HDbits,Good news ( or not depending on your point of view)

[waeldiab]

Good news, everyone - 16/12/09
Invites have been closed for quite a while now, and we figure there are probably some good users out there somewhere who would like an account.
As such,we are going to allow sending of invites all day on the 21st of December (next monday).
To accompany this special occasion, there will be a free leech (no download counted) for the entire week beginning on the 21st and ending at the close of the 27th.
Merry December,
HDBits

[Karel]

Let the trading begin :D

[zonta]

i hope i can get a invite..

[Rogi]

any hdbits users want to be my bff? :happy:

[Cabalo]

we should hire an extra mod just for that day...

[johhn]

what are the countries banned on hdbits ? are they gonna allow members to send invites to ppl living a banned country ?

[anon]

what are the countries banned on hdbits ?

According the sticky:
HDBits.org : [Banned] ; Poland, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, China [Restricted] ; Coming
Canada might be in hdbits ban but not sure

[hagckz0r]

Good news ! :D

[DouglasQuaid]

HDBits should drop to lvl 3 on the 22nd

[mievmo]

really good ones, still not need when u got so many HD trackers.

//ty.

[cinephilia]

are they gonna allow members to send invites to ppl living a banned country ?
what do you think? :frusty:

[Magnum]

HDBits should drop to lvl 3 on the 22nd
Pathetic....:sick:

[lakecityransom]

Glad to hear its opening finally... I just got word today. Its the LAST thing I want to get on since forever.

[n00bz0r]

HDBits should drop to lvl 3 on the 22nd
Pathetic....:sick:
QFT! :sick:

[DeNeDe17]

good news ..

[The_Martinator]

What no reqs yet? That's really surprising. :P

[Di@monds]

Damn ppl never change, even you cant use invites yet and i saw so many ppl trade/selling invites already lol

[Swift]

yes is so sad

[smcewa11]

Sod invites, it is free leech for a week :)

[TrollinThunder]

Awesome.

[EcksBizzle]

hope i'll be able to grab an invite.. i don't have any hd-dedicated trackers..

[Rogi]

Lol, did they cancel invite day? because of ebay?

[IdolEyes787]

What a bunch of twits and I don't mean the HDbits staff.
Personally I would forget about the invites and spend day and night routing out all the assholes that they obviously have on their site.

[Tokeman]

Lol, did they cancel invite day? because of ebay?
Where on earth did you hear that?
Nothing on the site about it being canceled...

[Rogi]

Lol, did they cancel invite day? because of ebay?
Where on earth did you hear that?
Nothing on the site about it being canceled...
Some comment on FSF, guess it was just a false rumor, hence the question mark. Internet is full of rumors i heard. :happy:

[Cabalo]

The way things are going, I have the feeling 21st is still very far away, and they will somehow cancel their offer.
Honestly I wouldn't blame them.

[sake]

we should hire an extra mod just for that day...

Haha :) Yesss :) This will be "The Day"

[Cabalo]

we should hire an extra mod just for that day...

Haha :) Yesss :) This will be "The Day"

I've just finished polishing my keyboard.
http://jharri.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ban-button.jpg

[Swift]

not all users who want in will join others maybe who don't need it will get in and trade it and... oh what the hell ...

[waeldiab]

Haha :) Yesss :) This will be "The Day"

I've just finished polishing my keyboard.
http://jharri.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ban-button.jpg

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:


Cabalo nice picture

[Funkin']

Honestly I wouldn't blame them.

Me either. That day is going to be a mess for them(and for you guys here). Everyone is going to be scrambling to trade and sell since it's only open for one day. I don't think this is the smartest move on their part. But, they're trying I guess...

[hotshot6473]

Why not just close the close the trade section until that day is over starting today.

[Swift]

no they shouldn't have announced this so quick ...

[waeldiab]

Why not just close the close the trade section until that day is over starting today.

Good idea :)

[jason1337]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9586/updatem.png

:o
good job guys!

[hotshot6473]

thats fake retard

[jason1337]

thats fake retard
:ermm: :dabs:

[waeldiab]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9586/updatem.png

:o
good job guys!

its fake

[TrackerDaddy]

This will be a busy day for sure ;)
jason1337, very good fake or i have a problem with my browser :shifty:

[IdolEyes787]

Why not just close the close the trade section until that day is over starting today.

Moratorium on HDbits works for me.:)

[OlegL]

Hdbits is not for retards like me. :)

[hotshot6473]

Why not just close the close the trade section until that day is over starting today.

Moratorium on HDbits works for me.:)

So does that mean its gonna happen?

[IdolEyes787]

Just as soon as I get control of the site I promise.
Of course the second thing I will do then is ban your account so in your particular case more or less win/lose.:(

[hotshot6473]

Ah thats ok I will just make another one like everybody else

[Tokeman]

yes yes, we all like photoshop

[brento]

yes yes, we all like photoshop

you spoiled it meanie

[Rart]

This is brilliant.

They closed invites due to sellers and traders.

With only one day of open invites, a very small window of opportunity, people will be scrambling to trade and sell in order to get an invite.

Thus greatly increasing the percentage of traders and sellers who get in. How brilliant.

