I would also add the rule that whoever applies here must have enough activity for the next rank.
I have often seen users count down the merits to member rank while having only 20-30 activities, or trying to reach jr. member rank (1 merit requirement) just after three posts. completely open for manipulations and building rank/activity points through bounty shit.

My Countdown to _____ Full Member
Number of Merit(s) left: 25 21 15 12 8

@OP Appreciate you as always for allowing us the countdown.  I have enough activity to be a full member but I am not able to achieve my full qualification due to lack of talent.  So I strongly request all those who visit this thread to review my profile.

Thank you All Member,To support me.

This is a great suggestion to avoid abusing the essence of the thread. I notice too that many comment on the previous thread received merits even if it’s just a regular post. The previous thread becomes an indirect merit begging thread than serve its purpose.

Good job OP on creating a better version. This is a very hard task for you to maintain proper order to the thread rules. Kudos and this is my last post here until my next rank up.

@Fivestar4everMVP thanks for making a self moderated topic and making it a little easier to enforce some rules. Great initiative by you as far as the topic goes, but has definitely been abused by a few.

No offense to newbie ranks but I think it's a great rule to have the must be a jr member or higher to apply. Newbies need to take time to learn the forum, not come in here and try to be Legendary rank in the 1st month(I know it's not possible, just making a point).

Hey, great incentive for active members to get their posts rewarded. 
I believe self-moderation is suited very well to remove unnecessary spam.

CoinEraser also mentioned your topic in our German local board and I've included it in my list, where we are collecting incentives for lower ranked members to get rewarded for good posts.
I definitely support you idea. 

@Op I feel a rule should be added for those who breaks the rules provided in Op. Like if a user ignores the rules of this thread and still continues with their countdown post after their post has been deleted they should be given a warning that if they should make a countdown post when they don't meet the requirements for up to three times then they'll be banned permanently from this thread and anytime they make a countdown post it will be deleted.
I fthink this will also forced those that don't want to read the rules to do so.

@Fivestar4everMVP (OP) Thank you for creating a new countdown topic. And hopefully the new rules will help prevent spamming. There was a lot of spamming in the previous topic where a new brother member after creating an account would make two or three posts in the account to count down to earn merit and this kind of spamming was happening constantly. Even though they were warned against spamming, they kept spamming. Which is why the decision to lock Tropic was so important that you made it. And reopening this threat to help achieve new ranks is highly commendable. Hope everyone will follow the rules to prevent spamming and post here.

Hello.  I appreciate your effort to keep the new thread more organized.  Thank you for your hard work and helpful behavior.  Since I got the required activity for Senior Member, I would like to request the last remaining merits here if you have permission.

My Countdown to Senior Member
Number of Merit(s) left: 8

Thanks Op for the initiative, after taking advice from some of the contributors on the Fun Thread (V1) you have now launched V2 with some changes to prevent spammers from multiplying.
The warm welcome from forum users is still very thick, especially the suggestions for some additional rules from them. In addition to some of the rules already in Op, it's also worth considering to keep this Thread on track. There should be no congratulations from anyone for someone's success in ranking up after receiving merit assistance here.

Good initiative to open a new thread, because old threads are very messy because many participants who are doing the countdown to the next ranking do not obey the rules, self-moderated topics are much easier for you to control and if someone does not follow the rules you can take action to delete them. I am also one of those who frequent your first thread and try to help those who are getting closer to the next rankings.

Thank you very much @Fivestar4everMVP. You will be remembered as one of the many users who initiated people to move up the rankings. It will be much more fun and may come back to help some people who are getting closer to the next rank.

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I see you are often active on gambling threads and local threads, so it's a bit difficult to find good posts, as I don't understand Turkish or have a hard time reviewing gambling boards. I've taken a quicker approach to helping you move up the rankings.

Congratulations, you have reached the rank of Sr. member. Glad to help you get to that level.

Cheers.