- for ranking up to Jr. Member you need just 1 merit; for Member you need only 10. Indeed, it seems so hard for a Newbie to earn 1 merit but it is not hard actually (explained below).
I smell too much bitterness here. Why not share or give 1 merit to a newbie member for him to rank up if he truly deserves it, they are just newbies, please go easy on them, don't expect that they will contribute a lot of knowledgeable things in the beginning, that is why they are called "newbie" or "amateur". Every professionals was once an amateur, remember that.
- many users help those who need a few more merits to rank up by giving them easily the respective merits. I think even if you are 1-10 merits away from the next rank, you should work for them as you did until that point.
It is what you called
Generosity, since they are too close to their dreams (ranking up), those who can help will help them because of their good posts, that is why they earned merits, hoping you're getting what I am trying to say.
- legends are built in far more time, not just in 2 years.
I didn't know that legends should be define by merits.