Topic: MeritBrokeMyLife (Version c13) Celebrating My 3rd Anniversary on Bitcointalk! (Read 1215 times)

Unfortunately, time cannot stop and the years pass really fast. I am approaching 6 years since registering on the forum, so I have witnessed some other things as well - projects were coming and going, people were always complaining about something, new ones were appearing, and some old ones were disappearing.


I've been here twice as long as you and I don't have these problems, for me every new day is a new challenge and there are always things that surprise me in a positive or negative way. Of course I realize that some things can get boring and tiring over time, and then maybe it’s best to rest and take a break.


I don’t miss the time of massive spam that existed during 2015/16 when some campaigns were run by bots, nor the time before the merit system when people abused the forum to the extreme. I will not say that it does not exist today, but certainly to a much lesser extent than was the case before.

Of course, I miss the time when BTC was worth only $200, then almost anyone could buy 1, 2 or 3 BTC or earn them through faucet - today such a privilege is reserved only for rich people.

I would like to congratulate you for being part of the three years in our forum hoping that you still last long here and make a lot of contribution to our forum. Well it's just my first year and 1 month to our forum on those years gives me a lot of knowledge that can apply in reality. At some point I'm guilty to part of the project failed, I create an online quiz for the bitcointalk but I didn't make any update due to being busy lol.

Nobody Cares, Just Wanted To Share.

Time is indeed fast, It's already been 3 years now since I joined here and I was 2 months late to post this thing, many events has passed already such as:
Some users have disappeared (Died, Quit, etc)
Projects failed and others succeed.
Altcoins played almost Hide and Seek.
And Bitcoin is almost at the 100k peak.
I was a bit sad while writing this,
as I see myself a bit bored while still going.
Nothing much to complain,
And it seems there isn't also much to be amazed.

Does anyone misses the old times?

-cabalism13

"Zero to Hero" sounds cool but maybe it's about time to change the title to "Zero to Legendary". Congratulations on ranking up faster than most of us. I ranked up a couple of days ago but thanks to the generosity of one reputable member and merit source here.

Congrats again, soon you gonna be on that list as well >

Seeing my comment from a year ago, there is a bit of a change now, if you don't mind I'm just gonna put a small update to all over 1000 received meirt
 

         

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Once Again fellas, I'm on my way to Legendary, I really hope you can also do the same thing. We Merit Sources are here to help you as. Long as you help yourselves earn it in a better and rightful way ✌️😁 GoodLuck!

Users who complain around are both lazy, unpatient, and unknowledgeable. Lazy to make their acceptable posts (in quality and contents); unpatient to keep doing their good posts; and unknowledgeable to have ideas for their posts (because they are mostly lazy to read forum rules, to read and learn from famous users here, to read and learn about bitcoin and blockchain, etc.)

Yeah it really is, only if I get accepted, but I don't expect that much, as I know DarkStar_ has already some lists for users that seems to be considerable to be part of his campaign, also there are much more reputed members other than me,... So I'll be just on the last Prio if ever it comes to that. The competition is really hot in there though chances are somewhat not to be wasted so we should just take it as long as we can (not to be abusive).

By the way thanks mate, now we're both reaching for the last rank.This is the real thing now as it will take much time to achieve it.

And now your patience paid off, congratulations Buddy we meet again. You have proven yourself to be a worthy member of the forum, have been noticing your work on your local baord, keep it up. Wish you success on your chipmixer application might be a great present for your new rank. Welcomed to the league buddy. For each successful ranking up of a quality contributor of the forum equals a win for the merit system.

Atleast we already have proven our might even if we start all over again 😊 all we have to do is repeat it all,... And just like we always saying to the newbies, patience is a virtue. And ranks will surely come to us.

You made it, Hero Member rank now belongs to you, cabalism13!
I don't want to think of it because what if we have to start from scratch with Epochtalk?  

Hear Me Newbie Fellas!

Behold! Once again I've earned another rank! This is a proof that you should follow my cabalism13's activity tips on ranking if that is you wish to reach the top!

Ranks are really not important but this is also an achievement here in the forum, though knowledge is the most important thing to gain and this is what I'm currently hoping to get. Merit System is no longer a hindrance for us, for there are many sources that's lurking around the shadows to award users so don't be afraid to take your chances,... Only the abusive users will get punished, hence you should still follow the rules while up for an activity.

Good Day To All!

