Finally in the Hero club!

[qwertyup23]

I've not seen these sort of congratulatory posts around the forum for some time. Congratulations on your new rank.

We all know that becoming Legendary is definitely much more beneficial as a long-term goal.

I'm not aware of any benefits of being a legendary ranked member. The closest to any benefit would be earnings in signature campaigns, but that does not differ much between hero and legendary. Many projects group both ranks to the same cadre.

I do agree with Upgrade00 that the only benefits of reaching Legendary Rank is the extra privilege of earning more BTCs in campaign signatures. However, there are also several campaign signatures that offer equal rates between Hero and Legendary ranks which somehow renders it immaterial.

Regardless, I do congratulate you OP for reaching this rank. I remember my journey when the merit system was introduced. I really thought that it would be impossible to rank up given the scarcity of sMerits but over the years of development, more merits were being circulated and more posts were merited. Now that you reached this rank, I hope your journey continues in reaching Legendary Rank!

[taufik123]

This different perspective is needed by newbies or people who want to stay on this forum. Because if you only chase rankings sometimes you don't focus on the quality of the posts you make. Contributions that are useful and help members here will certainly be very much needed. Merit is just a bonus if you get it. Many members will appreciate you with good contributions and original posts.

I see some of your posts are very good and the sentences you use are easy to understand. I started to pay attention to you when you were accepted into the Bounty Signature GOLD, because the Bounty GOLD TOKEN is very selective in choosing participants for the Signature campaign.

Congratulations, you've been ranked as a Hero Member, there is still a Legendary rank that you need to achieve. But your journey will not be finished even if the Legendary Rank has been reached, this is still the beginning, and start everything with a good and useful contribution. Good luck bro.

[pawanjain]

Ever since Bitcointalk introduced the Merit system, I was stuck on being a Sr. Member for a few years. I was having an up and down journey, becoming inconsistent, making mistakes, etc. It was not easy to rank up these days. There are no shortcuts, I've got to earn it even if it took me a long while to get there. I remember the day that I've applied the "law of attraction" to myself that there come a time that I'll finally become a Hero Member.

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I know that feeling because I have lived that moment myself. Even I had turned Hero just a few months back and the feeling was literally good.
Although I didn't care much about the merits myself the satisfaction of ranking up was immensely great.
As you said, we should definitely just focus on trying to contribute more towards this forum and care less about ranking up and merits.
That way we never have to worry about any of those things while still enjoy being around discussing and sometimes debating with the geniuses around.
The one thing I like the most about this forum is the immense amount of knowledge that it freely provides and I am thankful for that. 

[retreat]

congratulations on your hard work reaching hero member @cheezcarls, even though I just tried to read your post, I learned a lot from that. Honestly, I'm very motivated to be in your (hero member) position now. wish me luck! and keep the spirit to reach the next rank target (legendary member)

[The Cryptovator]

Congrats on your achievement. Slow growth is better than running fast and falling down. I mean a couple of users I have seen on the forum run too quick and earn a lot of merits. But eventually, their account got banned or tagged by DT members due to suspicious activities. However, earning merits shouldn't aim for any member, otherwise, you can't concentrate on the contribution. But if you concentrate on the contribution merit would walk by following you. Just keep your contribution and walk to the way Legendary. You don't need to run and rush.

[ShowOff]

-snip-Either way, i’m enjoying it even if it takes long for me to reach my goal. I’m lovin’ it!

I had a similar experience as you and I think it gives me a feeling of satisfaction when the target is reached "Legendary" although it takes some time to reach this rank.

By now you should know that Legendary is not an impossible rank for you if you are able to maintain the quality of your posts and consistent contributions. But first, congratulations to you who managed to reach Hero member. Now you only need less than 500 merit to reach Legendary and I hope you can do it quickly.

[icopress]

I'm not aware of any benefits of being a legendary ranked member. [...]

