I am fairly new to the Bitcointalk forum. Took me a few days to find, read and understand what a merit system is and how it works. I congratulate you on your achievement, as I understand what a difficult path it is even from a newbie perception.

It's a very complicated system. Feels almost like a second work you voluntary take to create interesting quality posts and simply by helping others. So you should feel king of the hill. You have every right to it    Plus, for me, as a newbie, every TEMP and Legendary is an example to strike for.