As per title, why is FTN portrayed as the god of private torrent sites?
Surely it's got to be more than just pre-times and speeds..
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As per title, why is FTN portrayed as the god of private torrent sites?
Surely it's got to be more than just pre-times and speeds..
epeen
on top of pre-times and speed:
ratio-free, packs, retention
cause: getting an invite is very hard.. lol
Buddy.
(Most people probably won't get this.)
Gorilla .
(Most people probably won't get this equally obtuse and self-serving remark either)
To answer the original question seeing as there are other ratio-free sites,ones with packs:dabs:, better pretimes:sick: ,way better retention and are "harder to get an invite to":mellow: since you apparently have at least the brain power required to type coherent sentences I leave it to you to figure out the answer for yourself.
In my opinion the reason is how difficult is to get an invite to this place . Most of the people who manage to get in don't even use ftn . I remember when sct was online most of the ftn members where using sct instead of ftn , because of the content and the big number of peers
You won't get my reason unless you've been on FTN's irc before.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
IRC :mellow:Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisbeebopsYou won't get my reason unless you've been on FTN's irc before.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
So this is an IRC joke?
Talk about high stakes now.
Therein lies the rub I'm not 14.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisbeebopsYou won't get my reason unless you've been on FTN's irc before.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Do my best to replicate it though.
>lol
>Rofl
>Hey
> sup nigga
>greetz peeps
>Buddy!!!!!!
>lol LOL LOL
Is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkestShine
You forgot to throw being ratio-free and hard to get in, I think.Quote:
Surely it's got to be more than just pre-times and speeds..
Surprisingly (although there's plenty of that sort of talk in some channels), I definitely have intelligent conversations in IRC more often than I see them here. I also find it ironic that the most intelligent posts here are generally wildly off-topic :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
It's not special, it's hyped. Only because invites are rare.
@ca_aok This ^^^ post is not offtopic. And I guess that's prolly the most intelligent post that could be posted ONTOPIC. The topic itself isn't too intelligent and inttellectual, and people post intelligent things here since bumping old but interesting threads isn't too good idea. In the end, the irony is kinda logical :)
Recommend me a channel that has such conversations, and I'll idle there for eternity (well, and converse when I'm at my computer, of course).Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
Tyler jokes. Get old. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by chrisbeebops
!timebomb's don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by ringhunter
Whatcd VIP. But it's too exclusive for you :PQuote:
Originally Posted by ringhunter
There's plenty of spam that goes on there too, but in general it's nice :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 1000possibleclaws
Tracker channels in general, especially those on 0-day sites are particularly bad. That doesn't mean there's never a good conversation there, but there's plenty of spam thrown in as well. I dunno, personally I idle in a few genre-based music channels, there's also a channel with ~15 close friends that's nice for keeping in touch. Some channels on freenode are great for getting tech help with stuff that's poorly documented or overwhelming (I've had great help with general linux inquiries, rutorrent, ZNC, etc). Really it boils down to whether you like the people in the channel more than the actual content.
I can say I've definitely had conversations ranging from politics to religion to coding to drugs to who knows what else though, and I learn something new all the time. Now whether the hundreds of spammed news and nsfw links and 1337speak is a worthwhile tradeoff, that's up to you.
It's also worth noting that pretty much anyone I've been friendly with in the torrenting world has been met via IRC, and I don't think there were any of those so called "1337" trackers that I joined that weren't at least indirectly from someone I knew in IRC. I'm only really a forum poster on a few sites and I'm pretty particular about which forums I post in as well, so I'm not really that visible in that respect. Because of that I always try to return the favour as much as possible.
Nothing special.. except special people !!!
e-p3n and l337ness and "hard=to=get" site :D
So you are saying it's like those Olympics that Eunice Shriver founded?Quote:
Originally Posted by invite420
ftn is best site and best members. thats what i read at other forum.
i've known some of the staff members and regular members before ftn was even started, so i always get nostalgic when i visit ftn
dofr/0second
(most people probably won't get those)
Honestly once i got in i was extremely excited,Till i opened the browser page and was like wtf are you serious.
Same reaction with ukt and all the other hard ass hell the get an invite sites.
I think none of them hold a candle to TL&IPT especially if you got a seedbox (security reasons solved).
so it's diffidently a EPENIS thing.
If your main criteria for tracker selection is the number of torrents and number of peers, then the trackers with the most users will always win out. It is not reasonable to think FTN with a 6k userlimit could possibly keep as many torrents alive as TL, which has what? 200k members?Quote:
Originally Posted by 654654sdsgs
Yeah but you have to admit those are pretty compelling reasons.:mellow:Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisbeebops
Edit:Sorry I forgot that you where around for the whole witty "Buddy" thing.
You were lied to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hombre
FTN doesn't have more than 4860 morons...other sites ( like TL and IPT ) have several times more !!!
I double dare you to say what in your opinion is/does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Funkin'You were lied to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hombre
Then by the same logic TL and IPT also have many more times the nice people .*:yup:Quote:
Originally Posted by QPD
*In my experience unfortunately not a proven fact.:(
Just for curiosity's sake, what are the stats (seeds/leechers/snatches) for the latest true blood episode (s03e08), both the xvid and 720p scene releases?
I don't really care about this enough to give details on why FTN isn't what the majority of people make it out to be, or name the countless other sites out there that are better(besides, everything I have to say I'm sure has been said before, and been said better).Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Ftn is good because of the rarity of it . Sct was 10 times better , better speeds , active community ,better content and pretime . But for a small userbase ftn is pretty active and get's decent speeds
the noTV release has 76/1 seeders/leechers and 146 snatches.Quote:
Originally Posted by renwickftw
0-day , freeleech
what more do you need
True.Blood.S03E08.iNTERNAL.720p.HDTV.x264-SYSQuote:
Originally Posted by Cabalothe noTV release has 76/1 seeders/leechers and 146 snatches.Quote:
Originally Posted by renwickftw
Uploaded 12h, 33m, 40s after pre. (pre is Ok, SCC - 10h 3m 35s, TV - 9h 26m 44s)
24/1 seed/leech, 39 snatches so far.
FTN doesnt have the fastest pre times, or the most torrents, though for 6k members it does have alot, it has great packs , but so do most sites now, they did start the "great pack thing though" what it has for its members who have been there for years and years like me is the feeling like really comfy old shoes. you know people there, can get most anything your looking for, or someone will for you, a superb forum community with all the information you could want. more members and more torrents isnt the be all and end all.
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Originally Posted by Funkin'I don't really care about this enough to give details on why FTN isn't what the majority of people make it out to be, or name the countless other sites out there that are better.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
Neither do I .
Buck,buck,buck.
At least you didn't mention pretimes or packs.
Or say that it has a great community which doesn't classify as fact but only opinion.
But the WTAW review from 3 years ago states that it has super awesome pretimes, unbelievably amazing exclusive packs, the best community on the internet, and will actually allow you to use your keyboard as a toaster.
Your rebuttal sir?
I don't eat toast.
Does it work with PS/2 keyboards?Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok
-1 Respect Point.Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolEyes787
There are occasionally backward compatibility issues, for best results you should use USB.Quote:
Originally Posted by anon-sbiDoes it work with PS/2 keyboards?Quote:
Originally Posted by ca_aok