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What Happened To My Account?!?! - Top |
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I tried my username and it isn't recognized.
Did you register your account after January 16, 2010?
If the answer is yes, go on.
If the answer is no, you don't have an account.
Was your account disabled due to ratio?
Accounts created after January 16, 2010 that were disabled due to poor ratios will be deleted after being disabled for a year.
If it was deleted, then you will have to wait to get a new invite to the site.
If it wasn't deleted, you have the option to purchase an upload credit.
I tried to change my password and it didn't work.
If you try it ONCE and it doesn't work, then your account was disabled. There are only two types of accounts that are currently disabled on BT. Those are:
1. Users with multiple accounts. If you have more than one account on an IP, all those accounts have been disabled.
2. If your account fell below the ratio of 0.75, your account was disabled.
If your account was disabled due to ratio, you will have to purchase an upload credit. Information about that is posted here.
If you had more than one account, you will have to email the Admin and plead your case. Please be sure to include ALL NAMES you created as omission of information will result in your account staying disabled.
I have entered my user info and it says "disabled by administrator".
If you are getting this message, your account has been disabled due to your ratio. DO NOT email the Admin as there is nothing she will do to reactivate your account. You will have to purchase an upload credit if you are interested in having your account active.
I deleted my account in error.
DO NOT delete your account. If you do, you'll have to get an invite from someone already on the site as there is no way to prove your account existed.
I emailed the Admin but got no response.
It's probably because you're asking a question that has been answered on the site, or in this FAQ. The Admin will no longer reply to emails concerning disabled accounts with poor ratios. It is the user's responsibility to ensure their ratio is kept up to par.
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The Booty Torrent Commandments - Top |
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The Commandments
First, welcome to Booty Torrents! You have joined a premier Internet community, and now have access to some of the greatest booty porn available online. But be aware: this is definitely a community where membership is a privilege, not a right, and if you take a couple of wrong turns, you may well find yourself on a path to having your account disabled. And while it may sound harsh, it is still true: at Booty Torrents, there are no second chances.
Over and over, new users here hit the same brick walls, misconstrue the same misunderstandings, head down the same blind alleys, and generally get into one of just a few kinds of trouble very quickly. It's easy to be driven insane by the all the free content available on the site. It's easy to understand why you'd want to download everything as soon as you could. The information to save you from these approaches is definitely here - in the FAQs and the Rules.
Still, there is a LOT of information there, and a first read often will leave you unsure of which are the subtle points, and which are the really critical points. So we've decided to post a TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR NEW USERS; these are things that, if followed, can ensure that you never get a warning or banned from the site for ratio issues. They promote responsibility, community, and quality memberships. If you avoid these classic mistakes, you will have no problems here at Booty Torrents.
If you're a "bottom line" kind of person, here's the list straight up; in the second section, I'll discuss each of these in more detail, along with helpful links and pointers to more detailed information.
I: Thou Shalt Not Download Large Torrents
If there is one rule that can save you from trouble, this is it. If there was just one commandment, this would be it. The reasons are many. First, so long as you have less than 2GB total downloaded, the ratio requirements simply do not apply. This buffer can be used to your great advantage, as long as you don't blow it by going crazy with your downloads. You can get a feel for what works around here, as well as making sure your client is happy and connectable, while downloading 3 or 4 of the smaller torrents, all without worrying one bit about your ratio. But all it takes is ONE site rip, and suddenly you have 2GB downloaded, a 0.1 ratio, and a clock running to get your ratio up or face warnings and banning. Once you go over 1GB total download, you are announcing that you are ready to play outside of the sandbox, so don't do it just because you couldn't resist grabbing the entire Onion Booty series. Be patient, and all that is at Booty Torrents will be yours. Be impatient, and you'll wind up disabled -- or worse.
Corollary to Commandment 1 wrote:
Beware the 2GB barrier! Read the above section carefully - as long as you're below 2GB, you are free from ratio worries. Use this to your advantage, and don't give up that protection lightly.
II: Thou Shalt Beware of Site Rips/Mini Packs
I know, you actually do love Mini Packs, Site Rips, and Mega Packs. Or any of the DOZENS of other torrents here, many of which are huge. And you see ALL THOSE LEECHES - of course it's safe and you'll get lots of upload, right? WRONG! In fact, this is such a huge mistake, made so often, it is nearly as important as Commandment 1! You see, one of the techniques a lot of people use to build credit here is to just download part of a large torrent (as little as one scene at a time). The problem is, these “partial” seeders appear as leeches, but they're not actually leeching anything. In general, if you see any torrent that's more than a day or two old with double-digit leeches, it's almost certainly this "partial seeding" that is happening. Don't get sucked into this trap: you'll download too much data, too soon (again, see Commandment #1), and you won't be able to seed back hardly anything. So, just stay away from these until you're more comfortable with the site, and have some ratio built up. When you're ready to tackle these, get informed and start cautiously.
