[FUN][In Merit] Post Count Down To Your Next Rank Here.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Hi everyone, So here is an idea I think would be fun to do and at the same time, Help us to support each other, for our individual growth on the forum.

Impotant Notice:-
we all are free to post comments, but when posting a count down to your next rank, Make sure to read the rules carefully and follow them, doing otherwise will have your post reported and possibly deleted by the Moderator.
And also note that this program is for those that have achieved the required Activity to move to the next rank, but are lacking in Merit(s), if your have achieved the Merit(s) required for your next rank and lacks enough Activity, receiving more Merit(s) through to this program won't help you rank up immediately, but will in the long run though.

IN MERIT- POST A COUNT DOWN TO YOUR NEXT RANK.

Description:-
This is announcing or posting -(and keeping post constantly updated)- the number of Merit(s) left to get you into your next rank.

Benefits:-
If you post the number of merit(s) left for you to move to the next rank here, Merit sources, Any one and Everyone watching this topic with lots of sMerit to share might decide to take a look at your post history, to find posts that are Merit worthy to Merit so as to help you ascend.

Note:-
Please note that you stand a better chance of being Assisted/Merited into your next rank if --

• you have little amount of Merit(s) left to ascend to your next rank.
• If your posts are of utmost quality.

RULES

• This program is open to all Ranks except Legendary, who are already Legends and have no other rank to attain, But Legendary ranks are free to comment/support/correct/take action on those that fail to follow the rules here.
• Minimum required Activity to participate in this program is 50+, any account making count down post here with less than 50 activity level will have his post reported to moderator and possibly deleted.
• To avoid or minimize spam, it is henceforth required that You must be a jr member rank to make a count down post on this thread - 1 merit is not so hard to earn on your own I believe.
• For orderliness, and to differentiate Count down Posts from ordinary comments, You are mandated to use the format below to make/create your count down post.

Code:

[b]My Countdown to _____ Rank[/b]
[b][i]Number of Merit(s) left: ?[/i][/b]

• It is mandatory that You must be less than 25 merits from next rank to make a count down post on this thread.
  
• As you get Merit(s), Try as much as possible to keep your count down post updated with the current number(s) of Merit left to shift you to your next rank.
• In order to bring spam down to its barest minimum, especially from Newbies, Only one count down post is required per user, you can always edit your count down post for your next rank if you get upgraded, that is, if your are a Full member rank and make a count down post to Senior member rank, once you get to Senior member rank, you can edit your count down post for your next rank which is Hero member rank.
  
• We know you would like your count down post to be on the last page of the thread for better visibility, but making a countdown post on every page is Spam and that's not so cool, So you are required to only ask (make a count down post) once in a 7 days period.
• After you have achieved your new rank, DO NOT USE THIS THREAD AS A PLACE TO ANNOUNCE YOUR NEW RANK, you can announce your new rank on Announce your rank up, merit or any achievements that makes you feel great!
• Failure to Adhere and comply with the above rules will result to a total boycott of your request, and you stand a chance of being reported to the mod for spamming.
• Rules are likely to be added or changed, but for now, make sure to read the rules above and obey them.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

My Countdown to Ledendary member Rank
Number of Merit(s) left: ??


The above is my own count down to Hero member rank past., it should also act as an example to those that will be doing the same below.

[PX-Z]

I wished to make this topic a self moderated one but I guess I've not attained the rank required yet, as I can't fine the self moderate button any where.

Fyi only, you can't make a self-moderated thread in meta board.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=152876.msg1623006#msg1623006

On the other hand, i guess you have to make specific number on this "little amount of Merit(s)" say only 50 merits left or so.
I use 50 since that's the maximum merit someone can give in one go for someone to rank up.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I wished to make this topic a self moderated one but I guess I've not attained the rank required yet, as I can't fine the self moderate button any where.

Fyi only, you can't make a self-moderated thread in meta board.

Forgive my ignorance then, I didn't know this, thanks for bringing this to my knowledge.

On the other hand, i guess you have to make specific number on this "little amount of Merit(s)" say only 50 merits left or so.
I use 50 since that's the maximum merit someone can give in one go for someone to rank up.

Yeah, I know this, I decide not to set a limit in other not to limit those with higher number of Merit(s) left for the next rank, since the required merits for next rank doesn't necessarily have to come from one user or source, so anybody with maybe 500, 200 100 merits left for their next rank are also qualified to post a count down to their next rank.

[Daniel91]

OP, very nice and interesting initiative and I am ready to support it with my available merits.
I will review all members' applications, their post history on the forum and reward posts that I consider to be of good quality, with merit.
I opened a similar topic on my local part of the forum, and in that topic all local members can also report their good posts and those that are of good quality I reward with merit.
I'm ready to do the same here 
I'm waiting for applications 

[aysg76]

There is one such thread by @Ratimov in which if you are eligible to apply or have the little amount of merits left for your next rank : [Merit] ]Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank

So anybody with maybe 500, 200 100 merits left for their next rank are also qualified to post a count down to their next rank.

