yes i have been on the forum since April but only started to be active like last month or so , and i do know how the merit system works. my statement was not a reply to anything you said in particular, it was mainly to the op suggesting the limit of newbies.
for example this
| Newbie | - Should not be able to open their own topics, should not be able to post links, with current 360s between posts they should also have daily limit. |