F*N Users can you answer me a simple question?

[unknownman]

I've seen so many people ask for FtN invites and to be totally honest it makes me laugh/ cry to see how some people "dream of FtN", I feel like saying get a life!

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?

[MATEE100]

I'm not a member,but I think these people want to join,because this tracker is Non-ratio site and don't need to hire a seedbox or get a higher netspeed to keep ratio or don't get banned ;)

[hotshot6473]

It is a tracker with a very nice design, decent pre-times, fast speeds, no ratio and mostly experienced BT users that have been around the community for a long time. It is is small and safe unlike huge sites like TL and IPT.

[VinX]

i m o , they are ratio free which rox for users like me who have total eeew internet speed .. + they are good in pretimes so maybe cross seeding will only do good .. and also i think that they have a very trusted community .. but in the end .. i honestly donnno much bout FTN coz i m not in it .. so no worries ..

[unknownman]

I don't think people are understanding me, I meant after you got in, was it worth it? Is it all you thought it was going to be?

Tbh only leeches want something that has no ratio, and experienced BT users shouldn't care about ratio since the whole idea of BT is you give as good as you get.

SO back on topic: I would like users who are members to answer to get their views. I understand if you don't want to though, seeing as you might get into trouble for talking about it.

[MATEE100]

We know everything about the site from outside ;) :D

[The_Martinator]

OP you're gonna have to wait a while before you get an anser from an actual member. Right now you're just listening to hype.

Don't worry there are some around and they'll probably post here.

[MATEE100]

They will post here something immediately if they will see this thread :D

[saulin]

lol only post if you actually have it.

[Cabalo]

I've seen so many people ask for FtN invites and to be totally honest it makes me laugh/ cry to see how some people "dream of FtN", I feel like saying get a life!

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?
yeah, it's a bullshit calling it a dream, and i think FtN never intended it to be that way in the first place.
the big question is the money saver it is for people with shit ISPs. Once they become members of a place like FtN, they no longer will have to spend money on seedboxes to buffer the account, and thus the seeding unofficial time is pretty low, making it a target for people from certain countries often banned at many trackers.
It's a fact i see some of those users sometimes in the middle of the swarm, but the fact is they aren't so many or so usual.
then comes the packs/community/etc excuse to make it a nice request.

FtN is damn good tracker, a 0-day one with the same contents you find at other 0-day trackers, but it has the added bonus of technically being constant freeleech.

hence why you see so many people "dreaming" of it. :wacko:

[MATEE100]

It's a too BT Addict who's dreaming about a tracker to get in,and it's his mania.

[Spanky]

No disrespect to Brandon or the site, but its just the same as any other tracker, albeit alot smaller which was what Brandon wanted to do with the site anyway. Things maybe changing though judging by the latest news posts so Good Luck to Brandon on his new venture.

Been on ftn just over 3 years, and I would say it still beats sct by a mile. The reason being, Brandon isnt in this to make any money unlike sct.

[MATEE100]

If the FTN Owner would to sell the site!,there will be someone who will buy it for ~ $2000 :lol: That tracker is really costly,but I don't think the Staff would like to sell the site for higher offer too..

[unknownman]

No disrespect to Brandon or the site, but its just the same as any other tracker, albeit alot smaller which was what Brandon wanted to do with the site anyway. Things maybe changing though judging by the latest news posts so Good Luck to Brandon on his new venture.

Been on ftn just over 3 years, and I would say it still beats sct by a mile. The reason being, Brandon isnt in this to make any money unlike sct.

Thank you for your answer, its exactly what I wanted. So the site owner is leaving? Is your site still going to be up I presume?

MATEE100: he just said the site owner is not in it for the money!

[Unstable1]

I'm a member of FtN, and whilst I think it's a very nice site, I'm not sure I understand why it is so highly rated. Dreaming of FtN is just ridiculous. Really, those people saying that should get a life.

[susiserken]

Most want i just because its rare :S

[unknownman]

Most want i just because its rare :S

Yeah, I bet if people didn't see that ridiculous post with the different tracker levels they wouldn't care about half these sites. I reckon if I made a 5K user tracker and closed invites and got 1 good uploader who has axx I could get to level 10 and people will be blindly knocking the door down to try get in... Its funny how people are so easily influenced :P

[MATEE100]

Yea! We've got a real member of FTN! Welcome Unstable1! :P

[Spanky]

@unknownman - Brandon just wants to develop the site further, also its nothing to do with me lol, Im just a normal member.