III: Thou Shalt Understand Your Ratio
That little number in the upper left-hand corner as you browse Booty Torrents is your ratio. It is the only one that counts. Watch it. Live it. Love it. The ratios you see anywhere else - in your client, in your list of active torrents in your profile, anywhere - don't mean squat to your status. Every time you stop and start a torrent, things get reset in various places. Your client may count things differently. Or you may be seeding outside of Booty Torrents (you DID turn off DHT in your client, right? See Commandment VI!). Don't just let your client run along unsupervised - you need to log on to the Booty Torrents website regularly to monitor your ratio, and never is this more critical than when you're a new user. For more info, see: http://www.bootytorrents.com/torrents/faq.php#79
IV: Thou Shalt Read the FAQs and the Rules
OK, so you should have read the rules when you joined. When you post in the forums or send PM’s asking questions that are covered once, twice, THRICE in the FAQs, it annoys the hell out of the staff and they will point you back at the FAQs and/or the Rules. If you want to be part of the community, you need to realize it will take some effort on your part, and reading the FAQs more than once - that is, REALLY reading them - will go a long, long way to making your life here fun and easy. The buttons are right there, at the top of every screen. You don't have to memorize them, but for goodness sake, at least get an idea of what is covered, so when the issues comes up later, you'll have an idea of where to start.
V: Thou Shalt Search The Forums
I know, you think you're special. I'm sure your significant other thinks so. But you know, when you're a new user at Booty Torrents, nothing you run into, nothing you do, nothing you try out, isn't something that hundreds, or even thousands of folks haven't already done before. And asked about in the Forums. They are a tremendous resource, so look through them. Search on interesting keywords. Try more than once, because it's a bit of an art form. Or just take a look at current threads and read through some, even ones with odd sounding titles (some of the best threads have the strangest titles!). If suddenly something is acting differently, you can bet dollars-to-donuts that people have already asked about it in the Forums, and when you are post #13 in two days asking "What happened to the Requests section?" or "Why can't I see if I'm connectable any more?", you will (again) annoy the hell out of the staff, who will slap you and say "SEARCH THE FORUMS!" So, save yourself AND the staff some time, and use the "Search" feature - it's in the link right down at the bottom of every forum screen.
VI: Thou Shalt Know And Love Your Client (and disable DHT)
There are banned clients - use these, and you'll get warned and/or banned. There are unsupported clients - use these at your own risk. And there are approved clients. As this is a private tracker, you will save yourself tons of time and hassles if you just use an approved client. Check the version carefully, especially on clients with fast-moving versions or lots of beta releases. The staff here is very particular, but when they give a client a blessing you can count on it working effectively and reliably. Also, note that if your client supports DHT (a distributed system to work around trackers), you need to disable it. First, using it may get you warned/banned, but most important is that if you have it running, non-Booty Torrents clients will be able to get download to you - but you will not get credit for it in your ratio! Worse, if you use some clients (e.g., Azureus), others can download your torrent files and get your passkey, which is a bad thing.
VII: Thou Shalt Beware of Hot Torrents
The HOT torrents, or the newest scenes. One thing you might do is check the number of hours it's been out - if it's 0, 1 or maybe 2 or 3 hours old, you're probably good to go and still get lots of upload out of it. Another thing to do is to use the torrents browse feature to look at porn actresses historically, and see about how many times they get snatched, and compare that to the current count of snatches and how many leeches are busy downloading it. If the historical number of snatches is much higher than the current snatches (plus leeches) the odds are in your favor. Be patient (remember Commandment 1), and don't gamble too much, too soon. You need to get a feeling for how your particular connection and setup seeds back these popular torrents, and that only comes from cautious experience!
VIII: Thou Shalt Beware (But Not Fear) The Warning
I know, that sounds contradictory, but it's true. You should beware the warning:
Rules: Warnings - These are not good things to have.
But in the end, a warning is just that, a warning...you haven't been banned, but have been alerted to something that really needs your attention, either now (low ratio warning, etc.) or in the future (don't spam the forums, etc.). Warnings expire, though a history of many warnings can get you banned. But they are not the end of the world. Read this to understand more, and what to do (and NOT to do) if you get warned:
IX: Thou Shalt Know When To PM Staff
When things are going bad, your first line of defence is to read thru the FAQ and Rules to get the information you need to fix your account. When all else fails, and you can't find the answers anywhere else, then send a PM to the Staff. Remember, if your question is in the FAQ or Rules, you will probably get ignored, so search before you PM.
X: Thou Shalt Respect The Staff
You know how in shows where there's an actor that's really important to the show, but isn't quite there with the "star" for top billing? You know how they put them last in the credits, like "Joe Smith as Doctor Mysterious"? That's what I'm doing here. While I still think the First Commandment belongs first, please take the fact this commandment is last as a clear sign that it's darned important: don't disrespect the staff. They are volunteers, not paid folks. They do this out of respect for the community, putting in many hours checking the forums, fixing problems, checking torrent issues, and generally making this just an extremely well-run and valuable community. Treat them accordingly. Don't send them PM's (personal messages), don't argue, don't complain. Take time to understand and research an issue, and then put some thought and care into an appropriate message. People have been warned for being rude. People have been just plain banned for causing problems. And with all the folks waiting to get into Booty Torrents, there are no second chances, so again, please treat the staff with respect, and you'll receive the same in return.
