If you're a member of X number of trackers you're definitely a collector...

i'm wondering what peoples # for X would be... i.e.,

if you're a member of more than 5 trackers you're a collector...

10 ? 15 ? 20 ?? 50 ?


regardless of claims that they USE each and every tracker... i'm looking for a blanket statement. ... X or more == Collector

IMHO If you have more than 10 trackers(and do not use most of them), you are collector.

50? maybe

lower than that is not

I have 15.
5 I use a lot
the other 5 I use much less
and the last 5; on the way out, ie soon to be disable for inactivity.
and I don't consider myself a collector.

if you have 15-20 trackers and your active on all of them that still doesn`t make you a collector

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I'm a collector, since I have many more than that. But I have left most of those behind or never really used them, because they were redundant, shitty, too slow, etc.

I use only a handful, maybe 6, and hope the rest are pruned or something else.

I don't think that there is a number that makes you a collector or not! It depends on whether you use the 5,10,50 trackers you are member to, or not!

It can be any number you want it to be.

A lot of people like to pop into trackers to see what they have, to see how they feel, and if they could hold any interest to you, either by content or if your friend(s) is/are there.

Collector is a term thrown around too loosely these days, even I have used it (ouch!!), but so what, if you belong to every tracker out there it is of no concern to anyone but you. We are a nosey lot by nature any way :P

"You are a collector", "I want it for the community", terms thrown around too easily, if someone wants to look into a tracker just out of curiosity, then let them, they will stay or go, if they stay - great for the tracker & the inviter, if they go then it frees up a space for someone else.

Just leave people to make their own minds up eh? :)

People go for "X's" of Trackers to see which one is best for themselves, it depends on what you going to use it for. Lets say if you have ScT, you'd still use BitMeTV for TV, am I correct? so, you can't find who's a collector, cheater, trader, etc. Unless the user shows via posts.

For a fact, every FST Member that posts in the Bittorent Section got over 10+ Trackers signed up at.

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Originally Posted by SgtMajor

It can be any number you want it to be.

A lot of people like to pop into trackers to see what they have, to see how they feel, and if they could hold any interest to you, either by content or if your friend(s) is/are there.

Collector is a term thrown around too loosely these days, even I have used it (ouch!!), but so what, if you belong to every tracker out there it is of no concern to anyone but you. We are a nosey lot by nature any way :P

"You are a collector", "I want it for the community", terms thrown around too easily, if someone wants to look into a tracker just out of curiosity, then let them, they will stay or go, if they stay - great for the tracker & the inviter, if they go then it frees up a space for someone else.

Just leave people to make their own minds up eh? :)

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Totally agree :)
Some people also like to be staff on sites just for the name and power and then hope it will get them on what are considered more exclusive higher level trackers well that aint always the case as some times they just prove even quicker why they should not be invited any where :)

I have more than 5 trackers,I wouldn't call myself a collector tho.
like SgtMajor said I do pop and out to see what they have.:happy:

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Some people also like to be staff on sites just for the name and power

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So I suppose I have a better chance of driving the car than a position with you then! :P

Luv a duck :D

I'm on most if not all of the "major" trackers purely because I feel I should be.

Intersite relationships, and general appearance and presence in the torrent scene.

I actually use ScT because it's hellish fast and huge, can't say I download from any of the others though.

wheelmods, the rabbit, ftn, fsc, scc, sct, tby, its, ptn, rev, what, waffles and vortex are currently on my bookmarks toolbar (in that order). I check them daily.

Am I a collector? No.

I believe a collector is someone who gets into a site to obtain a certain elite status/e-penis and not for the utility(be it content/community).

/Fixed.

Staff is an exception. ;)

Exactly agreed soulreaper, i really dont get it, if you are member of ftn, what is the point of getting into fsc its bla bla? It is greed nothing more. If it is community which is an excuse to get into trackers, then fst is damn awesome community

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Originally Posted by Squizzle

wheelmods, the rabbit, ftn, fsc, scc, sct, tby, its, ptn, rev, what, waffles and vortex are currently on my bookmarks toolbar (in that order). I check them daily.

Am I a collector? No.

