I am expecting a footballing spectacle come April 10th at the Etihad when this two teams (City V Liverpool) meet, that game is indeed going to be a turning point in the league, and who knows in whose favor it is going to turn, first of all though, City need to put away Burnley, and Liverpool watford, those games will take place on April the 2nd, if both succeed in getting maximum points, then only one point will separate them as they lock horns in the home of the champions.

City have a pretty impressive record against Liverpool at the Etihad, so they could have a slight advantage, if it were to be at Anfield, a turf where City habitually struggle, then it would have been a very scary game for City fans to look forward to. In my opinion, this two teams played out the most interesting game i have watched in the EPL this season when they faced each other in their first leg encounter at Anfield, a pulsating game that ended 2-2, i am pretty sure this second leg will be no less enthralling and exhilarating to watch.

As far as i know referral links are not allowed, and the only exceptions i can think of is adding a referral link to your signature if you are on a signature campaign, that is of course if the campaign manager agrees to such.
After i used the search button, i found this, they are old posts, but contains some information on your enquiry:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=987366.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5178992.0

Lol, i really hope he listens, i am pretty sure Theymos reads through meta at least, so he definitely sees all the request for new merit sources, and there are really some good users in the 'pipeline' waiting to be accepted, OP is definitely one of them. If we are to try and read Theymos' mind as to the reason why he hasn't acted on some of these qualified merit source applications, can we say he is somewhat of the opinion that the merit process/distribution is going on fine and for now there is no need for new additions?

I am absolutely speculating though, since i am neither an admin here, but there must be a reason for the delay eh? Does anyone also think the reason above can be correct, even though i personally do not agree with that, just as The Pharmacist has highlighted i am pretty sure there are MS who aren't as active as they were before and new Merit Sources by 'default' would tend to be more vibrant and eager to hand out merits effectively, finally, we also do not have an overflow of merit sources so adding to them isn't a bad decision anyday, goodluck once again skarais.

Yes, the news is popular in the media for now, i do not know how we can know if the deal is going to happen or not, but what i know is that whatever Manchester United plan on doing, they must get it right, there have been too many mistakes as regards signing managers since Fergie left, and i think this is a make or break moment for the team. He is not the only name in the news of late, there are also speculations of other coaches United are currenly monitoring, we would find out who gets the nod at the end of the season.

You prolly have a point there, even though i still feel City would win the league in the end. Watching City play in their last EPL game, i think they were more concerned about Liverpool breathing down their necks, rather than concentrating in putting their opponent away, it happens though, when you are at the summit, and a team is putting a lot of pressure on you from behind, you will always have that worried mindset that any slip up would be costly, and honestly that thought alone can affect your game and cost you points.

Having said that, i think this international break would be good for City, they could use it to free up their mind a bit and relax, there is a crunching game against Liverpool in the coming weeks, but before that we play Burnley, we just have to concentrate on the team in front of us and not Liverpool, well till we play them, and we will be just fine.

Well Pmalek actually did that, i assume you somewhat missed his post above, i will quote it for you below, i am also of the opinion that more users should be encouraged to join in the merit system (giving and receiving), though it is clearly understandable if a user doesn't really care about such, and then users who have such criteria that a user should be involved in the system before earning merits from them could also likewise skip their post in relation to merits, except it is a post of extremely high quality, just as Pmalek highlighted below. Having said that, we will see over the coming weeks if OP is the type that hoards merits; and God Meta has been somewhat free from newbies making a lot of threads about merits, so i really hope you're wrong and we do not go back to that . Here is the post i spoke about earlier:

They are a good source of extra income, but i really wouldn't call it a reliable source of income, do not get me wrong, i know some campaigns pay quite well and the value could really be high for some users based on their country of residence, but that doesn't eliminate the 'uncertainty' around campaigns/bounties such as: quite a lot of bounties do not pay their participants, and for the ones who pay, they give out worthless stuff, as for signature campaigns, they can end quite abruptly, with no notice at all, now imagine being on the receiving end of any of these scenarios if you rely solely on one of this source of income.

I know there have been quite a lot of complaints of late from active reporters that users aren't getting banned after being reported for plagiarism, but do you think there is actually a new rule to it? Personally i do not think so, i think if there was, the forum would have been updated on the whole matter. Don't you think it could be that most of the mods who handle ban cases have prolly been busy with real life issues and all, maybe that is why they usually miss the first or second report and then act on it when so much of their attention has been drawn to the issue (mind you, i am just assuming that could be it).

I don't think so too, no disrespect to Athletico Madrid but i believe City will be too strong for them and i expect the champions of England to progress to the next round, Athletico will come into the game with a defensive mindset for sure, just as they always do, and i think that will be their own undoing as City will throw everything at them and get a couple of goals. Having said that, if Athletico are to have any chance in this game then they must change their philosophy of parking the bus, if they come into this game with that tactic, they are going to get beat pretty well.

I do not see how that is a problem, the both of them are the most comfortable players in front of goal in the team, and quite rightly they are the two players Conte will want to see the ball on their feet in front of the opposition goal, cause they will more often than not make the net to bulge. Look at it this way: the whole team does their job well, Kane and son combine and score, no problem at all. What i think is Spurs' problem is inconsistency, they find it hard to win numerous games on the spin, they either win today, draw tomorrow, lose in a forthnight, and then win again afterwards, that is being erratic at its best and that is what will cost them a top four finish this season, cause in my opinion, 4th position is Arsenal's for the taking.

To be honest i do not really agree with this part, fresh graduates or whosoever doesn't need to learn about Bitcoin in a school to understand the network or to harness its benefits, there are more than a million materials to choose from in order to learn about Bitcoin, there are books, varieties of them for that matter, one is 'Mastering Bitcoin' by Andreas Antonopoulos, there are so many videos on youtube and other platforms as well, there is also this forum and many more.

