⭐ Merited by fillippone (2)
Honestly it is my first time I witnessed continous hours of actively works in the forum from theymos. I know he probably does this but we don't know what he does behind the scenes. This time, with the art contest and his merit-sending activities, we have good evidence that he works hours-in-a-row for the art contest within last few days.
Theymos definitely does a lot of work behind the scenes that a lot of users don't get to see. For example, he has to do the taxes, mod payments, maintenance of the forum, and also maintain some sort of life outside of the forum. I'm not sure what his logged in time is, but he's extremely active most of the time.
I think theymos has been a little more publicly active this year, and last with the introduction of the merit system, and the recent bumping changes.
Initially, he planned to distributed at least 500 merits but from now I think he might distribute at least 5000 merits. 
I'm expecting similar numbers, but also the number of art badges that are given out because of how many submissions were actually submitted. I imagine those that have received over 30 merit from theymos on their art pieces are likely in the running to receive a badge. Definitely, something of significance to have a badge dedicated to the 10th anniversary which probably won't be reused in further forum contests if there are any.