P.S. Thank You All For Bringing Me In This League. I Hope We Will Be Together Until The Last Moments Of Bitcointalk Forum (Launch of Epochtalk)

Updated the OP!
And Now, I take back again my words for becoming a Hero on 2years! Only few more steps ahead to become one, and finally joining the others that I seemly regarded as my batch (Users who registered on January and During the implementation of the Merit System-Started at Zero Merits) now after this, I am really close to my goals here. And it really doesn't matter now how long will it take for me to become Legendary because one thing is for sure,... I will reach it, no matter what! 😁

Special thanks to suchmoon, to other Sources and to Pilipinas Local Board. If it wasn't to suchmoon I may not be able to see the door in just a short time. Though the purpose was just to give me sMerits for my board,but the fact that it also helped me, I'm way too lucky to be helped. Also to DarkStar_ who continuously lurking on our board.

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Moved from Meta to Here.

To share it to Newbies and Juniors who're struggling way up on their ranks.

I guess that's what I am missing too. Sometimes, it's just frustrating when you think you really did your very very best but no one seems to notice it. But giving up will never be an option. Someday, I can also reach my goals and be one of you guys. I'll just be more patient. If it doesn't work out for me today, then I'll try again tomorrow. And then the next day, and so on.

Will it be easy? No. Will it be worth it? Definitely!

Patience.

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Just as CryptopreneurBrainBoss have said, "... don't make it a priority if not you'll miss the main purpose of this forum."Only me has the right to be impatient

Congratulations!, you are one of my inspiration on the forum and my Big Brother CryptopreneurBrainboss, who move at the speed of the light. Clearly, i can now see that handwork pays, once again Congratulations on your new achievement. How possible and fast can i go from here? Just amaze at the speed you all move.

Is there anything am missing on this forum that keep me still standing low?, maybe am yet to get the logic behind Merit Earnings for ranking up. If trolling is really the solution for ranking up, why then; am not ranking up? am a good troller on this forum.

Findings: You are found of helping lower rank members on this forum to rank up, a good hearted forum member with Merit giveaway threads.  
Congratulations!!!.

Maybe it's time for me to troll. Lol. Just kidding. I thought there were trolls giving you merit. The text was hard to read (I copy pasted it but I still didn't understand lol)

It's definitely not who, I just mean my last earned merits needed to rank up everytime came from my troll posts

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Thanks for the kind words my fellow users, Expect me to do more good things as time goes by. Especially on helping lower ranking members of the Forum.

It's amazing to see how much you have gotten merits and you deserve it all. I agree with what Silent26 said, you bring a lot to the local board and amazingly, you put so much effort into it. It's amazing. What's even better is that you make the local board better in a way that you try to help as much as you can. Like the support, you gave me with my activity (from your Charity).

I hope more and more active people like you stay and be active in the local board's section. Congrats!

P.S. Who are those trolls you are talking about??   Introduce them to me. Lol.

I don't either, if you do find let me know. I'm just lost on the forum, tried making the beginner and help board my home but this days discussion there aren't that interesting anymore for me to render some help from the few lessons i have learnt on and off forum. Don't have anywhere I'm pressing a baton just surfing through forum reading useful thread and reporting shitposts as I come across them while I wait for my application to be accepted so I can offer my services to the forum because it has been very helpful to me.

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Congratulations buddy on your achievement and i love what you're doing with the charity project you started. Keep up your good works.
 

I'm not quite surprised that you made it to Senior Member and no doubt that you will reach Hero rank in time as you were actively contributing positive facts to our local section and to the forum, as a whole. By just observing how you help our fellow Filipinos in our section, you are really someone with something special besides from being a student with such knowledgeable mind. It's nice to see you claim your prize for helping other members and making good contributions here. Besides from theyoungmillionaire, crwth and the others, I'm sure that our fellows from our local section already acknowledged you for being what you are. Keep it up Buddy, be an inspiration for other lazy Filipinos and lazy members of this forum.

Congrats... 

Yeah, and for some reason, I wanna go back in time where he is still within the reach ... Hmmm I guess, we shouldn't mind him, he's on his way on getting out of the league it's such a good thing that the motivational merit wasn't a failure and was given to a deserving guy like him.

Anyways, we can do this as well, Let's make it to the Legendary one day

Congrats Buddy. I am happy to see you here.

Do you have any idea where Mr. Brainboss is passing the baton now?
He look currently on fire.(Merit accumulation).

Congrats cabalism13 for your achievement.

Honesty, Hard Work, Contribution and Respect towards others always helps to achieve a goal.