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User information - Top |
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I registered an account but did not receive the confirmation e-mail!
You can use this form to delete the account, however if you delete your account there is NO guarantee you will get another invite. It is best to email the admin to assist you in this case.
I've lost my user name or password! Can you send it to me?
Please use this form to have the login details mailed back to you.
Can you rename my account?
We do not rename accounts. Please create a new one. (Use this form to
delete your present account.)
Can you delete my (confirmed) account?
You can do it yourself by using this form.
So, what's MY ratio?
Click on your profile, then on your user name (at the top).
It's important to distinguish between your overall ratio and the individual ratio on each torrent
you may be seeding or leeching. The overall ratio takes into account the total uploaded and downloaded
from your account since you joined the site. The individual ratio takes into account those values for each torrent.
You may see two symbols instead of a number: "Inf.", which is just an abbreviation for Infinity, and
means that you have downloaded 0 bytes while uploading a non-zero amount (ul/dl becomes infinity); "---",
which should be read as "non-available", and shows up when you have both downloaded and uploaded 0 bytes
(ul/dl = 0/0 which is an indeterminate amount).
Why is my IP displayed on my details page?
Only you and the site moderators can view your IP address and email. Regular users do not see that information.
Help! I cannot login!?
This problem sometimes occurs with MSIE. Close all Internet Explorer windows and open Internet Options in the control panel. Click the Delete Cookies button. You should now be able to login.
My IP address is dynamic. How do I stay logged in?
You do not have to anymore. All you have to do is make sure you are logged in with your actual
IP when starting a torrent session. After that, even if the IP changes mid-session,
the seeding or leeching will continue and the statistics will update without any problem.
Why is my port number reported as "---"? (And why should I care?)
The tracker has determined that you are firewalled or NATed and cannot accept incoming connections.
This means that other peers in the swarm will be unable to connect to you, only you to them. Even worse,
if two peers are both in this state they will not be able to connect at all. This has obviously a
detrimental effect on the overall speed.
The way to solve the problem involves opening the ports used for incoming connections
(the same range you defined in your client) on the firewall and/or configuring your
NAT server to use a basic form of NAT
for that range instead of NAPT (the actual process differs widely between different router models.
Check your router documentation and/or support forum. You will also find lots of information on the
subject at PortForward).
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Stats - Top |
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Most common reason for stats not updating
- The user is cheating. (a.k.a. "Summary Ban")
- The server is overloaded and unresponsive. Just try to keep the session open until the server responds again. (Flooding the server with consecutive manual updates is not recommended.)
How does NAT/ICS change the picture?
This is a very particular case in that all computers in the LAN will appear to the outside world as having the same IP. We must distinguish
between two cases:
1. You are the single user in the LAN
You should use the same account in all the computers.
Note also that in the ICS case it is preferable to run the BT client on the ICS gateway. Clients running on the other computers
will be unconnectable (their ports will be listed as "---", as explained elsewhere in the FAQ) unless you specify
the appropriate services in your ICS configuration (a good explanation of how to do this for Windows XP can be found
here).
In the NAT case you should configure different ranges for clients on different computers and create appropriate NAT rules in the router. (Details vary widely from router to router and are outside the scope of this FAQ. Check your router documentation and/or support forum.)
2. There are multiple users in the LAN
At present there is no way of making this setup always work properly.
Each torrent will be associated with the user who last accessed the site from within
the LAN before the torrent was started.
Unless there is cooperation between the users mixing of statistics is possible.
(User A accesses the site, downloads a .torrent file, but does not start the torrent immediately.
Meanwhile, user B accesses the site. User A then starts the torrent. The torrent will count
towards user B's statistics, not user A's.)
It is your LAN, the responsibility is yours. Do not ask us to ban other users
with the same IP, we will not do that. (Why should we ban him instead of you?)
Best practices
- If a torrent you are currently leeching/seeding is not listed on your profile, just wait or force a manual update.
- Make sure you exit your client properly, so that the tracker receives "event=completed".
- If the tracker is down, do not stop seeding. As long as the tracker is back up before you exit the client the stats should update properly.
May I use any bittorrent client?
Yes. The tracker now updates the stats correctly for all bittorrent clients. However, we still recommend
that you avoid the following clients:
• BitTorrent++,
• Nova Torrent,
• TorrentStorm.
These clients do not report correctly to the tracker when canceling/finishing a torrent session.
If you use them then a few MB may not be counted towards
the stats near the end, and torrents may still be listed in your profile for some time after you have closed the client.
Also, clients in alpha or beta version should be avoided.
Why is a torrent I'm leeching/seeding listed several times in my profile?
