Whatcd 4th Birthday

**Burnsy** · 10-29-2011, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by beezy192

^This is actually needed as currently there's no incentive for long term seeders except the hope that someone'll download that album from the 1.5 million torrents there and that he may get to atleast a 1:1 ratio.

But isn't that the fundamental principle BT was set up on? Seed back and share exactly what you take...

I agree that it can take a long time more often than not, but that's more of a convenience issue than a sharing one. If you can't, or are not in a position, to give back what you take, then don't take it in the first place... simple enough really.

**ca_aok** · 10-29-2011, 01:38 PM

Yep, moving toward an FSC style system would be a terrible idea from the perspective of swarm size, retention, and quantity of new uploads. Letting people have a freebie after seeding for a week or two only works if you don't care about retention, i.e. on a 0-day site.

**n00bz0r** · 10-29-2011, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by ca_aok

Yep, moving toward an FSC style system would be a terrible idea from the perspective of swarm size, retention, and quantity of new uploads. Letting people have a freebie after seeding for a week or two only works if you don't care about retention, i.e. on a 0-day site.

Precisely!

**ca_aok** · 10-29-2011, 02:48 PM

Also, new staff picks (including one of mine!) and a few other misc things went up, including a questionaire with several prominent members that they sent around a few weeks ago.

**1000possibleclaws** · 10-29-2011, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by beezy192

^This is actually needed as currently there's no incentive for long term seeders except the hope that someone'll download that album from the 1.5 million torrents there and that he may get to atleast a 1:1 ratio.

There is incentive. Don't even have to get into details of why, proof is that Whatcd has the most seeded music torrents.

Originally Posted by ca_aok

Also, new staff picks (including one of mine!) and a few other misc things went up, including a questionaire with several prominent members that they sent around a few weeks ago.

Nice, a Canadian album and I've never heard it before!

**mjmacky** · 10-29-2011, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by Seed007

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I didn't follow what the international day of animation has to do with any of this.

**IdolEyes787** · 10-29-2011, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by ca_aok

Also, new staff picks (including one of mine!) and a few other misc things went up, including a questionaire with several prominent members that they sent around a few weeks ago.

I can't hear "Brother Down" without it evoking images of " Blackhawk Down".Pretty sure that's not what Sam Roberts intended.

Anyway he has a way with a hook if not as musically challenging as Bedouin Soundclash who for all their (dissimilar) reggae tinge sort of strike me as having the same sort of bouncy but deep sensibilities.

Geez upload something really archaic ,like from pre-1995 and 1000possibleclaws is at a loss.Since I always assumed he knew everything there is to know about music ,I am truly dumbfounded.
I might need to start talking about Chilliwack or Lighthouse just to watch his head explode.

**ca_aok** · 10-29-2011, 08:02 PM

Oh I wouldn't call the music challenging by any length. It's light-hearted catchy rock.

To be fair, 1000possibleclaws probably doesn't even know where Canada is on a map