Why don't they just open for a longer period or not at all?

[The_Martinator]

This is brilliant.

They closed invites due to sellers and traders.

With only one day of open invites, a very small window of opportunity, people will be scrambling to trade and sell in order to get an invite.

Thus greatly increasing the percentage of traders and sellers who get in. How brilliant.

Why don't they just open for a longer period or not at all?

I'm not sure "the average member" (as in people like me) there will be able to invite at all. Wait and see, I say.

[sake]

Nice Keyboard Cabalo. I want for Christmas just the same as yours hah :)

[Rart]

This is brilliant.

They closed invites due to sellers and traders.

With only one day of open invites, a very small window of opportunity, people will be scrambling to trade and sell in order to get an invite.

Thus greatly increasing the percentage of traders and sellers who get in. How brilliant.

Why don't they just open for a longer period or not at all?

I'm not sure "the average member" (as in people like me) there will be able to invite at all. Wait and see, I say.

I'm not part of the site so I don't know what types of users get invites, but such a small window of time can only promote trading, selling, rarity collecting and the like. Similar to "levels". Having it open for one, exclusive day only promotes the fact that it's a leet trackers that others should collect.

[LubTheStaringCat]

HDBits should drop to lvl 3 on the 22nd

Who the fuck gives a shit about trackers levels :wank:

I'm getting a Blue-ray player with multiple formate options, maybe If I'm lucky an Invite may come my way :doctor:

[Bubbles]

really good ones, still not need when u got so many HD trackers.

//ty.

:ermm:

[OlegL]

I'm not part of the site so I don't know what types of users get invites, but such a small window of time can only promote trading, selling, rarity collecting and the like. Similar to "levels".

But you have to remember the simple fact that most people are not traders or sellers.

[hotshot6473]

Well cant do anything about it since this site is one of the main HUBs of the trading and selling.

People will always trade and sell as long as there are places to harbor them

[nucks2424]

It all comes down to the existing members of hdbits. Do they invite there friend who has been dogging them for months to get them in or do they cash in ? I find it funny when u see on blogs current hdbits members saying how good the fellow members are and the site is such a great community. Well if that is the case then the majority of invites will not be trades, sold, or to collectors.

[TrollinThunder]

It doesn't have to be a majority for it to be a problem.

I'm sure invites will be shutdown before the day is up.

[kurdt]

i have that feeling also

[brento]

HDBits should drop to lvl 3 on the 22nd

Who the fuck gives a shit about trackers levels :wank:

I'm getting a Blue-ray player with multiple formate options, maybe If I'm lucky an Invite may come my way :doctor:

do you know offhand which player you're getting? just out of curiosity.

[kurdt]

just heard it's not going to happen because of invite selling

[Granero]

good news really it will be very busy day

[The_Martinator]

I'm not sure "the average member" (as in people like me) there will be able to invite at all. Wait and see, I say.

I'm not part of the site so I don't know what types of users get invites, but such a small window of time can only promote trading, selling, rarity collecting and the like. Similar to "levels". Having it open for one, exclusive day only promotes the fact that it's a leet trackers that others should collect.

A lot of people have invites. I have 4 for example. I'd say you get 1 permonth or maybe per 2 weeks if you're in my userclass (I think it's 50 GB downloaded with a ratio over 1).

There's surely more than 3000 invites in the system atm.

[Swift]

How can you contact staff other then IRC because nobody's there ...

[deichmann]

this is a nice Christmas present for us, that want to get in without trading or paying for an account.

[susiserken]

I'm not part of the site so I don't know what types of users get invites, but such a small window of time can only promote trading, selling, rarity collecting and the like. Similar to "levels".

But you have to remember the simple fact that most people are not traders or sellers.

a huge chunk of them are traders and sellers tho it will always be that way on "high level" trackers :whistling

[whiteboy]

But you have to remember the simple fact that most people are not traders or sellers.

a huge chunk of them are traders and sellers tho it will always be that way on "high level" trackers :whistling
Nah I disagree with that. Swapping with a buddy that you would just the same give it to for free, imo is not trading. Coming on a board like this and offering your invite for a trade to people you dont know is different. And I think is a small percentage of people that are doing that.

[sez]

lol anybody who spends more than 1 invite on that day will be banned with no proper reason or thoroughly be put under the microscope.Most of the members are sellers and traders otherwise the site wouldn't have gone to as far as freezing the invites and that was a first.

80% of sdbits is hdbits and as far as reason goes,I think that would be the least suspicious way to get in lol.
This one day thing is however ridiculous as with time,they've managed to suppress supply that with all the demand that is out there,people will do almost anything to get in during this window.

Either way,this qualifies for an extremely dumb move if that's what it is or an elaborate plan to get rid of more sellers and traders.

If I was them though,I would start paying attention to people who seldomly used their accounts till the announcement as well as people rushing to get to higher user classes lol.

[IdolEyes787]

+ http://s44840.gridserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/infinity-symbol.jpg

[mengaish]

I am in IP-banned country,what a pity!

