Ace Torrents

[1000possibleclaws]

I have heard that Acetorrents is good. But the sign up is 'invite only'. How do a newbie like me do that?

After you've been a member here for a month you'll be able to use the BTT invites forum where you can make a request for that tracker.

[sky66high]

Thanks for that info. I will follow your advise and wait for the right moment.

[Tanuki]

AceT also has an invite channel. If you can find it. Endure the heat of a very painful interrogation. Agree to sell your and your families souls to me. You might have a slim chance to get an invite. :-D

[CandyMan9999]

i like acetorrents ..because they have good preetime when it comes to tv shows..

[adleos]

I love acetorrents. However, today I was banned from it, just after having received on last Sunday a PM telling me that I would be banned in 2 weeks time if my ratio wasn't above 0,5. So just after 5 days I am banned, with a ratio of nearly 0,5 (last time I checked it was 0,486), having seeded everything, as it says on the rules, for at least 48hours (most things you seed don't have any leechers) and having a COPS megapack uploading at full speed.
So, brilliant site, but a bit extreme when enforcing their own rules and their own terms... Is it my fault that nobody downloads what I have to seed??

I am sorry I posted this here, but it's the only place I think someone from acetorrents will read it, since I cannot access their IRC channel.

[Tanuki]

Cry me a river, adleos. I just checked you profile. You were not banned because of your bad global ratio. This is more a sign for staff to take a closer look into someones account, rarely a reason for banning. You were banned because most of your downloads were h&r's. Even worse, you continued to h&r within an active warning period. This is something even the most lenient AceT staff members frown upon.

[adleos]

If by H&R you mean downloading the things I was interested at and then seeding them aiming to that 0,7 ratio (or 48 hour seed) they asked for in the rules, then of course I am a "problematic" user. Nevertheless, if you ask for either one of those things, I cannot understand why it would be considered hit&run downloading something and then seeding for the period required with nobody else downloading.

:S

[FatBastard]

By H&R we mean, hitting and running on almost everything you download. Hitting and running means you downloaded it, and did NOT seed it back properly to either a .7 ratio or for 48 hours as required. 48 hours is EASILY attainable, but must be done in a reasonable timeframe as well. It doesn't mean download it today, and wait a week before you start seeding it back. You seem to think we can't SEE the activity in your account or something, but there was a clear pattern, and the staff did exactly as they should have done.

You showed total disregard for the warnings, downloaded more, failed to seed properly, and then while your ratio was already in the tank, and not showing much sign of recovery, you download the LARGEST torrent you can possibly get, knowing full well that this would throw your ratio further down the gutter. Doing that is like a slap in the face for the community as a whole.

[Tanuki]

> I cannot understand why it would be considered hit&run downloading
> something and then seeding for the period required with nobody else
> downloading.

It isn't. Unfortunately you did not not seed the required 48hrs. Most of your downloads had a ratio < 0.7 and were far from 48hrs seeded. Many were even far from 24hrs. You were warned because of that and did it again. Now you are banned. Tough luck.

And btw. the 48hrs period has nothing to do with the number of available leechers. Even if there is not a single leecher for 40hrs, you don't know if after 40hrs and 5min someone appears, who would gladly download from you.

[adleos]

you download the LARGEST torrent you can possibly get, knowing full well that this would throw your ratio further down the gutter.

That was a free torrent.

I am just saying that if you send a warning and threaten somebody with a ban in 2 weeks, keep in mind that you are giving a period of time to let that user work it out, and that was exactly what I was doing, following recommendations made at the forums where you recommended "download a FREE torrent which won't damage your ratio" or "look for the torrent with most leechers and less seeds".

Anyway, I can't have my BT on all day and I had it on as much as I could seeding. I understand your points and I am sorry that I didn't get there.

I don't want this to sound rude, but could I donate to the site?