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alupizor
04-03-2009, 09:09 AM
I've been torrenting since the fall of 2004. Since then, I've moved from tracker to tracker, trying to find the best to feed my needs. I have lost some accounts due to inactivity, while for others I've bought a dedicated laptop+internet connection (much like a seedbox, but with lower speeds :)

I have a question: what do you do when you find out a tracker is not for you? Since account giveaways are not permited, is deleting the account/letting it die due to inactivity the way to go?

Let's say you request an invite to ScL, a site everyone is talking about in some parts of the world. What a disappointment that tracker was! Hundreds of torrents with 1 seeder and 0 snatches. Your download is 0 MB, upload is 0MB. Why would giving away this account be considered trading?

Sorry for a long post, I hope you have the patience to read it ;)

Funkin'
04-03-2009, 10:28 AM
We've all been invited to trackers that for one reason or another didn't end up liking. It's not a big deal. But, the tracker staff would rather have you let that account die or delete it than to give it away to some stranger on the internet. This could also potentially cause you problems on other trackers you belong to. So it's best to just let that account die.

b3owulf
04-03-2009, 10:35 AM
We've all been invited to trackers that for one reason or another didn't end up liking. It's not a big deal. But, the tracker staff would rather have you let that account die or delete it than to give it away to some stranger on the internet. This could also potentially cause you problems on other trackers you belong to. So it's best to just let that account die.

Absolutely agree with this. Account giveaway are forbidden by many trackers.
If you dont need an acc - let it die OR delete it yourself if possible OR request your acc to be deleted.

Swift
04-03-2009, 10:40 AM
let it die but i'm sure you wouldn't you'll keep join it again to see what's new even after a 3 weeks :D

bilkenter
04-03-2009, 10:52 AM
Deleting the account is the way to go really. If it is 0 0 then you have nothing to lose xD

Swift
04-03-2009, 10:56 AM
or in some cases you could pm staff to do that for you if there's no delacc

alupizor
04-03-2009, 07:58 PM
thanks for guiding me. i thought and did the same myself, mainly letting them die due to inactivity. i know giving away accounts is forbidden, but so are public invites on most trackers.

RadiancE
04-03-2009, 08:14 PM
By signing up you agree, that your account is for personal use only. (At most places anyway).

hagckz0r
04-03-2009, 08:37 PM
If you really don't like the tracker you joined I support too the idea that an account should be let to die or simply delete it by requesting.

Anyways I never did that and in all places I belong to I am active. Even if I don't like a tracker very much I do my best to not disappoint anyone.

alupizor
04-03-2009, 09:07 PM
what i'm trying to do now is 1) find out what the tracker is all about, so i don't ask for an invite or signup and be disappointed and 2) i try to move from 0-day trackers to dedicated trackers.

TP635
04-03-2009, 11:39 PM
Sell it in ebay to the highest bidder. :yup:

alupizor
04-04-2009, 02:27 AM
Sell it in ebay to the highest bidder. :yup:
:))
yeah, cos selling is frowned upon, but no one said anything about auctioning it :D

cinephilia
04-04-2009, 05:47 AM
note that you can make an exception for BitSoup buffered accounts :yup:

Qlix
04-04-2009, 01:49 PM
If I signup to a site I don't like I try delacct.php, if that is not an option I simply ask Staff to either delete or disable the account.

sez
04-04-2009, 11:40 PM
No!no!no!don't listen to OMG you hypocrites...
If there is someone looking for it and is deemed to be a good user then i don't see why you should not give it away to the person other than let it go to waste,its like an invite only that you were kind enough to initiate the process of using the account before you got bored in the middle of the way and you just handed the drivers seat to someone else..so no biggie...
And yes alot of things are frowned upon by trackers even the fact that you are a member here could easily jeopardyise your bittorrent life...even invite giveaways themselves are frowned upon these days(ask yourself why those hypocrites are using different nicks here from those on their trackers),and especially the fact that the account is new makes it even more of a non-issue...this is FST dude,not TPS you misadvising hypocrites :)...so long as u r giving it out of generosity and not expecting anything in return its perfectly okay...and u will notice the account will not get disabled either,especially with hdbits(worst staff by the way).i know for a fact they secretly allow sharing hence giving it away...secretly of course.

Chewie
04-05-2009, 12:12 AM
^^ Take no notice of him. Let the account die or have it deleted. The space created will soon be filled by another user.

cinephilia
04-05-2009, 12:48 AM
No!no!no!don't listen to OMG you hypocrites...
If there is someone looking for it and is deemed to be a good user then i don't see why you should not give it away to the person
simply cause trackers accounts are not toys, they are meant to be personnal.

Funkin'
04-05-2009, 01:31 AM
^^ Take no notice of him.


I don't think anyone ever does.

sear
04-05-2009, 05:03 AM
@ Juscallmesez, how does not giving it away make them hypocritical :blink:

Saying you should just give it to someone else because it's a waste is the biggest load of toss I've ever heard. How is it a waste? The account gets disabled thereby creating space for someone else...simple really.

