To get a merit you can give helpful advice or constructive comments on a game or post if a mod sees them and thinks they are worthy you will get a merit next time you may want to look thorough the faq before asking though because alot of people get mad about that
the point of merits is to help gamers and the game's maker, not for people to leave a bunch of comments so they can get a merit or two. it's a reward, not something easily attainable and you guys should just state your outright opinions instead of leaving comments like: "boring" "bad" "it suks" "dumb" next time state y it suks or whatever, just saying 'this suks' isn't gonna help the game maker at all, instead it'll probably make them feel bad and they won't fix the game or make imporvements at all. a wee bit long but it's true imo
Yeah sorry for making it sound like just leaving a bunch of comments; it is to help out the person who made the game, I guess some people are just frustrated cause they haven't gotten any merits lol