It's not just the pretimes.
SCC is like having your own private dump. Incredible retention, and you know the files are as close to scene standard as you can get. It may not be of any use to you having them as such, but then why did you join a "scene" tracker in the first place?
The pretimes aren't important, unless you know the care and history behind such inane numbers. Not only does it mean that people are putting aside their safety/security to prove their superiority (an admirable effort), but it's a direct replication of what most sceners pride themselves on (wins, status, access).
The pack request is by far the best feature. Uploaders will venture out to get you a file, and all others associated with it, as long as you request them well. This may not be useful to you, again, simply because all the collections of files you ever care about are crappy TV shows, but I know I personally know of files that are never released to the public (group personal dumps that can spread their files and have perks, such as rare patches/cracks for learning or collections' sake, old files that will never be released again etc.) and if I need to get my hands on them, it's generally only a question away. Nothing like the trouble I'd go through to find it on the original dump.
I don't think anyone who never invested themselves in the entire groups ordeal could understand it, but for those of us that can appreciate it for what it is, I'm sure we do our very fair share of hyping the place up.
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