HDBits.org

[Waddafocky]

Ok, this was originally about HDBits.org, but looks like invites are closed, so I'm making a request first for some information, then possibly some invites.

I'm a member of PTN and PTP, as well as a prolific user of IPT and public. I never use DDL or Usenet, because those need money to use to the max. Do I need a dedicated HD site? If so, what would be good? Reasons listed are below.

Here is why you shouldn't invite me:
- I watch 720p movies on a 14" laptop with 1440x900 res.
- I use a Sennheiser 202
- I watch movies in phases, so if I move out of my movie phase, I'll probably be inactive for a little while.
- I'll be inactive during the summers, when I'm on a dial-up connection instead of a 2MB/s college one
- I never watch 1080p, because my HDD space is limited and my screen's not big enough
- I don't own a singly Bluray nor have the equipment to play an actual disk.

Here is why you should invite me:
- I am OCD about quality - I'd rather go for the untouched DVD rather than watch a shitty encode
- I am OCD about transparency - if I don't think an encode is transparent, my viewing experience is that much diminished
- I am OCD about seeding - if I'm at a site that logs the snatch list, I'll seed forever just so my seeding list = my snatch list
- I watch 2 movies a day
- I recently started a movie club that tries to watch a movie a week (this is on a proper 32" 720p screen and nice speakers

I'll add more as I think about it. I really don't like making requests - I'd rather join through open signups rather than take an invite from someone, but as I understand it, HDBits never opens.

[anon]

Yes, it's me, making a request for HDBits. Sorry to anon, Idol, Darth - I am moving to the dark side, this once.

Making a good request because you want to join a tracker is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. The problems surface when the requester conveniently fails to tell us he's already had an account there, or lies about why he wants it, or thinks this is a piggy bank where you can get free invites with 5 posts. It's always those or a subset of those, but you're obviously not a lamer.

Anyway, if what Cabalo posted on that other thread wasn't a joke, it appears they've already closed again. :dabs:

[Timo_P]

The End.

Invites closed - 09/01/11
Congrats to all you new users who got an account

[ScottK]

you make this post too long..take too many time..

[IdolEyes787]

Yes, it's me, making a request for HDBits. Sorry to anon, Idol, Darth - I am moving to the dark side, this once.

Here is why you shouldn't invite me:
- I watch 720p movies on a 14" laptop with 1440x900 res.
- I use a Sennheiser 202
- I watch movies in phases, so if I move out of my movie phase, I'll probably be inactive for a little while.
- I'll be inactive during the summers, when I'm on a dial-up connection instead of a 2MB/s college one

Here is why you should invite me:
- I am OCD about quality - I'd rather go for the untouched DVD rather than watch a shitty encode
- I am OCD about transparency - if I don't think an encode is transparent, my viewing experience is that much diminished
- I am OCD about seeding - if I'm at a site that logs the snatch list, I'll seed forever just so my seeding list = my snatch list
- I watch 2 movies a day
- I recently started a movie club that tries to watch a movie a week (this is on a proper 32" 720p screen and nice speakers

I'll add more as I think about it. I really don't like making requests - I'd rather join through open signups rather than take an invite from someone, but as I understand it, HDBits never does that.

EDIT: Hmm, looks like invites are closed again. Any site or combination of sites that can make up for what HDBits has? I know, the old DDL/public thing but I find that proper 720p's of older than 2009 movies are hard to get, because HD still seems niche.

You don't have to apologize to me or anyone for merely wanting something .

[Waddafocky]

Yeah, well whatever. I guess I can switch this over as a request for any of the countless good HD trackers out there. I just recently got into proper 720p after getting my new HDD.

[Quarterquack]

And the same applies for me. It would be a tad hypocritical of me to hold this against you when I myself enjoy it (perhaps as much as you would have). (EDIT: ) That isn't the reason I'm not going to hold this against, you, though. I'm not simply because there's no reason to. You want something, sure. I will hold you absolutely liable for owning the 202's, though. That's something I cannot overlook.

At any rate, even within the HDBits community itself, a crowd pleaser is Usenet. The thing is, and the thing most people don't realize is, if you actually care about quality, you can skip HDBits entirely, and check out Chinese group's sources on Usenet. A source will always be of higher quality than an encode, and the latter is why HDBits is sought after (or at least I'd like to think so in an ideal world). However, if you're looking for sources, Usenet, HDBits, CHDBits and HDChina all end up being practically equivalent to one another. With Usenet in the far far lead. That and the fact that some HDB internal groups take the time and dedication to post their material on Usenet themselves.