[TrollinThunder]

Moderators: If it is not too much to ask, would you please correct the typographical error in the thread title? My concern is some unsuspecting members may be deceived into signing up at a fake site, Hdbtis.org, which I heard is being organized at this very moment. I sell government grade aluminum alloy hats for anyone who desires protection from this very dangerous phishing expedition.

[IdolEyes787]

Hows that ?

[puckface]

Best spelling change ever.

[TrollinThunder]

Most private vendors use generic aluminum in the production of their protective headgear devices, but we only use the highest quality government grade aluminum alloy, which is sold to us under the table by the Chinese manufacturers. I'm not a physicist, but studies indicate that the government grade aluminum is the only one with a sufficient number neutrons to withstand the high powered phishing attempts coming out of Nigeria.

[IdolEyes787]

I'd like to go on record right now that I disapprove of the inhumane farming of animals for their aluminum.

[Bad-Day]

I'd like to go on record right now that I disapprove of the inhumane farming of animals for their aluminum.

Totally 100% right on!

Im feeling it, its grrrrr, miau.... ;)


This is not spam, or is it ?

:huh: :naughty:

Forgot:

This is all, just a, scheme from the HDbits staff, to make it a level 10 tracker.

[IdolEyes787]

This is not spam, or is it ?

:huh: :naughty:


It's only spam if it's not funny or in a mod's case uninfractable.

[jason1337]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9586/updatem.png

:o
good job guys!

its fake
totally fake!

[brightsid]

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.


Too bad for all the good users waiting :(

[puckface]

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.
Too bad for all the good users waiting :(

Was bound to happen. Better to be safe then sorry.

[kurdt]

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.


Too bad for all the good users waiting :(

that's exactly what i heard last night and posted about: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-hdbitsgood-news-or-not-depending-on-your-point-of-view-post3354616/postcount59

this confirms it

[cinephilia]

better to be safe but i still wonder why they felt the need to "unleash passions" like this, since they knew that trade and sell attempts would inevitably happen.
i guess hdbits staff must be quite sadistic.

[IdolEyes787]

Two words, T rap.

[Slickerey]

Two words, T rap.

Looks like trap with a space. :dry:

Word is going around that they're not planning on opening invites again.

[TrollinThunder]

So it seems my potential invite is as ephemeral as a Princess Unicorn.

[kurdt]

better to be safe but i still wonder why they felt the need to "unleash passions" like this, since they knew that trade and sell attempts would inevitably happen.
i guess hdbits staff must be quite sadistic.

i've been contemplating the same thing. they must foreseen the fall out and known from the get go that if they were not willing to go through with the open invites in this environment invites would never happen.

perhaps they are sadistic, or perhaps they were just trying to trump up publicity/prestige/ego for the site. perhaps in an attempt to stimulate donations from their current members.

[TrollinThunder]

I think they are a bunch of whiny faggots who can't deal with people selling invites like the staff at the rest of the sites do. So they make matters worse by cutting off the supply for over a year. How fucking brilliant is that?

[hotshot6473]

Or perhaps they hoped that faggots on this site and others that have traders and sellers wouldn't try anything stupid. If the same stuff happened again they would just simply cancel. It was up to the users to decide if they wanted invites open or not and they failed miserably

[TrollinThunder]

They totally should have expected some of that stuff. There are better ways of dealing with it. Just buy the invites and ban the user and their invite tree. Or offer incentives to users who bought the invite.

Other sites deal with this problem just as well. HDBits is one of the best sites but can't seem to accept and deal with this reality. They have done this several times already.

That's sheer faggotry.

[kurdt]

Or perhaps they hoped that faggots on this site and others that have traders and sellers wouldn't try anything stupid. If the same stuff happened again they would just simply cancel. It was up to the users to decide if they wanted invites open or not and they failed miserably

right, just blame the victims. because it's totally possible to not have people trade and sell invites. just like it's possible for all crime to end.

the site choosing to let a few bad apples ruin it for the rest of us who acquire invites without buying or trading is the fault of the site alone.

[hotshot6473]

It is possible for people to not trade and sell. The answer is to have no such thing as invites. If people don't stop then they will never open up the doors. That also a slim chance so in essence people only have a slim chance of ever being a member

[TrollinThunder]

There is an even slimmer chance that at some point nobody who trades or sells invites will be a member of HDBits.

[Slickerey]

Instead of opening invites, why don't they make an invite application? Existing members could have their friends apply for an invite through the app. Staff would then be able to choose which users can and can't join. I think that would have been a better idea.

Also, everyone knew that they wouldn't open invites. There are too many idiots out there selling and trading their accounts. Why can't they just share them for their own good? I really hope that all invite sellers get globally banned one day.

That is my dream. To rid the internet of traders and sellers.

[kurdt]

It is possible for people to not trade and sell. The answer is to have no such thing as invites. If people don't stop then they will never open up the doors. That also a slim chance so in essence people only have a slim chance of ever being a member

people will never stop. there is no chance. administration needs to get real, instead of think of excuses and blaming people. (reminds me of communism actually now that i think about it. great ideal but only creates a corrupt gov't)

[hotshot6473]

Bottom line is the site doesn't want people inside the community to break the rules. If they don't follow the rules they will not have any invite privileges. It may never happen which is something people have to deal with.

