What Really Grinds My Gears: AntiTraders

[Nemrod]

I can't stop wondering ... why do all those people claiming here that FST is shite and evil, have 1000+ posts and still remain here.

If this comment is related to me I´ll say to you that I´ve never said this site is shit. As a matter of fact it´s like an university, you can go there to learn, to sell or buy drugs, to look for girls or just for having fun. You choose what you want to do, your career, your mates, you´ll have wonderful and lame teachers, it´s your choice select those things you find more useful and worthy.
I have many reasons for being grateful to FST, but that does not mean I have to agree with everything.

[Duckater]

True ... it can have that effect on a lot of members. But considering BT is a medium of the masses lately and a lot of unmature people use it it's no wonder they act like that.

This may be part the reason a lot of sites hate give aways and trades etc at places like fst

[saulin]

Not true. It would go to level three just like FileList.org. Or become one of the mythical trackers like 'horse porn' (if it still even exists) and not be on the WTAW list at all.

I agree with yevgeny that it is all about supply and demand.

Are you blind or you just don't want to see?

Mmm a while ago there were some new trackers that of course don't exist anymore cause they didn't want to open the doors. Shit, what were the names??

Oh yeah RTS was one of them. It was total crap, a small user database and a dead tracker. It was very new and it was rated like level 4-5 I think. And guess what, people would say. it's a nice tracker, it has potential etc... Just because it was rated higher than good trackers like TL or BCG.

Seriously a tracker that is already good like BCG could kill all the users and leave mmm maybe 500 and close the doors for 1 year and it's level 10, of course it would not be as good as it is now that way.

[deadalive1]

True ... it can have that effect on a lot of members. But considering BT is a medium of the masses lately and a lot of unmature people use it it's no wonder they act like that.

This may be part the reason a lot of sites hate give aways and trades etc at places like fst

Agreed, the maturity level here isn't at an all-time high, unfortunately.

[seppypom]

This is part dos of my trilogy of views on bittorrent, I have no idea what part 3 will be, but everyone knows that sequels suck so this one and the next are probably horrific. Also if you post, please keep it on topic and don't threaten others.

Anti-traders really piss me off as much as traders do. Why? Because only people who identify themselves as "anti-traders" have been traders in the past who "have learned from their mistakes" and need things for "free". Spamming trading threads, telling others your not going to get into a tracker by trading, kissing community reps ass, among other things isn't going to get you recognized as a quality member here. Neither is posting colorful links to your "proofs" and what you "need" for "free". I am going to examine this sentence for a second.

I need [placeholder] only for free.

First of all, this is the internet, you don't need anything. What you do need is food and water. Not an invite to a lousy tracker to get stuff that are otherwise readily available for you via other private sites and/or public trackers.
Now onwards towards the word "free". Getting a legitamate invite from a member with giving nothing back isn't called free. Any invite I have ever accumulated from anyone, whether that be from a forum or via IRC, I invest a lot, A LOT, of time chatting and making a name for myself. Now that doesn't mean I chat or hang out to get invites, I just build a trust with other members. Thats called a reputation. And getting a repuation isn't easy at all, hence why you getting an invite for "free" is a null statement.

Another thing, who made up anti-trader. It sounds so negative, its basically a doublt negative. How about the title, "rule follower" or
"repectable user".

People, you don't have to downgrade yourself to traders by labeling yourself the anti of them.

Now back to this sentence "Because only people who identify themselves as "anti-traders" have been traders in the past who "have learned from their mistakes" and need things for "free"."

I say this because users who havent traded, cheated, scammed, etc. don't need to label themselves as an anti-trader of all things. They have no need to make it known in public what they are. On the other hand, any person I see that claims they are an anti-trader have had a trading thread in their post history. These people have to make it public, often in annoying bright colors and incoherent english, that they have learned better. Thus they say they are anti-trade now.

So, to me, all anti-traders are, ironically, people who use to trade but are trying to save their asses. Who knows, maybe one of you did learn from your mistakes, but in the grand scheme of things, you cannot be trusted for that mistake. Deal with it.

Anyway, my two cents on trading and antitrading

part III coming soon

Let that be a lesson, those that threaten to make future long posts will be banned :LOL:

[th0r]

I can't stop wondering ... why do all those people claiming here that FST is shite and evil, have 1000+ posts and still remain here.

my excuse would be for the endless entertainment at the expense of others; yes, i know how terrible that sounds, but everyone seems to make their way sooner or later so why not sit back and enjoy the shitstorm of barters-gone-wrong, said-member-is-a-cheater catfights, tracker-versus-tracker quarrels, and the occasional banning, amirite?

additionally, i offer support and consulting of certain select trackers

oh, and the smilies, too

[SgtMajor]

Lesson learned, just don't phuck with the canucks!

[yevgeny]

what is it with bit torrent and long winded essays..this week.

[Artemis]

I can't stop wondering ... why do all those people claiming here that FST is shite and evil, have 1000+ posts and still remain here.

my excuse would be for the endless entertainment at the expense of others; yes, i know how terrible that sounds, but everyone seems to make their way sooner or later so why not sit back and enjoy the shitstorm of barters-gone-wrong, said-member-is-a-cheater catfights, tracker-versus-tracker quarrels, and the occasional banning, amirite?



oh, and the smilies, too

Oh so very true, FST is my soap opera

[Disme]

What I am really curious about is if you 1000+ posters and FST-bashers came here after you got into all the trackers you ever wanted or after.

There might be some of you that arrived here only after they've established themselves in the communities they wanted, but I have the impression there are lots of complainers that got their head-start here at FST and now that they have all they want, do forget where they came from.

I do agree that this board has an enormous entertainment value and it is actually fun browsing and reading some of the stupidities that are posted. But I do admit there are a lot of very good Bittorrenters in here that help you out and contribute here and on a lot of private trackers.

But as I said before BT has become the medium of the masses, thus attracting a whole lot of morrons, dishonest people, twats, cunts, scammers, etc ... just like in real life.

Imho this board is just a reflection of the real world, where greed, envy and dishonesty rule, like they do in real life.