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Though they will deny it, the way to get merits is to send gift baskets. Mods love chocolate gift baskets

Though they will deny it, the way to get merits is to send gift baskets. Mods love chocolate gift baskets

I have 6 merits from game reviews, 2 from the Arts Skill Competition and 1 from the Poetry Contest. I am really proud of my Poetry merit, because generally my poetry is just not good.

My three merits have all come from poetry. Two from the haiku contest, and 1 from the 10 day(ish) poetry contest. Although Mav, Fallen, and some of the other good poets didn't enter that round in the 10 day. I would be really happy if I managed a win in the contest with them entered.

The only merit I received was one I set out thinking 'I'm going to try to get a merit.' I'm not saying anything else I commented was merit-worthy; I dislike hot gas.

Then came up with 'merits are given to those who try to get them' and had that up on my profile for like a year.

I have no merits, mostly because I'm not deserving of one and that I don't feel I need one. Merits are just rewards for what your supposed to do, you shouldn't be rewarded for that.

lol i had no idea thered be 24 posts after one day!!

I got one after a comment on a game, and then another one for winning the poetry contest

i have 2...I got the first one for a comment on a rubix cube like game that i don't remember the exact name of, and I didn't even know i had the other one until now...yay?

I myself have zero merits, but could one of you who do have merits post a link to the comment in which you got the merit?

There's the link. My comment is about 3/5 of the way down, and it's big bold lettering.

^ Wait. . . I saw one mod say that merits were not easy to get and that they were thought out. How easy was it to get thatmerit?

Supposedly merits in '09 and before that were very easy to get and handed out very often.

Merits are just rewards for what your supposed to do, you shouldn't be rewarded for that.

^ Wait. . . I saw one mod say that merits were not easy to get and that they were thought out. How easy was it to get thatmerit?

That was actually sarcasm Jeol. After getting 5 in a month I just feel disgruntled people complain when they don't even try.

Nor have I won any poetry contests yet to earn one. I have gotten second place a couple of times...