Ranking system?

[G-Force]

That looks great skizo, i think this thread will really change the attitude of FST around, i remember when i first started here it seemed to be a lot more relaxed and giving, the WIAW thread did a lot more bad that good IMO, but i think this will really help FST members understand that rare does not always equal good.

I look forward to seeing this completed.

[SgtMajor]

Not sure what to do with 1 - 4 tho'...

I'm not sure if the range from 1 to 10 is needed. Four grades are just enough - awful, mediocre, good, excellent. List should give a basic idea, let people figure out the rest.

mmmm, I'm hedging towards that, the more I read it - the more I think it might work.

Don't like awful though, I don't think we should be that harsh? say "below mediocre"?

I could edit it afterwards to include the rarity rating in bold black, which shows how hard it could be in obtaining that tracker from that level?

I see it as a work in progress, a very good one at that?

[AugustoP]

mmmm, I'm hedging towards that, the more I read it - the more I think it might work.

Don't like awful though, I don't think we should be that harsh? say "below mediocre"?

I could edit it afterwards to include the rarity rating in bold black, which shows how hard it could be in obtaining that tracker from that level?

I see it as a work in progress, a very good one at that?

Let's be fair and call bad trackers bad. No one cares about bad trackers anyway.

No categories means that list is not that useful as a reference for new users. People don't look for "just good" trackers, they look for good anime trackers, good software trackers etc. So I suggest breaking the list into categories and using multiple entries for trackers. "Sports" and "XXX" should be added to my list, I can't think of anything else.

[Skiz]

I like that idea too, but not with names. We could just got back to 5 levels. The WIAW had 5 levels for a long time.

[G-Force]

I think 5 would be good, its not to many but it is enough to easily distinguish the good from bad without getting complicated.

[AugustoP]

I like that idea too, but not with names. We could just got back to 5 levels. The WIAW had 5 levels for a long time.

Even ten levels are not enough for WIAW %)
But all levels fall into four categories - easy to get (TL), kinda hard to get (Oink, at least at FST), hard to get (BitmeTV, TT) almost impossible to get (FTN).

[Skiz]

Thinking a bit more on this, may leave it at 10 for now and see how it goes. Thinking 5 might work simply because the tracker rankings in this thread won't move around as much as the other.

Spent almost 3 hours on this already, so not going to change it without even giving it a go for a month or so.

Have teamed up with another member who will most likely take control of the thread once its completed. Hopefully it'll be done by Wednesday afternoon for everyone to see.

Still open to ideas though....

[SgtMajor]

Let's be fair and call bad trackers bad. No one cares about bad trackers anyway.

No categories means that list is not that useful as a reference for new users. People don't look for "just good" trackers, they look for good anime trackers, good software trackers etc. So I suggest breaking the list into categories and using multiple entries for trackers. "Sports" and "XXX" should be added to my list, I can't think of anything else.

I agree with that, I've always been consistent in that, it will take some effort I know, but once it is achieved, trackers will not move category that often, just a matter of keeping an eye on things.

[sear]

good job skiz, I agree that 1-10 is best but more because of the fact that the WAIW thread is like that and I reckon in order to provide a proper alternative it has to have a similar feel. I'm stoked to see this is taking off I can see a lot of good debate over what belongs where

EDIT:
+1 for the categories. Splitting it up into 0-day, music, tv ect will make it more usable.

[jr56]

I must say both AugustoP's and Skizo's proposed methods of classifying the trackers have their respective merits.

Personally i think the best would be a combination of AugustoP's listing by genre and Skizo's listing by level OR rating (why use both? the WIAW thread used both since level is for rarity and rating is for content/pretime/speed but using both for the new proposed thread is completely useless)

I propose something like this:

By genre/rating


0day (here you'll find everything that's released by scene groups)

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FTN [10] - best overall pretimes, no ratio

SCT [10] - insane speeds, very hard to seed, packs

SCC [9] - very good pretimes and speeds, kinda hard to seed

TL [9] - easy to seed

RevTT [8] - some packs available

PT [8] - very??? good pretimes, lots of free leech torrents, good speeds, has english section at forums

...


By genre/level


0day (here you'll find everything that's released by scene groups)

------------------------------------------------------------------

Level 10

FTN - best overall pretimes, no ratio

SCT - insane speeds, very hard to seed, packs

Level 9

SCC - very good pretimes and speeds, kinda hard to seed

TL - easy to seed

Level 8

RevTT - some packs available

PT - very??? good pretimes, lots of free leech torrents, good speeds, has english section at forums

...


If it's going to be done by genre i request an XXX section!!!