If there's anything that's more disappointing than the innumerable alts that exist on this forum, it is the merit system!
When the Merit system was announced initially, I was really looking forward to it since it would have helped me differentiate myself from the majority of the shitposters that exist here. I saw it as an opportunity to rank up by writing quality posts, but even after being a regular and efficient poster, I haven't received any merit.
The funny part? The majority of the people who have it are either mere shitposters who end up receiving merit from their alts or close friends, or the campaign managers who get merited by desperate bounty hunters on the day they send payments or when they announce a new campaign.
What is the fun of having such a system in place where merits no longer carry any sort of credibility and are just freely given away for no apparent reason?!
I saw a one liner post by Lauda which received 50 merits from aTriz, a 7 word post from a user which received 5 merits from Pharmacist and innumerable other similar examples.
Almost everyone on this forum is misusing it. Hardly do I ever see a good post being merited.
Another thing that surprises me is that a lot of users have some special affinity for Yahoo. So many of them are busy licking his balls and worshipping him. The majority of people that he has accepted in his own signature campaign are actually the worst shitposters I have seen around with absolutely no command over English grammar whatsoever.
I wish there was a better system in place compared to the Merit system. It makes it near impossible to ever rank up on this forum.
P.S - Before you call me a hypocrite, I do not support alts. I made this account just to vent out my frustration. I was and shall always be a trusted member of the community.
And why should I believe that you are and "shall always be a trusted member of the community"?
If you are such a great poster and trusted member of the community why would you start a newbie account?
Why won't you post on your "real" account?
More than anything, it seems like you are making an alt, posting something that you hope will get merit, so you can give smerit back to your main account.
Yes, it is hard to get merit and a lot of people abuse the system, you can join the literally thousands of posts whining about merit but not offering anything that is meritable.
Or, if you are really that desperate for merit (why would you be unless you are trying to make profit off the forum?), why don't you do what others do to get more?
Why won't you adapt to the situation before you?
The system is new, and will take time to see how it changes (or doesn't change) the forum.
Before any changes can be made to it, it needs to run its course.
Me personally, I don't see merit as a big deal.
I haven't seen that it lessens the amount of spam and I see that merit is given out randomly and abusively.
Well, of course it wouldn't work as intended, this is an open forum on the wonderful world of the internet, you expect people to behave and act civilized?
