When I joined (early 2010), I passed their rules through Google Translate and they seemed to suggest the typical "you're out if your ratio dips below X for Y days" rule. I acted accordingly and haven't faced a problem so far.
I thought the number of downloads per day was already limited and you needed "TBs" (time bonuses, not terabytes), of which I have a handful thousand, to download more torrents every day. Oh well...
The layout isn't that bad, and you'd be surprised at what can be found on their archives. They're usually among the very first sites I check when I look for something rare. It'll be there around 60% of the time.
There's a tutorial in this forum, under the aptly-named tutorial section. I've found the speed guide, an actually good addition in the newer versions of uTorrent, also does a good job at configuring things for you.
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