Theymos hasn't done anything for this "leet" in post number. It is a default feature of early SMF version
So, I am pretty sure that you are not gonna see it for merit also.
Sure, but I think he is the one who wrote the code for the merit system as it is not part of the standard SMF functions, so then he can actually do this.
I'm note sure about the activity, tho.
I am still waiting for someone to get 100,000+ posts for 'I am a geek!!'
Cool, I did't know that. Well, we are not even close to the half of it, so we need to wait some more.