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LOL. wheelmods,the rabbit,ftn,fsc,scc,sct,its,ptn are all general trackers with pretty much the same content.
You can easily rubbish my claim by saying you're part of them coz of "community".
I don't believe one needs to be a member of umpteen trackers to be involved with a community. That's pure baloni.

In conlusion and imho you're a collector!!

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Exactly agreed soulreaper, i really dont get it, if you are member of ftn, what is the point of getting into fsc its bla bla? It is greed nothing more. If it is community which is an excuse to get into trackers, then fst is damn awesome community

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:lol:

I take it you both missed the Intersite Relationships bit!

I can understand the newbs position as he hasn't been here long enough to figure out who belongs where, but I am surprised at soulreaper's response, I thought you would have known better seeing you have been here a while. :whistling

oh wow, now you claim a staff, who is member of other trackers to maintain intersite relationship with them, to be a collector.

what more are u guys upto? :ghey:

Well even if they are bro sites, fsc ftn or any other site, i wouldnt probably join actually because the more tracker you get into, the less other people have chance to get into them. Most people dont care about this honestly, then we are talking about filesharing. It is a funny figure honestly. Moreover i dont believe he can be active in ftn fsc its and others he or she named here. Even i cannot be that active, it is a fact. Also you probably luv some more than others, i honestly luv tl irc more than other ircs mostly i am there, but if being active is taken to seed or leech only, i am active everywhere. However this is not the case i am sure.

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Originally Posted by SgtMajor

It can be any number you want it to be.

A lot of people like to pop into trackers to see what they have, to see how they feel, and if they could hold any interest to you, either by content or if your friend(s) is/are there.

Collector is a term thrown around too loosely these days, even I have used it (ouch!!), but so what, if you belong to every tracker out there it is of no concern to anyone but you. We are a nosey lot by nature any way :P

"You are a collector", "I want it for the community", terms thrown around too easily, if someone wants to look into a tracker just out of curiosity, then let them, they will stay or go, if they stay - great for the tracker & the inviter, if they go then it frees up a space for someone else.

Just leave people to make their own minds up eh? :)

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This was the part i was talking about earlier, people dont know what it is, people are chasing after it without knowing anything about them. At least let them join for a while, not everybody would luv to stay cuz they are level 9 or level 22. It is just curiosity, when i am done with it, i wouldnt probably bother since i have my own precious sites.


Edit: I am also sure there are guyz like me who are just curious nothing more. Moreover, i also think that those on the higher sites have much more responsibility than those in the lower sites, they must be the ones telling young ones that level doesnt matter much, you can be satisfied with scc tr revtt waffles and tl. For me, it was last night, i informed someone of trading invites:) anyway he was looking to trade because he wanted to join fsc ftn its and so forth, now after a little talk he is satisfied with what he has now

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Originally Posted by Duckater

Some people also like to be staff on sites just for the name and power

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So I suppose I have a better chance of driving the car than a position with you then! :P

Luv a duck :D

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We aint the forces m8 so no Sgt major required :lol:
But I seen to many peeps get staff positions then they alter and think they are special even tho still (as the saying goes) green behind the ears.
I have also seen some take to staffing like a duck to water :lol:
Having said that different people think diff qualities make a good staff member that others will :)

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because the more tracker you get into, the less other people have chance to get into them.

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Originally Posted by bilkenter

At least let them join for a while,

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I love your posts, you just contradict yourself each & every time.

I'm sure you just post to wind people up :lol:

Lol. atleast let them join for awhile. lol.

Well what i was trying to say is this, most people are trying to get into tracker because it is high level or they think that there is smt special in them. Well i admit not everybody would love to turn the ftn offer down after they see what ftn or fsc is, but there are people i am sure who wouldnt join to ftn if they have already good sites like tl. This was my point. At least let them be there on 30 minutes, or pick someone from here, a newbie or anyone you want, then let him tell what he found there special there... Is it the torrents? is it tracker and its relationship with others? Most people dont know why ftn or fsc or its is level 5, for me neither scl nor iplay deserves their level. I decided about this by being there for a while honestly, for iplay not much files going around, for scl speeds are too low. This is decided by being there for a while, if i was to be on ftn for a while or anyother site, i or anyoneelse can make their decisions about this trackers. If it is good, then you can still pursue it, if it doesnt fit your desires etc, then you quit chasing after it. This was my point, i hope it is clear now