Keep up the good work and I hope you will achieve the next goal soon.

Thanks mate. Maybe, putting me now will do hahaha
(Already Qualified Though )
Damn, Lucky Me, every time I rank up the last Merits I needed all came from trolls, And now I'm thinking that reachinh Hero will be the same

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Okay then, I shall bestow you The Motivational Merit by r1s2g3, this will help you grow fast. Just chill out and you'll surely make it.

Congratulations, cabalism13!
Next week, you will appear here:
[CLUBS] Top Merited-Users Classified into 4 Clubs
I congratulate you on having your apperance in the Club of above 250 merits-earned in advance.

Hey cabalism13,
You actually finished your works faster than me. I aimed at the Full Member rank, lower than your target (Senior Member rank), but I believed that with my pace to get merits, I would have beaten you. Unfortunately, you moved faster than me last week. Anyway, you are a very good story than I will keep my eyes on, because sooner or later I will move to Full Member rank, then my next target will be a Senior Member. I wish that I can hit both two lines within next one year.

  Lucky Me

Now, I take back my words for becoming a Senior on 2years!, Now the real thing is up ahead of me, and this really might take me 2 years before reaching Hero

Hello r1s2g3, I've made it again

(Will now start to build my reputation and profile here as a Good Citizen Cheers!)

Hmmm… Bud, don’t be hard on yourself. Just take it easy and remember there is always life outside of this forum. Your achievement here may not apply on the real world. Improved yourself in this community to uplift your real life goals. Relax and do not pressure yourself, life is a beautiful thing.

Pursue for excellence, success will chase you. – Rancho (3 Idiots) 

Yeah mate, and it's already been 2 weeks since I became Full Member, and now with having 154 Merits I only need 96 Merits to rank up into the Next League. With these achievements I can now help our local to gain our wasted popularity and pride. Withhaving more Merits means a lot to me for that reason I will be having more sMerits to spend and give some other Juniors and Newbies to Rank Up.

I may be a generous man when it comes to giving Rewards but I still have my own criterias on why I am doing so.

So far, I've been only focusing on my ranking activities to have more sMerits to spend. I'm not a good post starter like you guys, I'm just being myself, the way I post, bringing up opinions, suggestions, etc...

This now My Achievement of the Year and if luck still resides on my side and became a Sr. Member this Year, maybe I'll try to apply as a Merit Source for our board.



Even though I'm still far away from the others, this is not that bad for me, bit by bit, I can say that I've been doing good and my stay here is quite unusual than before.

As for the work, I'll even try harder to make this all true.

Hi, cabalism13,

Sweet, Bruv! Congratulations!

I am happy for you, I have watched you grow here on bitcointalk. I may not have post topic(s) such as this, but, I’m pleased that even if I haven’t made anything like this, in some way, I inspired people in my Local board to strive more and change the view of other people about the Filipinos as assholes, shitposters, Beggars. Hey! Filipinos are actually hardworking individuals and when they want to achieve something, they make every effort to make it a reality. You are one example, that even if you have started as a douchebag, you can make a difference, people change.

Keep up the good work.

See you around.

theyoungmillionaire

join the Mining section as well as the Bitcoin Technical Support, there are tons of IT related issues that you can help solve, i will be more than willing to rain merit on you there as well as many others.

Thanks mate, but 1 didnt get some free Merits from theymos I also started in Zero like mydayonliner and S_Therapist, most of it was all given by rickbig41 at first, then followed by Vod, and so on... Like suchmoon have said the last part of my Merits was just for the efforts made on the video, if it wasnt because of Jet Cash I would still be on the Member Rank I'm so indebted to this community so I'd like to do my job as a good citizen here. Therefore, it was a large sum of 100 Merits and will be continuing to earn until I full reach my goal as a Legendary Member.

I think everyone missed this sad part  
Hope you didn't lose much valuables
Anyways this is a worthy way to get over your loss in that aspect,congratulations on being a self made full member.

Definitely it takes hard work and determination to move from member to full member rank,thats about a large sum of 90merits,but you've made it and still looking forward

Congratulations mate and happy birthday in advance.

Congrats OP. Never mind what you did beginning, who can change himself he is the perfect. Since you have earned good merit I will consider you now a good poster. And it's true once we joined forum we was just newbie and we had not enough knowledge about forum rules. Day by day we are becoming mature. Who can lear from mistake he is the perfect. You you did it. Best of luck...