If for some reason (e.g. pc crash, or frozen client) your client exits improperly and you restart it,
it will have a new peer_id, so it will show as a new torrent. The old one will never receive a "event=completed"
or "event=stopped" and will be listed until some tracker timeout. Just ignore it, it will eventually go away.
I've finished or cancelled a torrent. Why is it still listed in my profile?
Some clients, notably TorrentStorm and Nova Torrent, do not report properly to the tracker when canceling or finishing a torrent.
In that case the tracker will keep waiting for some message - and thus listing the torrent as seeding or leeching - until some
timeout occurs. Just ignore it, it will eventually go away.
Why do I sometimes see torrents I'm not leeching in my profile!?
When a torrent is first started, the tracker uses the IP to identify the user. Therefore the torrent will
become associated with the user who last accessed the site from that IP. If you share your IP in some
way (you are behind NAT/ICS, or using a proxy), and some of the persons you share it with are also users,
you may occasionally see their torrents listed in your profile. (If they start a torrent session from that
IP and you were the last one to visit the site the torrent will be associated with you). Note that now
torrents listed in your profile will always count towards your total stats.
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What are BT Share Ratios? - Top |
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How do ratios work?
Ratios are a simple but important part of your Booty Torrents account. When dealing with torrents, your ratio refers to the proportion of amount uploaded to amount downloaded. As a mathematical equation, your ratio equals the total amount you have uploaded divided by the total amount you have downloaded (ratio = up/down). For example, if you have uploaded 100 GB and downloaded 25 GB, your ratio = 100/25; or you have a 4.000 ratio.
A fair ratio to keep is 1.000. This means that you have uploaded the same amount as you have downloaded. When all users do this, it ensures: faster downloads by having more seeds per torrent, longer torrent lifespans, and protection from the autoban script. If your ratio is not kept up and it falls below 0.75, you risk being demoted to Muppet, and being disabled entirely thereafter if you don't increase your ratio back to acceptable levels.
So, what's MY ratio?
Your ratio is displayed in the upper-left corner of the Booty Torrents window, by your name.
It's important to distinguish between your overall ratio and the individual ratio on each torrent you may be seeding or leeching. The overall ratio takes into account the total uploaded and downloaded from your account since you joined the site. The individual ratio takes into account those values for each torrent.
You may see two symbols instead of a number:
"Inf." - which is just an abbreviation for Infinity, and means that you have downloaded 0 bytes while uploading a non-zero amount (ul/dl becomes infinity).
"---" - which means "non-available", and shows up for new members that haven't downloaded or uploaded any bytes at all (ul/dl = 0/0 which is an indeterminate amount).
How can I avoid a bad ratio?
Avoiding a bad ratio is easy. Once you finish downloading a torrent, leave it running in your bittorrent client so it will continue uploading (seed) to other peers. When you see that the individual ratio for that torrent has gone over 1.000 (which could take hours, days, or weeks - depending on the torrent), you can stop it if you wish. However, we encourage you to keep seeding past 1.000 to continue to build your ratio and continue sharing with others. By doing this, you will never have to worry about having your account disabled because of a bad ratio.
Often members will make the mistake of finding 15 torrents they want and then attempt to download them all at once. This is not a good idea unless you have an enormous amount of upstream bandwidth and have previously built up a large buffer in your ratio. For the average broadband user, it is recommended to leech no more than 3 torrents at a time. Once you've finished downloading these torrents and have seeded until you have passed a 1.000 ratio, then go pick up another torrent or two. It is easy for many broadband users to fall into the trap of being able to quickly download a lot of data, and then not being able to upload enough in time. Please be aware of this.
We know that not everyone has a speedy broadband connection. Adjust your downloading speed and/or the length of time that you seed your torrents accordingly before you download more, in order to maintain a good ratio. Accept the reality of this and play it smart. Following these guidelines will guarantee that your account will be around long enough to download all the material you want.
How can I improve my ratio?
Finding and seeding torrents which are under-seeded or without seeders can help you to get you some good upload credit, if you already have the content available for seeding. There are two easy ways to find torrents which are in need of seeds:
For a quick list, go to the HOME page and scroll down to the "Torrents Needing Seeds" list (this list has been temporarily removed). All of these torrents have no seeds at all, so if you help them out, all the stranded members on those torrents will be pulling from you giving your ratio a big boost.
For a complete list, go to the TORRENTS page and click the underlined title of the Seeders column, twice. This will sort all the active torrents on the system by the number of seeders, with torrents having no seeders being at the top of the list. You can browse through all un-seeded and under-seeded torrents from there. Torrents which are particularly needy may have a lot of downloaders waiting, but no seeds.
Remember, making a practice of seeding all torrents you download well past a 1.000 ratio as a rule will help enormously.
Seeding back part files or part mega packs
If you would like to boost your ratio by helping to seed a mega pack of files even if you don’t have all the files, or if you want to seed back part of a single file without downloading the whole thing but don’t know how to go about doing this … here’s how:
1. Check your file sizes against the sizes quoted for each episode … the sizes must match exactly or you don’t have the same file.
