now that brokenstones is gone, we should collect some alternative mac torrent sites.
please include a small description/stats.
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now that brokenstones is gone, we should collect some alternative mac torrent sites.
please include a small description/stats.
This is definitely a good idea PolarBear.
None of the below sites are dedicated to Mac, but instead have a Mac section:
Demonoid
What.cd
Waffles
RevolutionTT
TorrentLeech
i always used demonoid for mac stuff, and yea i think it was better than brokenstones
please try not to post sites that are already mentioned. this thread is supposed to give an overview of mac ressources. it's not about which you like most.
I found this so far. I think broken stones filled a pretty large gap, but all the same I was surprised to find this great site. The forum is open for signup but access to the tracker requires an invite (and donation) more info at link below.
Total Registered Users:
51359
http://beta.macnbits.com
Don't they (macnbits) charge for membership tho'. :eyebrows:
Spoiler: Showcunts
audionews (audio apps) & gfxnews (graphics apps) have a good mac only browse section.
In all honesty, I noticed that whatcd was upping a crapload more mac specific torrents than brokenstones anyway, especially over the last month or so. An example was the alarm clock pro 8.4.4 app upped on what when 10 hours earlier, 8.4.3 was just upped on brokenstones. There were heaps like this. Brokenstones was getting more music and movies recently than apps. So in my opinion it WAS; brokenstones and whatcd, followed by waffles. Now, whatcd is the one, just like oink used to be for mac apps.
There are no more mac dedicated sites (as you know). There are a couple good forums though.
Brokenstones is gone? :(
Wow, that sucks. Quarantined? WTF..
Aside from what has been mentioned i'd like to add PAT ProAudio as another decent source for mac audio stuff.
Cheers
i'm not a big gamer, but i think it'll be most difficult to find a good substitute for mac games.
We have a mac cat on the tracker, but its pretty much dead in the water.
29 mac games on the tracker, and 9 requests.
I would love to get more stuff on for Mac, but as i have never even used a Mac before in my life, i cant do it personally.
PS: twice i have had to type this, silly server busy message grrr
http://bs.kicks-ass.net/ - a new MAC forum that seems to have a lot of old BrokenStones members.
www.mac-bb.org/index.php - Appears to be a large MAC RapidShare forum.
Hey All
How do i get on to Waffles? they have some Spectrasonics VSTs
Would any of you be so kind as to invite me?
Much appreciated
ps - anyone got trilogy/atmosphere?
mad-mac.net?
http://www.mac-torrents.com/users/in...?mode=register
1,371 torrents. Open at the time of THIS post.
this site looks dodgy :oQuote:
Originally Posted by art2rugrace
Wish I could get into contact with the BS staff, I'd love to help revive it :ermm:
I feel a bit lost without it.
they have mentioned that they are not interested in reviving it.
Most likely due to the fact that it would take a lot of time and effort to do so. Time and effort I'd be willing to put out ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ben99
I'd also imagine they lost their entire DB, which I wouldn't mind rebuilding.
well you can always go to their irc and talk to the ops there. Theres still a couple of mods that idle there, Edwin for example. Also when you are talking about rebuilding BS, you would have to do so in a totally different way compared to what you have done with FTN.
Dodgy? How about just downright busted?Quote:
Originally Posted by t0mmythis site looks dodgy :oQuote:
Originally Posted by art2rugrace
Looks like they need to hire a real *NIX geek. :shifty:Code:Warning: include(./forum/common.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /mnt/w0107/d26/s09/b0279fe7/www/mac-torrents.com/user_add_phpbb3.php on line 8
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Anyway, people from BS are hanging out at bs.kicks-ass.net and the irc server is still up and running as per the home page.
--Pers
I'd keep things just as they were :P BS was :wub: I wouldn't change a thing about it if I were able to re-do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben99
Basically I'd just want to rebuild it since I'm sure they lost all their code and such. Old staff would be able to run it if they wanted.
This is a huge gesture on your behalf. Hopefully, someone from BS can take you up on your offer. We would be very grateful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon
Thanks Brandon.
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<Brandon>
edwin0209 from the #BrokenStones channel is trying to get a hold of you. Wants to talk about your offer.
