Where should I start, okay I took notice that everyone has something of a rank with their name in the forum and I think mine is newbie, Goodness it wasnt newbie.
Didn't want to seem lazy or not researching myself so tried the search button but the results were bulky. Cut story short my hands are already hurting. I found a post via Google search which highlighted the various rank, titles and how they were gotten.
You did well by not being lazy and trying to research about the forum to leave some things but your search went a bit too off search because as a newbie you shouldn’t be searching on how the ranks works to get into signature campaigns, if you decide to focus on that part, it’ll take you longer time to rank up because your mind will be deviated from the most important part you’re here. It is good to research and learn but know the ones that are most important at the time over the other.
What you are supposed to need to rank up to full member is 10 weeks, which is 2 months and 2 weeks if my calculation is correct, and 100 merits will take you there. It might be hard for you from the beginning, but saying it will cost you 10 years is really funny.
Ranking up to full member is 120 activity which is equivalent to 120 days on how the activity is calculated in the forum. These days will amount to 4 months or 16 weeks. So it takes more than 10 weeks to rank up to full member in the forum. It should take you 15-16 weeks maximum depending on when you joined the forum and when your first activity was activated.