So, what trackers did YOU start with?

[Stevis]

Since I really doubt anyone joined any top tier trackers as soon an they first started using BT, what did you use?

For me, it was almost exclusively Suprnova. If I couldn't find what I wanted, I'd use Google to search for a torrent of it.

My, how times have changed :D

[SiNa]

public: torrentspy

private: TD (+ demonoid the same day)

[FatBob]

indexing site like isohunt , then demonoid , after that torrentleech :)

[grimms]

Suprnova started it all for me. Then Boxtorrents and Filelist. First music site i ever discovered was Oink then it was Demonoid for me. Sports? It was PWT. Games? UG. Of course this was all after the downfall of Kazaa lite.

[Stevis]

Ah yeah, I forgot all about Isohunt. I used that after Suprnova went down. I Think OiNK or ST were the first private sites I got invited to.

Now I use TL for scene, and Waffles/x264/Blackcats for music, movies, and games, respectively.

Edit: Grimms, I hate you for reminding me of Kazaa lol. I wonder how many people still use it...

[spark]

Holy Demonoid

[cpg]

I started with tracker called BitHack,its latvian tracker.

[xurbia]

brought up on oink :D

[stoi]

Donkax for me

[ajsi]

public : torrentz.com (it is not a tracker, but u can find links to public trackers)
private : torrentleech

[phrenzy]

123 torrents

[DV8type]

i actually know many people that only have high level account. Back before the WIAW thread it was pretty easy to get into most places

[pro267]

Frankly, I think at the beginning I just searched for torrents on google. I wasn't a member of any torrent community at the time. In fact, I didn't understand what trackers were needed for.. :D

That was some time ago, probably just when BT was starting to catch up. Had a long break and then returned straight to private trackers. My first private tracker was Demonoid. :wub:

[hijump]

i started with Demonoid ...

[showbox]

private : ilt & BS ..... public : TorrentSpy :)

[mrnobody]

demon

[.:Him:.]

I started with TD!

[mrnobody]

Since I really doubt anyone joined any top tier trackers as soon an they first started using BT, what did you use?


yes some did start with today's high lvl tracker

[Saroman]

AradiTracker.. It was the best :D

Then shifted to TorrentBytes.. Then Torrentleech :P

[WhiteWizard20]

My first torrent site was (public) torrentspy. My first (private) was Demonoid.

[pandabear]

I just started off with google, before i found and joined revott.

[ToxicMonk]

Public: Mininova
Private: Iptorrents

[mera]

I too started off with good ol' Demonoid (hope it comes back!) and can still remember how amazed I was at what it had to offer.

[IceTee]

Public: Torrentz
Private: TorrentBytes http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s197/Queo2/Avatars/Icons/TorrentBytes.gif

[t0mmy]

torrentleech :) never used public beforehand, wasnt too sharp back then ;)

[angryghost]

started with isohunt first, then my first private was TB!

[Sawyer2020]

Public: Mininova
private : Demonoid

[imapotato]

Yeah, I started off with suprnova, as well. Not that it was an actual tracker... so whatever they pointed to.

[viva4google]

RevTT + TL

i used the public like once in the laqst 2 years :)

[FiftyGame]

Torrentleech

[pbjabba]

Public was indexing sites like torrentz.com, then demonoid, and first proper private site was revtt

[Zaxx]

Hmmm...
Public:
Nova and TorrentSpy

Private:
FileList
and
Phoenix Torrents

[jr56]

I don't remember what was my first public tracker after all these years :(

1st private xxx tracker was empornium
1st private games tracker was pleasuredome
1st private 0-day tracker was torrentleech

[Xtremist]

supertorrent........exactly 1 year ago :)

[Bucktoof]

Torrentspy and Mininova were my first. Then I learned about private sites so I joined demonoid about a year later - now that they don't allow canadian traffic, my account probably just died. I joined christiantorrents I think the day before demonoid. A month later joined st, oink, TL, and revott. My accounts at demonoid and christiantorrents proved to some others I could share back what I dl and that I participate in forums a fair amount so I got invites to everywhere I asked.

[Zelucifer]

My first was either torrentspy or Isohunt

[Unstable1]

for the first few months using torrents the sites i used most were torrentspy and isohunt.

then progressed on to uknova, demonoid and torrentleech.

