former traders

[stl]

may close it now

[Cokeman]

When i started i use to trade,how else is one suposse to get a variety of trackers.And i can say i got acesso to all major trackers.Got a few of them.
Today i have 10,dont trade,yesterday i got a invite for a hard tracker but only because i went to a tracker forum and ask,there was a good soul.
No need for trades.

[kaffeine]

^^the past is the past. It should be left alone.. Plus a gentleman wouldn't kis and tell

So, we can say you belong to the "former scammers" group then.

(Assuming you don't scam anymore).

[Time-Traveller]

Have been tempted to trade in the past, simply because it's an easy way to join almost every site.

Glad I hung in there though because it pays off in the long run.

[Swanky]

Wanna cookie?

[Intr4ns1t]

Wanna cookie?

Such a witty riposte. Is there something wrong with someone feeling good about feling they have taken the "high road' in their BT life? With people posting that "EVERYONE HAS TRADED!!1!!!1!!1!11" it's a valid addition to the thread.

As far as former traders, I have no problems with them. As was stated in previous posts, it's the forum spamming collectors that put the biggest burden on sites. Guys who join every single new invite forum that comes along, for the sake of getting that free in of only having to show screenies of some random account with a positive ratio, are the people that are wasting space on trackers.

They join, buffer with their seedbox for two weeks until they have a TB buffer, then never use the account again. The type of folks with ratios of 10,878,124,874,464.666 that aren't uploaders. These folks hold the files till they get that ratio up, and never help to do what is the most essential to a tracker. That being to actually keep files alive on a tracker for more that 3 days, if that tracker is so lucky.

I know lots of true "former traders" (not to be confused with the "anti-trader") that are good members on some sites. One of the reasons we ask if there is any trading history on our application at PtN, is to have that answer as a reference should we find evidence of past trading. One thing I hate far more than a trader, is a liar, so we give people an opportunity to be upfront, because being a trader doesn't mean you're a piece of shit to me. It does mean you are unsafe, but I don't consider it any kind of indication as to the real nature of the people I'm talking to.

Because, after all, it's the internet. Hell, any of the active traders here could be one of the most saintly people on earth in real life, but that's separate from the internet, and cannot be taken into consideration.

Dang, I went and got all wordy and stuff. Sorry bout that

[Albo Da Kid]

Because, after all, it's the internet. Hell, any of the active traders here could be one of the most saintly people on earth in real life, but that's separate from the internet, and cannot be taken into consideration.

I couldn't agree more. At the end of the day it's only a virtual world.
If anyone takes any of this stuff serious or lets it affect them, then they should have a reality check ASAP.

[IdolEyes787]

Because, after all, it's the internet. Hell, any of the active traders here could be one of the most saintly people on earth in real life, but that's separate from the internet, and cannot be taken into consideration.

I for one don't buy that argument.
I'm not making any judgment on the morality of certain activities but I firmly believe that those that cheat at the trivial are much likelier to also do so when it matters.

[Intr4ns1t]

Because, after all, it's the internet. Hell, any of the active traders here could be one of the most saintly people on earth in real life, but that's separate from the internet, and cannot be taken into consideration.

I for one don't buy that argument.
I'm not making any judgment on the morality of certain activities but I firmly believe that those that cheat at the trivial are much likelier to also do so when it matters.

Fair enough. It was mostly just a hypothetical to try to put the interwebz in their rightful place compared to real life. I know that alot of folks don't don an alterego on the internet, but the point was more that there should be some separation of what people do on the internet compared to what they do in real life. Call it a "grain of salt" argument I guess.

[Albo Da Kid]

Because, after all, it's the internet. Hell, any of the active traders here could be one of the most saintly people on earth in real life, but that's separate from the internet, and cannot be taken into consideration.

I for one don't buy that argument.
I'm not making any judgment on the morality of certain activities but I firmly believe that those that cheat at the trivial are much likelier to also do so when it matters.

What if you think of it like this...
Say you just learned about private trackers and what attracted you to them is fast speeds. You don't know anything about "tracker community" and all this other bs. Your connection is kind of lame. Maybe your download speed is good but your upload sucks. You really want to download a game for your newly flashed xbox 360 or a movie which you wanted to watch for a very long time. After you download some stuff you are struggling with your ratio. The next day someone tells you of a cheating program which will make your ratio problems go away and you decide you want to take the easy way out, since you don't want to sit in your computer all day and stress about downloading a 1gb file. You go watch your favorite movie with your family, and have fun doing it. Now you realized that you just made your mom and sister have happy for at least an hour or two and you spend time with your family and all, then you got back to your regular RL.
Now how would you feel if someone said that you were scum in real life just because you behave so in the e-life.

Internet life and RL are two separate worlds. It doesn't mean that just because someone behaves a certain way in here, that they most liekly will do so in real life. Your theory doesn't drink water especially when it comes to begginers who have no idea what they are causing by doing what they do.