Brandon has never ever been in it for the money, everything he does is to keep all his members happy.

[Bone.W.Machine]

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?
Back in 2007 when I was new to torrents and heard about a tracker called FTN, which had the fastest pre-times.
I started to look for an invite and it took me a couple of weeks to get one.
When I finally got in, everything I expected to be there was there. :smartass:
Wasn't much torrent activity when they still had the ratio system but that didn't bother me. :smilie4:

[MATEE100]

Whoa! Forget this money thing.I just said it,because there are some people,who can give their heart for an FTN invite!

[Bone.W.Machine]

Whoa! Forget this money thing.I just said it,because there are some people,who can give their heart for an FTN invite!
And you seem to be one of them. :artist:

[unknownman]

@unknownman - Brandon just wants to develop the site further, also its nothing to do with me lol, Im just a normal member.

Brandon has never ever been in it for the money, everything he does is to keep all his members happy.
that's really good to hear, you don't see that everyday on normal trackers. Do you happen to know what kind of developments?



Back in 2007 when I was new to torrents and heard about a tracker called FTN, which had the fastest pre-times.
I started to look for an invite and it took me a couple of weeks to get one.
When I finally got in, everything I expected to be there was there. :smartass:
Wasn't much torrent activity when they still had the ratio system but that didn't bother me. :smilie4:
And how about now? How have things changed?

[puckface]

Its just another site, I was invited and signed up and reaized thats its just like every other 0day tracker.

[unknownman]

Whoa! Forget this money thing.I just said it,because there are some people,who can give their heart for an FTN invite!
And you seem to be one of them. :artist:

Just what I was thinking, but I'm too nice to be that mean!

[Bone.W.Machine]

that's really good to hear, you don't see that everyday on normal trackers. Do you happen to know what kind of developments?



Back in 2007 when I was new to torrents and heard about a tracker called FTN, which had the fastest pre-times.
I started to look for an invite and it took me a couple of weeks to get one.
When I finally got in, everything I expected to be there was there. :smartass:
Wasn't much torrent activity when they still had the ratio system but that didn't bother me. :smilie4:
And how about now? How have things changed?
I'm not too involved at FTN, but what has changed is that they removed the ratio and the activity on torrents has increased, oh and pre-times are perhaps a little bit slower. :unsure:





And you seem to be one of them. :artist:

Just what I was thinking, but I'm too nice to be that mean!
Sometimes you have to be mean so you can be nice again. :P

[The Flying Cow]

I don't think people are understanding me, I meant after you got in, was it worth it? Is it all you thought it was going to be?

Tbh only leeches want something that has no ratio, and experienced BT users shouldn't care about ratio since the whole idea of BT is you give as good as you get.

SO back on topic: I would like users who are members to answer to get their views. I understand if you don't want to though, seeing as you might get into trouble for talking about it.

That's a trick question, simply because the site is whatever you make it out to be in your mind.

Of course if you've been aching to get into it due to it's "shut gates", and "hidden" status, once you get in you're not going to be anything less than satisfied.

I remember when I got in I thought it was all the rage. Browsed the whole DVDR collection to see if there were things I didn't have, and I did find some packs and stuff with more eclectic flicks, but in the end I wasn't able to get many because they would drop to 0 seeders often.

FTN is good because of it's no ratio policy, and the site-skin is attractive. However the forums are relatively dead, and there really isn't much to it other than that. I'm not bashing FTN, I'm just saying if you're expecting it to be this awesome other-worldly thing; it'll only be that while you concieve it as such.

It isn't really anything more than a tracker like all the others. In fact, for content and speed, as well as ease of seeding, TL is infinitely better. Ah, it's also easier to leech off of TL; in FTN you have to click on every torrent you want, be redirected to the page where it's upped, and only then can you dl. It's a tad anal if you ask meh.

Don't break your back for it unknownman.

[MATEE100]

Whoa! Forget this money thing.I just said it,because there are some people,who can give their heart for an FTN invite!
And you seem to be one of them. :artist:
No,I'm not,dude! ;) Plus there are huge answers for an "FTN Simple question" :lol:

[unknownman]

That's a trick question, simply because the site is whatever you make it out to be in your mind.

