Moved on..is it just me?

You just need to get a to a point where your happy, and be done with it all like I have. I have GFT, all ratioless so I don't have to give a care how much I seed. But GFT doesn't race music at all so I have SCC where all music is freeleech. That's all I need, nothing I deal with has ratio's any more or the worry of ratios. I also have IPT, TL, RevTT all of which I could care less what my ratio is, I just seed for the required hours and keep like a .8 ratio but that's ok, I don't need a ratio of 13.37.

I don't want super leet trackers, they offer no benefits besides a bigger e-peen, and honestly I don't care. I have trackers that race content in under 10 minutes, and they max out my home connection, nothing more is needed for me personally.

I have never spent a dime on torrents, never downloaded something just to seed it, and never traded an invite, but I enjoy the communities of torrent sites. Mostly in IRC and the people you meet in IRC can be mods from who knows what, and you can get invites to higher trackers without even asking almost. I don't spend any crazy large amount of time for torrents, I just check what new things were released recently and if I want it I grab it; and I hang out in IRC because it is nice because some torrent sites just have the greatest communities.

I am just happy where I am at, don't even bother to get higher trackers or seed to huge amounts, I just download what I want seed it for however long I keep it on my hard drive, and when I am done I just delete the file, and once in a while I clean out my utorrent of torrents missing files.
 
There is usually a time for any hobby you do, and then there is a time where you have to move on.

I'm sure in a couple of years you'll feel bored with what you do in your life, and tell your wife and kids that you need to start entertaining yourself with something new. Then you get a new job, and decide to allot more time to it by giving up your hobby, then a person at your new job invites you to something he wants you to do...

That's the whole point of life. If we're constantly stuck doing one thing, then you die incomplete. It's like going to the amusement park and playing one ride all day, sure you might enjoy it but you miss out on the chance to go on the other ones. If you're stuck on just torrenting, or just fencing, or just being a good fatherly figure, you never experience the rest of things in life. If you moved on, good for you. Put that new found spare time into something else.

:)
 
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Rart said:
As whiteboy said, Newsgroups are a great option, especially if in your case, you're looking to download securely without your ISP sniffing at what you're doing. You can get a great provider for around ~10$ a month, far less than a seedbox, and can directly download to your PC through SSL (without the need for the extra step of getting it off your seedbox). A far cheaper way to retain some level of anonymity.
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do u recommend a newsgroup or they r all the same? :)
 
Good thread! I am kinda like you are.. Just not having the time or patience with certain online stuff anymore. I started out at age 12 on my Apple ][ E computer programming in BASIC, then got into a fun (at the time) warez scene on AOL back in the good ole days, then met IRC, spent 3 or 4 years in the scene, got in trouble hacking UC Berkley at age 17. Calmed down for a bit, moved to AZ for college, re-united with old scene friends, used FTPs, started getting on trackers late '04. Age 29, here I am. :P LOL

Within the last 5 years in the tracker world I have it seems lost daily time to be as active as I was. I still hop on my main 5 trackers every day and check releases and forums. I don't download nearly what I used to. Just what I really need or what I really know if Im going to listen to it or watch it. Not just to get it to collect or for the "maybe" list like I used to. lol. But life is moving quick, getting married this year, moving to a different state for a pHD program, probably kids in next 3 years.. I still am using my dedi server for seeding and leeching now, however I probably wont once im married and moving. I used to always login and make scripts and fine tune all the options to make it quick as can be, and have different auto add scripts running. Now I just have kinda lost the yearn, and other 'real life' tasks have taken over those time slots. I will in near future need to hop aboard a ratioless tracker so I can get what I need while im moving and life is changing because who knows how fast and what kinda internet I will be dealing with while on the road or in a new place. it could be out in the forest with a 56.k.. lol, I HOPE NOT!! heheh.

