Why are there so many scene trackers? And why are so many of them "rare"? What differentiates them, if all they carry is scene?
Is it the community? I find this hard to believe - the same people who are attracted to one scene tracker will be attracted to another. They all look the same, anyhow. Also, rarity of tracker will maybe weed out a few people who legitimately can't seed, but I don't believe that rarity is any barrier to douchebags, cheaters, and
Also, can I question the quality of the scene? I used to believe in scene torrents back when I used to use public trackers for my movies and the alternative was really shitty rips, but now I almost always choose a non-scene movie over scene. In house encodes for both PtP and PTN are much better quality (I probably would include Goem, KG, SDBits, HDBits, CN - but I am a member at none of these sites).
As for TV, the other major thing that scene trackers cover - what is the advantage of downloading off a scene tracker vs. a site like TvT or BTN? Is it speed? I'm already capping at both of those sites. Is it pretimes? Seriously, does anyone believe in pretimes anymore? Although it might be a slight inconvenience to watch the TV show an hour later than you had expected, is this really a reason to join yet another tracker?
Scene encodes of music are almost always inferior to any rip done by someone who knows anything.
Apps/Games - Ok, non-scene almost never releases apps, but they do release Games (at least on BCG). This is maybe the only place where I find scene to be more comfortable than non-scene, although this is probably left-over bias from my stupid days. Also, I think scening apps is one of the most ridiculous things. Like I really needed version 1.003568 of SQL Database ExploderX the minute it hit the eMarket.
So far, I have found nothing that would encourage me to join yet another scene tracker. In addition to those I have listed, how, in any way, is SCC/SeX/GFT/SBT/InsertSceneTrackerHere better than a site like IPT (considering I don't care about download speed or pretimes)?
Nobody has to answer - I guess these are rhetorical questions I pose while I stumble across torrent-land.
P.S. - Is TL superior or rarer than IPT? Please note that I'm making a distinction between the two. If it's just rarer, then I won't look for an invite, but if people think it's superior in any way (I guess my criterion for superiority would be massive scene+NON-SCENE selection along with retention), then I might have to post up for an invite.
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