Emule or Torrents

[Tuxman]

No, they are not.

[anon]

No, they are not.

Your mileage may vary.

[Tuxman]

How?

[anon]

Some people prefer torrents because they're fast and have a relatively low learning curve as well as less things to care about when compared to eMule (firewalled? Who cares, I can still leech). And some people prefer eMule because they do well with it, it's fast for them and they can always find the stuff they want, for example in your case.

You may argue that you always get full speed on eMule, but try telling that to the guy that wants to download the latest movie and is getting 60kB/s on eMule but 600 on TPB or the private tracker of his choice. Of course it's not your fault it he's a noob and can't even forward his ports for optimum functionality, but what can you do?

Even with all the right settings I (who first used eMule around the time it was released, ~8 years ago) have had slow speeds on new stuff. Yes, I've left the thing running 24/7. Yes, my ports are forwarded. Yes, I've uploaded a lot and tweaked every setting in my client.

So I've arrived at the same conclusions as lots of other people: eMule is for rare stuff and patient users. I do like how once you have some stuff you share you begin to upload the second you open the client, though. If private torrents were like that the (BT) world would be a better place.

Not attacking you of course, just making a small rant.

[Tuxman]

Telling me that torrents are "fast" shows me that you haven't got a clue of how P2P actually works.
This might explain why you guys develop 0-upload mods.

[anon]

Telling me that torrents are "fast" shows me that you haven't got a clue of how P2P actually works.

Install uTorrent. Don't change any settings. Go grab the latest movie from TPB or any other public indexer. Now install eMule from scratch, to a different directory, of course. Tweak it to hell. Try to get the same movie.

See?

This might explain why you guys develop 0-upload mods.

That's a different story entirely.

[Tuxman]

Tweak it to hell. Try to get the same movie.

See?

I did that a few months ago. Guess which one had won. Hint: It does not contain a "t".

That's a different story entirely.

So? If you are filesharers, why do you do that? The only explanation possible is: You are not.

[anon]

I did that a few months ago. Guess which one had won. Hint: It does not contain a "t".

Cool. Now tell random people to do that and you'll notice different results.

So? If you are filesharers, why do you do that? The only explanation possible is: You are not.

That feature isn't for outright leeching, it's for security reasons. I despise pure leeching as much as you (not that I expect you to believe me, anyway), but try telling that to the guy that wants a file that's only on eMule and can get disconnected or charged a fine if he's caught uploading copyrighted stuff. It's no wonder that many of those "0-upload mods" originate from Germany where that's how the legislation is.

[Tuxman]

Now tell random people to do that and you'll notice different results.

And I doubt they'll result in a very different point of view.

That feature isn't for outright leeching, it's for security reasons.

If you want security, get off of my beautiful eD2K/Kad networks. It can't survive with your view on "security".

[anon]

If you want security, get off of my beautiful eD2K/Kad networks.

Just curious, when did those networks become yours?

It can't survive with your view on "security".

Apparently it can as it's still standing. I do agree on that if everyone leeched without giving back the network would die, of course.