2. Create a folder entitled “Whatever the torrent name is” (without the quotes), and move your files meeting the size criteria into it.
3. Re-name the files EXACTLY as they are named in the list of files in the mega pack on the site – if there is the SLIGHTEST difference not only will your file not seed, but you will download the correctly named file all over again.
4. Download and open the small .torrent file from our site the same way you would if you were grabbing a new torrent … if you have ALL of the files, your client will check them and start seeding, and you will be shown as a seeder.
5. If you do NOT have all of the files, and don’t want to download the ones you’re missing, stop the torrent and go through and mark those files so they are not downloaded. Keep in mind that you will never show as a seeder if you’re not seeding ALL of the files.
Don’t forget you do NOT need to download an entire torrent, or even an scene within a torrent, in order to seed back whatever pieces you do have. You can easily grab as much or as little of ANY torrent or mega pack that you want, and then use your client to set the file or files to “do not download,” and then leave your client running and you will seed back whatever pieces you have, no matter how small. But be aware that if you do this, for so long as you have downloaded less than the entire torrent, you will be listed as a leecher, rather than a seeder.
This behavior often confuses new members who are trying to seed back partial mega packs, and there are several things to be aware of:
- in the torrent stats, you will be listed as one of the leechers, not a seeder
- in your own stats, you will be shown as downloading the torrent, not uploading it
- the larger site rips/mega packs that appear to have a lot of leechers are actually giving a false impression, as many of those leeches are actually partial-pack seeders, as described above. If you are seeding a multi-file torrent but not getting a lot of upload in spite of a high leecher count, this is probably what's happening.
There is lots of information about this issue is in the forums, so make sure you search through the Tutorials and Help forums to learn more about seeding back partial files and about the particulars of how your client can be used to set this up.
More ratio tips
The trick is NOT to try and fix a bad ratio... DON'T LET IT GET BAD IN THE FIRST PLACE!
If you are reading this because you have been warned for having a poor ratio then DONATE a few dollars NOW. This will give you time to fix your ratio.
Otherwise its likely you are too late and will lose your account forever. Do not ask for a time extension, you wont get it.
It seems that every day we get several PMs saying:
"I have been warned that my ratio is bad, I downloaded stuff but now there's like 100 seeds and no one is leeching from me. How can i fix my ratio in time?"
The main problem is usually that new members join the site and get carried away with downloading. There is so much good stuff here that during your membership's initial ratio grace period you can skew your ratio so much that its hard to fix quick enough.
So here are some tips, follow these and you wont have ratio problems:
• Use a Booty Torrents preferred client
• Start off small. Don't join and try to download 100GB of stuff. Think long term
• Try and run your torrent client 24x7. Limit bandwidth if need be during the working day.
• Think of seeding in terms of weeks and not in hours or days.
• Realize that if you join a torrent that already has 30 seeds you are likely not going to upload a lot as a seed yourself later. Seed fewer but more needed torrents, i.e., don't try to seed 10 different torrents at 1kb each. This is not efficient
• Get an RSS capable client if you are into 0-day releases. The sooner you are in the swarm the more chance you have of uploading a complete copy in a short period of time.
• Don't ignore your ratio during your grace period. Try and make sure that you maintain at least 0.5 from day one.
• Make sure that if you turn off your torrent client you stop the torrent first.
• Make yourself "Connectable." Get this one sorted out ASAP or you will likely not ever be able to keep a good ratio.
• Initial demand for a torrent is high and therefore there's a lot of early seeds. However, keep seeding for a month and you will find you get lots of upload credits as late users come on.
• Keep an eye on USENET. You will find you can pick up stuff there to upload here, or help seed here, which will help with your up/down ratio
• Unpacked scene releases are more popular in the long term. If a torrent is uploaded as RAR then you could download it, un-RAR it, and repost it as the raw AVI. On days like SciFi Friday this can be a MASSIVE ratio booster
• When a season is complete, package up ALL the single eps already upped and re-release them as a complete-season pack.
• Accept the fact that if you are only interested in 0-day releases you are NEVER going to be able to keep your ratio up.
• Join a sacrificial torrent (e.g. one that is popular in the long term) and get/seed that forever. This will make sure you always have something uploading.
• Donate for upload credits
• Look at the "Torrents needing seeds" list on the homepage (this list is currently unavailable). These torrents by definition have people waiting to download instantly. (Even consider going and finding these shows elsewhere to reseed here.)
And the best tip of all.... Upload new stuff!!!!!
• Please don't PM Moderators asking about ratio problems related to this.... There is no "magic bullet."
• Some members have contacted us to see if we could make exceptions due to ISP problems/throttling. It is the member's responsibility to make sure they maintain a 0.5 ratio regardless of any ISP problems. Exceptions to this would not be fair to the community.
A few words on Ratio etiquette
There is a lot of talk about having a 1:1 ratio and how long you should seed. This should help:
• Your ratio is a measure across all your torrents.