Of course if you've been aching to get into it due to it's "shut gates", and "hidden" status, once you get in you're not going to be anything less than satisfied.

I remember when I got in I thought it was all the rage. Browsed the whole DVDR collection to see if there were things I didn't have, and I did find some packs and stuff with more eclectic flicks, but in the end I wasn't able to get many because they would drop to 0 seeders often.

FTN is good because of it's no ratio policy, and the site-skin is attractive. However the forums are relatively dead, and there really isn't much to it other than that. I'm not bashing FTN, I'm just saying if you're expecting it to be this awesome other-worldly thing; it'll only be that while you concieve it as such.

It isn't really anything more than a tracker like all the others. In fact, for content and speed, as well as ease of seeding, TL is infinitely better. Ah, it's also easier to leech off of TL; in FTN you have to click on every torrent you want, be redirected to the page where it's upped, and only then can you dl. It's a tad anal if you ask meh.

Don't break your back for it unknownman.

Sorry I didn't mean to look like I wanted to get in (I don't), in fact I wanted to show the others here that are "dying" to get in, that at the end of the day, its not all its hyped up to be.

As for the trick question, I asked for personal views hence I used the phrasing "Is it all you thought it was going to be?" so I'm only looking for your feelings i.e. disappointment/ amazement.

If you get what I mean...

[Nemrod]

Dream of a tracker?... that´s just ridiculous, I dream of Jessica Alba, that´s a more than justifies dream, right?.

About FTN... a very good 0-day tracker, no stress due to ratios, slow connections, etc. But it used to be better before becoming P2i.

[IdolEyes787]

It isn't really anything more than a tracker like all the others..

Number of Oday trackers needed 1 .

OK two because the way things are you never know if the first one is going to be shut down.:rolleyes:

[unknownman]

Dream of a tracker?... that´s just ridiculous, I dream of Jessica Alba, that´s a more than justifies dream, right?.

About FTN... a very good 0-day tracker, no stress due to ratios, slow connections, etc. But it used to be better before becoming P2i.

That should read "I dream of Megan Fox" hehe
What's P2i?

[Bone.W.Machine]

Dream of a tracker?... that´s just ridiculous, I dream of Jessica Alba, that´s a more than justifies dream, right?.

About FTN... a very good 0-day tracker, no stress due to ratios, slow connections, etc. But it used to be better before becoming P2i.

That should read "I dream of Megan Fox" hehe
What's P2i?Pay to invite perhaps? :P

[unknownman]

Pay to invite perhaps? :P
I thought so, but then I was under the impression that FtN didn't do that...

[Bone.W.Machine]

Pay to invite perhaps? :P
I thought so, but then I was under the impression that FtN didn't do that...I have no idea if they do that or not.

[Radon0r]

I've heard from several sources that they do, but I am not a member...

[unknownman]

I thought they only gave invites to select members and even then they only do it rarely... or so I've heard.

[hotshot6473]

Lol I am member there so my first post post isn't hype. It is like any other site except that it has those perks which I posted before. If you are on a site like GFT then it is very comparable to that. FTN is something that is very special because really only GFT is anywhere close to what FTN has to offer in terms of pre time and no ratio. FTN is exactly what I expected and lets just put it this way I use it for most if not all of my general 0day downloads.

You will find sites like SCC and SCT which have faster speeds and pre times but you have to fight for your life to keep a good ratio on the sites by downloading packs which is just not needed for FTN

[Stellar]

Not a member there, but there's a simple explanation as to why everyone wants to get in: they want to be part of an exclusive club and show off their e-penis.

Every time someone gives packs or community as a reason they're just saying bullshit. It's the same way with every single tracker that has some degree of difficulty to get into.

The dream thing is laughable, considering it's a goddamn torrent tracker.

[saulin]

Not a member there, but there's a simple explanation as to why everyone wants to get in: they want to be part of an exclusive club and show off their e-penis.

Every time someone gives packs or community as a reason they're just saying bullshit. It's the same way with every single tracker that has some degree of difficulty to get into.

The dream thing is laughable, considering it's a goddamn torrent tracker.

This is probably the post that makes the most sence. I have to agree with this.

[Swift]

basiclly all the tracker are the same... you download then upload .

[Stellar]

Not a member there, but there's a simple explanation as to why everyone wants to get in: they want to be part of an exclusive club and show off their e-penis.

