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May I ask if does MERIT have other use aside from ranking up and requirements for us to go up?
Formally, the core use from a members point of view is for ranking-up. Some campaign managers are also using it to set an entry-level earned merit minimum for the campaigns they manage. Alas, it is not a general practice (yet, if ever).
ALT non-official possible uses are:
- Frustration and anger enhancers, if no smerits are awarded.
- Ego petting, if some smerits are awarded.
- Ego jerking, if many smerits are awarded (were all above 18 here I guess
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- Getting potentially red-tagged if being clumsy and deciding to move on to merit abuse.
- Getting potentially banned, if the above leads to help prove ALTs involved in breaking the rules.
- Helping one to keep their current rank and not progress in the scale, if posts do not sync on the same protocol to merit awarders.
- Substitute for brain-trainers.
- Etc.
The list could go on and on