These are big merit lags and you see merit sources could help you to reach next rank if you are having little amount of merits only but suppose if a full member is having 110 merits so he still have 140 merits left so will they be dropping out such numbers at once? The merits will be send on quality based only and sometimes the members has left few left so that can be helped by sources but not these numbers.Those who are quality posters think they are unnoticed they can post their threads here

So there should be fixed criteria for these applications as shitposters will spam this thread as soon as it's open for all with no restriction so you need to review your criteria.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Even I need merit to rank up, I see this topic is not necessary.

It does not belong to Meta, if you want to keep it, please moves it to Reputation.

Meta is for forum-related discussions like Merit system, trust flags, new forum software (Epochtalk), bugs and more. Not for personal rank or personal reputation.

Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source
Bitcointalk Ranking-up pipeline- Those close to their next rank (lacking Merits)
[Merit] Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank

This topic will become places for users to exploit merit from merit sources, to hit post quota for their signature campaign and make Meta like a trash board.

If they want to rank up, make contributions, they will rank up.

[PX-Z]

Even I need merit to rank up, I see this topic is not necessary.

/...

This topic will become places for users to exploit merit from merit sources, to hit post quota for their signature campaign and make Meta like a trash board.

There are lots of thread made the same like this, i say the same intension. So, i say it's somewhat necessary but it's just that you dont need this as per i understand.

Also, yeah, this thread doesnt suit here meta, but exploiting merit from merit sources? I guess no, those sources are somewhat have their own standards which is probably higher than most of normal users here.

Signature campaign manager wont count the kind of post like application/countdown post like what OP wants to post. They at least have minimum number of characters to be counted.

[Z-tight]

This topic will become places for users to exploit merit from merit sources,

The topic did not belong in meta and it has correctly being moved, but it didn't belong to meta for any of the reasons you said, merit sources can't be exploited, merit sources are refilled with smerits so they can give them to members of the forum to rank up, they have no other use of the smerits but to give them out so members can rank up, if they do not give them out, it is wasted after thirty days. Merit sources won't also send merits to a member or their posts without reading it, or checking the history to find out if it is in line with their criteria.

If they want to rank up, make contributions, they will rank up.

It is their contributions that merit sources and other members will be sending merits to in the topic, this is not the first, and will not be the last of such topics i have seen that aims to bring members close to their next rank together, to make it easy for members that want to rank them up do so. You can probably say we do not need another one of them, but that is up to the OP.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Should I contribute too long posts like you to get merit / post ratio is 1:1 

[Fivestar4everMVP]

There is one such thread by @Ratimov in which if you are eligible to apply or have the little amount of merits left for your next rank : [Merit] ]Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank

I know about this thread, and if you look deeper in mine, you would probably see that it is totally different from that which @Ratimov started, This one here is like a game, something you do for fun, it's just like knowing something that is to happen in a particular time and you start counting down to it, this is the major point of this thread, the merit aspect of it is a side benefit which I decided to include.

So anybody with maybe 500, 200 100 merits left for their next rank are also qualified to post a count down to their next rank.

These are big merit lags and you see merit sources could help you to reach next rank if you are having little amount of merits only but suppose if a full member is having 110 merits so he still have 140 merits left so will they be dropping out such numbers at once?

If they like, why not?, like I've said before, this is majorly a count down to your next rank thread, something fun like, if you are a full member needing 110 merit to rank up to senior member, you can post a count down of 110 merits, and as you earn merit around the forum, you can always come around here to edit your count down post by bringing 110 down according to the number of Merit you've earned in the past seconds, minutes, hours or days or weeks, just like that until 110 becomes 0, this means you've earned 110 merit and now a Senior member.
I really hope you understand the explanation.

So there should be fixed criteria for these applications as shitposters will spam this thread as soon as it's open for all with no restriction so you need to review your criteria.

I am open to suggestions, so feel free to drop some based on my explanation above, like I said before, this is majorly for fun, the merit side of it is something I added as minority, to encourage users to join.

[Scam Exposey]

This thread is another obvious method of merit fishing.

Making theirself looks like helping others but in the end the main intention is also to get merit from other users.

Stop being a merit whore 

[The Sceptical Chymist]

It is their contributions that merit sources and other members will be sending merits to in the topic, this is not the first, and will not be the last of such topics i have seen

I'm not sure that's what this thread is all about, but I wouldn't doubt it.  But assuming it's not, there's already the ranking-up pipeline thread that's active and helps to guide merit sources as far as who they might want to help out next--and that's already been mentioned a few times here already.

And me?  I'm exactly an infinite number of merits away from my next rank, seeing as how Legendary is the end of the road.  It's too bad there aren't more ranks, because I think if there were maybe 15-20 of them, members would be gratified a little more often for their hard work and effort.  Going from Newbie to Full Member already takes massive commitment, luck, and the generosity of merit-givers, as well as a lot of time to achieve.  If the 15-20 ranks (or more) that I mentioned were spread out over maybe a 2500 merit requirement, it might make the ranking up process more fun.

