Look in the Help section. For further information, ask some of the higher ranked people.
I don't know if it's me, but I don't want to scroll through tons of pages to find one thing, when I can ask people for help!
Asking people for help is actually a very good solution. But does it HAVE to be done by creating a thread?
That doesn't seem to get me merits, you could check out some of the games I commented on, I've done some well thought out sentences and it hasn't gotten me anywhere, and trust me, I'm in a journalism class, so I love to write and type!
A mod needs to see them too. Good comments are not automatically merited, and we can't be everywhere. A merit is a reward, not a right. Just feel good when you get one.
Merits are given to well written posts, game reviews or any sort of text you can write here on Armorgames(excluding your About).
No. Only game comments. And they can be rewards for winning contests, but only game comments can earn you merits.