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So I suppose I have a better chance of driving the car than a position with you then! :P

Luv a duck :D

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We aint the forces m8 so no Sgt major required :lol:
But I seen to many peeps get staff positions then they alter and think they are special even tho still (as the saying goes) green behind the ears.
I have also seen some take to staffing like a duck to water :lol:
Having said that different people think diff qualities make a good staff member that others will :)

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I make nice tea, does that help? :shifty:

I know what you mean though, people like me on staff would reduce the tracker to just staff only as everyone else is just a c*nt, except me of course, and all the members would just get banned/disabled! There, job done :P

It also helps being good friends with whatever tracker staff it is you wish to join, so if I can help you in any way - just ask :lol:

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At least let them join for a while,

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I love your posts, you just contradict yourself each & every time.

I'm sure you just post to wind people up :lol:

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Doesn't he though, :P
I'm not even sure he realizes it.
Some people speak to hear there own voices, even though what they say is redundantly inane and utterly useless.

If you join trackers solely with the intention of "completing your level 9 basket", or some gobbledegook along those lines, then you can consider yourself to be a "collector", in the BT sense.

Otherwise, being a member in a number of communities doesn't make you a collector. We all know a site can have something another site doesn't, and vice versa. Thus having both sites means you can have both things.

Just my 2.c

-Sherman

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Well what i was trying to say is this, most people are trying to get into tracker because it is high level or they think that there is smt special in them. Well i admit not everybody would love to turn the ftn offer down after they see what ftn or fsc is, but there are people i am sure who wouldnt join to ftn if they have already good sites like tl. This was my point. At least let them be there on 30 minutes, or pick someone from here, a newbie or anyone you want, then let him tell what he found there special there... Is it the torrents? is it tracker and its relationship with others? Most people dont know why ftn or fsc or its is level 5, for me neither scl nor iplay deserves their level. I decided about this by being there for a while honestly, for iplay not much files going around, for scl speeds are too low. This is decided by being there for a while, if i was to be on ftn for a while or anyother site, i or anyoneelse can make their decisions about this trackers. If it is good, then you can still pursue it, if it doesnt fit your desires etc, then you quit chasing after it. This was my point, i hope it is clear now

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Most can't make their mind up after 30 days and not a chance in a million can you do it after 30 mins, it is only when you are comfortable with your tracker and their members and the staff and taking time to getting to know who fits where & why will anyone decide if that tracker is right for them.

There are many facets to trackers, some like the all round experience, some like the well seeded torrents, some like the rare torrents, some like the pre-times of torrents, some are good friends of staff or know the members very well but the torrents are not what they want.

Everybody is different, some are level chasers , some are hype chasers, some are just plain nosey and for everyone of them there is an equal opposite, so what, stop butting in on threads and leave to their own devices and let them find out for themselves, it has nothing to do with someone that gets banned as much as you do from trackers, others may have a totally different outlook and do very well thank you.

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Originally Posted by soulreaper

LOL. wheelmods,the rabbit,ftn,fsc,scc,sct,its,ptn are all general trackers with pretty much the same content.
You can easily rubbish my claim by saying you're part of them coz of "community".
I don't believe one needs to be a member of umpteen trackers to be involved with a community. That's pure baloni.

In conlusion and imho you're a collector!!

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Originally Posted by bilkenter

Exactly agreed soulreaper, i really dont get it, if you are member of ftn, what is the point of getting into fsc its bla bla? It is greed nothing more. If it is community which is an excuse to get into trackers, then fst is damn awesome community

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:lol:

I take it you both missed the Intersite Relationships bit!

I can understand the newbs position as he hasn't been here long enough to figure out who belongs where, but I am surprised at soulreaper's response, I thought you would have known better seeing you have been here a while. :whistling

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Post edited,thanks.:P

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I still think you missed the point that he actually staffs at one of those places :whistling

Intersite Relationships matter a lot when you staff, you need to have and to hold a certain presence and be able to talk to other staffers, obviously, just take a look at the VIPs lists of many trackers - most of them are staffers from other sites ;)

http://www.loldjs.com/wp-content/upl...-epic_fail.jpg

You can make even 50 acc on sites and you aren't a collector :frusty:

Bilkenter's posts are so confusing :(

ScT, SCC, TL, TC, What.cd, VortexNetwork, BCG and HDbits.