And the only way to deal with it is to start a site just like it and have people learn how to cap TV, encode properly, buy their own Bluray disks and upload them.

[TrollinThunder]

Maybe you're right. Maybe I should start a site, but your point doesn't change the fact that HDBits could open invites and be more normal about it.

The caps and sources are almost all posted to usenet and spotted at ABHDTV anyway. So maybe I'll just hang around there more.

[Mister Moo]

Instead of opening invites, why don't they make an invite application? Existing members could have their friends apply for an invite through the app. Staff would then be able to choose which users can and can't join. I think that would have been a better idea.

Also, everyone knew that they wouldn't open invites. There are too many idiots out there selling and trading their accounts. Why can't they just share them for their own good? I really hope that all invite sellers get globally banned one day.

That is my dream. To rid the internet of traders and sellers.

XD at your dream, god dammit you are fucking pathetic

[Ewwwyourface]

hahaha

im so glad they closed so i can laugh at all u ppl who were dreaming of one day getting into hdbits lmfao

[nucks2424]

I always laugh when i see this venom over someone trading an invite. Its a torrent site people. Your not trading your wife ,( although I think many people when they know look across them in bed would like a chance to swap out)or your kids. I am aware of how trading is frowned upon and I am lucky that a couple of friends have invited me into several good sites. If I had a friend who had an invite into a site I wanted and vice versa of course i would swap with them.

Now if I give him an invite and then a week late he gives me an invite back that is better then giving them at the same time ?

Many people I have met on a site like this or a torrent site are good people. Like many people did this week when I heard about hdbits opening up I pm'd a dozen or so regular people i chat with at least once a month and said if u get an extra invite can u hook me up. To me thats what being a good member of the torrent scene does. U help friends enjoy Movies,tv,games, and music.

If sites are worried about collectors then simply don't give out any invites unless you have been an active member for several months. People who sign up won't be able to buy invites like at some sites and if they don't bother to download or use there account regularily (at least every 2 weeks) prune there accounts ( I know some sites do this).

Don't some people remember 25 years ago when u bought a nintendo or a sega and you trading games with your buddies instead of buying the games from the store. I know I did this. Now advertising trades on ebay or even on here I can see having negative benefits to the tracker in terms of unwanted pub. I get that part, no site wants to be shut down. But hdbits is afraid of its own members. Are these the same members regularily downloading stuff and contributing to what is supposed to be a great forum.

I think this was a preplanned move to announce the day well ahead just to be able to cancel it later. THen they can say well we tried. If they really cared they wouldn't announce it. Once a month or 3-4 times a year they would simply open up invites for a few hours in a day. People for the most part would only have time to contact people they already know to give an invite out.

Not once did I condone selling. Selling I agree is wrong. I just feel that the attitude that some sites have about there members is unrealistic. U can't have 20,000 members in anything without 200-300 jerks. Do we cancel the New years Eve fireworks because of the dozen knuckleheads smoking up (must be members of SCC according to there recent forum thread) under the bleachers or do we let the 5000 people enjoy the show.

HDbits can keep there doors closed and one day like every other site they will close and be replaced.

Stepping off my soapbox, kicking my feet back, just opened a cold one and going to enjoy my 3 weeks of holidays now.

best of the season to all and lets remember no matter how frustrated some get at times we are still getting great stuff for free

[whiteboy]

hahaha

im so glad they closed so i can laugh at all u ppl who were dreaming of one day getting into hdbits lmfao
Another great post from you. Not sure what this forum would do without your great contributions.

[TrollinThunder]

nucks that's a very sensible post and I welcome you to this world of FST, where we can actually have a discussion about this shit rather than just act like fags on some invite only forum.

You're completely right about swapping with friends. There is really nothing wrong with that and it is the most prevalent form of trading around. Except nobody calls it trading of course.

I don't know if it was preplanned. I kind of doubt that. I've seen them do this before. I truly believe that there some of the staff are just completely unrealistic and don't feel like letting good people in outweighs the handful of people who sell invites.

It's a bit silly, but that's what they do each time invites are opened. Oddly, invites have always been plentiful and they were very easy to come by in 2006-2008 or so. Don't quote me on the years, but they were very easy to get into and now tons of traders and sellers are there, just as well as tons of good members.

[nucks2424]

Well before I have 2 more drinks and can't string a proper sentence together here's one more thing to think about. I can't really imagine that there is a huge differeance between hdbits and bithdtv. I know hdbits has 25% more files but do I personally need seven versions of the same movie. 90% of the time i find the movie I need on bithdtv. Would I signup at hdbits ... yeah for sure to try it out. As far as some people saying the encoding releases there are better I guess my eyesight is going becuase I can't see a differance on my 50" Samsung between WIKI, ESIR, Cinefile, or many others. All 720p proper releases play beautifully and sound great with dts soundtracks on my home theater.

I just wish if hdbits is much better for some reason then why not run your sight like bithdtv. Invites are plentiful, given away many places, and they keep the lid on total members so the sight doesn't go the way of TL with a huge userbase. Once the allusion of can't getting in was gone, I think the sellers would move on to there next hidden site.

