i meant that 3 is just a number, you can't recommend a specific ratio regarding the disparities between members speeds...
it's why we can only recommend torrenters to seed as long as they can (without capping their upload speed of course).
whenever people agree with me, i always feel i must be wrong.
Some sites have a 0.7 minimum per torrent, some just have a minimum time to seed regardless of ratio. Some sites are just freeleech, and have no requirements.
Obviously its best to try and seed to 1/1 regardless, but check your tracker FAQ and Rules for details and requirements.
If everyone tried seeding to a 3 ratio, then there would be a bunch of peers with very bad ratio's as a result. Overseeding isn't a good thing most times, on most torrents. You end up screwing some one with a slower connection who's just trying to reach 1/1, but now can't because of overseeders.
the times when you were a supercool user on a tracker with a ratio of 8.0 and a buffer of 1.5 tb are gone. most of the smaller communities tend to appreciate it more when you actually leech instead of overseed nowadays.
tracker racing buffer whores are newbish and out.
Last edited by Polarbear; 01-16-2009 at 08:36 PM.
For sure plenty seedboxes is both a blessing and a curse on ratio free sites it's a blessing but on sites like bitmetv it can make your life difficult on a home connection, the solution I came up with to bitmetv was what I call "Race-Chunk-Seeding" on very popular torrents
**Edit**
tracker racing buffer whores - Hahahahah Awesome name lolz +1
Last edited by Time-Traveller; 01-16-2009 at 08:57 PM.
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