Every time someone gives packs or community as a reason they're just saying bullshit. It's the same way with every single tracker that has some degree of difficulty to get into.

The dream thing is laughable, considering it's a goddamn torrent tracker.

This is probably the post that makes the most sence. I have to agree with this.
Yeah, I've never seen anyone give an actual good reason for wanting to join high level trackers. Because really, those reasons are few and far between.

People should just be honest and say they want to join because a tracker is very exclusive. No reason to lie because everyone knows that when someone says "I want to join for the community" they're full of it.

[shipwreck]

As I wrote in another thread, the "high level trackers" that have the strongest appeal are the specialised ones with unique content, e.g. HDbits or TT, not the general ones, at least IMHO. The content of general trackers is very much the same, it's the unique content you don't find elsewhere what makes them interesting.

But I do agree that a lot of people just want to 'collect' rare sites (-> e-doodle enlargement syndrome).

[FACE_TO_FACE]

basiclly all the tracker are the same... you download then upload .
Thats for sure :D :whistling

[Funkin']

It's just like any other 0day tracker, honestly(but not as good as some content wise). But just because it's like most others, that doesn't make it a bad site. It just makes it extremely over hyped.

Because of the over hype I was a little disappointed when I created an account. I guess I was expecting the things that were always said, and are still said about the tracker. Like awesome packs(which in my opinion there aren't) and the forums to be outstanding(which in my opinion they aren't). The only thing that I personally found to be true from all the FTN talk was the site has no ratio. Which I find to be a very helpful feature.

[Nemrod]

Every time someone gives packs or community as a reason they're just saying bullshit. It's the same way with every single tracker that has some degree of difficulty to get into.




I couldn´t agree more with the Packs part. That´s the most ridiculous reason anyone can give... almost all trackers have the same packs, except by SCT perhaps, they are really good at that, and small sites with dedicated uploaders who make good stuff as well. But I can´t find any reason for saying that Torrentbytes, i.e, is worse than any other high ranked site... even more, I´m pretty sure that if you want... let´s say... House Season 1 you get it in TB, very well seeded, freeleech and as a plus you´ll increase your ratio because there will always be some lost soul grabbing it.
I can´t agree about the community thing tho, but it´s something very personal, there are users who like to participate in forums, internal contests, to be in a familiar and friendly environment, make friends, etc, and at that... closed and small sites are unbeatable.

[Stellar]

But how does a requester know if they will fit into a community or not? 99% of the time the person will have no clue about the community on a certain tracker. That's why I think the "community excuse" is the most BS of them all.

If the people requesting invites to exclusive sites get in, there's a good chance they won't participate at all. One of the only reasons they have for joining is to add another tracker to their collection.

[Nemrod]

But how does a requester know if they will fit into a community or not? 99% of the time the person will have no clue about the community on a certain tracker. That's why I think the "community excuse" is the most BS of them all.

If the people requesting invites to exclusive sites get in, there's a good chance they won't participate at all. One of the only reasons they have for joining is to add another tracker to their collection.

Well, I never liked to generalize. I´m nobody for telling who really believes in that community thing and who does not. Of course there are many collectors and users who only want to see their e-penis grow, but not every single requester should be labeled that way. It´s in his/her hands to demonstrate what kind of user he/she is. I only can say something told 1 million times, a fact, and that it seems nobody believes in: if you fit in the profile you´ll be invited, most likely even without having to ask for it.

[Stellar]

See, that's why I said 99% of the time rather than 100%. :P


I only can say something told 1 million times, a fact, and that it seems nobody believes in: if you fit in the profile you´ll be invited, most likely even without having to ask for it.
Well I believe that to be true.

[sez]

Nice thread...
Where are my russian homiez?angels and demons premiered yesterday.there ought to be a cam version out by now..what happened to sneaking the HD cam with the popcorn??
Wakey wakey moscow...trick still works!

[unknownman]

Nice thread...
Where are my russian homiez?angels and demons premiered yesterday.there ought to be a cam version out by now..what happened to sneaking the HD cam with the popcorn??
Wakey wakey moscow...trick still works!

quit stealin my thread! and why would anyone want to see a CAM of that film? that shit needs to be in 1080p

[beshawn]

I enjoy the site; it was what I expected, which is a great no-ratio 0-day tracker. The best tracker? Well anyone's opinion about a tracker is going to be subjective.