[kurdt]

Bottom line is the site doesn't want people inside the community to break the rules. If they don't follow the rules they will not have any invite privileges. It may never happen which is something people have to deal with.

And the only way to deal with it is to start a site just like it and have people learn how to cap TV, encode properly, buy their own Bluray disks and upload them.

yes that is the bottom line, but disabling invites forever (even worse, announcing that they will open them and then reneging) is a self-righteous and egotistical solution which in the end fails to achieve the bottom line, and arguably exacerbates the problem.

there are currently traders and sellers inside the site already. the only way to deal with it justly is like all the other sites deal with it: ban the rule breakers but don't penalize the good members and good would-be members.

[TheKarateKitt]

Instead of opening invites, why don't they make an invite application? Existing members could have their friends apply for an invite through the app. Staff would then be able to choose which users can and can't join. I think that would have been a better idea.

Seeing as how HDBits staff is so elitist and full of themselves, that actually sounds like a good idea and substitute of the current invite method (er, or lack thereof!!).


If I had a friend who had an invite into a site I wanted and vice versa of course i would swap with them.

Many people I have met on a site like this or a torrent site are good people. Like many people did this week when I heard about hdbits opening up I pm'd a dozen or so regular people i chat with at least once a month and said if u get an extra invite can u hook me up. To me thats what being a good member of the torrent scene does. U help friends enjoy Movies,tv,games, and music......


Nucks, you make a LOT of excellent and valid points, especially w/ regards to trading invites. I seriously have no idea why trading invites are so frowned upon, either (w/ the exception of SELLING invites). When you mention about swapping invites between friends, I was thinking the same damn thing.

I used to borrow games back n' forth between friends the same as you mentioned and view doing the same w/ torrent tracker invites the same. Now, if you happen to trade a good invite to some random nub who leeches one big movie file, doesn't seed, goes away for a month, and gets you both banned, well that's your own damn fault for being an idiot.

Now, back to HDBits, if the staff truly feel this way about a lot of their members (meaning, looking down upon them and frowning), why not revamp their current method of thinking? Why not wipe out low ratio, inactive, and/or non-involved members? 23,000 members. Surely there are lots bad apples in that bunch. Think about it, if only 1% are bad, that's still 230 people!!!!!
Clear out some dead weight, while making way for eager HD-lovers, who SEED and contribute, and who've been waiting to get in for years (like myself, for starters!).

Sadly, I feel the doors to HDBits will be closed for another year and possibly for the rest of its' life (w/ the exception of staff members or VIP members who can, I believe, still give out invites to their buddies).

[cinephilia]

anyhow, they KNEW it would happen... so why did they announce the opening of invites a week before ?
they could have opened invites for 1 or 2 days without advising any member before the opening, i guess traders and sellers wouldn't have had time to react.

[whiteboy]

anyhow, they KNEW it would happen... so why did they announce the opening of invites a week before ?
they could have opened invites for 1 or 2 days without advising any member before the opening, i guess traders and sellers wouldn't have had time to react.
Yah its pretty lame for them to act like they didn't see this coming. Obviously the members that were doing this before are still there.

[lisabritpop]

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.

is it true?

[cinephilia]

yes it is.

[lisabritpop]

Very sad to hear this.......thanks to these "guys" that caused all the potential good members not getting in.....

[Cabalo]

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.

is it true?
yes it is.
By an economical point of view, the longer they keep the invites closed, the more they become a luxury good. Doing this is not a solution.

As some people said before, if they open the invites for 6 hours or so, time to time, for sure genuine members would have time to invite their friends. There wouldn't be even time to sell or trade them.

[IdolEyes787]

Like whiteboy said it's a silly "solution" all the sellers/traders are still there and can easily still sell /trade an account at their leisure , the only ones to truly lose out are those people who actually have obeyed the rules and would have used the opportunity to finally invite a friend.
Maybe I'm getting it wrong but it seems that HDbits has already invited the fox into the chicken coop but now thinks that locking the door will fix the problem.:unsure:

[lisabritpop]

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.

is it true?
yes it is.
By an economical point of view, the longer they keep the invites closed, the more they become a luxury good. Doing this is not a solution.

As some people said before, if they open the invites for 6 hours or so, time to time, for sure genuine members would have time to invite their friends. There wouldn't be even time to sell or trade them.

yeah , i agree with u

I don't see why the staffers keep closing invite because of a few sellers....u know , all sites have the same problem

[OlegL]

If they don't wanna be another OINK, they need to stay closed and get rid of invite sellers that are still on their site. (If those sellers were indeed the ones who ruined it for potential good invitees).

[xeyu]

many joke-news. i c.

[n00bz0r]

http://i50.tinypic.com/i40213.png

have fun!

[lakecityransom]

I'm glad I read this thread, I felt so foolish to believe this. People called the cancellation out before it happened. How could such an exclusive site announce an opening several days beforehand? All along it was just a big FU. You are illusioned to ever think HDBits can open without traders appearing to capitalize on it... probably some of your valued members.

At this point I don't care about HDBits. The rumors about the abuse must be true. This just puts a wax seal on it for me.

[Benjamin]

Some people need to understand that HDBits doesn't need any new members, the site is thriving with it's current user base, opening invites on the 21st was basically a gift from the staff in light of the holidays.
Certain people ruined it for everyone else, you should blame them. The staff were just being generous, again, they have no need for new members.

[n00bz0r]

Blaming traders wont do shit..
if HDBits staffers did, at any point of time, rule out the possibility of traders cashing in.. then they certainly expected way too much outta certain people..
There is a whole world of difference between the *real* and *ideal* world..about time they accept that.

//Peace

[Magnum]

That's probably the best solution.

[Benjamin]

That's probably the best solution.

A solution means there is a problem, invites are closed again, back to normal. There is no problem.

[Magnum]

Anyway it's nice to see that the admins takes precautions against this behavior.
Some fucking idiots do this: http://www.torrentinvites.org/invites/hdbits-org/prod_18.html

[aen]

IMHO it's a fake thing ;)

[fox92]

HDBits' reaction of eleminating the idea of issuing invites was a good and bad thing. Good, cause the site will continue to be free of traders, bad cause many legitimate users who wanted to get into the site are now stranded. IMO hdbits should organise something about the invites for this chirstmas and give invites, to their most trusted users i.e based on user classes. Cause it is totally unfair that those who really do want to be part of that community, to be shut out from it due to the actions of a few traders. Please try to help those who really want to be part of the site..it's sure to be a really good christmas gift :)

[dvdasacd]

For frick's sake.

[Parabellum]

Just great, this idiots ruined the chance for all good users to join the site :dabs:

[DeNeDe17]

anyone know who are those idiots ?let's flood them ;))

[IdolEyes787]

HDBits' reaction of eleminating the idea of issuing invites was a good and bad thing. Good, cause the site will continue to be free of traders, bad cause many legitimate users who wanted to get into the site are now stranded. IMO hdbits should organise something about the invites for this chirstmas and give invites, to their most trusted users i.e based on user classes.

Don't know if you noticed but the upper userclasses of most trackers are populated to some extent by traders who have consciously buffered their accounts to maximize their value.:ermm:

Also if HDbits was as you so astutely put it " free of traders " then they wouldn't have had this problem to begin when.

[grow4dough]

if they wont open the invites until people stop trading then they will never open their doors again.

[xJohnxSmithx]

ya well, we all know what the real problem is.

[cmd]

yes. what's the real problem?

[fox92]

HDBits' reaction of eleminating the idea of issuing invites was a good and bad thing. Good, cause the site will continue to be free of traders, bad cause many legitimate users who wanted to get into the site are now stranded. IMO hdbits should organise something about the invites for this chirstmas and give invites, to their most trusted users i.e based on user classes.

Don't know if you noticed but the upper userclasses of most trackers are populated to some extent by traders who have consciously buffered their accounts to maximize their value.:ermm:

Also if HDbits was as you so astutely put it " free of traders " then they wouldn't have had this problem to begin when.

hmmm..guess I cant argue with that...sad all this had to happen :\

[The_Martinator]

Hopefully the staff will make more such announcements so the sellers and traders will eventually all surface...

No way is HDbits free of them.

[P2PDog]

I'm LMAO @ anyone who couldn't see that coming :)

It's not the first time they've announced that they'll open invites, then cancel supposedly because of all the sellers and traders. So, what kind of morons would they have to be to try it again thinking the same thing wouldn't happen, especially after they announce it several days in advance?

The funniest part about the whole thing is that what they're doing just pisses off the normal members who would be interested in joining who would be assets to the site, and it drives the site's "value" that much higher with the trading and selling crowd.

My opinion: It was all nothing more than a ploy to try to get their site bumped up to level 10.

[hotshot6473]

I'm LMAO @ anyone who couldn't see that coming :)

It's not the first time they've announced that they'll open invites, then cancel supposedly because of all the sellers and traders. So, what kind of morons would they have to be to try it again thinking the same thing wouldn't happen, especially after they announce it several days in advance?

The funniest part about the whole thing is that what they're doing just pisses off the normal members who would be interested in joining who would be assets to the site, and it drives the site's "value" that much higher with the trading and selling crowd.

My opinion: It was all nothing more than a ploy to try to get their site bumped up to level 10.

your a retard

[Swift]

I'm LMAO @ anyone who couldn't see that coming :)

It's not the first time they've announced that they'll open invites, then cancel supposedly because of all the sellers and traders. So, what kind of morons would they have to be to try it again thinking the same thing wouldn't happen, especially after they announce it several days in advance?

The funniest part about the whole thing is that what they're doing just pisses off the normal members who would be interested in joining who would be assets to the site, and it drives the site's "value" that much higher with the trading and selling crowd.

My opinion: It was all nothing more than a ploy to try to get their site bumped up to level 10.

your a retard

why is he ? because he's telling the truth ?

[zonta]

I'm LMAO @ anyone who couldn't see that coming :)

It's not the first time they've announced that they'll open invites, then cancel supposedly because of all the sellers and traders. So, what kind of morons would they have to be to try it again thinking the same thing wouldn't happen, especially after they announce it several days in advance?

