Best way to get your foot in the door? (Metaphorically speaking)

[stoi]

No because another forum, somewhere would keep it going.

Only way to stop this completely, is for every single tracker to open up and stay open, but that will never ever happen i`m afraid.

[soulreaper]

With the closed signups and no invites,I used to think that BCG is trying to be an elitist tracker but when they had open signups again and opened invites for SPU's I was clearly wrong and I'm happy I was wrong.

I'm not the type to suck up to someone but stoi I can't help but respect and admire you. I mean you don't have an elitist bone in your body,no ego,none of that bullshit drivel that some admins carry(you probably know what i'm referring to). Maybe this is because you've been a longtime member of FST and so you understand users better than others.

The fact that you implemented a SP system clearly means you care about your members with slow connections and you want them to stay on in your tracker. I feel like you're a normal member and not sysop(dictator like),I mean that in a good way,trust me. I really wish admins and sysops were like you,this bittorrent world wouldn't be as corrupt as it is now.

[th0r]

being a female between the ages of 18 and 24 and willing to prove it with pictures will get you anywhere

[munkyboy04]

edit: @stoi

Understood.

However if FST was to show the way and get rid of the thread. People would listen.

I'm a member of other forums where there's no mention of the WTAW. No ones interested. And people dont trade. But if you want to get into a tracker you'll get invited if your a valued member of that community. and thats the way it should be. You reap what you sew.

Trading is getting to be such a problem. there other ways to get into sites. Why dont sites get rid of invites completley and have application processes. Like TDC does. Or Mayby have open forums where you could get known and then invited by mod or admin. Im sure there are ways other than Invites.

[dunson]

being a HOTfemale between the ages of 18 and 24 and willing to prove it with pictures will get you anywhere

Now that's right.

[stoi]

@ soulreaper

cheers for that, i used to torrent and run a tracker on a 500mhz 11gig hdd Sony Viao laptop back in the day, and i used to upload all the time (if i didnt no one else would) and used to be one of the first with games onto suprnova, and i only had a 25KBs upload at the time.

so i know what its like, but i also know that if i could do all that, there is really no excuse for anyone else not to play fair in the torrent world of ratios that we have.

and the reason we closed up shop, was not to become elitist or move up the ranks of the WTAW thread, it was just to weed out all the leechers and cheaters etc that we had.

I had planned on getting the members down as well, but decided after a few months that it just wasnt working, the tracker was going stagnant.

@ munkyboy04

In all honesty, Invite trading doesnt bother me much, its invite selling that gets on my tits, but then we are a spacialised tracker, so someone thats in a TV tracker that likes games, and one of our members that like TV can trade. that sort of thing doesnt bother me.

Invite selling though and account trading/selling does, especially when you see 1TB buffer. which basically means the new member is just going to hit and run everything they can (they cant on BCG though).

thing is can you really see the WTAW thread disapearing anytime soon, i cant, and if trackers stay closed, and only have invites, it adds more fuel to the fire.

I have seen BCG invites go for $100+ and some lvl 9-10 accounts for $500+ and its big business to some people, its a little cottage industry they have going.

so this is the reason we are opening, and the fact we need more new blood as well, even if they are noobs, as we have all been noobs at one time or another and need stearing in the correct direction.

[munkyboy04]

I didnt realise invite selling was such a problem. I thought only a few people did it. are people that desperate to get into Trackers that they'll give up 500 notes. absolute madness.

[grimms]

Do not put the Bt world over REAL LIFEplease follow this...unlike typing 15 pointers... ,wow good one grimms,very smart like always...

to the op:just do what u want man,you can almost get away with the anything on the internet, if u find it hard to start with ,,trade initially and then to get the hard ones come back here, tell every one you have changed (even better tell them you never traded) make a few low level giveaways because they are low levels thier rules doesnt mean anything and they were never meant to have a community ...i mean trackers like revtt,scc,tl,demonoid others....

always rememeber, community and rules are meant only for level 6 and above.....and spam a lot or traders threads talking about rules and community and how important it is,and preach whats right whats wrong, thus you declare yourself as an "anti-trader" and you get all the invites u want ,thats the end of journey

what a load of bollocks.

Community and rules are only meant for lvl 6 and above trackers, ive heard everything now.

I am not going to bash lvl 6 and above trackers, they have their purpose. but Bittorrent is all about sharing.

I love to see 2000 seeds on a game on BCG, you will very rarely see that many snatches on a lvl 6 and above tracker, never mind seeds on the thing.

to me a tracker should be about fast speeds, loads of seeders, lots of leechers, loads of content even from a year back where you can still download it if you want and faster than 5KBs, loads of members taking part in the community, even if its just the torrent comments, we get about 4000 torrent comments a week on BCG now thats community.

Sorry but that post has just got what everything is wrong with the WTAW thread to a fucking tea (i dont swear often but you have got me pissed).

respect all your trackers, doesnt matter if its lvl 1 or lvl 10000000, lvls are just a load of bollocks anyway.

Edit: i have just re-read it, and im not sure if everything in bold was sarcasm or not, if it was i appologize, its late here, its its not, then it is a load of bollocks lol

Stoi this dude stitched is a jealous little 13 year old. He is mad cause he feels like his respect here is low and is also mad due to members like me and fatcat69 being good respected trusted members of are communitites (For whatever reasons).

If I weren't... I sure wouldn't be a member of certain sites... I will not mention due to RULES stitched. Not respecting a trackers rule because it's level 1 is the stupidest comment I have ever read on this forum (And I have read alot of them). Trackers like UG, Bitsoup, and others are the most respected in my eyes.

To the OP just respect all the rules, be active, make friends with staff and trusted members alike, help others, and people will notice you like they already have. Good luck man.

edit: I just reread his post as well. Taking jabs at me every time I post is annoying. J-Dye is another member doing that. As far as levels and all that? They mean nothing. Join the trackers that best suit you and be apart of them for the right reasons and cause they are what you need for whatever purpose your trying to achieve. Whether that is listening to music, watching movies, ebooks, studying, hanging out in the irc and forums, gaming, whatever. Be happy and let live.......

[ShadowsServant]

Torrenting was meant to be free and all about sharing. That is why we use the net. To download and share the things we have in common with other users.
Selling invites is beyond me. If you are going to pay to get in then why are they even torrenting?
Torrents are available freely. People paying to get in, is just insane. It goes against what bittorrent stands for.

[dythim]

Torrenting was meant to be free and all about sharing. That is why we use the net. To download and share the things we have in common with other users.
Selling invites is beyond me. If you are going to pay to get in then why are they even torrenting?
Torrents are available freely. People paying to get in, is just insane. It goes against what bittorrent stands for.

Well said. Invites are meant to be given anyways. Just meet people, become trusted friends, contribute, and that's all really there is to it other than being a good member on the tracker.