Thread: [Req] PassThePopcorn

Hi all!

I recently made a request for PTP and eventually I received an invite from a dear fellow

Unfortunately, this fellow appears to have gotten into trouble and his account was disabled, along with mine

I went to PTP's Irc, but they told me that they could do nothing about it.

So here I am again, looking for a kind soul to spare an invite

Originally Posted by carpediemm

I went to PTP's Irc, but they told me that they could do nothing about it.

What did they exactly say?

Note few people will be willing to invite someone that's been banned from the tracker. It could get them in trouble as well.

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

What did they exactly say?

I asked if they would activate my account again, and they told me something like this: "No, because the one who invited you is an invite trader. Even if you are not one of them, we can't activate it according to the rules, because of the source; a trader.

I clearly explained that I was no trader and that I got the invite by requesting one.

Originally Posted by carpediemm

Even if you are not one of them, we can't activate it according to the rules, because of the source; a trader.

That's as unfair as hell, but they still won't like it if you attempt to reregister.

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

That's as unfair as hell, but they still won't like it if you attempt to reregister.

I did ask them clearly; will you enable my account or must I seek a new invite? And the answer was as written above.

I cannot guarantee that a reregister will go 100% smoothly, but I would not consider the risk very high for the potential inviter. Problems may occur, but as I talked with them, they did not seem to have anything against me, at least from my point of view.

Originally Posted by 7th

I don't think it's that unfair. If the banned user was a trader, how would someone under his tree prove that he didn't get the invite through a trade?

Right, but just because the inviter was a trader doesn't mean everyone else in his tree also is, nor that they should be treated as such.

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

Originally Posted by 7th

I don't think it's that unfair. If the banned user was a trader, how would someone under his tree prove that he didn't get the invite through a trade?

Right, but just because the inviter was a trader doesn't mean everyone else in his tree also is, nor that they should be treated as such.

That is true, but think, If the guy was a trader who invited him, then I think he would've made a trade with him as well. Why would it be any different for the OP? I understand it could, but if he could trade, why wouldn't he. Unless the OP had nothing to offer.
But still. Food for thought I guess.

It's a perfect example of having to take care not only with those you give invites to, but also those you accept invites from.

I agree that it's probably not fair for them to ban him, if in fact he didn't trade for the invite, but chances are the guy he got the invite from had a large invite tree and a lot of those invites were traded or sold. It's not fair for the staff to have to sort through all of those.

I have now asked them at IRC if there will be any problems/consequences inviting me again. Both from my and the inviter's perspective. The answer was no.