[elTybbq]

my first was the old suprnova. When that went down I moved to torrentspy/isohunt until I discovered RevTT

[kirktrix]

My first month i used public trackers then shift to private trackers demonoid then TL....

[~JiSh~]

My first tracker was SCT......more than 2 year ago

[sindbad919]

public :the pirate bay
private:TD

[TP635]

Started with public trackers: Isohunt, Mininova, and then Piratebay.
Just late this year started with private trackers that is open for regestion: ILT, Funfile. I registered for demonoid just before it closed down.:(

[Scavenger]

My first private tracker was Bitsoup.

[DislikedWord]

Oink and Demonoid. same day!

[stitched]

pirate bay and demonoid

[Adama]

torrentspy & demonoid

[magushun]

bithumen, ncore, demonoid torrentbytes and filelist, these were the early ones, the ones im a member for more than 2 years.

i miss demonoid, though : /

oh and ofc suprnova

[arkiebrian]

The Pirate Bay was my first public tracker. I really got a kick out of how those guys posted the threats they got from American companies on their website.

My first private tracker was Demonoid. That one shutting down led me here...

[trevor2000]

demonoid, bitsoup & filemp3

[srlcfr]

torrentspy is the first public one for me,

and demonoid is first private tracker of mine.

[Swift]

my first tracker was Czone , soon after i used SCC , Filezone (sFZ) , Demonoid :D

[BamZow]

Torrentbytes was the first one a friend of mine showed me. After I had learned how things worked with the ratiostuff he invited me to Uk-t. Yes, noone saw it that special when it started.
After that Swebits was the third tracker I got and then it rolled on.

[styles]

My first tracker is PWT(ProWrestlingTorrent) since 2005,Now almost 2 year.

[deathking81]

demonoid until this august.

[fstokebanget]

public, I started with piratebay
private, I started with demonoid and bitme

[hangemhigh]

my first was digital hive, still have it.
very nice community and good joke section.

[LivingInSouthPark]

S*C and nCore :)

[fstokebanget]

yeah, digital hive , I remember that site, nice community

[The Wanderer]

demonoid was the first public one for me
revott was my first private tracker (it was a open signup I believe)

[yayyyyyy]

puretna :D

[supper]

Td

[thebazzla]

torrent damage was my first

[DiDi]

Public : Mininova.org
Private : HDBits.org

[R4bD]

All public for me =P when I started with dl's I was nubish to the whole internet thingy so I started off with a p2p called Morpheus/limewire/kazaa (dun laff) Then I found out about BT's. Took me awhile but found isohunt/mininova/piratebay then moved onto fullrelease (first dupe cuz I paid 4.95 us to join and no better than the others!) Now just today I hear about private trackers (OMG) by a friend who linked me to araditracker but I can't open the pg (maybe private invite?) dunno but I like this world and wish I had a PT to mention, sorry m8's

[$we]

tpb (http://www.thepiratebay.org)
i wouldn't touch it now.

[sky511]

i started with torrentfive
then td , tl
ended with lots and lots

[FlipRising21]

dont quite rmbr anymore lol i beleve it was TD or TL

[banha]

trancebooster

[IGetMoney]

i started off with torrent leech

[pdj2]

lovely dead demonoid :\

[sleepyy]

araditracker then i moved onto TD i still use both TD for it's nice selection of stuff and aradi is a great community i'm used to

[freakguy]

Public : TPB
Private : Good ol' Demonoid

[Ikslej]

Public: isohunt/torrentspy

Private: Like most people I started with demonoid and oink. I miss both. . . bad

[zizo85]

i start with good tracker
bitsoup its the first tracker i signup :D

[gaz31]

Donkax for me

Oh the memories going back a bit here 2002/03 ?
Also torrentse.cx was one of the first of mine,
sure both disappeared around the same time because of constant DDOS attacks.

[Pirate]

tl .

[Allexandar]

Demonoid :)

[sanjana]

I started with bitspyder and then later demonoid...

[The Gladiator]

Isohunt and then TL!

[aslanozzy]

public: torrentspy

private: revott

[mountpj04]

Demonoid, TL and Oink

[Zeus]

Started out using Suprnova. Then moved to Elitetorrents.

[aysomc]

TD for me, that was like 2 year ago though.

