Not again...The RevTT vs TL faceoff round 2

Since the last thread comparing RevTT and TL was 8 months ago, http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-bit...l-revtt-310101, I wanted to do another comparison thread, comparing the 2 sites and seeing if anything has changes in the months since then.

What I have gathered from the old thread is that TL is the overwhelming favorite, but that both are very equal in quality with differences. Some posts have said RevTT has a nicer site and a better forum community. Others like the request feature on RevTT. Others talk about large number of files on TL and the better retention, or more seeders on older torrents in TL.

What has changed since then on both sites? Is TL still the overwhelming favorite?


Faceoff Results (5/17/09)
After tallying up all the votes RevTT pulled the upset and won round 2 of the RevTT TL faceoff.
The dark horse IPT, without even being entered as a faceoff contestant itself pulled off a respectable 4 votes.
Total count:
1st place RevTT= 11 votes
2nd place TL= 6 votes
dark horse IPT= 4votes

The reasons given for each vote are:
TL
Two people noted the pretimes for TL.
Also noted were the torrent packs,
availability of non scene torrents,
and easy ability to seed back (2 votes).
RevTT
Four people gave safety as their reason for choosing RevTT over TL, as the lower user count and SSL had them feeling more secure.
Also noted were the ease of seeding,
file retention,
more files available,
the request system,
the better design of the site,
and the better forums.

Some posts from the previous thread.

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Originally Posted by hotshot6473

TL literally has everything I could throw at it and thats what makes it a little bit better. RevTT is good and has a really nice design but once you have TL or higher quality sites it becomes kinda obselite.

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Originally Posted by yakz091

well tl is lot better in revtt in terms of collection of apps but revtt is having that 1500 extra torrents bcoz of xxx section in tl there is no xxx section it leads pt.org site.

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Originally Posted by Grind$oFine

RevTT has a great deal of rare files that are not available on TL, but that may be of no use to you.

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Originally Posted by Biter

The feature of RevTT is the request section.

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Originally Posted by Funkin'

I don't feel comfortable downloading from TL, so I rarely use my account anymore. But I would use RevTT more anyway. It's a smaller userbase, their pre's are faster(not that I care really), and the speeds are pretty good. Personally though, I think IPT is better than either of these two, and gets used most out of any other tracker that I have.

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TL is so much better....not even a discussion.

The pretimes 8 months ago were not even good as they are currently.

TL - 150k users .. anyone can get into TL even RIAA and MPAA

RevTT - 44k users .. pretty decent imo


i prefer revtt and IPT more

TL as a tracker has grown over the past few months, they have excellent pre times AS WELL as having great packs, and non scene encodes which are nice. This makes it appealing to a huge number of people, and seeding back is easy too, it seems TL is the perfect site for the above-average bittorrent user.

RevTT for me all the time just a nice site with good retention, couldnt give a fuck about pretimes and its really easy to seed at revtt. But to be honest i say revtt but all these oday general trackers are pretty much the same for me these days.

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Originally Posted by VinX

TL - 150k users .. anyone can get into TL even RIAA and MPAA

RevTT - 44k users .. pretty decent imo


i prefer revtt and IPT more

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This sums it up for me too. IPT has over twice the content of both sites, and I feel safer downloading from RevTT than TL.

also RevTT has SSL which is more secure than TL and IPT .. so imo RevTT is da best :) also if i need stuff very fast , i prefer ScT or SCC .. :)

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Originally Posted by iam1337

TL is so much better....not even a discussion.

The pretimes 8 months ago were not even good as they are currently.

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honestly, who gives a fuck to pretimes ?

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Originally Posted by Villalltheway

RevTT for me all the time just a nice site with good retention

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good point. revtt has a better retention than TL and even more files (last time i check, revtt had ~24.000 torrents)
speeds are more than enough for anyone's needs and you can find many old scene releases. the request section is also pretty active and many requests are filled.

so in my opinion, Revtt is better than TL (except for packs).

I prefer TL. Speeds can be average at times, but the large userbase makes it easy to seed. I let my RevTT expire because I never found the need to keep it.

How do i get into IPT?

RevTT is one of my most used trackers. Have never used TL but they are very comparable and having either one should be fine.

