⭐ Merited by suchmoon (4)
you could add a subrank "Meta Legendary" under "Self made legendary".
Interesting thought 
It turns out even theymos is not a "Self-made non-Meta Legendary", but achow101 is!Top-merited users, all-time shows 7 candidates, including theymos, achow101 and me. I'll check on the other 4.
suchmoon
1. 814 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Meta
2. 189 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Reputation
3. 114 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Service Discussion
4. 89 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Politics & Society
5. 54 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Economics > Speculation
6. 50 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Altcoin Discussion
7. 43 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Announcements (Altcoins)
8. 35 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Mining (Altcoins)
9. 33 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion
10. 28 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Off-topic
11. 26 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion > Ivory Tower
12. 25 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Scam Accusations
13. 17 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Beginners & Help
14. 17 Merit earned in
15. 7 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Development & Technical Discussion
16. 7 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Mining > Mining speculation
17. 3 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Local > Русский (Russian) > Разное
18. 3 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Mining > Hardware
19. 3 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Mining
20. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Announcements (Altcoins) > Tokens (Altcoins)
21. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Gambling
22. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Services
23. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Technical Support
24. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Project Development
25. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Speculation (Altcoins)
26. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Marketplace (Altcoins) > Service Discussion (Altcoins)
27. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Discussion
Total: 1570 Merit earned
The Pharmacist
1. 928 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Meta
2. 245 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Reputation
3. 48 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Economics
4. 29 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion
5. 28 Merit earned in
6. 22 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Economics > Speculation
7. 21 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Scam Accusations
8. 20 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Goods
9. 17 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion > Ivory Tower
10. 17 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Services
11. 12 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Off-topic
12. 7 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Politics & Society
13. 7 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace
14. 5 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion
15. 4 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Altcoin Discussion
16. 4 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Beginners & Help
17. 4 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Gambling > Gambling discussion
18. 3 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Archival
19. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Meta > New forum software
20. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Lending
21. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Currency exchange
22. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Goods > Collectibles
23. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Discussion
Total: 1426 Merit earned
hilariousetc
1. 1144 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Meta
2. 158 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Reputation
3. 18 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Gambling > Gambling discussion
4. 7 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Off-topic
5. 3 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Service Discussion
6. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Beginners & Help
7. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Services
8. 2 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Discussion > Press
9. 2 Merit earned in
10. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Marketplace (Altcoins) > Service Discussion (Altcoins)
11. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Announcements (Altcoins)
12. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Meta > New forum software
13. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Scam Accusations
14. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Bitcoin Discussion
Total: 1343 Merit earned
Last of the V8s
1. 1221 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Economics > Speculation
2. 35 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Off-topic
3. 14 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Reputation
4. 8 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Announcements (Altcoins)
5. 7 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Speculation (Altcoins)
6. 5 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Bitcoin > Development & Technical Discussion
7. 4 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Alternate cryptocurrencies > Altcoin Discussion
8. 3 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion
9. 3 Merit earned in
10. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Other > Serious discussion > Ivory Tower
11. 1 Merit earned in Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Securities
Total: 1302 Merit earned
To sum up
theymos is Meta-made Legendary
LoyceV is Meta-made Legendary
hilariousetc is Meta-made Legendary
Last of the V8s is Speculation-made Legendary
achow101 is Self-made non-Meta Legendary