P.S. Note that I'm a movie nut. TV shows not much, but yes, some things like the Daily Show and Late Night talk shows get exclusive HDB caps that don't make it elsewhere, but those same episodes make it on BMTV (because their capping crew is just as proficient).

[Lucifer9999]

if u want an combination: hdchina+scenehd+chdbits(or hd-torrents) and i promise u will not gonna need something else... but those are hard to get also...

[Waddafocky]

And the same applies for me. It would be a tad hypocritical of me to hold this against you when I myself enjoy it (perhaps as much as you would have). (EDIT: ) That isn't the reason I'm not going to hold this against, you, though. I'm not simply because there's no reason to. You want something, sure. I will hold you absolutely liable for owning the 202's, though. That's something I cannot overlook.

At any rate, even within the HDBits community itself, a crowd pleaser is Usenet. The thing is, and the thing most people don't realize is, if you actually care about quality, you can skip HDBits entirely, and check out Chinese group's sources on Usenet. A source will always be of higher quality than an encode, and the latter is why HDBits is sought after (or at least I'd like to think so in an ideal world). However, if you're looking for sources, Usenet, HDBits, CHDBits and HDChina all end up being practically equivalent to one another. With Usenet in the far far lead. That and the fact that some HDB internal groups take the time and dedication to post their material on Usenet themselves.

P.S. Note that I'm a movie nut. TV shows not much, but yes, some things like the Daily Show and Late Night talk shows get exclusive HDB caps that don't make it elsewhere, but those same episodes make it on BMTV (because their capping crew is just as proficient).

Hmm, sources. They range from 25-50GB, no? That would be out of the question for me. Even my OCD can only take me so far, but not past the boundaries of my HDD. The only thing about Usenet is that you have to pay for it, which is beyond my wallet and my morals.

[anon]

The only thing about Usenet is that you have to pay for it, which is beyond my wallet and my morals.

Don't expect the same quality, but there are free services. And they aren't that bad.

[IdolEyes787]

Hmm, sources. They range from 25-50GB, no? That would be out of the question for me. Even my OCD can only take me so far, but not past the boundaries of my HDD. The only thing about Usenet is that you have to pay for it, which is beyond my wallet and my morals.

Your morals tell you that it's OK to steal something but not to pay for it?
Remind me never to invite you to my house.:unsure:

[Waddafocky]

Hence why morals are crossed out. Morals man, how do they work? They also tell me porn is ok but random sex is not.

[IdolEyes787]

Hence why morals are crossed out. Morals man, how do they work? They also tell me porn is ok but random sex is not.

Your morals only tell you that because you can get porn but not random sex.

[Waddafocky]

Hence why morals are crossed out. Morals man, how do they work? They also tell me porn is ok but random sex is not.

Your morals only tell you that because you can get porn but not random sex.
Nice. But if morals were dictated by availability...

[IdolEyes787]

Mine are. If no one is around it's suddenly acceptable to take whatever I can carry.:idunno:

[Quarterquack]

Whenever no one is around I usually close the doors and jerk off. Kindof like what happened when I was over at Idol's last week and he went to the kitchen to make us dinner.

[dannyyelly]

lol.. i wanted to sleep 2 hrs ago, but having too much fun :D

[Waddafocky]

Mine are. If no one is around it's suddenly acceptable to take whatever I can carry.:idunno:
Your morals aren't dictated by availability, they're dictated by the fear of getting caught.

I think it's always acceptable to take whatever I can carry as long as I'm not paying for anything.

As for you Darth Jerker, you didn't notice me in the corner there, did you? I was watching the whole time. I just couldn't have random sex with you.

[anon]

Mine are. If no one is around it's suddenly acceptable to take whatever I can carry.:idunno:


Whenever no one is around I usually close the doors and jerk off. Kindof like what happened when I was over at Idol's last week and he went to the kitchen to make us dinner.


As for you Darth Jerker, you didn't notice me in the corner there, did you? I was watching the whole time. I just couldn't have random sex with you.

ROFL :lol:

Finally something's good coming out of HDBits' open invites :lol:

[IdolEyes787]

Mine are. If no one is around it's suddenly acceptable to take whatever I can carry.:idunno:
Your morals aren't dictated by availability, they're dictated by the fear of getting caught.

I think it's always acceptable to take whatever I can carry as long as I'm not paying for anything.

As for you Darth Jerker, you didn't notice me in the corner there, did you? I was watching the whole time. I just couldn't have random sex with you.