Of course BT users are curious to know about the more elusive trackers, but to make it some sort of life goal to get into ANY tracker is just ridiculous, and that should be obvious to anyone.

[n00bz0r]

Dream..lol
Thats a little too far fetched.
Anyway, a ratio free 0day wid great speeds and pre times is a winning combination in itself. The community comes as an added incentive.IRC is fun and the forums are quite active.
the staffers have now started working on some really nice features, which would add on to its appeal. But even then, Dreaming of FTN? Ridiculous,i say :P

PS: i dream of driving a koenigsegg CCXR while Rihanna gives me a blowjob. Man those ( . ) ( . ) are fucking awesome :)

[Stellar]

One's life situation must be really sad if they're seriously dreaming about a torrent site. What do they do, close their eyes and finally see past the login page? And like gold flows out of their screen? I'd seriously love to know.

[Cabalo]

you're on the interwebz. such dreams are possible.

[TP635]

I'm not a member,but I think these people want to join,because this tracker is Non-ratio site and don't need to hire a seedbox or get a higher netspeed to keep ratio or don't get banned ;)

That IS NOT the reason why most people want to be in.:noes:

[Disme]

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?

It helps a lot when not having any expectations at all, that way you won't get disappointed. Off course there will be people that are disappointed when they join, they belive FTN is some kind of torrent-walhalla and have been caught up in all the needless hyping of the tracker in question.

Point is ... appreciating a tracker is a very personal thing. I know several people that have asked the staff to delete/disable their accounts at FTN, because they found other places they believed they fitted in better and felt they had to make a choice. The fact they chose to give up on their FTN-account prooves my point.

FTN is not 'heaven' and nothing to 'dream' about ... all in all it's a decent 0-day tracker with a limited userbase where you can have your occasional chat or forum-discussion and you'll find the torrents you find on other 0-day trackers and are able to get them with reasonable speeds.

[n00bz0r]

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?

It helps a lot when not having any expectations at all, that way you won't get disappointed. Off course there will be people that are disappointed when they join, they belive FTN is some kind of torrent-walhalla and have been caught up in all the needless hyping of the tracker in question.

Point is ... appreciating a tracker is a very personal thing. I know several people that have asked the staff to delete/disable their accounts at FTN, because they found other places they believed they fitted in better and felt they had to make a choice. The fact they chose to give up on their FTN-account prooves my point.

FTN is not 'heaven' and nothing to 'dream' about ... all in all it's a decent 0-day tracker with a limited userbase where you can have your occasional chat or forum-discussion and you'll find the torrents you find on other 0-day trackers and are able to get them with reasonable speeds.
+1. Every word is true. Liking or disliking a tracker is personal choice to make.
Hype certainly raises expectations, but it finally comes down to what "you" feel about the features they offer.Some might be satisfied with merely downloading torrents in complete silence while they listen to mozart, but some like to have a lil chat while they wait for their stuff to download, and maybe contribute in useful and constructive discussions, or just LOL at a few jokes on the forums and drool at the girl next door in the XXX section. :P
Weighing a word before typing should help people convey their ideas in a better way, and their intentions as well.I reiterate when i say, "Dream" is a heavy word to use while talking in context of a tracker, and many people seem to agree with that. So i guess there is one iota of truth in it as well. :yup:

[The Flying Cow]

It's just like any other 0day tracker, honestly(but not as good as some content wise). But just because it's like most others, that doesn't make it a bad site. It just makes it extremely over hyped.

Because of the over hype I was a little disappointed when I created an account. I guess I was expecting the things that were always said, and are still said about the tracker. Like awesome packs(which in my opinion there aren't) and the forums to be outstanding(which in my opinion they aren't). The only thing that I personally found to be true from all the FTN talk was the site has no ratio. Which I find to be a very helpful feature.

Better voiced than I managed. This is what I meant. Everything for the curious is here. Seriously folks, don't believe the hype.

Also, what's the point in bashing people who want to get into FTN?

It's irrelevant what they say on the threads, the "dreaming" clause may be a little over the top, but it gets the point across, clichéd as it may be.

In the end there's nothing wrong with wanting to get into FTN or FTWR or E**** or Skittles or Wheelmods or UK-T or FSC or whatever the "1337" shit is nowadays - it's just human nature to be curious, and many of these sites make a career out of their secrecy. That is the central point of attraction for the masses.

