@Hhampuz is always a victim of this merit circle jerk because he usually accept participants based on the number of earned merit counts alone.
This farmer buddies is having a sweet payday on Hhampuz arms. Not only from this locale but in general. Usual pattern is WO, All merit source thread and local merit thread. There’s a lot of this gang. Check this one
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=886039. Some user that gave him merit woke up just to send him a merit.
I don't know where you derive your conclusion from but I know is that Hhampuz is not just after high merits but also standard and other requirements necessary. I observe that it is a coincidence where users with high number of merits meet with his requirements and he's satisfied working with them. Take a look at his last slot filled
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5326641.msg63883831#msg63883831 that user was not the one with highest merits but he's picked. Don't make it sound as if Hhampuz is the reason for merit farming here. After checking the comments on your neutral tag, I know the reason why it was there.
I understand that success always draws attention of other people so it's obvious. Like lovemayfamilies said go check out the Bangladesh, Pakistan local then you would see post that says HI or HELLO receive merits and also have you seen the WO thread.
LOL this is not surprising to me because I have seen campaign applications receiving merits too. The fact remains that some local are being central of attention while where real abuse is taking place are ignored.