earned it but its seem to me that your achievements have further double as your profile is currently showing legendary rank achievement so i think it only proper the thread is lock up or updated Just as other members have duely stated.

It's fine to leave it open for a few days, just as it gives other users a chance to congratulate them on their achievement. But the longer it takes, of course there will be more and more unimportant replies that can even become spam.

There is no compulsion, it's like your own awareness to keep running the merit system. But of course it's good if you want to contribute to other users, especially at quality posts like on your local board and on other boards.

When a member realized that giving to the forum does not required the responsibility of any rank, which means irrespective of the rank you're, it is always expected of you to contribute and maintain the standard you started with if not improved on it, by then it should have been a habit.


Everyone has thesame opportunity to reach the peak of the forum ranks and not that alone, they have every right to also get to the pinnacle of success in life if they are determined, everything follows procedures and time together with hardworks, these are the prices needed.

Thanks dude, I'm cutely honoured. You deserve all the nice words and congratulations you have enjoyed in this thread.

I'm waiting for such a day I'll write cute and charming post for you again. Nice people like you deserve such posts everyday, hence I'll write bout it at any slight chance I have. Meanwhile, Legendary congratulations cannot be told you anymore, maybe in less than 1 year it would be my turn.

Oh wow!
Congratulations m2017! I don't know how you are feeling right now. But I can imagine your feelings. Surprisingly, you created this thread a year ago to celebrate your Sr. member rank up. In a year, You managed to earn another 750 merits. It's impressive. Sometimes your merit makes say how valuable you are. I believe only helpful posts deserve merits.

There are a lot of members who have been here for ages, and they are still not able to get Full member rank. (I have been here for a couple of years too, But I was inactive) I haven't seen your many posts, maybe because we are interested in different forum sections. But, I would like to appreciate your contribution and Congratulate you.

Initially, merit-system made me so difficult and frustrated that I abandoned the forum for a while. But when the merit-sources began to accrue them to me little by little, I decided that perhaps not everything was lost and it was worth a try. If I had been told in the past that I would get highest rank, I would not have believed it. Everything happened the way it did. Probably, if I got legendary easily and simply, only at the expense of long-term shitposting, as many did before the new era, then my attitude to the forum could be different. Now, looking back, I am glad that everything was not so smooth and fast, because these difficulties left their mark. You don't have to be afraid of difficulties. We need to see them as an opportunity to realize their potential.

I take your advice and will definitely distribute sMerits. But I don't want to give them indiscriminately to everyone and therefore, I will give to those who deserve their actions and need them. In my opinion.


Don't worry. Everything has its time. I see this as a kind of duty that I must fulfill well and with all responsibility. Thank you for reminding.


A reward or achievement without difficulty is of little value. Until you try and see if you can get what you want.


I am glad that my topic encourages you to new achievements. It's interesting, like a mini-game, the bonus of which will be your personal metaphors.

It's good that you have a question, what are you doing wrong, because it pushes you to look for answers. These answers can only be found by you by looking deep into yourself. Reflect in your free time on what you can "give" to the forum and other users. Perhaps this will help with your question.

Everything has its time. I didn't ignore. Don't be embarrassed. Your replay is also important for me.


Yes, you are right. Our perception is very important and can play a cruel joke on us. If we believe that the goal is achievable, then it ceases to be impossible and unattainable. Therefore, it is important to think positively.


Many dream, but few set a goal. This is the difference. You don't need to dream, but you need to set achievable goals. At Sr.Member, I saw that Hero Member was achievable and therefore set it as my goal by creating this thread. At that time, Legendary was a dream for me, not a goal. As I reached Hero, the next step, I formulated for myself (internally) a new goal - highest rank. At that moment, it ceased to be a dream, but became a goal. What it led to, you already know.

As a Member, you can't set a goal to become Legendary. It's complicated. Very.
Set immediate and achievable goals. For starters, a Full Member.
Step by step, this will lead to the highest rank.