Only if we are not talking about long-term malicious purposes.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

OP, you registered on bitcointalk before I did, and I'm very surprised you haven't made it to Legendary yet--it's not like your posts don't deserve merits, and I don't know why you haven't earned more than you have.  My best guess would have to be that you haven't made enough posts since the merit system started.  People may not realize that in addition to being a quality poster, you kind of have to be a prolific one as well, because even excellent posts tend to go un-merited more often than not.

If you're interested in having me do a monthly post history review, feel free to send me a PM every 30 days and I'll see what I can do to nudge you along to Legendary status, which you very much deserve IMO.

I do agree with Upgrade00 that the only benefits of reaching Legendary Rank is the extra privilege of earning more BTCs in campaign signatures.

That and it's an ego boost for some as well--hence all the threads by members telling the community when they've ranked up.  I'm pretty sure cheezcarls didn't create this thread because he's just itching to earn more in a sig campaign.  It's nice to be in the rarified air of the Hero/Legendary ranks, because most new members will likely never achieve them unless they stick around for a long time.

[cheezcarls]

OP, you registered on bitcointalk before I did, and I'm very surprised you haven't made it to Legendary yet--it's not like your posts don't deserve merits, and I don't know why you haven't earned more than you have.  My best guess would have to be that you haven't made enough posts since the merit system started.  People may not realize that in addition to being a quality poster, you kind of have to be a prolific one as well, because even excellent posts tend to go un-merited more often than not.

Yes I was inconsistent in doing posts (especially more than 3 long years of being inactive after registering an account and do nothing because of lack of knowledge and understanding) and also busy traveling here and there until the pandemic came.

Now that I am working at home for most of the time with other projects, it's time for me to keep learning and making progress of my journey. I'm taking it one day at a time.

If you're interested in having me do a monthly post history review, feel free to send me a PM every 30 days and I'll see what I can do to nudge you along to Legendary status, which you very much deserve IMO.

Sure I would love to. Thank you for the help and I really appreciate it very much. You've been supportive in some of my contributions from time to time and I noticed that. Thanks for believing in me.

That and it's an ego boost for some as well--hence all the threads by members telling the community when they've ranked up.  I'm pretty sure cheezcarls didn't create this thread because he's just itching to earn more in a sig campaign.  It's nice to be in the rarified air of the Hero/Legendary ranks, because most new members will likely never achieve them unless they stick around for a long time.

To be honest, I loved the word "Legendary". I really do. Earning more from a signature campaign is just another "bonus blessing" for me aside from merits and ranking up. I'm just having fun, being passionate on what I do to help, giving advice, sharing new stuff going on in crypto, etc. I always believe in delayed gratification, as I keep giving without expecting anything in return (but was blessed unexpectedly in many ways).

[m2017]

Although delayed, I still want to make comments on your topic.
You reached Hero rank before me, and also congratulated me before. It was my turn to do it, despite being late. I congratulate cheezcarls on your achievement because it is identical to mine from a formal point of view, but in fact,  the path to a new rank is different for everyone, special and individual.

I paid attention to the date of your registration on bitcointalk and the date 2014 discouraged me a little. On this occasion, I immediately had 2 thoughts:
- Omg, within about 4 years of the old era, you could have become Legendary long ago! This is what it means to take small steps, but to do them constantly. I assume that at that time you didn't seek to increase the rank and visited this forum from time to time, no more. I have about the same case. Therefore, you are forgiven.
- Against the background of your personal history, my case seems to be something insignificant and your path to Hero Member is much longer and more difficult.

I am grateful that you created this topic and wrote your kind words, sharing your "philosophy" and views. They fill with "grace". In my opinion, this really deserves attention and may inspire new forum users to new productive and useful achievements. I like your attitude to merit and rank from the standpoint of the "law of attraction" - what should happen will definitely happen if make efforts and be active in it. Trying to give more to the community and giving it our time and energy, we always get much more, albeit not immediately, albeit in a completely different form, but the "boomerang" returns one way or another. And this is not about ranks and merits at all. This can be considered a nice addition.

Congratulations once again on your long awaited achievement and thank cheezcarls that there is such a patient person on forum with his unusual views, which, by the way, showed that the methodology he uses works. Take advantage of this technique, beginners.