Quote from: nullius on November 13, 2020, 07:44:35 PM

I should address some other issues in this case; but first things first: Vlad2Vlad just made some extraordinary claims in another thread, which are quite relevant to this merit source unapplication.

Quote from: Vlad2Vlad on November 13, 2020, 11:43:05 AM

Quote from: nullius on November 13, 2020, 06:49:26 AM

I Don’t Steal. And When the merit system atarted They had a formula where some legendariess got thousabds of merits. Now go change your tampon cause soon I’m Gonna elevate to legendary extraordinaire.

Uhm... Without remembering his exact words, as I don't use to keep old PMs (unless they are really important to me), I recall that he used a similar explanation to me when I asked him how comes that he has so many sMerits if he is not a Merit Source. He told me back then that he received an enormous amount of sMerits when the Merit system was launched.

Quote from: nullius on November 13, 2020, 07:44:35 PM

It smells like bullshit to me. Vlad2Vlad is a habituated liar. Moreover, I have spoken on cordial terms with several Legendaries about the merit system; and I never heard of anybody receiving more than the well-known quota of grandfathered sMerits:

Quote from: hosseinimr93 on October 26, 2020, 10:16:23 PM

Quote from: theymos on April 20, 2018, 12:37:52 AM

So the most you could get is if you were a Legendary who maxed out your activity points in the last year, in which case you would get 1 * 0.4 * 1000 = 400 sMerit.

Yes, this is also what I know about the "bonus" sMerits received by various ranks after the Merit system was implemented. What I believe though is the following: maybe back then theymos created some merit sources which had no written application. Maybe he created them as he considered they were needed. If that was the case, it would make sense to believe that he could have chosen some merit sources for the local boards. And from here, maybe he made Vlad2Vlad the merit source for Romanian board. However, his interference with the Romanian board was (and still is) low. But if he was made a merit source in a first batch created by theymos, maybe this is why he doesn't have a written application.

But again, as I wrote in my previous post, when I talked to him he sounded like he has absolutely no idea about what a merit source is, nor about other forum facts well-known even by Newbie members. For example, I remember I told him that if it's real that he received such a huge amount of sMerits after the implementation of the system, considering for a second that he is not a merit source (which now appears to be impossible), how comes that he never run out of sMerits after more than 2 years? And I showed him a topic from Meta where merit sources complain about remaining without sMerits and ask for receiving more: {LIST}of the Merit Sources asking for more smerit. New Round..

Somehow, his reaction was like he understood from that topic and from my question that some users buy (respectively sell) merits. I had to explain him that this is not what I meant. Indeed, there were (and still are?) cases of trading merits but that was not what I meant. I wanted to prove him that if a merit source (which constantly receives sMerits) complains for running out of sMerits, how is possible for a regular user to not run out, like him, which stated that he is not a merit source?! The whole conversation was weird, as I was writing him in Romanian and he was answering in English... But he seemed that he has no idea what I'm talking about -- or he acted this way in order to look naïve.

Another example of pure lack of knowledge about very well known forum rules can be found in this topic: [1] and [2]. As you can see, he seemed to not know that multiple posts in a row are breaking a rule of the forum...

Quote from: nullius on November 13, 2020, 07:44:35 PM

With that being said, of course, I cannot be absolutely certain that this is false. Only staff at some level (or perhaps, only the administration) could be so certain.

Yes, indeed... However, I am almost sure he did not grandfather 3295 sMerits, according to BPIP.

Quote from: nullius on November 13, 2020, 07:44:35 PM

Vlad2Vlad also claims a past direct acquaintance, and even friendship with Faketoshi himself [...]

What’s next, hiring Craig Wright on staff?

MemoryDealers is another option lol. Or Bitcoin SV = )))

Quote from: nullius on November 13, 2020, 07:44:35 PM

For anyone who is even minimally familiar with my post history, I need not remark on the irony of my being randomly accused of being a Communist. Roll Eyes

Looooooooool! That accusation reminded me of wolwoo which accused Lauda for genocide.

Now being serious, the user Apocalipsa (and Apocollapse) can be arguably believed to be an alt of Vlad, or a huge fan. Vlad has this "commie" word used frequently and I observed that these members talk somehow in his style when they are defending him. Look also at all their replies from the topic mentioned earlier by me (from post #36 forward).

Now such behavior I remember I used to have in my youth, together with other children, when we were adulating various popular characters, such as music stars: we tried to dress like them, to talk like them, to use their gestures and so on.

These two users may be such huge fans, cosidering the way they write. For example, when I read their posts they look like they were written by Vlad himself. Another option, of course, is they are alt accounts.