Quote from: AshCoins on January 28, 2018, 06:55:45 PM

Quote from: B4RF on January 28, 2018, 06:30:42 PM

Quote from: AshCoins on January 28, 2018, 06:03:01 PM

150 additional merits to go from full member to senior member seems excessive and unfair frankly to those of us that were almost there. It will take years to reach that.

How cute...I am a potential Legendary member (only missing the post count) and I got only 500 Merit instead of 1000.

So be happy that you only got screwed by less then 150 Cheesy

It takes years to go from hero to legendary anyway. Im less than 3 weeks away from hitting the senior post count. If you cant see how thats unfair then I dont know what to tell you.

What would make it fair is perhaps a one time sitewide donation option to those that were within a certain percentage of making the next rank at the time the merit system was implemented. For example if you make the thread count by the end of February, you can donate .03 btc or something to the site as a one time offering to all members.

I am really not a fan of this approach. Anything that relates donations of BTC to the merit system could potentially be seen as buying your merit. Even if it is just in very specific cases like the one you just mentioned where a person has to be able to reach a target rank within a certain amount of time would be too much, in my opinion, as it would benefit those who are actually willing to pay up with no regard to the points that the merit system stands for. I do understand that it can feel unfair, and I do agree you make a good point as Vod mentioned a few pages back, but there are better ways of resolving this issue. It should either be free or not happen at all. The course of action is for theymos to decide himself.

EDIT: 3 new replies in the time I wrote this post. This thread is getting out of hand.