Why do people go after l33t trackers?
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mailaccount63
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Right on time!
On topic: some want them out of curiosity, others for bragging rights. Unfortunately, the latter is outweighing the former.
Many resort to trading, as they don't have the time or the will to social network their way there. Add a language barrier on many cases, and you have the formula.
Not long ago it was trendy to request those trackers "for the community". We would often see requests at FST and at many other places (some pretending to be leet) from people who weren't even active on those same communities. Now, how hypocrite is that?
QFT.
And torrenting ain't the only way to get your filez. Everyone focussed on tracker-l33tness should wander a bit on http-boards and usenet-boards and they would soon notice there are countless ways and places to get the same content without the need to be part of small l33t trackers.
Although a majority of the n00bs start out like 'invite-hunters' I'm conviced the ones with a shred of intelligence will eventually realise it's all just a bunch of trackers, nothing more, nothing less and just move on.
The ones that keep chasing for l33tness are the retards imo.
anderson3000
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Your point is that you're stupid and we shouldn't give you any tracker invites? I'll give you a point for blunt honesty, I guess..
For a newbie:Bragging rights.
For a Veteran:Extending their e-peen and Bragging rights.
Curiosity is an excuse really.When you hear a "l33t" tracker sucks and there is nothing special in there,why do you care to join?Because you wanna see for yourself how much the tracker sucks?
Curiosity is not joining a tracker when you very well know what the tracker offers and how it "looks like" but it is when joining a tracker when you dont know anything about it other than rumours,like how people wanted to join CN back sometime when it was a rumour producing factory and when "it dint exist".
For a Veteran:Extending their e-peen and Bragging rights.
Curiosity is an excuse really.When you hear a "l33t" tracker sucks and there is nothing special in there,why do you care to join?Because you wanna see for yourself how much the tracker sucks?
Curiosity is not joining a tracker when you very well know what the tracker offers and how it "looks like" but it is when joining a tracker when you dont know anything about it other than rumours,like how people wanted to join CN back sometime when it was a rumour producing factory and when "it dint exist".
stripedspider
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sporty princess
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I thought you just had to be a "veteran " and then people just gave them to you?
Booboo the original!
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i suppose that depends on your definition of the word
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When I first started torrenting, it was because of the hype of course. In a nutshell, it was essentially because of WTAW. When you're a newbie, and you end up in a place like this, you really don't know any better. You see a review for some 1337 tracker, let's say FSC, that's about 3 years old, doesn't have many pictures, and goes on and on about how the community is the best on the net, the forums are an utopia for discussion, etc. The reality upon joining is quite different, but by then it's too late.
As time went by (as has already been said), these invites are eventually just offered to you. When someone comes along and says "hey, want to join uk-t?" out of the blue, it's hard not to be curious about the site.
I could count on one hand the number of smaller trackers I've joined that have lived up to expectations in any meaningful way, and usually they're niche trackers, not these small 0-days with "legendary" communities. Smaller and more secretive just means fewer seeds, worse torrent retention, less content, dead forums populated only by spamthreads, IRC channels with about five people who ever talk, etc. Over time I've realized that it's all pretty useless, and all of these sites have the exact same core of members who you can interact with at any one of them.
As time went by (as has already been said), these invites are eventually just offered to you. When someone comes along and says "hey, want to join uk-t?" out of the blue, it's hard not to be curious about the site.
I could count on one hand the number of smaller trackers I've joined that have lived up to expectations in any meaningful way, and usually they're niche trackers, not these small 0-days with "legendary" communities. Smaller and more secretive just means fewer seeds, worse torrent retention, less content, dead forums populated only by spamthreads, IRC channels with about five people who ever talk, etc. Over time I've realized that it's all pretty useless, and all of these sites have the exact same core of members who you can interact with at any one of them.
The Changeling
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Because they're l33t? Or so hyped that even if you keep on hearing they're just another 0-Day tracker with nothing out of the ordinary, you'll still want to get in until you see it with your own eyes, something one absolutely can't be blamed for.
I can easily help with KG if you're willing to be part of my invite tree.
I can easily help with KG if you're willing to be part of my invite tree.
Allitrya Hallows
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i don't nor have i ever chased for invites/accounts to the obvious top-tier trackers/communities, but somehow i am or used to be a member of them, does that make me retarded?Disme said:
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/me too
Straight in a Gay way
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No, I'm just saying if you don't want to give to a collector, then you're going to struggle giving away invites, espeically somewhere like here! I'm not going to beg for invites, I'kll ask if I want one in particular, but other than that I'm content with what I have!
Moiraes Fate
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In many cases it's simply curiosity. If you like all tracker related stuff I don't see a proper reason not to try obtain also l33t ones.
pokeyprincess77
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You might want to reread what I wrote ... I didn't say 'every' n00b, but 'a majority' ...
On the matter of your retardness ... wasn't it you who once said he was jealous of my FST-join-date :ermm: