I had a bad experience with Oink too, I had downloaded my FIRST torrent from them and seeded it uncapped on my 25MBit line and they banned me.. for "CHEATING"! LOL.. wtf.. Never cheated and don't EVEN know how to! I've NEVER been banned from any site ever before or ever again. I thought I would do something nice and up the swarm speed, on a torrent that was slow... I didn't want invites or anything just wanted them to see that I want to contribute and do something good!
Anyway no point, lots of people get banned there and I'm all in favor of supporting them in banning cheaters etc, but they don't always get it right and they should keep that in mind and maybe issue a warning and try to find out if someone is ACTUALLY cheating or give them a fair chance! Tried to ask them how I cheated but obviously no response and banned from IRC chat too. So I still don't get it! Is seeding on a fast line considered cheating or something?
I left the torrent to seed, not to earn anything out of it but give back and when I tried to log in it said account disabled. So I did go to the IRC chat to ask them why my account was disabled. All they said was "you were cheating and cheaters never win" and and I asked cheating how? but they banned me from the IRC. Thats it! LOL. Its puzzling to be honest, I wish they would have analyzed my account properly or seen the data I sent (don't know how it works but I'm sure there must be a way to see that I didn't send any bad data!). I mean I turned so many leechers into seeders and improved the swarm speed immensely. Personally I would like to see all the cheaters and scammers lined up and shot, because they give honest people like me a bad name. Why the HELL would you want to fake uploads when you can just seed the real thing! Never made sense to me, how exactly does it benefit someone, isnt it the same thing as seeding a real file?! If I was banned for a REAL reason I would understand, but to be put into that category when I was just trying to help just sucks! If they wanted me to do something to prove my innocence I would have. I have never been banned anywhere and always try to seed as much as I can especially torrents that have few seeds or low swarm speeds. I just think this kind of stuff takes the "sharing" out of "file sharing."
Anyway it is cool, I would rather be part of a site that appreciates people who genuinely upload for the benefit of others - rather than suspect them for NO REASON and ban them! I know I'm innocent and that is what matters most to me.
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