[Joeymad]

i started out on torrentleech. was the first torrent site i used. that was back when they had open signups :)

[whitmar]

I started with 2 good ones: Bitsoup and Torrentit. I'm still an enthusiastic member of Bitsoup. Torrentit R.I.P.:cry1:

[optikbonfire]

suprnova started it all.
then moved to the private ones.

[Lowfront]

Demoniod to oink then everything came about

[vinhkhang01]

started off with TorrentSpy, then TiT and TL.

[sefo]

i started with TD

[Xvinor]

I started whith TD loool and I also used sometimes public trackers like torrentspy

[Cheffy]

TB, the original. I did use suprnova some before that, but since i was using ftp sites i did not really get into torrents before TB opened.

[renwickftw]

I got TL and TD invites from a friend :D

[Hrvoje]

first private was TL

[DyNast]

Started with TL, before I've even used a public tracker

[FileZ]

mininnova
then demonoid

[max59x]

National: Btuga (while signups were opened)
International: TorrentLeech

[MrLazy]

Demonoid + TorrentLeech were my first private trackers. Public trackers like isohunt and piratebay at first. Once i heard of private trackers i ditched newsgroups and started begging my friends for invites to private trackers. Im such a begger lol :P

[That1Guy]

1)mininova
2)Demonoid
3)TL

[shutdk]

ThePirateBay

[mirceandr]

NiMDA (once upon a time) ; a better known tracker: iplay(when i was todally n00b)

[mikechrobot]

first public was suprnova
first private was TL

[raj3186]

mininova :)

[Bad Samaritan]

Suprnova was my introduction to BT.

[kaler]

Torrentspy

[TheFoX]

When I first started, there weren't any private torrent communities as such (a few scene torrent sites for topsite access, but these were exclusively for filtering the material to torrent sites - I bet the antip2p didn't know of these places).

All the public communities were signup...

So, as for the private communities, these appeared around the start of 2005 (fsc, **-* etc.), and multiplied when more communities started up with no open door system. The reason was the demise of Loki, Torrent Bytes, SuprNova etc. and the feeling that those in power were now waging a war against Bit Torrent (prior to this, it was Kazaa).

Of course, the take down of Elite sealed the fate of the open door tracker, and very few of them exist today. Those that are open door have a restrictive membership, which means you cannot join unless a vacancy exists.

As for private sites, I usually get invited by existing staff, or code my own sites...

[SAM]

i started with demonoid and torrentspy i never know there are other trackers vtill by chance i found fst about 1 year ago
i've been visiting the open sign ups trackers' thread as a guest for almost 8 months then i told my self this site needs you :P
so i confessed my self to give it a try and here i'm a member in one of the most lovely communities ever
thanks fst for making me have all these good friends
thanks a million :)

[wangatangawang]

started with torrentspy and other search sites such as isohunt and torrentz then got demonoid and IPTorrents

[f@flot]

Torrentspy :)

[tazmsn]

Piratebay n iptorrents :)

[ananthsmys]

Hi all

First one was demonoid

A great tracker.

I use a lot of elearning trackers and Linux tracker

Bye

[kooftspc11]

demonoid and midnight-torrents

[Matoo]

If i remember correctly first was demonoid. This was great tracker, there was everything :)

[FalconAce]

I started with Demonoid and Blackcats.

[StefanSamara]

started with demonoid

[NOLF]

I started with Nordic-T and after that TL

[Tokeman]

WB and TL were my first trackers that weren't fully public. I had 1 other before that, but I can't remember the name... was a short lived tracker anyway

[dineshreddy]

i started with piratebay,demonoid,and few public trackers

[ijc64]

i started with demonoid, then the evil cria shut them down...
then nordic-t and torrentbytes. scc is the next move, for me that is.

[ironmaniac]

well pirate bay is my very first tracker

[Ghostbusters]

Filelist & torrentleech were the first private sites I can remember, there was another one a bit before that but it got shut down by the FBI can never remember what it was called though

[nzbean]

Bitsoup

[vpg8000]

there was another one a bit before that but it got shut down by the FBI can never remember what it was called though

Man that one must've been legendary. It was before my time so I can't relate when people keep going on and on about it.

I started out with Demonoid then TL.

[JackLand]

linkomanija, than torrentleech

[Lovestoned]

I started with What, and then SCC.

[KushBlow]

I started with SCC.

[Skiz]

Old thread; closed.