• Try to seed each torrent to at least 0.5 (REGARDLESS of how long this takes)
• If the torrent is busy then hang about until you reach 1:1 (or longer if you can)
• If you are seeding more than one torrent, but one has 100 seeds and the other has 1 seed, stop the one with 100 seeds and concentrate your bandwidth on the rarer one.
• Whenever possible don't remove torrents just stop them. Then if the number of seeds falls you can jump back in quickly to get some credits.
• DON'T LEAVE A SWARM that has a low seed to leech ratio until either:
o The swarm has lots of seeds and you can do more good seeding elsewhere
o You have reached 1:1
Leaving a swarm before this will classify you as a "Hit and Runner" and will kill both your ratio and your kudos level. Eventually we might start banning these types of users.
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Uploading - Top |
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Why can't I upload torrents?
Only specially authorized users (Uploaders) have permission to upload torrents.
What criteria must I meet before I can join the Uploader team?
You must be able to provide releases that:
• include a proper NFO,
• are genuine scene releases. If it's not on NFOrce then forget it! (except music).
• are not older than seven (7) days,
• have all files in original format (usually 14.3 MB RARs),
• you'll be able to seed, or make sure are well-seeded, for at least 24 hours.
• you should have atleast 2MBit upload bandwith.
If you think you can match these criteria do not hesitate to contact one of the administrators.
Remember! Write your application carefully! Be sure to include your UL speed and what kind of stuff you're planning to upload.
Only well written letters with serious intent will be considered.
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Downloading - Top |
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How do I use the files I've downloaded?
Check out this guide.
Downloaded a movie and don't know what CAM/TS/TC/SCR means?
Check out this guide.
Why did an active torrent suddenly disappear?
There may be three reasons for this:
(1) The torrent may have been out-of-sync with the site
rules.
(2) The uploader may have deleted it because it was a bad release.
A replacement will probably be uploaded to take its place.
(3) Torrents are automatically deleted after 28 days.
How do I resume a broken download or reseed something?
Open the .torrent file. When your client asks you for a location, choose the location of the existing file(s) and it will resume/reseed the torrent.
Why do my downloads sometimes stall at 99%?
The more pieces you have, the harder it becomes to find peers who have pieces you are missing. That is why downloads sometimes slow down or even stall when there are just a few percent remaining. Just be patient and you will, sooner or later, get the remaining pieces.
What are these "a piece has failed an hash check" messages?
Bittorrent clients check the data they receive for integrity. When a piece fails this check it is
automatically re-downloaded. Occasional hash fails are a common occurrence, and you shouldn't worry.
Some clients have an (advanced) option/preference to 'kick/ban clients that send you bad data' or
similar. It should be turned on, since it makes sure that if a peer repeatedly sends you pieces that
fail the hash check it will be ignored in the future.
The torrent is supposed to be 100MB. How come I downloaded 120MB?
See the hash fails topic. If your client receives bad data it will have to redownload it, therefore
the total downloaded may be larger than the torrent size. Make sure the "kick/ban" option is turned on
to minimize the extra downloads.
Why do I get a "Not authorized (xx h) - READ THE FAQ" error?
From the time that each new torrent is uploaded to the tracker, there is a period of time that
some users must wait before they can download it.
This delay in downloading will only affect users with a low ratio, and users with low upload amounts.
| Ratio below |
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48h |
| Ratio below |
0.65 |
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and/or upload below |
6.5GB |
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delay of |
24h |
| Ratio below |
0.80 |
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and/or upload below |
8.0GB |
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delay of |
12h |
| Ratio below |
0.95 |
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"And/or" means any or both. Your delay will be the largest one for which you meet at least one condition.
This applies to new users as well, so opening a new account will not help. Note also that this
works at tracker level, you will be able to grab the .torrent file itself at any time.
N.B. Due to some users exploiting the 'no-delay-for-seeders' policy we had to change it. The delay
now applies to both seeding and leeching. So if you are subject to a delay and get the files from
some other source you will not be able to seed them until the delay has elapsed.
Why do I get a "rejected by tracker - Port xxxx is blacklisted" error?
Your client is reporting to the tracker that it uses one of the default bittorrent ports
(6881-6889) or any other common p2p port for incoming connections.
This tracker does not allow clients to use ports commonly associated with p2p protocols.
The reason for this is that it is a common practice for ISPs to throttle those ports
(that is, limit the bandwidth, hence the speed).
The blocked ports list include, but is not neccessarily limited to, the following:
| Direct Connect |
411 - 413 |
| Kazaa |
1214 |
| eDonkey |
4662 |
| Gnutella |
6346 - 6347 |
| BitTorrent |
6881 - 6889 |
In order to use use our tracker you must configure your client to use
any port range that does not contain those ports (a range within the region 49152 through 65535 is preferable,
cf. IANA). Notice that some clients,
like Azureus 2.0.7.0 or higher, use a single port for all torrents, while most others use one port per open torrent. The size
of the range you choose should take this into account (typically less than 10 ports wide. There
is no benefit whatsoever in choosing a wide range, and there are possible security implications).
