How do u search for a good ratio torrent?

**tweakz** · 12-12-2007, 06:53 PM

I have a good connection...but it's such a slow upload i get!!!! My upload should be at least 60kb/s, but i get a lot less than that. So whats the best way for me to search for good ratio torrents? Btw...is it best for me to get music albums or sets, or just plain old tracks?

**sear** · 12-12-2007, 07:21 PM

imo if your not jumping on a brand new torrent you know is going to be popular it's best to look for a torrent with a good mix of seeders and leechers. If you go for the one with the most leaches you're likely to get caught short. Many times those leechers are in fact partial seeders and won't be downloading anything off of you.

**tweakz** · 12-12-2007, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by sear

imo if your not jumping on a brand new torrent you know is going to be popular it's best to look for a torrent with a good mix of seeders and leechers. If you go for the one with the most leaches you're likely to get caught short. Many times those leechers are in fact partial seeders and won't be downloading anything off of you.

So what do i look for?

Let me guess...do i look for/ 1st, the newest files/2. most seeders/3. at least 1 leecher....does that sound about right?

**sear** · 12-12-2007, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by tweakz

Let me guess...do i look for/ 1st, the newest files/2. most seeders/3. at least 1 leecher....does that sound about right?

Sort of...

1. look for torrents that are new and you know are going to be popular. Learn around what time popular tv shows are upped and grab them asap.

2. on older torrents look for a good mix of seeds and leeches...5/20 something like that.

also if you want to boost your ratio just download a torrent from a site that's easy to seed at and help seed it on another site...just make sure it's exactly the same.

If you're having slow upload speeds might want to check that your ports are forwarded properly as well that's often the problem.

**DanielleD87** · 12-12-2007, 07:47 PM

a trick is to grab what you want the second it hits the tracker and seeding it for over a month. even with a slow upload your ratio will go above 1 because most of the people with the seed boxes want to hit and run so if someone wants to download the rls a month after it hits the site they will have to download from you since you will be one of the only seeds left.