Hmm, no I don't think so. The forum itself is enough. You have so many things you can learn from it but everything depends on how deeper you dig or how persevere you search since many topics are generated everyday and they all pile up as time goes by. By the way, you might also found the basic infos you need to acquire on pinned posts from different sub boards where it belong. Good luck .
Lol. If that way is existing and implemented very long time ago already then for sure most of us here are Legendary members now . Well, like they've said, there'z no other way except from getting merits. So be a good member and create helpful/informative topics and posts as much as you could so that you will rank up.