Think about your own personal safety as well. Your IP is forever tied to that account. If the person you've given it to messes up somehow then your IP will be tarnished. Staff will pass it along to other staff and viola. You lose invite privileges...you lose accounts at several trackers or staff even just suspect you of being scum and don't trust you in the future. For your own sake you should never give an account away it puts your reputation at risk.

sez
04-05-2009, 09:42 AM
@ Juscallmesez, how does not giving it away make them hypocritical :blink:


funkin and his cronies become hypocritical when they start talking about the canonical tracker rules not allowing it,yet they themselves participate in trades and invite giveaways that are not allowed by the trackers either...don't you think its hypocritical of such people to lecture on tracker rules?i wouldn't pay attention to them really...


Saying you should just give it to someone else because it's a waste is the biggest load of toss I've ever heard. How is it a waste? The account gets disabled thereby creating space for someone else...simple really.
Are you serious?starving yourself to death yet you have an option?that's EMO...seriously,i don't see why he should let the account die,if he can find a person whom he can trust with the account,also how many times have you heard of people unsuccessfully asking for invites back to a tracker that they once held only that they let their accounts there die...if they gave it to a person whom they could trust,i don't think that person would mind inviting them back in..


Think about your own personal safety as well. Your IP is forever tied to that account. If the person you've given it to messes up somehow then your IP will be tarnished. Staff will pass it along to other staff and viola. You lose invite privileges...
the same befalls u if u invite an ass like funkin,so i dont see your point unless u mean he sells it to some stranger on ebay.i also doubt whether you yourself are on a static IP that could forever be tied to your account,so that IP argument is not solid IMO..just like invite giveaways,vet the person and u will be fine..


you lose accounts at several trackers or staff even just suspect you of being scum and don't trust you in the future
Stop this paranoia!

For your own sake you should never give an account away it puts your reputation at risk.

thats some good advice and i respect that though different from what i think,u are entitled to your own opinion still..

mievmo
04-05-2009, 10:54 AM
acc ga is bad don't like the idea, bur sharing sounds better.

Funkin'
04-05-2009, 01:27 PM
funkin and his cronies become hypocritical when they start talking about the canonical tracker rules not allowing it,yet they themselves participate in trades and invite giveaways that are not allowed by the trackers either...don't you think its hypocritical of such people to lecture on tracker rules?i wouldn't pay attention to them really...


Saying you should just give it to someone else because it's a waste is the biggest load of toss I've ever heard. How is it a waste? The account gets disabled thereby creating space for someone else...simple really.
Are you serious?starving yourself to death yet you have an option?that's EMO...seriously,i don't see why he should let the account die,if he can find a person whom he can trust with the account,also how many times have you heard of people unsuccessfully asking for invites back to a tracker that they once held only that they let their accounts there die...if they gave it to a person whom they could trust,i don't think that person would mind inviting them back in..


Think about your own personal safety as well. Your IP is forever tied to that account. If the person you've given it to messes up somehow then your IP will be tarnished. Staff will pass it along to other staff and viola. You lose invite privileges...
the same befalls u if u invite an ass like funkin,so i dont see your point unless u mean he sells it to some stranger on ebay.i also doubt whether you yourself are on a static IP that could forever be tied to your account,so that IP argument is not solid IMO..just like invite giveaways,vet the person and u will be fine..


you lose accounts at several trackers or staff even just suspect you of being scum and don't trust you in the future
Stop this paranoia!

For your own sake you should never give an account away it puts your reputation at risk.

thats some good advice and i respect that though different from what i think,u are entitled to your own opinion still..

First off, thank you for making up lies about me. Just because you made a couple dumbass posts that made yourself look like a complete idiot does not mean you should act like a little kid and take it out on me. Thank you. But anyone that knows me(my friends here and other places, my inviters, and my invitees) knows that is garbage. So nice try, kiddo.

And second...wow. Great job at letting everyone know that you support account giveaways. Which you people are pretty much the lowest in the bt world. But...I already knew you were trash when a couple days ago a good friend of mine got banned at a certain tracker after inviting you, a ratio cheater. So once again, he thanks you for that. It's people like you why I am becoming less and less active here. It's getting really hard to find honest members here to socialize with.

And one more thing, great job at securing the fact that pretty much anyone here that values and respects the trackers they belong to are not going to want to invite you anywhere now.

Seriously, great job.

Now you will go on ignore. Which I should have done a few days ago when this shit first happened with you.

sez
04-05-2009, 07:50 PM
funkin and his cronies become hypocritical when they start talking about the canonical tracker rules not allowing it,yet they themselves participate in trades and invite giveaways that are not allowed by the trackers either...don't you think its hypocritical of such people to lecture on tracker rules?i wouldn't pay attention to them really...


Are you serious?starving yourself to death yet you have an option?that's EMO...seriously,i don't see why he should let the account die,if he can find a person whom he can trust with the account,also how many times have you heard of people unsuccessfully asking for invites back to a tracker that they once held only that they let their accounts there die...if they gave it to a person whom they could trust,i don't think that person would mind inviting them back in..