That's 8. I'm not a collector. I use them all daily, and they all have their exclusive content. However, I could live with ScT alone. It's teh pwnage.

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I still think you missed the point that he actually staffs at one of those places :whistling

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A wheelmodder(pun intended),isn't listed on the comm reps though,I guess he opted out.

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Intersite Relationships matter a lot when you staff, you need to have and to hold a certain presence and be able to talk to other staffers, obviously, just take a look at the VIPs lists of many trackers - most of them are staffers from other sites ;)

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True,I noticed the torrent celebrities on gazelle and as you rightly pointed out, VIPS on other sites.:)
The initial doubt I had was the essence of an intersite r'ship and what possible purpose it could serve. Then I thought to myself it could probably help them filter out bad users(sharing IPS,stats etc), recruit good users, share other vital information that could benefit both sites.

And since I'm not a staffer,I can't really argue about the fact that intersite r'ships b/w staff don't matter and I suppose this isn't the right thread for it.
Original post edited again,thanks!

Yeah I didn't think I'd need to point this out directly, but I staff wheels, a long established tracker, so being on the other respected trackers kinda goes with the territory.

Anyone calling me a "collector" can fuck off quite frankly, it's noobs like blkenter that deter me from posting on FST most of the time.

Get a clue guys. :|

I just go and disable DuDutchy from BCG :) jk.

as for other staffers on sites that are VIP, they are not on BCG.

reason is 2 fold, Only reason why they should be VIP is so they can view an invite forum (be a higher class then everyone apart from staff so they can keep an eye on it for their trackers), and as we have not got an invite forum anymore, because of complaints from staff on other trackers (which was fair enough, i never liked it anyway), then there is no reason for them to be VIP.

And VIP is a Very Important Person, and that to me says that they go above and beyond what they should be doing on the tracker in question.

not sign up, send a PM to a staff member, say im staff on XXX site, can i be VIP please because thats what we do on our tracker.

If they want to be VIP then there is nothing stopping them, but they have to show they are a good member of BCG and deserve it, but lets be honest, most staff are staff on other trackers (for some reason i cant understand, i have my hands full just with BCG) so they dont have time to be a good member of BCG, so we never notice them never mind promote them to VIP.

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Most can't make their mind up after 30 days and not a chance in a million can you do it after 30 mins, it is only when you are comfortable with your tracker and their members and the staff and taking time to getting to know who fits where & why will anyone decide if that tracker is right for them.

There are many facets to trackers, some like the all round experience, some like the well seeded torrents, some like the rare torrents, some like the pre-times of torrents, some are good friends of staff or know the members very well but the torrents are not what they want.

Everybody is different, some are level chasers , some are hype chasers, some are just plain nosey and for everyone of them there is an equal opposite, so what, stop butting in on threads and leave to their own devices and let them find out for themselves, it has nothing to do with someone that gets banned as much as you do from trackers, others may have a totally different outlook and do very well thank you.

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I dont think you are right here to say that even 30 days is not enough to make your mind. I dont agree because there are people who look for rare stuff, well seeded torrents and etc. Not everybody is looking for a community here. If it was only community, you are right in 1 day or 30 minutes, it might not be possible to have an absolute idea about community on the tracker, However, they will have a general idea of how active forums are, and members relationship with each other, staff attitude against others etc. This is why, those who are looking for community might have a general idea of tracker about forums, radio, irc etc in one day if not 30 minutes. if they are looking for rare stuff and such, I think they can easily make their minds about the tracker itself. How? There will be new torrents everyday which will help them decide whether those are rare, well seeded or etc. When they do, then they can decisively look for an invite to that tracker which they think fits to their needs.