[cinephilia]

It's just like any other 0day tracker, honestly(but not as good as some content wise). But just because it's like most others, that doesn't make it a bad site. It just makes it extremely over hyped.

Because of the over hype I was a little disappointed when I created an account. I guess I was expecting the things that were always said, and are still said about the tracker. Like awesome packs(which in my opinion there aren't) and the forums to be outstanding(which in my opinion they aren't). The only thing that I personally found to be true from all the FTN talk was the site has no ratio. Which I find to be a very helpful feature.

Better voiced than I managed. This is what I meant. Everything for the curious is here. Seriously folks, don't believe the hype.
same here. there's absolutely nothing more than on any other 0day tracker and i don't use it much than that.
FTN has been useful to me a few times though - that's maybe the reason why i didn't ask (yet) my account to be removed.

[fOrUmAs]

I've seen so many people ask for FtN invites and to be totally honest it makes me laugh/ cry to see how some people "dream of FtN", I feel like saying get a life!

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?

yes it was all what i could wish that one site have all

from the great staff member to much needed ratio free :D

and community is pretty awesome

yea i can understand why people saying all that stuff abouth FTN,since they hear from someone how great it is and it is ratio free with very fast pre (great speed as always) then everyone would say that at the moment.:)

[cinephilia]

I've seen so many people ask for FtN invites and to be totally honest it makes me laugh/ cry to see how some people "dream of FtN", I feel like saying get a life!

So my question is to all the FtN users, when you have finally got into the site was it all that you expected? And if possible can you explain your answer?

yes it was all what i could wish that one site have all

from the great staff member to much needed ratio free :D

and community is pretty awesome

yea i can understand why people saying all that stuff abouth FTN,since they hear from someone how great it is and it is ratio free with very fast pre (great speed as always) then everyone would say that at the moment.:)
SCT, SCC, GFT, RevTT, TL, Pretome, DigitalHive etc... have great speeds and good pretimes as well and the 'community' is a forum like any other tracker's forums and have absolutely nothing special compared with them.
oh and i see many members singing the praises of the no ratio system while 80% of them use to buffer their account as hell in order to reach userclasses lol..

[fOrUmAs]

yes it was all what i could wish that one site have all

from the great staff member to much needed ratio free :D

and community is pretty awesome

yea i can understand why people saying all that stuff abouth FTN,since they hear from someone how great it is and it is ratio free with very fast pre (great speed as always) then everyone would say that at the moment.:)
SCT, SCC, GFT, RevTT, TL, Pretome, DigitalHive etc... have great speeds and good pretimes as well and the 'community' is a forum like any other tracker's forums and have absolutely nothing special compared with them.
oh and i see many members singing the praises of the no ratio system while 80% of them use to buffer their account as hell in order to reach userclasses lol..

DigitalHive,Pretome?? ok if u say so:)

i was talking abouth FTN only not to compare FTN with others..

yea it is true many people buffer accounts because they (can!) have abnormaly high connections speeds and i dont see any problems with that,but also there are people who dont have fast connection like me so it helps a lot to download sometimes something on ftn and then seed on 2 more sites

[(I)]

Every time someone gives packs or community as a reason they're just saying bullshit. It's the same way with every single tracker that has some degree of difficulty to get into.




I couldn´t agree more with the Packs part. That´s the most ridiculous reason anyone can give... almost all trackers have the same packs, except by SCT perhaps, they are really good at that, and small sites with dedicated uploaders who make good stuff as well. But I can´t find any reason for saying that Torrentbytes, i.e, is worse than any other high ranked site... even more, I´m pretty sure that if you want... let´s say... House Season 1 you get it in TB, very well seeded, freeleech and as a plus you´ll increase your ratio because there will always be some lost soul grabbing it.
I can´t agree about the community thing tho, but it´s something very personal, there are users who like to participate in forums, internal contests, to be in a familiar and friendly environment, make friends, etc, and at that... closed and small sites are unbeatable.

