FTN opened the doors!

Now all donors get invites! Hope it helps the site survive.

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I've gone ahead and given everyone who's donated at least 10 euro's an invite, and in some situations you received more than one if you went above and beyond. We're still evaluating the "donor perks" thread and will decide whether or not we want to go that route and update you on the status of that when we come to a final decision.

I will however continue to hand out invites to donors from here on, but please be aware that if you are caught abusing this privilege you and your inviter and invitees will suffer severe consequences.

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Originally Posted by Hombre

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I will however continue to hand out invites to donors from here on

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FTN is soon gonna be filled with traders. :ermm:

Let the requests and trading begin.

Good News :naughty:

Wow, I thought I'd never see the day.

invites for donators only, as always... that's what i call invite selling. good job Brandon.

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

invites for donators only, as always... that's what i call invite selling. good job Brandon.

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Less QQ, more PewPew. :shifty:

I'd rather see him taking the money than those filthy invite sellers.
Hopefully this will decrease the trading value of those invites, and he'll be able to keep the site going.

For the record, there is no donate-to-receive-an-invitation system at FTN. The staff there are still very strict about who gets an invite and who doesn't (especially this time around). Yes, traders lurking in the shadows may have received an invite for donating opportunistically (without actually contributing anything to the community), but that is a pretty common occurence in our BitTorrent world. And not everyone who donated received an invite; I donate regularly to FTN and did I receive an invite? No, and this is the same for a few of my friends who are ranked much higher and are more active on the tracker than I am.

As always, most of the account and invite traders will be sniffed out and have their accounts disabled; these traders will fade back into the shadows and the account and invite trade requests here will die.

I remember that I used to start threads like this one. Now I don't see the point. People who are looking for FTN shouldn't be looking for it just because invites were handed out.

I guess we all learn all the time, huh?

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

invites for donators only, as always... that's what i call invite selling. good job Brandon.

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by th0r

For the record, there is no donate-to-receive-an-invitation system at FTN.

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I will however continue to hand out invites to donors from here on

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:w00t:

I earn my one days!:)

Gosh, by the thread title i though FTN was with open signups or something. :shutup: :D

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Originally Posted by th0r

For the record, there is no donate-to-receive-an-invitation system at FTN.

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yes there is since only donators get invites.
brandon perfectly knows that ftn invites are much coveted by his members and that many of them are willing to donate to have a chance of getting one.

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Originally Posted by th0r

not everyone who donated received an invite

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not everyone who donated received an invite but there is one thing for sure: only donators receive invites... go figure.

I read elsewhere that everyone who donated 10euros got an invite. Something to do with missing donation target recently. Is this not correct?

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

yes there is since only donators get invites.
brandon perfectly knows that ftn invites are much coveted by his members and that many of them are willing to donate to have a chance of getting one.

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Originally Posted by th0r

not everyone who donated received an invite

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not everyone who donated received an invite but there is one thing for sure: only donators receive invites... go figure.

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one again, great logic th0r

This news reminds me of SCT staff making hell of money by offering double upload and invites to donors and then within an instance running away leaving those innocent donors .. lets see when FTN do the same thing

There's a lot of cynicism floating around here... maybe it's justified, maybe it's not...

How long has FTN been 'closed off' and how long have people been looking to get invited?

It could simply be a case of them looking for some fresh members and using existing, trusted member who have proven themselves over the piece as a way of inviting people they know. Surely this is better than just opening the doors to anyone joining up... and may also help to stem the flow of invites going to those 'collectors' who donate, get the invite, then trade it off or sell it or whatever.

I dunno Brandon, I dunno that much about FTN particularly, but from reading stuff he's posted in the past, and from reading various members of FTN chatting about the site and the community it doesn't really sit right thinking it would go the way of ScT... perhaps I'm wrong, but hey... what's the point of being so cynical and looking on the downside all the time?? :lol:

as for me, i was just stating a fact - no cynicism intended.

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

as for me, i was just stating a fact - no cynicism intended.

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It wasn't directed at anyone it particular mate... just a general impression I suppose on the tone of the thread as a whole :)

I don't see why those who put as much time and effort into running a site shouldn't be helped out with the costs involved. Sure they won't be astronomical, but any site owner who values their site knows to keep what extra they may have been donated one month to the side, in case the costs aren't met the following month... perfectly reasonable imo.

If they want to offer an invite to those who donate, subject to whatever criteria then fair play.