Thank you all for your congratulations and your comments. I am pleased to answer them and discuss with you. It pushes me to new thoughts and allows me to look from a different angle. I wish you all the best.

Besides you're not active enough, you probably weren't interested in merit systems until your mindset changed. I think that's one of the reasons why you don't get high ratings after being active for few years, and actually I felt the same way back then.

The mindset will change when you realize how important it is to contribute to forums regardless of whether it is about your technical knowledge or anything else. It doesn't matter how long it takes you to reach it, but when you can maintain the consistency of your active discussion with the community then you have chance to reach that target.

Apart from that, congratulations @m2017. It may be too late, but cheers.

Many people even wish to reach the highest rank. When a beginner's dream of becoming legendary is achieved, the feeling is that there are still many tasks that need to be completed and the greater the responsibility in the future. This is when the goal of becoming a hero is executed.

Trying to interpret what the hero goal means. Helping those at the lower ranks to be motivated to try to improve their quality so that the desire is achieved. Or maybe when your dream is achieved as it is now, then there is a great desire from you to help them achieve it someday through the merit distribution that you will share based on your own judgement. If my interpretation is correct, the legendary-ranked m2017 is a "hero" and perhaps many other legendary will applaud a hero for doing his job properly.

In advance, congratulations to you my friend.

A story that contains a lot of meaning that you deserve to be recorded during your time on the forum in a book.

Hey bud, welcome to the Legendary club, it's been a long run, but there you go, finally a Legendary! Congrats!!
 

One day it will surely happen. Let's hope it doesn't take a lot of activity. Just keep being on the forum so that we have a reason for your congratulations.


You will certainly achieve the result you want, because you have no illusions and clearly understand that you need to work for this. I am sure you will succeed, just keep doing your job and be patient.


750 merit impresses you, and I gave a whole year of my life for this. :) In fact, it was a pleasure for me to spend this year among the bitcointalk-community and I hope it was not the last.


You correctly noted that the chances increase many times with the constancy of activity on this forum. Each post makes achievement possible and brings the final goal closer.


Well, no books. :) Everything I wanted to say about this has already been written in this thread.


That is why, perhaps, this post of mine will be final here. I think everyone who wanted to, has already spoken.


Once again, I sincerely thank you all. On this I close this topic.

And here we are just over a year later and you've done it!  Congratulations on getting to the end of the line as far as ranks, OP.  Just reading what you've posted in this thread, it's obvious you put a lot of time and thought into what you're writing and that tends to get noticed--which in your case, it obviously did.  If any lower-ranked members are here wondering what they have to do to earn merits, they ought to emulate the path you took and begin by taking a look at your post history.

So sensitive!  Dude, you're doing fine.  Don't let your own thoughts and self-criticism drag you down, because I've seen you contribute to the forum and I think you're being way too hard on yourself.

Congratulations OP for achieving your new legendary rank and it looks good on you. Your hardwork, commitment and consistency finally paid off. Looking at you gives me hope that anything(rank) is possible if only I am ready to put in the work, am making baby steps today and I hope it turns to giant strides tomorrow. Once again, congrats and enjoy your new rank 😎

For someone to get to Hero or Legendary rank, such user kust have been given to consistent learning and improvement on countless times, it's not easy because some finds it a difficult task for them to achieve, the more you could see some members getting there in more than two years, though we have some individuals personal challenges that could take away time from them resulting to not being active for some while, merits also could be another determinant and so on, but if you made it to a higher rank, you've done well in the past.

Right... It is not just about learning, which is important, though.
But realistically, people can learn from the forum without even creating an account, by just lurking around and reading other's opinions and participations. Since ranking up implies earning merits, we could say, instead, that rank is an approximation of the perception this forum as own you as a member.

There are members who have a lot of post in the bounty section, for example, but do not rank up because in the eyes of other's, they do not provide much for the enrichment of this place.

At least, that is the way I see it for now.

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PS: Congratulations to OP for their rank, by the way.

