Well, I find myself a little puzzled.  I am not making much headway lately in advancing my rank.  I started a new job about nine months ago and took to reading and using Gamespot during lunch to pass the time.  At one point I noticed that seemed to be progressing through the ranks at a fairly quick rate.  So I decided to track my progress with an Excel chart.  Most of the time I was making a 4% to 5% increase every day.  However, since I hit level 20 (Metal Slime) in mid November I have been having trouble getting more than 1% increase per day.  I rate.  I tag.  I download.  I read reviews and watch movies.  I read blogs and make occasional comments.  What happened?  Is it being level 20 that killed my progress?  Someone with answers help body out.  I had hopes of being a Rescue Ranger (level 21) or Blaster Master (level 22) by the end of the year and it looks bad at this point.