CN Fact and Fiction

[bluju]

thank you

[bumrocks]

oi bumrocks. I saw in this thread or maybe another that you were going to post some more stats 'in the next couple of days'. You haven't as of yet, so I'll just ask.
What's the internal encode situation there? How do the movie categories break down? I saw a obviously old screenshot and it looked like the movies were about 10-to-1 1CD Scene to anything else. Is this still the case?

I think I said I was going to post more stats in the next couple of days in a different thread. And this thread is the result of that post...

As mentioned in other threads/posts our category breakdown is rather simplistic...So much so that we, the staff, are working on categorization in a more specific and detailed manner. The code is being worked on along with how to best implement it as we are going to have to shuffle over 10k torrents into their new category home.

Additional numbers...

BD/BR: about 1000 torrents
HD: about 2000 torrents
x264/SD: about 1000 torrents
XviD: about 8500 torrents
DVD-R: around 400 torrents

We have about 50 packs but we chose not to allow anymore over a year ago now. 46 of the 50 are alive with seeders.

On a side note: We go freeleech when donation goal is met each month.

[bluju]

Sounds pretty sweet. Gotta say, I've been putting off applying mainly because of the mafia motif. It just seems like a bit of a shtick and a wee bit of a puerile one at that. It looks like you guys have actually managed to build quite a tracker, though, and that's really the bottom line, isn't it?

So, ..applied, we'll see what happens

[bumrocks]

So, ..applied, we'll see what happens

I just finished reviewing all apps. If you got denied, let me know and we'll see what the problem was and if we can fix it.

[bluju]

I was approved, thank you.

Just for the record

There are currently 440 releases from their official internal team which does AFR x264 SD encodes

There are about 100 rips which could be construed as AFR in the widest of definitions, Looks like about 40 or 50 genuine, 1 in x264. The internal group is something less than impressive. If you're lucky, they'll put up a screenshot, I think I saw 2 source/encode comparisons. Many times the description was nothing more than an imdb url. I even saw one ripper apologizing for retaining the grain from the source XD

While there are indeed a lot of torrents, there's a lot of redundancy, too. Its more or less just the IMDB top 500 5 times over, along with every straight-to-video action film since 1990. I don't see a 'feature' that would tell me just how many titles there are in all these torrents (I probably just can't see it). I would guess that its about 2500. While there are a couple of projects, they don't seem to make any effort towards the better source, or the better rip. There's a ton of the kind of junk you get on public trackers.

The features are certainly impressive, but they all amount to the most clutter I've ever seen on a web page. Ever. I switched off that 'advanced browse', immediately. The only other feature I could want from the site is the ability to turn off some of these goddamn 'features'.

Just to prove that I'm not a total jerk, I'll say that all the features are imaginitive, although they need a serious overhaul and should be redistributed amongst the pages. The members are very nice, as are the staff. The staff does not seem to be the group of power-mad juveniles that they've been represented as. They do actually care, I think they just suffer from some kind of collective ADD.

As many problems as I have with the site, its nothing that won't iron out in time. Eventually, the redundancy will start pissing people off and they'll consolidate some things. Hopefully, they'll find themselves using their obvious coding skills for something a bit more productive (i.e tracking available sources, collections, and filmographies). All it really needs is a giant dose of elegance, so I think I'll stick with it and maybe I can even help out a bit.

[pone44]

I really do not care about drama in BT these days. CN is actually one of my favorite movie trackers along with PTPC. They have a good amount of content ranging from old movies to new. I do not interact with staff too much on any tracker, i know bumrocks a little. He is a fair,level minded individual from what i know of him.

[kingeater]

Hehe, the grain thing did make me laugh, but people would think the source for the rips would've been a VHS or I am just a retard Also the internals are SD x264 encodes that usually/almost entirely do not conform to AFR standards (We try to go for transparency to the source, instead of just a size constraint you see hehe), and just for fun most of the encodes we do are either BDRips these days (where there are no x264 SD BDRips available) or DVDRips of movies you would pretty much not find on any other tracker (mostly indie/foreign/rare releases). 'Tis all, nothing personal taken by the comments bluju, just making sure that the internal questions were straightened out. Hope everyone over there is still enjoying the rips

[1000possibleclaws]

The features are certainly impressive, but they all amount to the most clutter I've ever seen on a web page. Ever. I switched off that 'advanced browse', immediately. The only other feature I could want from the site is the ability to turn off some of these goddamn 'features'.

I can relate, but unfortunately we seem to be a dying breed.

The staff does not seem to be the group of power-mad juveniles that they've been represented as.

You wouldn't shit all over your own house would you?

[IdolEyes787]

There are currently 440 releases from their official internal team which does AFR x264 SD encodes

There are about 100 rips which could be construed as AFR in the widest of definitions, Looks like about 40 or 50 genuine, 1 in x264. The internal group is something less than impressive. If you're lucky, they'll put up a screenshot, I think I saw 2 source/encode comparisons. Many times the description was nothing more than an imdb url. I even saw one ripper apologizing for retaining the grain from the source XD

Again with this encode shit.
Do I like clear pictures, yes but why is it suddenly so important if one is slightly superior to another ?HD TV(hopefully in my dreams) or simply more brain-dead bt elitism?(yes I resorted to the e word)
First we had every douche applying the "community " buzzword to try and proof that they /their site/their philosophy was better/cooler/more elite than the next( which proved pretty much to be an overwhelming fail unless "community consists of typing lol a lot) so now the little group of bittards that we( meaning me ) all love to hate have deemed to embraced encoding as their new lightning rod/flavor du jour.

Again does no one care about the actual content beyond AFR/x264/1080p or whichever retarded group nickname (and associated greetz) is attached to a file?

A bad movie perfectly encoded in HD is still a bad movie in much the same way as a bunch of semi literate humourless thirteen year olds posting shit on some internet bt site and calling it "community "( not speaking of CN but generalizing here) is still my personal definition of hell.

[Cut-Copy-Paste]

While there are indeed a lot of torrents, there's a lot of redundancy, too. . I don't see a 'feature' that would tell me just how many titles there are in all these torrents (I probably just can't see it). I would guess that its about 2500. While there are a couple of projects, they don't seem to make any effort towards the better source, or the better rip. There's a ton of the kind of junk you get on public trackers.

This. especially brrips. And dat some time without screenshot and proper description.