When someone's looking the object is not available for my acquiring.
As for Barf Nader being at my house ,like that would even happen.:ermm:*


*Actually honest mistake, it was his sister and you can only tell them apart by the fact that she a bit more masculine than he is .

And unlike him never wears a dress.

[Quarterquack]

I had been asking Idol out for months, but he just couldn't settle down with someone as sensitive as I was. So I went back there and told him that I was my twin sister, Olga (and took off the dress he prefers people wear for role play in his Coal Black and the seven Black Coles play). Poor chap, never saw the ruse. The only caveat was we forgot Anarkial was still acting his role out, of a chair in the play.

[IdolEyes787]

. The only caveat was we forgot Anarkial was still acting his role out, of a chair in the play.

No that's his usual level of awareness.

[megabyteme]

And unlike him never wears a dress.

He calls it a "cloak". It covers him when he is masturbating. You [i]really don't want to see the inside of it- think "used kleenex". :sick:

[Waddafocky]

. The only caveat was we forgot Anarkial was still acting his role out, of a chair in the play.

No that's his usual level of awareness.
The fact that a chair caught you having sex with a hairy dwarf in a dress is satisfying, though.

[IdolEyes787]

You've got a point there.

Probably has a lot to do with Darth Ringworm being a screamer though.

[Quarterquack]

Not my fault you clench every time I say your name wrong.

[Intr4ns1t]

Not my fault you clench every time I say your name wrong.

Actually...

[OlegL]

And the same applies for me. It would be a tad hypocritical of me to hold this against you when I myself enjoy it (perhaps as much as you would have). (EDIT: ) That isn't the reason I'm not going to hold this against, you, though. I'm not simply because there's no reason to. You want something, sure. I will hold you absolutely liable for owning the 202's, though. That's something I cannot overlook.

At any rate, even within the HDBits community itself, a crowd pleaser is Usenet. The thing is, and the thing most people don't realize is, if you actually care about quality, you can skip HDBits entirely, and check out Chinese group's sources on Usenet. A source will always be of higher quality than an encode, and the latter is why HDBits is sought after (or at least I'd like to think so in an ideal world). However, if you're looking for sources, Usenet, HDBits, CHDBits and HDChina all end up being practically equivalent to one another. With Usenet in the far far lead. That and the fact that some HDB internal groups take the time and dedication to post their material on Usenet themselves.

P.S. Note that I'm a movie nut. TV shows not much, but yes, some things like the Daily Show and Late Night talk shows get exclusive HDB caps that don't make it elsewhere, but those same episodes make it on BMTV (because their capping crew is just as proficient).

You are forgetting about one important thing, and that thing is an emotional attachment to a tracker. HDBits was my first HD tracker; I felt lost when I lost my account there. Using usenet will never give you the same kind of satisfaction that you can get from using a bittorrent tracker. On a bittorrent tracker, someone will press a thank you button if you upload something; on a bittorrent tracker, you will find a community that cares about the content the tracker has. If you are emotionally attached to a tracker, you will get an amazing feeling if you are simply in the irc channel that belongs to that particular tracker.

[IdolEyes787]

You are forgetting about one important thing, and that thing is an emotional attachment to a tracker. HDBits was my first HD tracker; I felt lost when I lost my account there. Using usenet will never give you the same kind of satisfaction that you can get from using a bittorrent tracker. On a bittorrent tracker, someone will press a thank you button if you upload something; on a bittorrent tracker, you will find a community that cares about the content the tracker has. If you are emotionally attached to a tracker, you will get an amazing feeling if you are simply in the irc channel that belongs to that particular tracker.

I'm emotional attached to a few people, my cat , a particular ancient but trusty all white road racing bike and if pressed maybe my old High School .:mellow:

I feel lost when I'm someplace new and I don't have a clue where I am and sometimes on this forum when it's making even less sense than usual.

When someone posts only " thanks" on a torrent I think they are either forgivably non-English speaking or simply unable to post anything more interesting because of lack of real interest /caring or intelligence.

I'm not a member of HDbits ( although I've been strangely offered :unsure:) so although I don't really know but as far as I hear from reliable sources it's populated by some of the most egotistical,unreasonable and unconscionable putzes in all of bt land who "care about the content" only as far as that extends to it being HD and "the latest" , not otherwise it being "good" or anything.:mellow:

Otherwise as far as bt "communities" and no offense to those that see it differently , but I find them basically devoid of true caring, true friendship, true devotion , true insight ( in any way that I measure it) and most importantly a genuine sense of fun unless I'm missing something and posting lol and 8/10 is any of those.