Congrats OP. I saw last night that your post about the video made you 3 short last night, so I made up the difference. Pay it forward. 

Those were the times when everything was new and people were exited about it. It was tempting to rank up with the new "quality control", I guess it was the same feeling for you too (just multiplied by 5) , as something impossible, but when the things got more settled and you start getting merit slowly drop by drop things change, and you see that yeah, it's not that impossible, just takes time.

Theymos soon will reach 5000 so I doubt to put the level so low, I guess something like 10 000 is more interesting, don't forget that to reach activity for Legendary takes max 1030 days which is almost 3 years. So the new rank could be achieved after 3 more years of activity something like 2060 which is a bit more that 5 and a halve years!!
Some extra thoughts :

At the end of the month we gonna celebrate 1 year of merit system. so quick stats :
9 people have earned more than 1000 merit ( and there is a big change this list to grow bigger before the end of the month)

theymos               3483   Administrator
satoshi 💤                    1529   Founder
LoyceV                   1519   Legendary
DdmrDdmr           1473   Sr. Member
The Pharmacist        1286   Legendary
hilariousetc       1259   Legendary
suchmoon               1256   Legendary
micgoossens       1252   Hero Member
Last of the V8s       1198   Legendary
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o_e_l_e_o    989   

--info stolen from BPIP --

In the beginning the merit sources were just a few ( now you are one of them) and more source merit are generated. I guess more sources will be added later on, respectively more merit to the total pool

If for 1 year man can collect 1500 merit (i exclude theymos for obvious reason) so in 3 years wont be a problem man to have 5500 merit (don't forget the initial 1000 airdrop). I'm sure users like LoyceV will reach the new rank without problem, and they sure deserve it.
So putting something like 10 000 will be more changing for sure.  I don't think I'll reach it (well I never thought that i'm gonna reach Hero too but now I'm waiting only for activity) at all.

Dreaming the same thing happening to me as well on someday,

Congratz OP,beginning will be much harder once you get going you will become unstoppable 2-3 yrs looks much longer for you to you become a legendary member.

Oh really? But look at you now, just only a little more push you'll soon to ranked up again. And yeah, how could I forgot the guys that helped me back then. Especially Vod, he's the culprit on my trolls but whenever he grants me Merits I dont waste it for cheap calls,

And I already passed that motivational merit, I just hope I did'nt give it to the wrong person just like you did. Cheers!

Here you go JC: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ama-ask-me-anything-the-current-state-of-bitcoin-in-the-philippines-5096018

Feel free to ask questions.

Can you guys start some threads about crypto in the Philippines. They get lost if they are short(ish) replies in other threads, and one can't use them to start discussions.

Congrats buddy. (oh you still remember that motivational merit!!)

I have one more thing to share with you  that we are Full Member activity buddy. (I also have 336 activity when I become Full Member.)



Truly said.

I'd want to answer this in behalf of cabalism13 if you don't mind.

Bitcoin is just mostly 2 things in the Philippines.

1. An investment, or specifically, a money-making scheme. Mostly are just moon-boys hoping for a price increase so they can earn profit or finally breakeven(the people who invested in December 2017).
2. A sort of "cover" for ponzi schemes. As poverty is high, get-rich-quick schemes are high as well. Sort of "bitcoin mining", "bitcoin trading bot", etc schemes are really hot.

Very rarely that you would see people actually interested in the technology; and it's really really unfortunate.

And about bitcoin being used to send money, I never heard about people sending money that way, so if there are people doing it that way, it's definitely a small minority.

Actually getting to be a legendary in your own right has suddenly become a challenge for me. You think that you don't care, but suddenly as you get close, it surfaces from your subconscious.

I think that Theymos needs to create a 5,000 merit rank, or something that will be a real challenge.

I was going to say something snarky about that last batch of merits... but on the other hand - you're not afraid to risk embarrassment so that's gotta be worth something . And you took criticism in stride. Well done and congratulations, cabalism13.

I don't see/hear any more those mumbling how difficult is to rank up, how nobody will ever rank up again because of the shitty merit system.

Congrats, this is the most difficult step to take from member to full member,later is easier, but you don't care so much anymore

nice man, well deserved

I grant you now the [+1] of motivation, r1s2g3 sent me that thing and it really helped me a lot,... Its one of the reason I didn't leave this community even BTC is falling. They taught me something that I should never looked at the forum like a profit giver (but it actually looked one for me ) and just continue on having some activities here. Keep it up mate, we'll be waiting you on this league and celebrate this good year together.