Ps: time may change, i am not here to prove that 30 minutes here, i am only here to state that sufficient amount of time may help people make their minds.

i think everybody has the right to join as many trackers, communities and download ressources as he wants to.

it happens so often that i can find a movie or a cd only on that tracker at all or in the desired quality. then i'm glad that i'm a member there. let it be only one movie per month for a certain tracker. who cares?

i rather have too much warez ressources to choose from than too little.

of course i deleted some accounts and lost some due to inactivity too. i refused invitations to at least 10 trackers over the past few month. some of them are sought-after by many.

i'm a member on the best sites and i'm very thankful for this.

today we have an oversupply of content and speed. especially when it comes to scene releases. leeching was never easier even with slow home connections. to choose where and when to download the latest movies in high quality is pure luxury. this luxury is based on the variety of trackers i have.

it really could be worse ....

as sgtmajor said, why is it of anyone's concern to how much internet sites somebody signs up?

the word "collector" brought in as an accusation is often used by those who assume the other has more than he needs or deserves. enviousness is one reason for this allegation.

one shouldn't tell people what and how many sites they need. it's their individual decision.

p.s.
/me is looking forward to the day when bilkenter regrets his dark past and wants to join ftn or fsc.

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i think everyone should have as many trackers, communities and download ressources as he wants to.

it happens so often that i can find a movie or a cd only on that tracker at all or in the desired quality, then i'm glad that i'm a member there. let it be only one movie per month for a certain tracker. who cares?

i rather have too much warez ressources to choose from than too little.

of course i deleted some accounts and lost some due to inactivity too. i refused invitations to at least 10 trackers over the past view month. some of them are sought-after by many.

i'm a member on the best sites and i'm very thankful for this.

today we have an oversupply of content and speed. especially when it comes to scene releases. leeching was never easier even with slow home connections. to choose where and when to download the latest movies in high quality is pure luxury. this luxury is based on the variety of trackers i have.

it really could be worse ....

as sgtmajor said, why is it of anyone's concern to how much internet sites somebody signs up?

the word "collector" brought in as an accusation is often used by those who assume the other has more than he needs or deserves. enviousness is one reason for this allegation.

one shouldn't tell people what and how many sites they need. it's their individual decision.

p.s.
/me is looking forward to the day when bilkenter regrets his dark past and wants to join ftn or fsc.

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I agree with this. Each tracker may have something that all of the other tracks you belong to do not. In this case, I'd be very happy at my decision to have quite a few trackers. If it turns out you don't need a tracker that you have, then it your account will simply be disabled for inactivity, and you'll be free to go. It's like a "rather safe than sorry" thing; you never know when a particular tracker may come in handy.

P.S. :lol::lol::lol:

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not sign up, send a PM to a staff member, say im staff on XXX site, can i be VIP please because thats what we do on our tracker.

If they want to be VIP then there is nothing stopping them, but they have to show they are a good member of BCG and deserve it, but lets be honest, most staff are staff on other trackers (for some reason i cant understand, i have my hands full just with BCG) so they dont have time to be a good member of BCG, so we never notice them never mind promote them to VIP.

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All I can say is, transparency at its very best!
I also had the same doubt of how a mod/admin can moderate his site and yet be an active member of umpteen torrentsites. But like you said they're probably stagnant at the sites they don't moderate.

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it's noobs like blkenter that deter me from posting on FST most of the time.

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Couldn't help pointing out, but you could always ignore the users that deter you.

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i think everybody has the right to join as many trackers, communities and download ressources as he wants to.

it happens so often that i can find a movie or a cd only on that tracker at all or in the desired quality. then i'm glad that i'm a member there. let it be only one movie per month for a certain tracker. who cares?

i rather have too much warez ressources to choose from than too little.

of course i deleted some accounts and lost some due to inactivity too. i refused invitations to at least 10 trackers over the past view month. some of them are sought-after by many.

i'm a member on the best sites and i'm very thankful for this.

today we have an oversupply of content and speed. especially when it comes to scene releases. leeching was never easier even with slow home connections. to choose where and when to download the latest movies in high quality is pure luxury. this luxury is based on the variety of trackers i have.

it really could be worse ....

as sgtmajor said, why is it of anyone's concern to how much internet sites somebody signs up?

the word "collector" brought in as an accusation is often used by those who assume the other has more than he needs or deserves. enviousness is one reason for this allegation.

one shouldn't tell people what and how many sites they need. it's their individual decision.

p.s.
/me is looking forward to the day when bilkenter regrets his dark past and wants to join ftn or fsc.

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Especially this part, i am gonna die laughing