Tips On Keeping A 1:1 Ratio or Higher

[magicrabbit]

Please Make This a Sticky! Lots of newbies can benefit from this

I just thought I'd start a thread dedicated to the tricks that people have to keeping good ratio. Things like downloading 5% of a file so that you can seed it or using an rss feed to get popular torrents right when they come out. Post a trick in this thread and I'll update this post. If a ratio tip is specific to a certain site remember to say so

*Update* Thanks everyone for helping out with this, I'm sure lots of membes will find these helpful, but there is still much to be said. Keep them coming!

General Tips

1. Only download freebies

2. Only download during free leech

3. Download only a couple of pieces of a popular file and seed it for awhile

4. Use an RSS feed to get popular files right when they come out

5. Upload your own torrents

6. If you have a big enough HD keep all of your torrents seeding, it accumulates over time

Scenetorrents

1. Get a seedbox

2. Don't stop seeding file

3. Snatch tv shows and over night seed, 100 kB/s can get get u a gig or 2+.

Bitme

1. Donate

2. Upload ebooks,audio books and docs that are found on public trackers

OiNK

1. Upload comic books and E-Learning videos which are very simple to find on public trackers

2. If you are going to upload an elearning video make it a guitar tutorial. Everyone goes for that

3. Make FLACs from your own CDs, or upload FLACs from other music sites like BTMusic or something (though I've never been on BTMusic)

4. Fill requests. Look for the popular ones, and look for them on public torrent sites.

5. Upload RAP and INDIE

6. Download the Rosetta Stone for 1 language (like Spanish, English, German, etc) and upload it on OiNK


BitMeTV

1. Unrar the tv shows youve downloaded from SCT ,TL, and TD and seed on the tracker.

2. Donate

3. Download and seed an episode of a popular show right when it's upped

[DefX]

Download only freebies or just download during free leech

I owe my good ratios in ftn/sct to those.

[Sentient]

Haha you're going to need this thread to keep any kind of a decent ratio at ScT.

My most successful practice: Dedicate your bandwidth to a site during free leech. My best ratio boosts are during free leeches.

ScT: Get a seedbox. :P

[DV8type]

lol...your best bet is to jump on something early and seed it for days >> Pr0n is always a great ratio booster

btw, you can get a good ratio on ScT w/out a seedbox, all you have to do is stay on for a couple of weeks....usually after the first 3 days seeders will drop off, so you will get a lot of the stragglers

[superguy]

download the newly out torrent...
and open the bit torrent client connections a bit more

[magicrabbit]

keep them comin guys, my hope is that we can make a full catalogue of tips that we can make a sticky and will help newbies

[torrentslave]

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/bittorrent/t-how-boost-ur-ratio-145613

this guy is the smartest man in the world!

works on every tracker that uploads there files in rars

[magicrabbit]

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/bittorrent/t-how-boost-ur-ratio-145613

this guy is the smartest man in the world!

works on every tracker that uploads there files in rars

thats already there (general tip #3)

[torrentslave]

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/bittorrent/t-how-boost-ur-ratio-145613

this guy is the smartest man in the world!

works on every tracker that uploads there files in rars

thats already there (general tip #3)

i know, i was just trying to pat my own back

[magicrabbit]

thats already there (general tip #3)

i know, i was just trying to pat my own back

why here?

[maxehhh]

im not from scenetorrents, but from where do u get:

1. Get a seedbox??

[magicrabbit]

im not from scenetorrents, but from where do u get:

1. Get a seedbox??

what to you mean? you get seedboxes from various companies,

[bcpnikhil]

leaseweb is apparently the best you can get. lots of people end up buying dediboxes though (dedibox.fr) because they're not that expensive (40 USD/month). if dedibox catches you seeding torrents, you're fucked though.

[torrentslave]

i know, i was just trying to pat my own back

why here?

wow touchy touchy:cry:

[RainRoofer]

Nice tip for bitme :lol:
also, how do I set up a rss feed, never done it, and what trackers do have it ?

[torrentslave]

s*t- rar trick works fine here. also snatch tv shows like heroes, lost, and an over night seed @ 100 kB/s can get get u a gig or 2+.

onik- upload comic books and e-learning vids which are very simple 2 find on public trackers

bitme- upload ebooks,audio books and docs all are also found on public trackers

bitmetv- unrar the tv shows youve downloaded from sct,tl,td and seed on the tracker.

tl,pisexy,td,st all have many leechers, so if you cant keep a good ratio on there then your fucked on other trackers!


this has worked for me for a very long time. im sure alot of you already do or have done the same. all it takes is a little time.

[happyjoyjoy]

Nice tips for ppl that have a hard time keeping a decent ratio :-) (luckely i'm not 1 of em, but thx either way)

[magicrabbit]

upp

[shazzar]

nice tips. For bitmetv seeding part of a tv show series.

[atef5054]

thank u man

[magicrabbit]

nice tips. For bitmetv seeding part of a tv show series.

edited ;)

[pistachionut]

Nice work, my good friend.

[magicrabbit]

Nice work, my good friend.

thank you

[pistachionut]

This is great information, should definitely be stickied

[Marconis]

thanks for the tips

[XceLi]

Thanks.

[Pobell]

This is great information, should definitely be stickied

That´s right i agree with you..
This information can help lots of new bittorrent users!

cheers ;)

[bigimot]

Thanks. Usefull informarion.

[ExT]

Impossible to seed on oink when you upload at 25kb/s..

[SpiderPig]

OiNK - make FLACs from your own CDs, or upload FLACs from other music sites like BTMusic or something (though I've never been on BTMusic)
- Fill requests. Look for the popular ones, and look for them on public torrent sites.
- Upload RAP and INDIE :)
- Download the Rosetta Stone for 1 language (like Spanish, English, German, etc) and upload it on OiNK


I have 40kb/s Upload, then downloaded the comic torrent "Chronological X-Men".. And the stats..
Downloaded: 464MB/28.7GB
Uploaded: 20.6GB
Time Uploaded: 2W6D
Upload Speed (Avg.): 21.6kb/s (Yes, including me downloading movies using all my bandwidth, including me uploading to TL, Bitsoup, OiNK, and other sites, including me browsing the net, etc)

Come on guys, you can do it!

[ExT]

Thanks for your information, i'll try.. Can i get x-men on another tracker?

[magicrabbit]

Awesome, in less than a week we already have 20 awesome tips for some popular trackers. Keep it up guys!

[Mori]

thnx for da information

[goobieghoulash]

i think its essential to continually seed those things you personally love and want to spread out of ideology-

[Mori]

it is a good idea but at first try to maintain ur ratio then seed what u love

[goobieghoulash]

true- you gotta strike a balance

[Mori]

yea it is so important to keep ur ratio alive also to prevent ur account from the nasty message of disable :D

[GINZY]

thank you guy.Great post

[vampireman]

thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx man

[magicrabbit]

please dont make this a spam forum, i appreciate the thank yous but nly post if you have some thing to contriubute