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

honestly, who gives a fuck to pretimes ?

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I care about pretimes when it comes to getting The Office in HD every thursday. That's where FTN comes in :wub:

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Originally Posted by Alien5

How do i get into IPT?

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by a invite or donating
also keep a check on giveaway section

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

honestly, who gives a fuck to pretimes ?

so in my opinion, Revtt is better than TL (except for packs).

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Never seen anything but stupidity in the pissing contest that is pretimes .Never seen the appeal of packs either.TV seasons sure but to put a couple of movies that I want to see in with a dozen that I don't .:dabs:

I agree that TL is so much better.

TPB and Kazaa beat both of them in all aspects, especially community.


But seriously... I prefer RevTT just because TL takes longer to load due to its image-heavy site design.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Never seen the appeal of packs either.TV seasons sure but to a couple of movies that I want to see in with a dozen that I don't .:dabs:

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yeah, especially the [insert actor name] packs or the random movie packs.
i tend to think that packs are actually the biggest hypocrisy ever in BT - i'm pretty sure none of the snatchers never watch all the films included in the torrents and the truth is that they only grab packs to buffer their account, nothing more nothin less.

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

honestly, who gives a fuck to pretimes ?

so in my opinion, Revtt is better than TL (except for packs).

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Never seen anything but stupidity in the pissing contest that is pretimes .Never seen the appeal of packs either.TV seasons sure but to put a couple of movies that I want to see in with a dozen that I don't .:dabs:

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You dont have to download all of them. You can filter out the ones you dont want, and then just be happy you have all those choices in one spot.

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Originally Posted by Buddha.net

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Never seen anything but stupidity in the pissing contest that is pretimes .Never seen the appeal of packs either.TV seasons sure but to put a couple of movies that I want to see in with a dozen that I don't .:dabs:

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You dont have to download all of them. You can filter out the ones you dont want, and then just be happy you have all those choices in one spot.

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No shit sherlock.

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Originally Posted by VinX

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Originally Posted by Alien5

How do i get into IPT?

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by a invite or donating
also keep a check on giveaway section

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sorted.

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Never seen the appeal of packs either.TV seasons sure but to a couple of movies that I want to see in with a dozen that I don't .:dabs:

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yeah, especially the [insert actor name] packs or the random movie packs.
i tend to think that packs are actually the biggest hypocrisy ever in BT - i'm pretty sure none of the snatchers never watch all the films included in the torrents and the truth is that they only grab packs to buffer their account, nothing more nothin less.

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Not everyone does that. I, for instance, download most packs from my home connection and seed them for a long time. I also watch most movies of the packs.

Its kinda difficult for me to choose between RevTT and TL. But I will still go for TL because of the content and retention. But RevTT does take the lead when it comes to old requested content. They are still well seeded. Plus it has a better design and forums. TL forums are really dead.

RevTT -- mainly because of security... Plus, RevTT has a very good Request section. My request are usually filled between a couple of hours or days by helpful members.

pointless thread is pointless

Probably TL, that because I don't have RevTT.
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Why is the thread pointless? The guy was asking a valid question, its been 8 months since the last thread and he wanted some more upto date answers. In the world of technology and bittorrent sites a lot can happen in 8 months...

but nothing changed.. so stfu and go back and sit in the corner , TL got infiltrated with some spy's it's not safe anymore

i think tl is much better cause they make mpaa members torrent :p

seriously after 8 month ipt grew much more than both of them

Are you kidding me,TL of course,just look at their balance sheets and tell me who can buy who :P .
But seriously though,P2P release groups like DEViSE and STG were born on TL plus a whole host of others and more are always popping up(i think DD5 releases got invented on TL)so for variety,i'd definitely go with them but for speed i think revTT most definitely takes it.

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Originally Posted by cinephilia

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

Never seen the appeal of packs either.TV seasons sure but to a couple of movies that I want to see in with a dozen that I don't .

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yeah, especially the [insert actor name] packs or the random movie packs.
i tend to think that packs are actually the biggest hypocrisy ever in BT - i'm pretty sure none of the snatchers never watch all the films included in the torrents and the truth is that they only grab packs to buffer their account, nothing more nothin less.