Having said that, even if this is to be implemented, in some parts of the world it is going to be somewhat difficult to get teachers on the subject, people who do not have sufficient knowledge about Bitcoin could take up the job and start spreading misconceptions and fake theories which will affect prospective learners.

Another thing is safety, when Bitcoin is learnt in physical groups like a school, people could easily lose personal info of their wallet like their seed phrases and thus lose their funds, for example, since the teacher is prolly going to be teaching novices about Bitcoin, he could prolly be a scammer who will teach them how to buy Bitcoins into their wallet, but he himself would keep a copy of their seed phrase, and with that steal funds from the students, maybe i am being paranoid, but it is possible, i believe Bitcoin should be learnt individually, without the help of a personal teacher or mentor.

Absolutely, the role played by Nigeria in crypto adoption in Africa cannot be overemphasized, whether the IP addresses indicating Lagos are from other states in Nigeria, that doesn't matter, as long as it is within the shores of our dear country. I expect crypto adoption in Africa (more specifically in Nigeria) to continue growing sporadically, Nigerians for example are very enterprising and industrious people, so it was always expected that we will jump on this network and completely harness its benefits.

If we are to be honest, it is our government that is making things difficult for us and giving us a bad name to the rest of the world, every average Nigerian youth is somewhat creative and curious for knowledge, and i am pretty certain that the highest percentage of Nigerians involved in crypto are the youths, the more the government tries to limit us, the more we find escape routes to success. This growth will definitely continue, as sooner rather than later people who are ambivalent about the network would be convinced to join when they are exposed to its benefits.

Congratulations mate, users experience different speed levels in their quest for a new rank, yours might have taken quite a while, but now it is finally here i am pretty sure it now feels like the wait was actually worth it. With the introdiction of the merit system ranking up has little or no shortcuts, so a lot of it is on the level of quality displayed by individual users, so well done in getting to this stage. Legendary rank might seem far now, but 'more of the same please' and you'll be there eventually, congratulations once again.

Alongside the tean that will be champions, the team that will finish fourth is also yet to be decided, Arsenal are in the most favorite position to end fourth at the moment, but Spurs and United are still close to Arsenal, and even though i don't think anything dramatic will happen that will take either of them above the gunners, it still doesn't rule out the possibility of it happening.

Having said that, as far as the title is concerned, City remains my favorite team to win it, credit to Liverpool for fighting back so hard and making the end part of the season very interesting, but i expect City to just edge them by the finest of margins.

It will be quite an exodus if all of those players leave the team all at once, and personally i doubt they will all leave at the same time, i have not seen any speculation linking donnarumma out of the team of late, i think he is happy at PSG, he is getting good playing time even though he has a strong competition for his position in the person of Keylor Navas, but he still gets the nod to stay between the sticks more often than not, so i think he will stay.

Having said that, the situation with Mbappe looks all but settled as i believe he will leave the team at the end of the season, it looks like Madrid would be the ones acquiring his signature. As for Messi and Neymar, they looked happy many weeks back, but a lot has changed in the past couple of weeks, after the humilating exit from the CL, and receiving boos in their sebsequent league match, that can tell on their mentality, they could prolly feel the fans aren't on their side, and that could result in an exit, but nothing is certain yet.

Xavi isn't the sort of manager to underestimate teams and allow complacency to set it, so i absolutely do not see him doing that, Barcelona are still in their resurgence stage thus every team is a competitor to them as they try their best to always make a statement whenever they step out on the pitch of play. I expect Barcelona to win this and progress to the next round, they have shown quite a lot of quality of late to tell that they will be too strong for their opponents.

Having said that, i know based on Barcelona's level in world football, they ordinarily would not be happy winning the Europa league, but in this present circumstances, and with what the club has been through in the past year, i believe they will take this one with smiles if they win it, and start competing for titles such as the laliga and the CL with the big teams again next season, just as has always been the case.

That is not an issue or a problem, here is the reason why it seems your activity is stuck:
So all you basically have to do is just wait and continue contributing on the forum as normal, when your next period is complete, your activity will be updated, if you want to know all about activity, check this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

Merits is a very subjective issue, so if you are looking for a general criterion for giving them out, then i am afraid you would not find any, every user has their own personal criteria and you prolly should have yours, and that will help you to give out merits effectively when you see posts that meet your criteria.

But mind you that merit sources for example would prolly have a more lenient criteria for giving out merits since they get replenished every 30 days, and source merits not used up within that time get decayed, so they definitely would give out more merits that a user who isn't a MS. I said that so as you fix your criteria you understand that you might always run out of smerits, thus you make sure you give them out to a post you really like.

Having said that, the forum really doesn't care what you do with your smerits, just do not sell them, and do not give them to your alt accounts.

If that be the case, then make good use of the search button, you should know its use and importance by now, and as for 'finding your way through', things on the forum aren't as complicated as you are making it seem, just garner sufficient Bitcoin/forum knowledge, and you use it to communicate here.
You do not have to go as far as youtube to get knowledge about the forum, again, just use the search button.
No user is obliged to be nice to the other, just do not break the forum rules and that's that, you might want to wear a thicker skin so you do not have to worry too much; and NO, you did not break any rule.

And they did just that, they did not just get one, but two goals, Aubameyang and Araujo have given Barcelona a two goal lead as they are now in the dying stages of the first half, a very excellent display from Barcelona in this first half, they have clearly been the better team and they deserve to go into the break with this lead. Like i said before today, this is Barcelona's first real test after their resurgence, and they are absolutely bossing it, an awful amount of credit must go the way of Xavi and his boys for not giving up on this season, i hope they see this one through in the second half and take home all three points.