As for irc if by "amazing" you mean queasy then I totally agree.

[Quarterquack]

I'm not a member of HDbits ( although I've been strangely offered :unsure:) so although I don't really know but as far as I hear from reliable sources it's populated by some of the most egotistical,unreasonable and unconscionable putzes in all of bt land who "care about the content" only as far as that extends to it being HD and "the latest" , not otherwise it being "good" or anything.:mellow:

Otherwise as far as bt "communities" and no offense to those that see it differently , but I find them basically devoid of true caring, true friendship, true devotion , true insight ( in any way that I measure it) and most importantly a genuine sense of fun unless I'm missing something and posting lol and 8/10 is any of those.

As for irc if by "amazing" you mean queasy then I totally agree.

Here comes the mandatory defense from my side of things:

Sure, everyone watches the "latest and greatest" releases, and everyone wants them as soon as possible (thus the latest factor isn't completely lost), but a lot of people on HDB (in my opinion) do have a great taste in movies. I have on a couple of occasions asked for movie recommendations/searches, and even though I didn't always get what I wanted or was looking for, I nonetheless was exposed to movies that are indeed great (the "in my opinion" part applies here as well). So forgive me if I don't believe you when you say that the HDBits crowd doesn't care about the quality of the movie, as much as they do about the viewing quality. Some do, and it would be silly to assume otherwise (even you have to concede to this one, just like Ebert conceded to games possibly being art (see what I did there?)).

I have to agree about the community aspect, but even you yourself acknowledge that community is how much you care about the people around you/and who you associate with. In that regard, and mindless +1; 9.5/10 inception.dvdscr-retard; rate this lesbian couple; posts aside BT does have room for "community" to develop. It's the majority of idiots (the greatest collection on any protocol, if you ask me) that run that possibility down. As for your distaste towards IRC, that's up to personal opinions, but I do frequent a couple of channels that I enjoy, and I've heard (through here) that the What.CD VIP channel is also fantastic. There are exceptions to every rule, and just because the majority of people seem to be idiots, doesn't mean that you can't find your own minority to enjoy being around (the best analogy for this seems to be Creationists).

[IdolEyes787]

Just like something a collector like you would say.

Btw as usual I wasn't being totally serious ( only about the emotional attachment, I luv that bike :cry: ) as I've yet to come across an instance that there aren't at least two sides to every story.

Except for Cop Out .I don't think there's even one story there. Course I've never seen it in HD .:unsure:

[Quarterquack]

Just like something a collector like you would say ... as I've yet to come across an instance that there aren't at least two sides to every story.

:lol:

According to T.I. who is the best artist ever. There are three sides to every story. There's one side. There's the other. And then there's the truth.

[OlegL]

I'm not a member of HDbits ( although I've been strangely offered :unsure:) so although I don't really know but as far as I hear from reliable sources it's populated by some of the most egotistical,unreasonable and unconscionable putzes in all of bt land who "care about the content" only as far as that extends to it being HD and "the latest" , not otherwise it being "good" or anything.:mellow:

Otherwise as far as bt "communities" and no offense to those that see it differently , but I find them basically devoid of true caring, true friendship, true devotion , true insight ( in any way that I measure it) and most importantly a genuine sense of fun unless I'm missing something and posting lol and 8/10 is any of those.


I already mentioned it in another one of my posts, but the amazing thing that I found out about them is that THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO HAVE FUN. I used to think they were obsesses with elitism, but now I know that their primary goal is to have fun.

[IdolEyes787]

Just like something a collector like you would say ... as I've yet to come across an instance that there aren't at least two sides to every story.

:lol:

According to T.I. who is the best artist ever. There are three sides to every story. There's one side. There's the other. And then there's the truth.

I've heard that before by Mark Twain but I'm not sure who T.I. is ?

I found this great imo quote while trying to find out who you meant so basic win anyway.


People talk. People care. They want to be in on everything or want to know nothing about it at all. We're all guilty. I'm guilty. We say half of the story. We tell what we want to tell, and leave the rest up to inevitable imagination. Even if we tell it all, we don't. It's almost impossible. Every story can be a good story, even if it's sad. Sometimes it's good because it's sad. Every time you make and break ties with someone, there's a story there, and that story has at least three sides, depending upon whose knees you stare at on the floor as they tell you;edges in and in short breaths. The minor inhale just beforehand can sometimes tell you you're going to get some of the dirt, the juicy poison.