These ports are used for connections between peers, not client to tracker.
Therefore this change will not interfere with your ability to use other trackers (in fact it
should increase your speed with torrents from any tracker, not just ours). Your client
will also still be able to connect to peers that are using the standard ports.
If your client does not allow custom ports to be used, you will have to switch to one that does.
Do not ask us, or in the forums, which ports you should choose. The more random the choice is the harder
it will be for ISPs to catch on to us and start limiting speeds on the ports we use.
If we simply define another range ISPs will start throttling that range also.
Finally, remember to forward the chosen ports in your router and/or open them in your
firewall, should you have them.
What's this "IOError - [Errno13] Permission denied" error?
If you just want to fix it reboot your computer, it should solve the problem.
Otherwise read on.
IOError means Input-Output Error, and that is a file system error, not a tracker one.
It shows up when your client is for some reason unable to open the partially downloaded
torrent files. The most common cause is two instances of the client to be running
simultaneously:
the last time the client was closed it somehow didn't really close but kept running in the
background, and is therefore still
locking the files, making it impossible for the new instance to open them.
A more uncommon occurrence is a corrupted FAT. A crash may result in corruption
that makes the partially downloaded files unreadable, and the error ensues. Running
scandisk should solve the problem. (Note that this may happen only if you're running
Windows 9x - which only support FAT - or NT/2000/XP with FAT formatted hard drives.
NTFS is much more robust and should never permit this problem.)
What's this "TTL" in the browse page?
The torrent's Time To Live, in hours. It means the torrent will be deleted
from the tracker after that many hours have elapsed (yes, even if it is still active).
Note that this a maximum value, the torrent may be deleted at any time if it's inactive.
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Do not immediately jump on new torrents
The download speed mostly depends on the seeder-to-leecher ratio (SLR). Poor download speed is
mainly a problem with new and very popular torrents where the SLR is low.
(Proselytising sidenote: make sure you remember that you did not enjoy the low speed.
Seed so that others will not endure the same.)
There are a couple of things that you can try on your end to improve your speed:
In particular, do not do it if you have a slow connection. The best speeds will be found around the
half-life of a torrent, when the SLR will be at its highest. (The downside is that you will not be able to seed
so much. It's up to you to balance the pros and cons of this.)
Limit your upload speed
The upload speed affects the download speed in essentially two ways:
- Bittorrent peers tend to favour those other peers that upload to them. This means that if A and B
are leeching the same torrent and A is sending data to B at high speed then B will try to reciprocate.
So due to this effect high upload speeds lead to high download speeds.
- Due to the way TCP works, when A is downloading something from B it has to keep telling B that
it received the data sent to him. (These are called acknowledgements - ACKs -, a sort of "got it!" messages).
If A fails to do this then B will stop sending data and wait. If A is uploading at full speed there may be no
bandwidth left for the ACKs and they will be delayed. So due to this effect excessively high upload speeds lead
to low download speeds.
The full effect is a combination of the two. The upload should be kept as high as possible while allowing the
ACKs to get through without delay. A good thumb rule is keeping the upload at about 80% of the theoretical
upload speed. You will have to fine tune yours to find out what works best for you. (Remember that keeping the
upload high has the additional benefit of helping with your ratio.)
If you are running more than one instance of a client it is the overall upload speed that you must take into account.
Some clients (e.g. Azureus) limit global upload speed, others (e.g. Shad0w's) do it on a per torrent basis.
Know your client. The same applies if you are using your connection for anything else (e.g. browsing or ftp),
always think of the overall upload speed.
Limit the number of simultaneous connections
Some operating systems (like Windows 9x) do not deal well with a large number of connections, and may even crash.
Also some home routers (particularly when running NAT and/or firewall with stateful inspection services) tend to become
slow or crash when having to deal with too many connections. There are no fixed values for this, you may try 60 or 100
and experiment with the value. Note that these numbers are additive, if you have two instances of
a client running the numbers add up.
Limit the number of simultaneous uploads
Isn't this the same as above? No. Connections limit the number of peers your client is talking to and/or
downloading from. Uploads limit the number of peers your client is actually uploading to. The ideal number is
typically much lower than the number of connections, and highly dependent on your (physical) connection.
Just give it some time
As explained above peers favour other peers that upload to them. When you start leeching a new torrent you have
nothing to offer to other peers and they will tend to ignore you. This makes the starts slow, in particular if,
by change, the peers you are connected to include few or no seeders. The download speed should increase as soon
as you have some pieces to share.
Why is my browsing so slow while leeching?
Your download speed is always finite. If you are a peer in a fast torrent it will almost certainly saturate your
download bandwidth, and your browsing will suffer. At the moment there is no client that allows you to limit the
download speed, only the upload. You will have to use a third-party solution,
such as NetLimiter.