Uhh, I dunno if I kept on topic here...lol. I just kinda took the topic and ran with it. Kinda rambled it away.. heh heh :P
 
If you were into BT because of the leetness and uber ratios then I feel sorry for you. I'm not perfect, I have been affected by trackers' rarity, but it never went as far as me coughing up the dough just so I can have a leet enough ratio at a tracker in order to join a "better" one.

Good to hear you've moved on. Sharing ain't about speed, it's just about, well sharing.
 
I've never come across all the bitchiness and crap i've heard goes on.
Basically i've got a few good trackers which I regularly use,but I don't get involved in forums apart from reading them.I find it works out brilliantly.
As for what you're saying,I wholeheartedly agree with everything you are saying.
A lot of people are drama queens,attention seekers or power freaks,and the web gives them a perfect outlet for these traits.And people actually encourage them by replying and starting a s**t storm.
So yeah good for you and I hope you find your life more fulfilling,and kids are a joy to watch growing up.

:)
 
The_Martinator said:
Good to hear you've moved on. Sharing ain't about speed, it's just about, well sharing.
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SO many people seem to have lost sight of that :(

Even back when I was foolish enough to pay for a seedbox I used to seed things for as long as I could, sometimes months. I can't say I completely regret paying for a seedbox either. Because of my shitty upload speeds, and competing with those with seedboxes, before I had one I used to have to resort to things like partially seeding torrents or downloading popular torrents that I didn't even want just to maintain a decent ratio. I now have enough buffer at most of the sites I use that I no longer have to resort to tricks to maintain a ratio. I can simply grab the content that I want regardless of how new or old the torrent is, and with no regard for how it will affect my ratio. Because I'm now grabbing less torrents overall, and only the things I really want, the advantage is that I can seed them longer, too.

As for people moving away from the BT scene, that's understandable. Lives change, sometimes there just isn't the spare time to devote to following the latest gossip, and it does seem to get boring after a while and really not worth dedicating a lot of time to.
 
I'm with you good sir, I'm currently only using 2 trackers these days and staying active there; fuck seedboxes and the e-drama, I just want to spend the few free hours I have at home downloading good shit and discussing what I enjoy.
 
Torrents never get boring because free movies and music never get boring. I'm almost 40 and I still listen to music and watch movies. What a suprise.

What does get boring is to talk about it on forums.
 
There's nothing wrong with seedboxes in principle. I've never paid for one but they can be a lot of fun and it's great if you want to be an uploader somewhere which can be a very satisfying experience...plus you get to learn how servers work. Now if you're renting one just to build a 133T ratio well then there's something wrong with you...not the idea of a seedbox.
 
sear said:
There's nothing wrong with seedboxes in principle. I've never paid for one but they can be a lot of fun and it's great if you want to be an uploader somewhere which can be a very satisfying experience...plus you get to learn how servers work. Now if you're renting one just to build a 133T ratio well then there's something wrong with you...not the idea of a seedbox.
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I agree and just to be sure I wasn't aiming at the general idea of a seedbox. Getting things faster is a plus by itself, of course.
 
moving on ?? that doesnt even make sense to me... you make it sound like you can only have one or the other, not both.

i was in newsgroups long before i ever got into torrents... usenet has is pros and cons, but i dont see it as a replacement for torrents.

usenet is infested with viruses and spyware... it wasnt always like that but in recent years it is. if i want a small utility app you think i'm gonna download it off usenet ? not a chance. i would get it from SCC.

thats the thing with usenet there is no accountability. anyone can be a good guy or a bad guy ... any name/email can be forged. with torrents the uploader is held accountable.

also with usenet you lose the idea of things being "new" uploads. go to the main page of a scene torrent site and you can see everything that is new coming through. go to the main page of BCG and you can see all the new games..

go to the top of the list of alt.binaries.mom or alt.binaries.boneless and god only knows what you would get.. could be things from 2 years ago or from yesterday who knows.

so in conclusion I use both they each have good and bad ... also i highly recommend easynews cause they have the greatest web search interface.
 
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