Alot of discussion about bounty hunters had been made previously to this one, it's not that having a bounty profile account is an offence against the forum rules but what they always post is much focused on altcoins and bounties reports which it you can remember that this forum is majorly a bitcoin discussion platform but other boards were added to make the whole thing fun altogether, because personally I don't see what any bounty hunter has benefited me o have warrant giving any merit.

If they don't make a profit, then I don't think they will stick around. But the problem is that their profits are disproportionate to what they do, but it seems worthy to those who are grateful for what it produces.

But maybe this discussion has gone off topic, I think OP should stop it and lock this thread. @m2017, it's time.

This is the kind of inspiring threads I will always want to read through countless times especially for moments I feel like giving up and dumping my account and the forum maybe just because I feel there's no significant growth and I think every other newbie's need to learn on this story.
For it's threads with encouraging stories as this that that there's surely gonna be a light at the end of the tunnel irrespective of how long it takes, that inspired me on making this misconceptualized  post https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5446148.msg61968016#msg61968016 but howbeit am glad to have read OP story.

Yes, this thread needs to be read many times by newbies and someone who finds it difficult up to a new rank. To always exist in the forum requires effort and patience, just like rank up, it takes time to reach the required number of merits as a requirement to be promoted to a higher rank. Op story has inspired many users who feel they can't or find it hard to develop their talents in the forums. The essence of what Op has achieved, hard work always gives more than expected.

Despite the fact that there has been no discussion in this topic for almost a year, I still wanted to remind the forum about the existence of this topic. Not out of any vanity or sense of pride or anything like that. Not at all. It seems to me that the discussion and posts from here could be of some benefit to newly arrived forum participants who missed this and are unlikely to delve into such old topics. Of course, the discussion here is not of a technical (bitcoin) nature and not about the bitcoin, which would undoubtedly be more useful, but still, I believe, it can indirectly facilitate the accumulation of the bitcoin. As many may want, but they have difficulties with it. Both in the case of ranking on the forum and the accumulation of bitcoin, the principle of action will be similar - step by step, the gradual accumulation of merit or every satoshi.

Newbie, if reading these longreads doesn't tire you and you don't fall asleep :), then it would be nice if this inspires someone to new achievements, both personal and public.

P.S. The writing of this post was inspired by reading one topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5474367) and with this I am ending this reminder post. Maybe again, I’ll remind you of the existence of this topic in a year or so. Time will tell.

And may the forum forgive me for this step. :)

Newbie have gradually been inspired by other newbie who seem to easily accumulate merit. Some merit thread can turn out to be very active and lots of newbie come flocking in looking to be farming - but I admit that thread like this are very inspiring even though I'm sure not many newbie will want to read them from A to Z.

You have to pay attention to what's going on - I mean, topics like this aren't going to be very effective in motivating newbie because it seems like most of the newbie these days are those who are farming accounts due to financial difficulties. They know exactly how to earn merit and build their accounts - so I wouldn't be surprised if some of the newbie got some real buzz because of his participation in the drama topic.

Congrats, bro!
Your achievement is very inspiring!


Your written words are a good story for encouragement for every low ranked member on Bitcointalk.
It might look like a very long way to go but when we start it, we are getting closer step by step!

Keep walking!

I wouldn't doubt as well but to be Frank during my newbie stay I actually focused on reading that hunting for merits I never knew it would be that smooth for me despite being stuck for awhile at a particular rank until I started changing my posting style and format this alone gives me a lifting hands to start witnessing a turnaround within the forum. The major problems why most of the newbies won't pay attention to this thread could be by either not having patient to read some lengthy post meanwhile those lengthy post covers lots of information they really needs to know about but due to impatient they kept hunting for merits and flooding any tokens that talks about merits distribution to an extent most of the newbies wants to forced merits source to start distributing merits as other merits source do spray merits.

What I think is when a post really covers a variety of information it propelled whomever that owns a merits to share to them but, when they noticed some leakage or poorly written post more like spamming none would be triggered to dish out his or her merits to them without wanting to spend their merits wisely. As a matter of facts merits has been the major discussion of newbies rather than learning what would help them to know their left and right in this forum.