Topic: Finally a turtle crossed the finish line (Read 1010 times)

Nice attitude to contribute for forum, in particular newbies and lower rank users.

Yeap, it was hard change for all.

Nevertheless, you made great initiatives in early phase , so it a partial reason why you promoted to a Senior Member too fast.

It's a meaninful tip.
Personally, I use Excel spreadsheet to add my favorite topics, posts for later use.

I wish and believe that someday I will become another turtle hit the finish line.

Thanks CryptopreneurBrainboss,S_Therapist and cabalism13



I am now more worried about completing my 2019 goals.
Hope I will able to complete them.

There are so many accounts moving up on each tier nowadays, with all of the possibilities that made us through here, I guess there isn't much more difficulty on this anymore.

The fact that we can earn a small amount, is what really important, and it really matters as well. Even if we take too long striving to rank up, its fine. Time will eventually pass by faster than before.

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The Motivational Merit has been given back at you now r1s2g3, good luck to all of us. I just hope you're still at the league when we reach the next tier

Congrats r1s2g3, you deserved the rank. Keep up the good works.

Scretely watching your account grow have been my motivation. I remember telling myself I own you for this post. i congratulated you when you achieved full memeber rank and I also celebrate you now as you achieve snr member rank and can't wait to congratulate you for future ranks.

+1 merit to start your Hero member rank journey  Congratulations once again.

This thread motivating myself to get more tier(s) in the rank someday.

Today I am bumping this topic. The main intent is not to announce that I got to promoted to Sr. Member now but to share something with you all that is my observation/understanding in this forum.

I was few days away to be a "Member" of this forum when "merit" system announced. First I thought it will be easy system but in few days it made me realize that system is easy but I am lagging significantly in knowledge and skills to write a good, informational post that can help me to get merits.

Though I shared my guide earlier in this forum and I still close to my guide in this forum.

Only 1 more secret step that I will like to add in this guide that bookmark the good threads/information (or good content anywhere) because this forum is so vast, searching information sometime become very much time consuming. (Reading some good content again and again will only bring pleasure.)  Reading good content also help you in writing good post.

PS: I reached Sr. Member today, but if you asked me that question 7 to 8 months ago then I will definitely replied to you as "No" . So never be demotivated ,keep reading,keep posting and keep enjoying the forum.

I see you used turtle and tortoise interchangeably but both are not same .


Yes, I researched a little bit about speed before using this heading.

First of all congrats.
Title you selected is very much interesting and attractive.
I got motivated from your story.


Above suggestion / guidance is really helpful.  Most of members like me will definitely gain.

Congratulations.
Staying focused on the forum rather than looking for cheap ranking just to get into signature campaigns is the best thing. This forum offers a whole lot of education not just on bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but most importantly ICT. That you took the time to make this post is a sign of your excitement dear. Enjoy your new rank. Welcome.

You got a lot of point with that, and about the virginity?  you got me.
And correct, this forum is like giving your virginity, its hard at first but when you slow and surely you get the victory.

@OP congrats man!

Congrats for leveling up! It's good to see people getting promoted even with increased difficulty due to merit system. But I guess this is how a real promotion looks like. Competitive and very difficult.

Also I can understand why you aren't really excited. It's mainly because you didn't hunt or cared for merits. You just kept doing what you were doing. Leveling up was not your goal. I am saying these things because this is how I also feel for my account here.

Keep up the good work!

This is to good of a comparison  
I too recently ranked up and it felt similarly altough i remember when the merit sytem was introduced i tought that this will most likley take years (to uprank)

Congrats man!

Unfortunetly @DonPedroDinero has stolen my thought:

But I try to expand it a bit....
@DonPedroDinero gave the number of all active users, since this number contains any users even those who just registered or wrote several posts and left the forum and I'll focus on "ranked" ones

According to Statistics of 2,312 million bitcointalk users by @mazdafunsun at the beginning of September we had:

2.144 Legendary (about 1.600 active)
4.140 Hero Members (about 2.500 active)
8.999 Seniors Members (about 4.950 active)
18.170 Full Members (about 10.000 active)
27.843 Members (about 13.950 active)

so there are about 62.000 users with rank Member and above and more than 50% (if I read the graphs well) 33.000 users we can call active.

That's enough stats - let's get back to the point... when I write this post you have 112 merits on your account what puts you on the 316 position in most merited users ever in Bpip ranking. When I look at your merit score I could say 112 nothing special - more than 33k users have 100 and more merits as well, but after looking at deeper stats I say WOW your posting contribution during last 10 month was really great you were better than 9.900 other active Full Members (you were also better than 4860 active Seniors 2450 Heroes and even 1500 Legendary) and this is your real achievement!!!