Yeah the community part is kinda personal, but it can be measured somehow with the numbers

Here I'm saying, every one alleges that some tracker have a good community is a liar sorry (except Tbytes)
I have read lots about how fucking awesome community this or that tracker has and after joining it turned out to be just bullshit, with dozens of spammers can't post more than ONE LINE posts and I'm repeating ONE LINE posts

The only real community I seen was TB (more than 1.1 million posts) that is how I say it can be measured by numbers, they have no spam forums like count with image, and they know lots about you and your interests from the discussions on daily basis in almost every aspect of life

I also respect & like FSC community but it's small

Otherwise, if you really know a real community please tell me

Edit: and you are right about Jessica

[saulin]

All I have to say is that for those that talk about the great communities in these small trackers is that I would hope that they have as many posts at Skizo has here on those trackers. Otherwise ,they really are full of it.

I mean what's so great about those great forums and their communities if you don't get involved?

I personally think that most people care about content and speed. Then there are some that might care about security if they have ever got a letter from their ISP for example. And then there may be some that might care about the forums. Those people with a shit lot of posts on the forums.

[Funkin']

DigitalHive,Pretome?? ok if u say so:)

I can't speak for Digitalhive, but yes, Pretome has great speeds and really good pre's. Plus it's no ratio.

[Stellar]

Is Pretome even worth joining if someone has GFT already? If it is worth checking out I'll hit up a friend for an invite. :P

My biggest problem with Digital Hive is that their forums are kind of stagnant. I know content should be the major concern, but I can't deal with a dead forum. Otherwise speeds are OK... not a ton of content though.

By the way, I heard FTN was working on some sort of software. Would anyone be able to elaborate on that for me? (If I'm not supposed to mention this it will be removed.)

[n00bz0r]

Is Pretome even worth joining if someone has GFT already? If it is worth checking out I'll hit up a friend for an invite. :P

My biggest problem with Digital Hive is that their forums are kind of stagnant. I know content should be the major concern, but I can't deal with a dead forum. Otherwise speeds are OK... not a ton of content though.

By the way, I heard FTN was working on some sort of software. Would anyone be able to elaborate on that for me? (If I'm not supposed to mention this it will be removed.)


Ok, so we killed the mirc script that allowed you to download torrents because of sites abusing the output.. So I started to develop a program that initiates a secure connection to FTN and downloads torrents based on a similar concept without the need for irc (this way it'll work on linux and mac systems as well).
you can enter parameters to narrow down the sections and download torrents of your choice. Hope that helps!

[pffm]

Gotta agree on pretome, they are really good.

[Stellar]

n00bz0r, thanks for answering my question so quickly. An FTN user told me it was a whole new torrent client, so that's why I asked. :lol:

[n00bz0r]

n00bz0r, thanks for answering my question so quickly. An FTN user told me it was a whole new torrent client, so that's why I asked. :lol:

lol a whole new torrent client?:noes::lol:

[Stellar]

Yeah I thought it was terribly strange that they would make a whole knew client.
I said "wut?" :P

[Funkin']

Well, I'm not a member of GFT, so I can't compare the two. But I do like it a lot more than FTN. There's a lot of great content on the site.

[unknownman]

Yeah I thought it was terribly strange that they would make a whole knew client.
I said "wut?" :P
i think he just got confused, its just a different way of getting the torrent files delivered to the torrent client (via VPN) or so it seems by looking at what has been said.

[Stellar]

Well, I'm not a member of GFT, so I can't compare the two. But I do like it a lot more than FTN. There's a lot of great content on the site.
Thanks for the Pretome recommendation, btw. I just joined and it's looking really good so far.


i think he just got confused, its just a different way of getting the torrent files delivered to the torrent client (via VPN) or so it seems by looking at what has been said.
That's probably what happened. It would've confused me too had it not been elaborated on a bit here.

[n00bz0r]

Different way of interpreting things. Someone techy would have gotten it, others might have got it mixed up (torrents=music/movies/packs for not so tech savvy people). Which points to a fact, it is great to have diversity in terms of the userbase on trackers to make things interesting in aspects associated to a tracker other than the browse page.
Anyway, the announcement was later elaborated upon and discussed on the forums and IRC. It helps if you idle at a few places that dont give you IRC Idling Bonus :lol:

[redMonster]

Yeah I thought it was terribly strange that they would make a whole knew client.
I said "wut?" :P
As Brandon said in IRC, its much more than a torrent client. It will eliminate the need of a website for torrent downloading. You can use the software to do all your torrenting. He didn't give out a lot of info though, because he just started working on it (i.e. about 5 days ago).


An application can do a lot more than a website can

Edit: FTN Torrent Downloader (of which a testing version has been released) is a totally different piece of software. I am talking about something different here.