I already once told you about it but putting it on means you havent read it yet. Anyways, here is the link. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49078091

Congrats for be an Full Member now !

Keep up the good work .   

Congratulations! for making it to Full member.   There is a lot more to come, just don't lose hope and keep working as hard as you can.

Getting Merits is not as hard as a person might think at the start. I know this because I've also been one of the Newbies around at the initial phase of the Merit system, and I've had the exact same thoughts that a Newbie would have right now, like, "100 Merits??? No, I cannot earn them. It is impossible for me to reach that rank." and many other thoughts connected to that. But as the time passes, you start to realize (only if you make the effort and don't just whine and complain) that it is a milestone that is easily achievable with dedication and hard work.

I personally encourage every single user from a rank smaller than mine that what you think is impossible is actually isn't if you try. If you give up, it's your fault.


You're welcome, and wish you a very happy birthday, in advance.

Congrats.

We'd like to hear about your country, and the use of crypto currencies there. In particular, it would be interesting to hear about your countrymen working abroad, and using Bitcoin to send money home to their families.

Congrats dear and happy birthday in advance. You got no image already  Well can't wait to rank up like you. I already have my image ready.  Started this year on 53merit and now I'm getting closer to one of if I can achieve it in January it'll be a new record of earning 47merits in a month. I celebrate🎊 with you.  Congrats once again.

Congrats cabalism13. I know exactly how you are feeling. It's a whole lot of happiness.

Thanks mate, but I doubt I can reach rank on just 3 yrs, am not that good like mydayonliner, or even my fellow country man theyoungmillionaire, I guess it would take me atleast 5 years in this competing community. But its just fine as long as I can reach my goals

Congrats OP!
Lots of hard work but you made it to Full Member in the end. Keep up the good work & you’ll become a Legendary Member in 2-3 years. You will have done it the hard way

First:
This is quite an achievement for me, ever since I joined the forum, back then I was also an asshole, a shithead, Beggar. But there are people out here that teach me on what should I do. Read and Obey.
I always thought of becoming a Legendary as well, but I also thought that it would take me now several years to reach that. And so I just only set my first goal on becoming one of the Full Member.

For Me, this is the first step on becoming a Legendary Member. And now that I'm one of the FM Senior Hero League, I should set my goals into becoming a Sr. Hero Legendary Member (Maybe after 2 weeks another year)

Second:
This may not be needed, for it will be just a trash lately, but I still want to show my gratitude on those MembersUsers, Sources, Admins who entrusted their sMerits on me. Although most of my Merits came from my trolls, for I'm not a good topic starter. Am just a simple IT Student as of now, and would like to thanks Alone55 & r1s2g3 for encouraging me.

Third:
The last Merits that was given to me was thanks to Jet Cash request, it really saves my ass on being a Member for a long time, it really took a year before I reach this rank. As for the sMerits thats on my hand, I'll be distributing some on my local board for we are not that good in english and only their fellowmen(might be wrong) can understand them (posts that are in Filipino Language) and can define whether their posts are worthy to be Merited.

And for the last one, I'm an atheist so I'll just be thanking you guys for bringing me up here on the Full, Senior Member Rank Hero Member Rank and at the same time for being a Merit Source and a DT . This is such a great gift for christmas, new year and also to my upcoming birthday on January 13, coming from this community.   Despite on what happened last week (being robbed)

(Am such a crybaby)

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Another drama for the public, for I'm a little bit excited for I'm way too close on my goal from being a Hero. Only a few more left, and I will be joining the other's Zero to Hero. My Account and the others who achieve these goals will be the proof for my activity tips on ranking.
 to become a Legendary Member. Now I'm a Hero, there would be another long way to take.

As the time goes by, only few users are struggling to get on the top, and also there aren't so many newbies right now. So the Merit System has done its best as I can observe. The only problem now is how to build one's profile on being a reputed member of the forum, earning trust ain't no easy, for someone else has already proven that this is easily to be abused and a tool to get money from the public.

Though I'm really greatful for I have been trusted by the public ( not all ) to do an outstanding job, as for I know being a Source is only entrusted to users that can really help the others... Only a bit more, I may have a portfolio myself in the near future.

Now, I'm really close on finishing my goals here, only one thing is really needed... Learning to set up a Mining Station for BITCOINS AND ALTCOINS ... If I will be able to make it these days, only 1 more step to reach the final League. My greatest thanks to you all,...