In this day and age it seems to be more and more about site security and you can't blame those who are taking the risks for wanting to be careful :)

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Originally Posted by Cabalo

Let the requests and trading begin.

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you are right

the search as started.

Their site, Their rules...nobody's asking anybody to join!

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Originally Posted by QPD

Their site, Their rules...nobody's asking anybody to join!

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I know it's true... but I was wondering just how long it would take someone to quote the old favourite :lol:

HI
EVERY ONE SEE THE LAST news IN THE HOME PAGE

I SAW


I'll be honest and say that I was pretty worried that this was the beginning of the end,

EVERY ONE REMEMBER SCT (DOUBLE DONATED)
THEN CLOSE

FTN GET INVITE TO DONAR AND THE DONATION INCREASE
THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN FTN CLOSE

anyhow..there is nothing you can do, so why are you screaming at us? :ermm:

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Originally Posted by Burnsy

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Originally Posted by QPD

Their site, Their rules...nobody's asking anybody to join!

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I know it's true... but I was wondering just how long it would take someone to quote the old favourite :lol:

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I won...OMG i Won, yes yes yes, I WON !
:shutup:

Let us wait and see

Frankly, if there is an invitation I would like to enter

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Originally Posted by gamer08

HI
EVERY ONE SEE THE LAST news IN THE HOME PAGE

I SAW


I'll be honest and say that I was pretty worried that this was the beginning of the end,

EVERY ONE REMEMBER SCT (DOUBLE DONATED)
THEN CLOSE

FTN GET INVITE TO DONAR AND THE DONATION INCREASE
THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN FTN CLOSE

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Good job. Now you can go and delete your account.

What is this DONAR you talk about?

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Originally Posted by gamer08

HI
EVERY ONE SEE THE LAST news IN THE HOME PAGE

I SAW


I'll be honest and say that I was pretty worried that this was the beginning of the end,

EVERY ONE REMEMBER SCT (DOUBLE DONATED)
THEN CLOSE

FTN GET INVITE TO DONAR AND THE DONATION INCREASE
THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN FTN CLOSE

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I 'm glad that FTN is opening it's doors so that others of your obvious insight and intelligence will be able to join.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

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Originally Posted by gamer08

HI
EVERY ONE SEE THE LAST news IN THE HOME PAGE

I SAW


I'll be honest and say that I was pretty worried that this was the beginning of the end,

EVERY ONE REMEMBER SCT (DOUBLE DONATED)
THEN CLOSE

FTN GET INVITE TO DONAR AND THE DONATION INCREASE
THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN FTN CLOSE

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I 'm glad that FTN is opening it's doors so that others of your obvious insight and intelligence will be able to join.

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Did Cinephilia hacked your account here?Or do you live together?:naughty:

Good, now more people will know how overrated this place is and they can get 15 announcements a week bugging them at the top of every page. We can now stop the FTN circle jerk.

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Originally Posted by smcewa11

I read elsewhere that everyone who donated 10euros got an invite.

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I read someplace that that a human is an immortal alien spirit that is trapped on Earth in a physical body.
I also read that Scarlett Johansson had anal sex with Benico Del Toro in an elevator.
Guess which one the three I find the most interesting and believable?

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

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Originally Posted by smcewa11

I read elsewhere that everyone who donated 10euros got an invite.

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I read someplace that that a human is an immortal alien spirit that is trapped on Earth in a physical body.
I also read that Scarlett Johansson had anal sex with Benico Del Toro in an elevator.
Guess which one the three I find the most interesting and believable?

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Benecio del Toro is the fucking man, so I think that one is the most believable.

I donated...nothing happened.Move on!

The older you become,the wiser you at least try to be.The more you understand the internet,the more you know its all about SEO,affiliates,ads,stealers,spreaders,blackhats and anything that can make money.

I try not to be too critical these days.

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Originally Posted by gamer08

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FTN GET INVITE TO DONAR AND THE DONATION INCREASE
THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN FTN CLOSE

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Dude, turn your caps lock off. :dry:

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Originally Posted by anon-sbi

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Originally Posted by gamer08

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FTN GET INVITE TO DONAR AND THE DONATION INCREASE
THEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CAN FTN CLOSE

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Dude, turn your caps lock off. :dry:

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Let him scream anon if he feels like!:whistling

Given the proclivity to capitalization and overstatement as well as the somewhat similar username to known dupe accounts I did a triple check to be sure it wasn't Austin36 .
Still might be of course but if it is at least he's getting better at lying.