IndieTorrents to shut down

[jukesta]

2008-04-12 - I have some sad news to announce to all of you. IT will be closing down on Sunday. We hope to rise from the ashes like a fiery phoenix some day in the future but for the time being our run of free hosting has come to an end. It has been a great ride and I have had so much fun doing this. I will miss this and think back with fond memories. Drink a tall glass of cold beer and say goodbye to your good friend drewcifer.

Wah.

[punki_rach]

Oh no, that's sad news, I liked that site

Edit: on the upside - leechfest :p

[Grind$oFine]

Indietorrents was my favorite music source at the moment, and it always has been except for when OiNK was around. This is really disappointing. :(

Great site. Hopefully it will be back some day.

[markupmaster]

Sad news for IndieTorrents members..

:(

[susuk]

Theorem of Hydra states we will have 2 new IT

[colbert]

Wow. This is a shock. Hopefully someone else will step up a new tracker similar to IT.

:(

[Neszton]

That is very sad news. :( After the great comeback of the King.

[th0r]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonononononononononnonononononnooooonnnnonoonnonoooooon

[S3v3N]

okay .

[grimms]

Damn...

[Ri0T]

Was never a member, but heard lots of good things about it.
It's a sad loss for the torrent community.
I hope it's going to spawn another tracker, as OiNK did...

[TheBlack]

all music trackers r going down one after another,
wat is going on for god sake? :(

[1000possibleclaws]

That's a really weird way to shut down, without any warning or anything. I'm kind suspicious about it, knowing Indietorrents. If it turns out to be true, you guys should find solace in that alot of the uploads are upped on STMusic first, so you're not losing as much as you may think.

[titofat]

really sad news

[1000possibleclaws]

hmm well the website is down now, but the tracker is still working

[legom]

:(

[mrnobody]

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:( :cry:

[Sentry]

2008-04-13 - Thanks for everything. You have given over $2000 in donations just today. There is no doubt we will be coming back as soon as possible. I knew people were passionate about this place but I had no idea how much. Big huggles to all of you, you make this worth it.

so that means...

[Annoyed]

Yeah, seems like the site is down now. :( This really sucks. It was a really nice site. Had some good members too. And this just came out of nowhere too. Very sad...

[th0r]

kind suspicious about it, knowing Indietorrents.what is weird about that; if a site runs out of money, they close. they ran on cheap hosting, and now that service is over


If it turns out to be true, you guys should find solace in that alot of the uploads are upped on STMusic first, so you're not losing as much as you may think.yes we are; fine, the music suffers, but we lose our unique community of trolls and asshats who know great music

[BOOM]

sad news:(

I wasn`t an older member on indietorrents but i could see the content was awesome!!

Come demonoid, go indietorrents =\

[Cheeseman1208]

2008-04-13 - Thanks for everything. You have given over $2000 in donations just today. There is no doubt we will be coming back as soon as possible. I knew people were passionate about this place but I had no idea how much. Big huggles to all of you, you make this worth it.so that means...
Hopefully they won't be down long :D

[soulreaper]

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This is really really sad. This was one site where mods and members were laidback and would discuss anything under the sun,such a cool site. Hope they come back.

[Annoyed]

There's a good chance they'll be coming back. The admin just stated they have received more than enough money, and will try to make the downtime as short as possible.

So that's a little hope.

EDIT: This is the message you see when you get into their IRC:

OK OK your generous donations have saved your beloved IT. We will be back.

So it look like the site has been saved.

[Sanka113]

Maaan, i just got in too. Oh well. I'll have to search elsewhere for my indie fix.

[cook123]

oh thats sad... lot of friends where try hard to get in there,,,,

[Sanka113]

From the goodbye thread on the IT forums:

"Thank you thank you thank you. We have more than enough money for the time being. We will try and make the down time as short as possible. While we are down we will still be trolling in the IRC channel over on EFNet."

Looks's like they got enough to keep things rolling for awhile. Hooray!

[FaustoFerret]

Yea, this was one of the very few sites I still wanted to get into, I hope that those sweet donations that the members gave will keep it open!

[DarkLured]

Great site. Cool knowledgeable music-obsessed people, helpful staff, and of course great music, lots of indie, obscure and/or experimental stuff. Though I got most my music on Oink (and now Waffles/What) I've discovered great stuff on IT that wasn't prominently featured elsewhere. I'll miss it if it goes, or I'll be happy to hear if they are no longer closing down. IT - MUCH RESPECT!

[minua182]

oh darn.
was looking to get onto IT.

oh wells.

RIP IT

[ramishka]

Well i wasnt a member but any tracker shutting down is not good news for the torrent community.

[th0r]

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 #it

i've donated and bought 2 of their t-shirts; completely revolutionized my tastes in music.

[Annoyed]

^You're lucky. I kept telling myself I'll get a t-shirt soon(expecting them to be around forever), and I never got one. I'm going to have to get me one when they come back up. Hopefully they actually will.

[Xhester]

Sad news IT was a great site :(

[punki_rach]

Sad news IT was a great site :(

They're not closing anymore, after users donated an amazing amount of money to keep the site alive :)

But they might have some downtime for a while apparently

[MrBurlesque]

I didn't donate, but I'm thankful to all that did. Hope they'll be back up soon.

[VIZFX]

Good to hear they'll be back and that members helped out.