The funniest part about the whole thing is that what they're doing just pisses off the normal members who would be interested in joining who would be assets to the site, and it drives the site's "value" that much higher with the trading and selling crowd.

My opinion: It was all nothing more than a ploy to try to get their site bumped up to level 10.


I think he's right

[kurdt]

your a retard

am i the only one who sees the irony in the quoted comment?

[nucks2424]

Anytime I see "Your a retard" or "Your a fag" I think thats a logical thought provoking argument that built the foundation for this place.

[puckface]

Anytime I see "Your a retard" or "Your a fag" I think thats a logical thought provoking argument that built the foundation for this place.

Especially ironic when "your" is spelled incorrectly.

[IdolEyes787]

What a moran.

[susiserken]

lol im not surprised next time they should just open invites without any adverts about it. i kinda feel sorry for all those who allready paid for an invite and now theyre not getting it :lol:

[OlegL]

Remember when hdbits used to have an open sign-up back in 2006? They were not worried back then that bad members could get in, but now they are worried about it.

[Benjamin]

I'm just wondering where all you potential members of HDBits were a year ago when invites were easy to obtain, are all of you completely new to torrenting or what?

[cinephilia]

What a moran.
http://entertheoctopus.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/morans.jpg

[LubTheStaringCat]

I take It Invites ain't going to happen now, that's total shit.
why do Pricks always have to ruin It for others.
Traders & Invite sellers and so on.

[IdolEyes787]

Just so I've got it straight are you talking about members or staff?

[jimmyg123]

lol im not surprised next time they should just open invites without any adverts about it. i kinda feel sorry for all those who allready paid for an invite and now theyre not getting it :lol:

Yea, that sucks for them. That should teach the people that paid to get an invite to never try something like that to obtain a site. Anyways that sucks that invites will not be open i herd that hdbits was a great site.

[Ev0]

Yea, that sucks for them. That should teach the people that paid to get an invite to never try something like that to obtain a site. Anyways that sucks that invites will not be open i herd that hdbits was a great site.

yeah real sucks that half any decent HD site will have the exact same files as HDBits. From what I hear then HDBits has only its internal encoders going for it and even then just wait an hour or 2 before TL, IPT, RevTT etc the same torrents that you can download.

[ca_aok]

I'm just wondering where all you potential members of HDBits were a year ago when invites were easy to obtain, are all of you completely new to torrenting or what?
I dunno about everyone else but in my case I didn't have an HDTV or the spare disk space to download HD content. Now I do, and now it's closed :(

[P2PDog]

I'm LMAO @ anyone who couldn't see that coming :)

It's not the first time they've announced that they'll open invites, then cancel supposedly because of all the sellers and traders. So, what kind of morons would they have to be to try it again thinking the same thing wouldn't happen, especially after they announce it several days in advance?

The funniest part about the whole thing is that what they're doing just pisses off the normal members who would be interested in joining who would be assets to the site, and it drives the site's "value" that much higher with the trading and selling crowd.

My opinion: It was all nothing more than a ploy to try to get their site bumped up to level 10.

your a retard

I are not :P

[hotshot6473]

I am gonna laugh so hard when this is all over

[Swift]

It already is :D

[Swepsycho]

:( when open AGAIN?

[LubTheStaringCat]

It didn't take long to make your presence felt :D

[Swepsycho]

how long u mean? :blink: tell better...

[LubTheStaringCat]

Most people pass through post In one or two threads, you do the full General BitTorrent section.

[NiKRuLeZ]

Okay...this is a really long thread and im not going to waste my time reading through all the posts which half of them look as if they are romours. Can someone please confirm if hdbits is still going ahead and allows invites to be sent on Monday 21st Dec?

[Funkin']

In other words, you've been missed Swepsycho.

[Swepsycho]

Okay...this is a really long thread and im not going to waste my time reading through all the posts which half of them look as if they are romours. Can someone please confirm if hdbits is still going ahead and allows invites to be sent on Monday 21st Dec?u are retarded? u must learn read....if he say invites closed why fuck u think invite can sended in 21st dec? :lol:

[NiKRuLeZ]

Okay...this is a really long thread and im not going to waste my time reading through all the posts which half of them look as if they are romours. Can someone please confirm if hdbits is still going ahead and allows invites to be sent on Monday 21st Dec?u are retarded? u must learn read....if he say invites closed why fuck u think invite can sended in 21st dec? :lol:
Dude, I already told you that I cant be arsed to read the whole thread hence I want to know the current status of the invites which are going to enabled tomorrow/or not!? ;)

[Swepsycho]

u are retarded? u must learn read....if he say invites closed why fuck u think invite can sended in 21st dec? :lol:
Dude, I already told you that I cant be arsed to read the whole thread hence I want to know the current status of the invites which are going to enabled tomorrow/or not!? ;)
u dont have to read whole tread only read 1 post.....what is ur problem...

[OlegL]

There is a hot girl that visits the #hdbits channel often. If I hadn't been banned from hdbits, maybe I would have been able to become her best friend. Her name is Claudia and her nick on the hdbits site is also Claudia. She lives in Canada. She didn't really have a high opinion about my intelligence, but that doesn't change the fact that she's hot.

