I think this idea would solve the DUPLICATE problem

Frederick

Duplicates files can be annoying, especially with large files.
There are many reasons WHY this happens: by accident, file renamed; people trying to improve their ratio; etc.
Sometimes people will re-encode the video, stripping it of quality or bloating the size without improving the quality.

Without writing a book about this topic, I think the following idea would solve almost all the issues with duplicates and people posting things just to get their ratio fixed.

IDEA…
When a duplicate is detected, instead of zapping the duplicate which penalizes the person who uploaded the duplicate...
Have a message sent to the person who uploaded the duplicate WITH the link to the original post that contains the file they have duplicated.
That way, the new uploader who tried to send a duplicate would be able to simply download the "old" link, and be a SEEDER of that file. They would get the credit for seeding the movie, even though they didn't upload it originally.

VERY VERY VERY IMPORTANT!!! With Utorrent, when you open a torrent, it allows you to RENAME the file as it is seen on JUST YOUR computer. In that way, there could be a file called "Tempting Twinks - Part 1.mp4" already on the GTRU system, and while you have the same file named "Tempting Twinks 1.mp4" on your own computer, you can download and open the torrent from GTRU of "Tempting Twinks - Part 1" and when it opens with Utorrent, simply enter the name "Tempting Twinks 1.mp4" (in the download directory of Utorrent) and instead of downloading the file from the internet, Utorrent will just automatically re-check the online file with your existing file..
You won't lose points by downloading it, because you aren't downloading it. BUT you WILL get upload points by SEEDING it. (even though the name is different).

This would also eliminate the incentive for people to try and "trick" the system by modifying titles, and sizes, etc.

One additional suggestion..
It's very possible that nobody is seeding the original upload. Therefore, when someone does attempt a duplicate, and does what I mentioned above about using Utorrent to seed the old file, that should also result in that OLD file being bumped up to being "NEW" so that people have a chance to see it that may have missed it the first time. If they already downloaded it, it's the same OLD torrent, so as long as they didn't move their downloads, they won't get stuck downloading it again. Also, the system might remind the downloader if they have already downloaded that torrent.

MrMazda

There's a potential problem in that idea that I see. Not all duplicates are identical duplicates, and depending on the mod that flags them, not all mods will freeleech the duplicate torrent. In some cases, the original is not quite an identical copy, and the original is too new to be made freeleech. This can create some problems with this process.