squirr3l, you really think it's faster to sort through torrents on a tracker than come here and click a sticky? I don't
Instead of searching through trackers, they could simply check this thread (or do both). Some people might not have the time to browse for a good investment. They would also need to be VERY in touch with the scene. When TV shows come out, when movies come out, EXACTLY when. it's all about timing, if you are late on something, you could miss out on a lot of seeding. this is especially true for the big trackers, like you said. BitmeTV comes to mind, If you are 30 minutes late on a show you lose out on a lot, 12 hours late? forget it. And how many people keep track of all the popular scene releases? I don't know exactly when heroes, house, and lost come on, but someone does and they could save a lot of people a lot of work, and open up opportunities for those that would otherwise miss it. Since this site has so much traffic, that could impact the total peers on a particular torrent.
On the other hand you could say yeah, it should be every members responsibility to know whats hot and what scene release will be uploaded today. Or just search for what has the most leechers (which can be unreliable, and if you are a n00b, can mean a certain ban). You could also say the freeleech thread isn't necessary. A good member would check in on his trackers, notice the freeleech, and take advantage. Honestly they both aren't needed, but can be very helpful with a simple click. That's just how I see it.
The scene releases don't even include the 50 GB freeleech torrents on sites like dare I say it? SDBits (no I wasn't trying to promote them lol). That got me 10GB on a 50kbps upload. on a seedbox? shit you could have made 50 GB from one torrent, easily, on a site that's really hard to seed. That also doesn't include releases that come out BEFORE they are meant to. Like the resident evil release or screeners.
It's just convenient and helpful IMO, and what, taking up a sticky spot? I think that's a small price to pay if it helps even 1 member. People may or may not disagree with me, I mean no offense nor to start a flame war.
Nonetheless, it seems like this thread isn't so popular with the users, so might as well just take her down =/