Think about your own personal safety as well. Your IP is forever tied to that account. If the person you've given it to messes up somehow then your IP will be tarnished. Staff will pass it along to other staff and viola. You lose invite privileges...
the same befalls u if u invite an ass like funkin,so i dont see your point unless u mean he sells it to some stranger on ebay.i also doubt whether you yourself are on a static IP that could forever be tied to your account,so that IP argument is not solid IMO..just like invite giveaways,vet the person and u will be fine..


you lose accounts at several trackers or staff even just suspect you of being scum and don't trust you in the future
Stop this paranoia!

For your own sake you should never give an account away it puts your reputation at risk.

thats some good advice and i respect that though different from what i think,u are entitled to your own opinion still..

First off, thank you for making up lies about me. Just because you made a couple dumbass posts that made yourself look like a complete idiot does not mean you should act like a little kid and take it out on me. Thank you. But anyone that knows me(my friends here and other places, my inviters, and my invitees) knows that is garbage. So nice try, kiddo.

And second...wow. Great job at letting everyone know that you support account giveaways. Which you people are pretty much the lowest in the bt world. But...I already knew you were trash when a couple days ago a good friend of mine got banned at a certain tracker after inviting you,a ratio cheater.
. So once again, he thanks you for that. It's people like you why I am becoming less and less active here. It's getting really hard to find honest members here to socialize with.

And one more thing, great job at securing the fact that pretty much anyone here that values and respects the trackers they belong to are not going to want to invite you anywhere now.

Seriously, great job.

Now you will go on ignore. Which I should have done a few days ago when this shit first happened with you.

w0.ow...taking one for the team uh?so according to u,u have never violated any tracker rules?as a matter of fact,so right u are with the public giveaways that from now henceforth u will be putting your tracker username along with your giveaway for that tracker because there is nothing wrong with that at all and for that u will be given more invites and VIP status for being so generous eh?..i hate kiddie chat but sometimes its guys like u who force me to it.hasn't it hit u that u started this!.i swear whatever your dad did to u man..i don't see why u are hurting so much,unless maybe i hit the nail on the head,truth hurts i know .am not sure,but am gonna check through my pms and post history to see if me and you had some history,and about your accusations of ratio cheating whatever the method u use for that..dude am the last person on earth who cares about ratios(u can check my giveaways,ratios are not a requirement and if they are they come last!)...and i would love to know who that secret certain friend is assuming that he/it/she even exists,have them pm me,i will gladly take responsibility if at all u have substance in your accusations...the last time i checked am yet to be warned let alone banned on any of the trackerzZzZz that i hold....thanks for proving my point anyways u r an insecure,e-drama ass suffering from a serious case of arrested adolescence...seriously..grow up dude/chic or whatever u may be...

ps:am a little overgrown for putting people on ignore just cause of difference in opinion..i don't and won't hate u but despise u i will and with my and alter egos whole heart...

sear
04-06-2009, 12:31 AM
funkin and his cronies become hypocritical when they start talking about the canonical tracker rules not allowing it,yet they themselves participate in trades and invite giveaways that are not allowed by the trackers either...don't you think its hypocritical of such people to lecture on tracker rules?i wouldn't pay attention to them really...

Yes it would and I would stand corrected. Though I've seen no evidence funkin is a trader.


Are you serious?starving yourself to death yet you have an option?that's EMO...seriously,i don't see why he should let the account die,if he can find a person whom he can trust with the account,also how many times have you heard of people unsuccessfully asking for invites back to a tracker that they once held only that they let their accounts there die...if they gave it to a person whom they could trust,i don't think that person would mind inviting them back in..

Because the account is for ONE person and one person only. If something happens to that account...traded sold whatever staff will look at all the IP's and share them around then if that IP pops up on another tracker it gets banned and you're stuffed. Not sure about the whole starving yourself thing but whatever.


the same befalls u if u invite an ass like funkin,so i dont see your point unless u mean he sells it to some stranger on ebay.i also doubt whether you yourself are on a static IP that could forever be tied to your account,so that IP argument is not solid IMO..just like invite giveaways,vet the person and u will be fine..

Personnally attacking funkin is pointless. You're right though if you invite the wrong person the same fate can befall you, however it will be clear you're not that person. When you share accounts identities get confused.

I am on a static IP but that doesn't really matter as it has nothing to do with me, I was just offering up some advice in the hope someone might listen making the job of staff at whatever tracker they join just that little bit easier.


Stop this paranoia!

How is this paranoia. It's true I'm warning you if you get caught then your details will be passed around happens every day...true storey.

sez
04-06-2009, 01:24 AM
Eventually its his call i think,and true there are risks and cases can be made both for and against the giveaway..i guess letting the account die seems more of the safer thing to do.that i will concede but its not necessarily 100% the obvious otherwise the OP wouldn't have made this thread..it was healthy with u sear :) and i didn't accuse funkin of being a trader hell i don't even know the guy,i choose my words and am sure if i singled him out i would have noticed..maybe he just enjoys the attention...