Before, once you reach this range of 240 to 252 (Sr. Member required activity) your rank will automatically be re-adjusted to Sr. Member. Now, with the introduction of the Merit & new rank requirements theymos said, "In addition to activity, everyone now has a merit score, and you need both a certain activity level and a certain merit score in order to reach higher member ranks."

Below are the required scores, so you need to have 250 Merits for you to become Sr. Member.

Rank	Required activity	Required merit
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0
Jr Member	30	0
Member	60	10
Full Member	120	100
Sr. Member	240	250
Hero Member	480	500
Legendary	Random in the range 775-1030	1000