The chat server is "irc.p2p-network.net" and chat room "brokenstones"
Heres a good mac-oriented tracker vortexnetwork.org
- Maximum Users: 22,000
- Registered Users: 10,116
- Active Users: 300
- Torrents: 1,489
- Snatches: 40,241
- Peers: 23,846
- Seeders: 21,347
- Leechers: 2,499
- Seeder/Leecher Ratio: 8.54
According to the rules cant offer public invites tho ... x(
Thus, as we seem to be a closed ))) community, send me some screenshots with ur speedtest, and ratios on good trackers and you might get a present ;)
p.s. This rule does not apply to everybody, i will invite only ppl who i think deserve it ;P
Spoke with king, he doesn't have the time to bring it back, which is understandable. vortexnetwork is looking pretty promising though :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyGnXzThis is a huge gesture on your behalf. Hopefully, someone from BS can take you up on your offer. We would be very grateful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon
Thanks Brandon.
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<Brandon>
edwin0209 from the #BrokenStones channel is trying to get a hold of you. Wants to talk about your offer.
The chat server is "irc.p2p-network.net" and chat room "brokenstones"
Vortex Network wishes to be referred as Eye of the Storm I believe.
I have many invites to there as well. Just shoot me a PM.
lol, that's going to make me laugh every time I see someone refer to it as that.Quote:
Originally Posted by t1m3k33p3r
Thanks for the heads up though.
haha it's funny. I admit it. But rules are rules, and no problem mate. lol
:D what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandonlol, that's going to make me laugh every time I see someone refer to it as that.Quote:
Originally Posted by t1m3k33p3r
Thanks for the heads up though.
this rule seems to be new or i must have read over it.
excuse me, but this is a little ridiculous, isn't it?
edit: i mean if they don't want their site name to be mentioned in public, that's ok. vn may have done the job. "eye of the storm" sounds a little dramatic. at least to me.
To protect the community we respectfully ask that all users refer to the site as "The Eye of The Storm" when referring to it in any medium that is not between two users of the site. however you are permitted to mention the sites true name on other private sites. The general rule of thumb is ask before mentioning the site if you're unsure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Polarbear:D what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon
this rule seems to be new or i must have read over it.
excuse me, but this is a little ridiculous, isn't it?
edit: i mean if they don't want their site name to be mentioned in public, that's ok. vn may have done the job. "eye of the storm" sounds a little dramatic. at least to me.
Well, this rule is a little wierd... if the site is young enough, at least in the beginning it needs a little promotion imho ...
As well, the invites thing ... if a user can prove he s a trustworthy with the screenshots of his speed and ratios on good trackers, why not offer him an invite ;P
well, they certainly don't need any promotion. i've never seen a torrent site grow so fast. there wasn't any big hype like for what and waffles after the oink shutdown. two weeks ago nobody knew about the site and now they have 10.500 members without open signups. allright, what did a little promotion for them and helped out a lot, but there were no endless threads here or on other public sites.
for a niche tracker that addresses a 3% minority in the filesharing scene named mac users, they had an amazing start.
well, they certainly don't need any promotion. i've never seen a torrent site grow so fast. there wasn't any big hype like for what and waffles after the oink shutdown. two weeks ago nobody knew about the site and now they have 10.500 members without open signups. allright, what did a little promotion for them and helped out a lot, but there were no endless threads here or on other public sites.
for a niche tracker that addresses a 3% minority in the filesharing scene named mac users, they had an amazing start.
yep, imho all BS users will be there sooner or later ;PQuote:
Originally Posted by Polarbear
check this one out
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...texnetwork.org
http://www.who.is/whois-org/ip-addre...exnetwork.org/
all in one month ... amazing ))
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damn ... it went crazy .. check this graph ... the vortexnetwork she-owner got totally nuts ... read about it on fst... im outa' there ))
It would be way cool if some1 would give me an invite for the Vortex Network/Eye of the Storm site.
Thanks a mil guys! Much appreciated!
It would be way cooler if you read the rules here about asking for invites in this section.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeerGuy
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-bit...anned-146184/?
I'd suggest you check out BS or STC instead.
I'm sorry...my apologies...I was not aware of this rule, and did not see it when I first scoured the information section of this board. My intention on my first day here was not to break any of your rules. I am just eager to find some Mac-dedicated forums and torrent sites. Thanks for your patience with this n00b. :whistlingQuote:
Originally Posted by deadalive1It would be way cooler if you read the rules here about asking for invites in this section.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeerGuy
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-bit...anned-146184/?
Demonoid is pretty good on mac content, also some stuff on TL and RevTT ... lots o' stuff on Torrents.ru(in russian tho) and mac-torrents.com (reg open) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeerGuy
For STC goto irc.savethecoratee.org #invites #help, pass a little interview, and u're in .. BS is back, and it rocks, hard to get there .. VN, was ok, but after the "big plans" thing, i kinda wouldnt recommend you going there :P
I wish u luck m8 :)