Browsing was used just as an example, the same would apply to gaming, IMing, etc...
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My ISP uses a transparent proxy. What should I do? - Top |
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What is a proxy?
Basically a middleman. When you are browsing a site through a proxy your requests are sent to the proxy and the proxy
forwards them to the site instead of you connecting directly to the site. There are several classifications
(the terminology is far from standard):
| Transparent |
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A transparent proxy is one that needs no configuration on the clients. It works by automatically redirecting all port 80 traffic to the proxy. (Sometimes used as synonymous for non-anonymous.) |
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| Anonymous |
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The proxy sends no client identification to the server. (HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR header is not sent; the server does not see your IP.) |
| Highly Anonymous |
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A transparent proxy may or may not be anonymous, and there are several levels of anonymity.
How do I find out if I'm behind a (transparent/anonymous) proxy?
Try ProxyJudge. It lists the HTTP headers that the server where it is running
received from you. The relevant ones are HTTP_CLIENT_IP, HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR and REMOTE_ADDR.
Why is my port listed as "---" even though I'm not NAT/Firewalled?
The tracker is quite smart at finding your real IP, but it does need the proxy to send the HTTP header
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR. If your ISP's proxy does not then what happens is that the tracker will interpret the proxy's IP
address as the client's IP address. So when you login and the tracker tries to connect to your client to see if you are
NAT/firewalled it will actually try to connect to the proxy on the port your client reports to be using for
incoming connections. Naturally the proxy will not be listening on that port, the connection will fail and the
tracker will think you are NAT/firewalled.
Can I bypass my ISP's proxy?
If your ISP only allows HTTP traffic through port 80 or blocks the usual proxy ports then you would need to use something
like socks and that is outside the scope of this FAQ.
Otherwise you may try the following:
- Choose any public non-anonymous proxy that does not use port 80
(e.g. from this,
this or
this list).
- Configure your computer to use that proxy. For Windows XP, do Start, Control Panel, Internet Options,
Connections, LAN Settings, Use a Proxy server, Advanced and type in the IP and port of your chosen
proxy. Or from Internet Explorer use Tools, Internet Options, ...
- (Facultative) Visit ProxyJudge. If you see an HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR in
the list followed by your IP then everything should be ok, otherwise choose another proxy and try again.
- Visit this site. Hopefully the tracker will now pickup your real IP (check your profile to make sure).
Notice that now you will be doing all your browsing through a public proxy, which are typically quite slow.
Communications between peers do not use port 80 so their speed will not be affected by this, and should be better than when
you were "unconnectable".
How do I make my bittorrent client use a proxy?
Just configure Windows XP as above. When you configure a proxy for Internet Explorer you're actually configuring a proxy for
all HTTP traffic (thank Microsoft and their "IE as part of the OS policy" ). On the other hand if you use another
browser (Opera/Mozilla/Firefox) and configure a proxy there you'll be configuring a proxy just for that browser. We don't
know of any BT client that allows a proxy to be specified explicitly.
Why can't I signup from behind a proxy?
It is our policy not to allow new accounts to be opened from behind a proxy.
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Why can't I connect? Is the site blocking me? - Top |
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Maybe my address is blacklisted?
The site blocks addresses listed in the (former) PeerGuardian
database, as well as addresses of banned users. This works at Apache/PHP level, it's just a script that
blocks logins from those addresses. It should not stop you from reaching the site. In particular
it does not block lower level protocols, you should be able to ping/traceroute the server even if your
address is blacklisted. If you cannot then the reason for the problem lies elsewhere.
If somehow your address is indeed blocked in the PG database do not contact us about it, it is not our
policy to open ad hoc exceptions. You should clear your IP with the database maintainers instead.
Your ISP blocks the site's address
(In first place, it's unlikely your ISP is doing so. DNS name resolution and/or network problems are the usual culprits.)
There's nothing we can do.
You should contact your ISP (or get a new one). Note that you can still visit the site via a proxy, follow the instructions
in the relevant section. In this case it doesn't matter if the proxy is anonymous or not, or which port it listens to.
Notice that you will always be listed as an "unconnectable" client because the tracker will be unable to
check that you're capable of accepting incoming connections.
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What if I can't find the answer to my problem here? - Top |
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You can try these:
Post in the Forums, by all means. You'll find they
are usually a friendly and helpful place,
provided you follow a few basic guidelines:
- Make sure your problem is not really in this FAQ. There's no point in posting just to be sent
back here.
- Before posting read the sticky topics (the ones at the top). Many times new information that
still hasn't been incorporated in the FAQ can be found there.
- Help us in helping you. Do not just say "it doesn't work!". Provide details so that we don't
have to guess or waste time asking. What client do you use? What's your OS? What's your network setup? What's the exact
error message you get, if any? What are the torrents you are having problems with? The more
you tell the easiest it will be for us, and the more probable your post will get a reply.
- And needless to say: be polite. Demanding help rarely works, asking for it usually does
the trick.
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