That's why I like merit system: It's not enough just to be here... Being here with any kind contribution is the key

Last month I need only one merit to be able to put images in my posts, One singel merit was my goal (because I didn't think I'm good enough to get more)... After getting a few, I start to treat them as challenge... Not easy one... but the harder you work for them the more satisfy you are after getting any...

So once again congrats man but not only for ranking up but more for being one from the 1% of the most contributing poster in last 10 months!

Well done!!!

Congratulations and success for:@r1s2g3
Turtles are often described as slow but thoughtful creatures.
For this, it's a good idea to reflect on slow-moving turtles, but their lives are full of meaning.

▶ ️ (Slow as long as survived).
= This can be a guide in life, especially in forums.
▶ ️ (proverb).
= People want fast even though sometimes the results achieved are far from expectations.
= It means, a little and look at all human efforts so that human goals are well achieved and not achieved by carelessness.

▶ ️ (Focus on a few goals).
= The turtle knows, that with his slow movements, he is unable to do many things.
= So he focuses on the things he wants to do and then he gives full attention to his goals.
= Today's modern humans are instantaneous, want lots of things quickly.
In the end, he lost the focus of what he really wanted to do and instead did the things he didn't want.

▶ (Patience is the main advantage of a turtle).
Example:
= There is a story of a turtle walking slowly in winter snow. The monkey comes over and asks where the turtles are. He replied that I (turtle) want to swim on the edge of the lake.
The monkey laughed at him because the lake was currently completely frozen and the tortoise could not swim, the Turtle replied again, "By the time I got there, the lake had melted.

▶ ️ (Look, listen and feel the process).
= With its slow movement, the tortoise sees many things on its way to achieving its goal.

▶ (️Find your own personal speed and don't become inferior to something that doesn't work).
= The tortoise realizes that he has his own speed.
= Speed ​​which is his own and is not affected by the speed of the world around him.
= He did not attempt to be faster and renamed rabbits.
= He moves naturally, and doesn't feel upset if something moves faster than him, because the turtle has found his own personal speed.

The conclusion:
Slow turtles may not be compatible with today's fast-moving world. However, the turtle is a good teacher, a teacher who appreciates all the time he has and appreciates the opportunities that exist throughout such a short time.

Congrats from another turtle man, I also expect to rank up pretty soon. I’ve merited you in the past and have been earning merits at more or less the same pace, so I feel quite identified with you.

I’ve checked your status at bpip.org and you are currently the 325th most merited profile. If we take into account that there are between 90k and 450k active users, it is something to be proud of. If we compare ourselves to the top posters it looks like we are not doing much, but we are doing a pretty decent contribution.

Keep up the good work!

My congratulations with the new higher rank!

When I read such stories, I`m once again convinced not only of the correct functioning of the merit-system, which allows those, who really deserve it, to rise up, but also that you can always achieve your goal if you make good efforts to do so. Those, who only whine about how much they have been prevented from living by innovations on the bitcointalk, will never increase their rank. Only endeavor and motivation help achieve the desired result. I`d like to see a lot more of such threads than titles like "How unfair is the merit system" or "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" or "I write good posts and follow the rules, but noone notices my diligence".

@OP

Congrats for rank up ! 


But you are a part of this volunteers too , and nice to see you keep going on that !   

When I saw the headlines, immediately I was eager to know how the turtle crossed the finish line. You got me there. Firstly I have to say, nice headline and secondly, congratulations on your achievement. I get you feel that way about your ranking up. Like they say it's only a poor man that thinks money will make him happy but realizes that's isn't true when he finally gets the money. Once again congratulations r1s2g3,

Firstly congratulations to the OP for ranking up. Even TMAN gave you a compliment.  

Merit sources have limited time. Giving merits to people working to make the forum a better place distributes merits through (usually) reliable members via sMerits.
Because they are looking for "scams, plagiarists and double accounts" they are also in a good position to distribute Merits from the sMerits that they receive.

A lot of the merit sources and senior members are interested in the inner workings an administration of the forum. Part of this is getting rid of the spammers and shit-posters. Often when I have a excess of sMerits I go on the hunt for newbies to give merits to. A lot of the time I get disappointed and end up reporting them for plagiarism or other deliberate rule violations. If I believe it is accidental I usually send a PM rather than reporting them.

Genuine newbies are hard to find. Some of them pose as newbies but are really account farmers for campaigns.

I look for genuine opinions - not something that someone writes because they think it is what someone wants to hear. Consistency in their other posts and for signs that they are interested in discussion rather than talking at people.

Looking for genuine newbies can be quite exhausting and often involves having to dredge through hundreds of posts to find a deserving one. I do challenge members to do that.