You sound cute, trying to protect your April Fool's day. But the real fun is reading the posts of people complaining about newly added rank up complexities!
Take it as a good sign that theymos knows that and even is able to make fun of it (and thus his own decision) in this way.
Though me hitting legendary at the last possible moment was a good fool as well (finally made it, regardless).
Like what Mr. theymos said
That's
Sir theymos.
fMeritAn obvious extension on top of Merit, sMerit, and source merit. It is calculated using this simple formula:
min((1103515245*(uid+activity)+12345) % (1<<10),(1103515245*posts+12345) % (1<<10), (1103515245*merit+12345) % (1<<10))
Very simple indeed. What's special about 1103515245 though?
It's a modified version of a PRNG, dont ask me though why the number is used in the original ones.