[AnotherAlt]

There is one such thread by @Ratimov in which if you are eligible to apply or have the little amount of merits left for your next rank : [Merit] ]Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank

[Merit] Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank

@Ratimov Didn't accept new applications for the last four months. There was a lot of Drama with Ratimov. He has been accused of being a Merit whore by BitcoinGirl.club. Other Merit sources also criticized him countless times for sending merits to newbies. He is one of the Merit sources who sent most merits to banned users. So, I guess he is a bit depressed. He didn't close the thread yet. But, I guess he is not going to accept new applications. Better not to suggest his thread anymore.


I have 12 merits left to reach my next rank. Once I sum up some of my good posts (in my opinion) and posted on a thread named Report Unmerited good post. I don't think any merit source saw that post. Or maybe those posts don't deserve merits. I noticed DdmrDdmr Mentioned me on his thread. Still, I didn't get caught in merit sources' eyes. Maybe because I don't have enough activity.

[Little Mouse]

It's too bad there aren't more ranks, because I think if there were maybe 15-20 of them, members would be gratified a little more often for their hard work and effort.

The way users are looking for next rank, I believe theymos will introduce new forum rank, maybe with 5000 merits + 5000 activities. Please stop being sad for not introducing new rank. I will be upset if theymos introduces new rank before I reach Legendary  

[m2017]

It's too bad there aren't more ranks, because I think if there were maybe 15-20 of them, members would be gratified a little more often for their hard work and effort.

The way users are looking for next rank, I believe theymos will introduce new forum rank, maybe with 5000 merits + 5000 activities. Please stop being sad for not introducing new rank. I will be upset if theymos introduces new rank before I reach Legendary  

Why is this needed? This rank will be able to get units. Such users, who have 5000 merits + 5000 activities, are already known to everyone on this forum and their nicknames are on everyone's lips. If theymos asks me if need to introduce a new rank, I will definitely answer No (as long as I have something to strive for). I'm curious if he ever voiced the possibility of a new rank?

Even though there are already several similar topics like this one, I think creating a topic [FUN][In Merit] Post Count Down To Your Next Rank Here] would not be superfluous at all. The rest, like [Merit] ]Help newbies and those who have a little left to the next rank, are almost inactive, which, in my opinion, is bad. On forum should be able to receive additional merits, when users are just a little bit up to a new rank.

But there must be some criteria, as aysg76:

So there should be fixed criteria for these applications as shitposters will spam this thread as soon as it's open for all with no restriction so you need to review your criteria.

[Falconer]

I am open to suggestions, so feel free to drop some based on my explanation above, like I said before, this is majorly for fun, the merit side of it is something I added as minority, to encourage users to join.

Somehow I think your idea can still be considered as something good to support other users' ratings, but I doubt its success rate. Although actually you have a number of rules and limitations, but I think your hand should be stronger than the hands of other users. I mean you are not a merit source and it will make it difficult for you to appreciate other users' posts because you only get 1 sMerit out of 2 merit you receive from other members.

Even if you rely on merit source to specifically review those users without sending a link to their post, then it will just waste a lot of time for them. I'm sure many of them won't bother to do it, but I actually support your idea. Just my two cents.

But by the way, congratulations to your Hero Member.

[yahoo62278]

My Countdown to Hero member Rank
Number of Merit(s) left: 20


The above is my own count down to Hero member rank past., it should also act as an example to those that will be doing the same below.

Might take another count cause your number looks to be wrong lol. Congrats on the new rank!!!

I cannot rank up obviously, but I hope theymos decides to make a new rank for those of us just here looking like dinosaurs.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I have 12 merits left to reach my next rank. Once I sum up some of my good posts (in my opinion) and posted on a thread named Report Unmerited good post. I don't think any merit source saw that post. Or maybe those posts don't deserve merits. I noticed DdmrDdmr Mentioned me on his thread. Still, I didn't get caught in merit sources' eyes. Maybe because I don't have enough activity.

If I must be honest with you, i did tell you the problem doesn't lie in your not having enough activity, but in your username, your username gives this first impression that you are an Alt account to several other accounts which i believe its true, and we all know that members of this forum who have the good of this forum at heart frowns greatly at Alt accounting, and fortunately for users here, and unfortunately for you, you made yours visibly known as an Alt.

Everybody, including Merit sources tries as much as possible to avoid helping Alt accounts to rank up, and this is because they are avoiding being accused of and criticized for supporting account farming.

If i should give you the benefit of the doubt and assume this is the only account you have here on Bitcointalk, then i would like to ask you why you choose such a username? unfortunately, usernames cannot be edited or changed.     

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

If I must be honest with you, i did tell you the problem doesn't lie in your not having enough activity, but in your username, your username gives this first impression that you are an Alt account to several other accounts which i believe its true, and we all know that members of this forum who have the good of this forum at heart frowns greatly at Alt accounting, and fortunately for users here, and unfortunately for you, you made yours visibly known as an Alt.

AnotherAlt can be another alternate coin, another alternate solution, whatsoever. I think name is not problem but I agree that AnotherAlt does not have enough activities and posts.