When did it all go wrong?

[shikotee]

I dont know about everyone else, but my objective is not to collect trackers. It's to get in the best of them. If along the line you end up with a little too many, thats more of a side effect.

I hear what you are saying, and can relate.

When I first checked out FST, my objective was to get a better idea of what else was out there. Like everyone, I felt the frustration of being a noob, and not being able to access the invite area until 1 month went by.

I guess my take on this is that it seems way too many people seem to be getting caught up in the rat-race of seeking "the best".

And the funny thing is, "the best" is really a subjective concept.
What is best for me, is not necessarily the best for you.

I for one think to many people are "idolizing" this classification system, and I think the effects can be negative, and stutter the growth of new trackers.

At the end of the day, does it really matter if you downloaded "whatever.2006.xvid" a day faster than you would have on another tracker?

[morphine]

I guess my take on this is that it seems way too many people seem to be getting caught up in the rat-race of seeking "the best".

And the funny thing is, "the best" is really a subjective concept.
What is best for me, is not necessarily the best for you.

That's absolutely true. I have a tough time understanding some of the trades and trade proposals i see here, but who am i to question personal preferences. If i were in some of the "best" (in my opinion) trackers i see mentioned sometimes here (sct, bitmetv or especially ftn) i wouldn trade them for nothing. Let alone for obscure little trackers that nobody knows nothing about, just because they are rare. It almost doesn't matter if they're good or not. It's just means to reach the main goal.

My objective is to get in the "best" trackers and stop there. Not trade them. On the other hand if there werent people willing to trade them then how would anybody get an account there. It's all very, very relative. And obviously the sense of community tends to get a bit lost along the way.

And i agree with most of what you say. Most have a plan to reach their goals. But the thing is you only realize how caught up you are when and if you reach them. After that comes the real test. Do you stop because you reach your goals or is there a "need" to look for the "next best thing".

[Colt Seevers]

Sure - some people have legit reasons for why they are doing this, but many seem to be motivated by ego/greed, and the end result is that it is ruining it for many.

Well said, and very true. Also the reason I felt the need to reply was it was partly to do with what invite trading has become, and IMHO on the whole, it's not very nice. It was also after reading many, invite scammer threads, and user x cons user y out of account/invites that put me off the whole BT giving out invites malarky. Don't get me wrong i'm not saying that everyone is a scammer in fact the majority on here are far from it. But it's no longer worth the risk of losing an account over someone who may just turn out to be a ratio hacking freak.

im personally driven by the need to have the best of the best

What is the "Best of the best"? I never agreed with the What invites are worth thread.
As shikotee says it's purley a subjective point of view. Just because 100,000 n00bjockeys say "zOMG Dis site is da bestest for toorretns", does it make it so?

i wouldnt say im addicted to trackers but, when a new one starts you want in.

Do you?

i took part in invite trading to work my way upto the best sites. im now part of the sites i was aiming for. i no longer need to give/receive invites.

That's the way it should be. Get in to "the best" trackers for your needs, not so you can upload to get Power User to get more invites so you can then trade the invites, then when your all outta invites trade your account (Dear God NO!) If the tracker provides you with what you need, be it games, music, DVDs, dancing lesbian Scat-Goat-porn for all I care...whatever, stay with it. There is no Holy Grail of torrent sites.

There is no sp00n.

And the funny thing is, "the best" is really a subjective concept.
What is best for me, is not necessarily the best for you.

I for one think to many people are "idolizing" this classification system, and I think the effects can be negative, and stutter the growth of new trackers.

At the end of the day, does it really matter if you downloaded "whatever.2006.xvid" a day faster than you would have on another tracker?

Wise words!!