[Swift]

who cares when she gives you a boner

[IdolEyes787]

Pics?

Not of your boner:frusty:

[yipie]

There is a hot girl that visits the #hdbits channel often. If I hadn't been banned from hdbits, maybe I would have been able to become her best friend. Her name is Claudia and her nick on the hdbits site is also Claudia. She lives in Canada. She didn't really have a high opinion about my intelligence, but that doesn't change the fact that she's hot.

"She" is probably an old man.You are a fool.

[puckface]

who cares when she gives you a boner

Who uses the word boner? Been a long time since Ive heard that.

[Swift]

just saying...

[grow4dough]

There is a hot girl that visits the #hdbits channel often. If I hadn't been banned from hdbits, maybe I would have been able to become her best friend. Her name is Claudia and her nick on the hdbits site is also Claudia. She lives in Canada. She didn't really have a high opinion about my intelligence, but that doesn't change the fact that she's hot.

not sure if thats more creepy or pathetic...

[cinephilia]

There is a hot girl that visits the #hdbits channel often. If I hadn't been banned from hdbits, maybe I would have been able to become her best friend. Her name is Claudia and her nick on the hdbits site is also Claudia. She lives in Canada. She didn't really have a high opinion about my intelligence, but that doesn't change the fact that she's hot.

not sure if thats more creepy or pathetic...
both i guess.

[pone44]

Why not just have a application process if worried about who gets in, the staff could check if they were members before, if they can be trusted to use and keep the account? Or do they want to stay closed and keep the same member base as is?
Some people do want the site for the simple reason that invites are hard to obtain :rolleyes:, others want a good HD source. I am not sure how this and other dedicated hd sites compare to each other content wise.
Some members here did not have the HD space(HDTV etc) to be able to be a good member of the site if invited (as mentioned in this thread).

[NiKRuLeZ]

Okay so its now the 21st. Has hdbits enabled its invites?

[puckface]

Okay so its now the 21st. Has hdbits enabled its invites?

I'll venture a guess and say no.
(see below)



Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.
Too bad for all the good users waiting :(





Too bad for all the good users waiting :(

that's exactly what i heard last night and posted about: http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-hdbitsgood-news-or-not-depending-on-your-point-of-view-post3354616/postcount59

this confirms it


Bottom line is the site doesn't want people inside the community to break the rules. If they don't follow the rules they will not have any invite privileges. It may never happen which is something people have to deal with.

And the only way to deal with it is to start a site just like it and have people learn how to cap TV, encode properly, buy their own Bluray disks and upload them.


anyhow, they KNEW it would happen... so why did they announce the opening of invites a week before ?
they could have opened invites for 1 or 2 days without advising any member before the opening, i guess traders and sellers wouldn't have had time to react.



anyhow, they KNEW it would happen... so why did they announce the opening of invites a week before ?
they could have opened invites for 1 or 2 days without advising any member before the opening, i guess traders and sellers wouldn't have had time to react.
Yah its pretty lame for them to act like they didn't see this coming. Obviously the members that were doing this before are still there.


Just great, this idiots ruined the chance for all good users to join the site :dabs:

But freeleech HAS started.

[xeyu]

dont worry everybody.
just not monday.

[Rogi]

huh? :huh:

[abosamer]

dont worry everybody.
just not monday.


pple like u seems nowadays like off-topic posters :lol:


each topic used to have a part of spamming , but these days it's different , each topic has a part of topic related posts

[kurdt]

dont worry everybody.
just not monday.

is the site going to be taking members at some point in the future? if you know, spill it

[Swift]

invites or open again hurray !

[cs101]

invites are not open ATM

[cmd]

invites or open again hurray !


let's spam your inbox then.

[yipie]

are invites really open are are you people joking?.

[DouglasQuaid]

Only VIPs can invite today, there's about 150 VIPs though. :(

[Rigel9]

HDTV cappers too

[happyguy]

Only VIPs can invite today, there's about 150 VIPs though. :(

is it public notice? cuz, they are intended to close invites whatsoever.:blink:

[yipie]

So all that is, what...1% of users?.

[antrax34130]

HDTV cappers too

really?

[lol87]

I really don't understand this threat, maybe the topic starter care to explain. First they promised to enable invites for all users, now they only allow VIP users to invite new users. Some users even say, that invites are still closed, some users say invites are only for VIP. All I can say is "confussion".

[waeldiab]

what i know it's close

[kurdt]

what's close?

[hagckz0r]

Condom shop - closet

[waeldiab]

Condom shop - closet

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[lol87]

what i know it's close

So nothing happened.


Anyway, I found a message written by the staff from hdbits.

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.

I wonder whom they refer to?

[kurdt]

what i know it's close

So nothing happened.


Anyway, I found a message written by the staff from hdbits.

Bad news - 18/12/09

Well, a couple of idiots have ruined it for you all. There won't be invites on monday.

I wonder whom they refer to?

people selling/trading invites (but mostly selling). if you read this thread you'll see it discussed

[hotshot6473]

It was opened to the only users that deserved it