Can I download two torrents at the same time?
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What will be affected if I do this?
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Yes, you can.
You really are only limited by your total bandwidth. But you need to increase your ratio here to download from gt.ru
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You could download thousands of torrents at the same time, if you have the permission. ^^
Please have a look at your profile page, where you will see "Permissions". Your restrictions are defined there, depending on your very own account - details.
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I think this needs to be explained in more depth. The Rules here, which are enforced by the system regulated the download of two different things:
1/ The number of torrents loaded into the torrent client programme downloading at the same time the files in the torrents file lists.
This is is controlled by the tracker and if there are too many, there will be a failure message visible in the torrent client programme.
How many are allowed, is described by the "Downloading Rules" and it depends on member status (Member, Power User, Donor), share ratio and upload amount. https://www.gaytorrent.ru/rules.php#96
That exists since years untouched and is for private trackers a rather common regulation principle. The target is to give an incentive for good sharing.
2/ The number of .torrent files which can be downloaded from the site in a gliding 24 hours window
This is controlled by the web site and you will see messages when trying to get a torrent when you are near your limit or have reached it. That is to what Speedmaster8 refers. The calculation is explained on the "Rationator" page https://www.gaytorrent.ru/rationator.php and the personal result is displayed on your Profile page.
This is specific to GayTorrent.ru since about a year. The idea behind is to block "hit and runners" (it was introduced with open a signup period) and give an incentive to upload own new torrents and good sharing beyond the required minimum.
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Just in passing - the original poster didn't ask if he could download two torrents from THIS site, just if he could download two torrents simultaneously
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Right remark. So the answer is yes, that is possible and the bandwidth part of your answer is right too.
In case both are well seeded, the download bandwidth will be split in a way where it is difficult to make any prediction in how, but it will take longer to get a full copy of both. I mean with that, that if one is downloaded after the other, a complete copy of the first is obtained earlier. The complete copy should be obtained at a very similar delay.
In case both are badly seeded, so the seeding is much below the available download bandwidth, it should not effect the delay to get any of the too files. With that i mean the first file will be obtained at the same time than if it would be downloaded alone.
So these two case (many inbetween exists), just show that no general prediction of the effect is possible.
What can be said more general is regarding the back uploading: If there are other downloader, the backupload while downloading should be smaller, because the way the bit torrent protocol works, it prefers downloads from seeds with high free upload bandwidth and the upload bandwidth will be split between both, so others are more likely to more often have free bandwidth when ask to seed.
The effect can be extreme when one of the two torrents is from a public tracker (ratio free by definition like The Pirate Bay) or a ratio free private tracker. Typically those have less seeding peers per downloading peers, so the torrent client will prefer to serve that torrent's downloading peers over another from a private tracker with ratio requirements (like GayTorrent.ru) having usually more seeding peers.
Again this is still difficult to predict because it will depend on the peers in the swarm of both torrents. So above is only a "tendency"