FTN request

[flashback3r]

this thread should only be relevant if this was 2006/7,my advice to you is to forget about ftn and start paying more attention to your girlfriend...haven't you heard the story?

haha, I have heard the story. But i know how to prioritize well. You have time for both if you do it well

[shipwreck]

He's right though. No point in trying to join a site so badly if it's obviously so extremely difficult that even after years of torrenting you're still trying to get in.

flashback3r seems to be a good guy, and actually one of those who is active in tracker forums and iRC (going by his own words), basically investing quite a bit of time in this 'hobby'. If after years of investing so much time he's still trying to get in, it's probably about time to give it a rest and move on.

There is only one tracker out there that I'm not member on which is of interest to me for various reasons. That tracker is very difficult to join, too, but unlike flashback3r, I never actually tried to get in there, never invested time and effort to 'get to know people' with the aim to become a member there (wouldn't want to anyway, as it feels kinda 'dirty' to become 'friends' with people just for the sake of joining a site; that's what the traditional scene is all about, and I'm glad that those wasted years are long behind me). I just accepted the fact that it very likely won't happen, especially with me being so 'passive' about it, and moved on. Thing is, the torrent world has changed so much over the years, so many new sites have emerged, great sites even. There are excellent alternatives for every so called 'rare' tracker out there, provided it's really all about the content for you, and less about 'status' and e-penis.

[Evelyn]

There is only one tracker out there that I'm not member on which is of interest to me for various reasons. That tracker is very difficult to join, too, but unlike flashback3r, I never actually tried to get in there, never invested time and effort to 'get to know people' with the aim to become a member there (wouldn't want to anyway, as it feels kinda 'dirty' to become 'friends' with people just for the sake of joining a site; that's what the traditional scene is all about, and I'm glad that those wasted years are long behind me). I just accepted the fact that it very likely won't happen, especially with me being so 'passive' about it, and moved on. Thing is, the torrent world has changed so much over the years, so many new sites have emerged, great sites even. There are excellent alternatives for every so called 'rare' tracker out there, provided it's really all about the content for you, and less about 'status' and e-penis.

Full marks for the wonderful philosophy.

[Quarterquack]

I hate to rail on sites that I'm a member of (well... for obvious reasons), but in this case, I can't help but not.

Flashback3r, I assure you, there is nothing special about FTN. It's just another quiet homely place getting by. A lot of people that you will meet/see on FTN are the same you will meet/see in other places, and if you can't befriend them elsewhere, chances are slim that any "real" friendship will bud in an elitist place. The files are the same as other sites, in fact I'd venture to say that the uploaders at FTN themselves do better jobs on those very other sites sometimes. If the no ratio is a big deal for you then BTN/BCG/What (with their new ratio rules and all) are all you should need to get those files/packs on FTN that you can't find on other general trackers - which by the way follow and upload more releases than FTN. I'd say if you enjoy TL/SCC/whatever, FTN really isn't worth the migranes you've been putting yourself through for two years...

But then again, that's just my opinion.

[flashback3r]

You can spare me the lectures about how ftn is and why i should give up.

I'm looking to join ftn to settle down and use it as my main 0day tracker. I want a nice homely tracker for that. I only use the trackers i like most now. Like what.cd, bitme and torrentleech. But for my 0day tracker i want ftn. It is as simple as that. And on those trackers I like, I do donate to and I am like the best user on them.

The re-opening of this thread is my last shot i think. The thought of ftn awoke again when i talked to a friend.

I am sure someone understands me. I hope so at least ^^

[shipwreck]

So FTN is a retirement home for torrent pensioners now?

[flashback3r]

kinda for me But that's not a bad thing

[Quarterquack]

I'm looking to join ftn to settle down and use it as my main 0day tracker ... And on those trackers I like, I do donate to and I am like the best user on them.

And yet you are dealing those trackers the injustice of not caring about them enough, and willing to give them up for something arguably equivalent but that has just proven more elusive.

Good luck. :rollseyes:

[flashback3r]

I'm looking to join ftn to settle down and use it as my main 0day tracker ... And on those trackers I like, I do donate to and I am like the best user on them.

And yet you are dealing those trackers the injustice of not caring about them enough, and willing to give them up for something arguably equivalent but that has just proven more elusive.

Good luck. :rollseyes:

Well, to be honest I would use torrentleech less. But its a pay2leech site, kinda, donations and ads. Do they really need them both? Well I'm would feel a little bad for TL if i got invited to FTN. But they will prolly manage to get around with one less poweruser (they have like hundreds of thousands of users?).

And I do not join new sites (except ftn) because i know I wont use them. So I think I am doing the right thing to the trackers I am a member on.

[anon]

Well, to be honest I would use torrentleech less. But its a pay2leech site, kinda, donations and ads. ... (they have like hundreds of thousands of users?).

You answered that part yourself. They have a couple hundred thousand users, and servers aren't free. And you can easily block ads and choose not to donate (while there are rewards for it, it's not mandatory) anyway...