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My thinking entirely.

I am sure that there are a few people like redMonster that actually watch the the entire pack but they are in the tiny minority.Mainly packs are used as a means to an end : ratio building -so hopefully you may at some point be able to download something that you actually want without suffering adverse consequence.
Either that or being able to move as quickly as possible to the all important higher userclass .Which of course for the most part is just another way to cajole people into being more active than they otherwise might be .
Userclass perks as most know are usually not worth the associated effort .I think the only useful one that I have ever seen is protection from autopruning if you happen for whatever reason to go AWOL . But since that still doesn't protect you from the vagary of staff even that is of limited usefulness) .

As for picking and choosing certain files from a larger whole, I am adamantly against it .It creates the illusion that there are a lot more leechers on a torrent there there actually are.
To quote Seinfeld "What's up wth that?"

And for making a convenient package,it surprises me that while most people seem to have far greater knowledge than I on most technical issues associated with trackers they lack the ability to do a search.:dabs:

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Originally Posted by IdolEyes787

I am sure that there are a few people like redMonster that actually watch the the entire pack but they are in the tiny minority.

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Well I don't watch the entire pack always. Only those which seem good from the imdb plot and rating.

I used to download packs only for buffering only in the initial days of my torrenting. Now that I have got decent buffer on all trackers, I download everything from home connection and seed from there.

I was never fond of TL. RevoTT for me.

Btw, I don't feel safe downloading at IPT. It's even easier to get an invite than TL. Allthough RevoTT does have open signups periods...

RevTT any day of the week.
there are a lot of reasons to make me think that way, bearing from the request section to the staff, passing through so many other issues, that i won't go in details.

i had tl before and joined revtt without realising i had stopping using my tl account and it got disabled for inactivity. I think revo is one of the best tracker out there.

I think it's better to have a bunch of sites to check on a regular basis, because they've all got stuff that the other sites don't have. There is no "best," only "best for you."

Never did find RevTT any good.It has open signups but within a short time the numbers are back to where they was ,so others think the same.Content is always slower to reach there than Torrentleech and IPT.Members who post on their forum are so unfriendly to newcomers
,that the forum is dead.Torrentleech is full of adds with mods that think they are god.IPT is the only membership that i cherish

Faceoff Results

After tallying up all the votes RevTT pulled the upset and won round 2 of the RevTT TL faceoff.
The dark horse IPT, without even being entered as a faceoff contested itself pulled off a respectable vote.
Total count:
1st place RevTT=11 votes
2nd place TL=6 votes
dark horse IPT=4votes

The reasons given for each vote are:
TL
Two people noted the pretimes for TL.
Also noted were the torrent packs,
availability of non scent torrents,
and easy ability to seed back (2 votes).
RevTT
Four people gave safety as their reason for choosing RevTT over TL, as the lower user count and SSL had them feeling more secure.
Also noted were the ease of seeding,
file retention,
more files available,
the request system,
the better design of the site,
and the better forums.

RevTT - safer(maybe), request section, no ads, more torrents, waaayyy better forums, better looking and faster loading site, awesome staff...

pretty much a no-brainer

The retro section, the retention of packs coupled with ease of seeding makes TL my most used tracker.

how the hell is revTT winning.... If safety is a concern then revTT is way tooo big... you need something along the lines of FTN/GFT (5000,2500 users respectively)

Since neither are that "safe", TL has better retention, better PRE's, more content, making it the clear winner.

oh, and SSL makes NO difference whatsoever, all MPAA has to do is join the swarm, and they instantly have all your IP's

Sorry for the off topic, but do RevTT and IPT have only scenereleases, or do they have some of the same P2P rips, that are on TL? e.g. DEViSE, FLAWLESS, ZON3 etc.

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Originally Posted by Night0wl

Sorry for the off topic, but do RevTT and IPT have only scenereleases, or do they have some of the same P2P rips, that are on TL? e.g. DEViSE, FLAWLESS, ZON3 etc.

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A search for devise on IPT gave me 300 results.

Devise/Flawless both release first to TL, then someone snatches from there and releases on other sites such as IPT and revtt...