When are torrent file(s) counted as "snatched" ?

[larryng3]

I want to know to when torrent file or fileS are counted as "snatched ".

To make things a little easier to me to explain and be able to ask my question more clearly, I will be the "leecher" in all the different scenarios.

Also, all the torrent files that I will be leeching from will be other people's files.

Scenario #1 . If another uploader uploaded ONE torrent file, I know that I will have to "leech" that one file before I can be counted as having "snatched" the torrent file on the uploader's torrent.

Scenario # 2 If the uploader uploaded 3 files onto the uploader's torrent, how many of the uploader's files do I have to "leech" in order to be  counted as having "snatched" the uploader's torrent ?

Scenario # 3 Also, if the uploader uploads 3 files onto the uploaders torrent, and I'm the first person to leech one of those three  files, does the uploader get credit on the uploader's ratio  for all three files or just the one file that I was first to leech ?

[A Former User]

Snatched one time means that one person has grabbed a complete copy and is no longer a leecher but now has become a seeder if they continue to let it seed or run for others to also snatch (or grab).

You have to leech all of the available files of a torrent until you have all of it, for a complete snatch. You can choose to only grab (snatch) one file of a collection, but then you will still be in the "leeching" category since you do not have it all (doing so keeps open one of your download slots). In the meantime, you will be seeding the file or portions you already have, if someone else is leeching from you.

The uploader gets ratio credit for everything they actually seed (share or upload); often it will be more than one complete copy as not all leechers can connect to each other. It does not matter who is the first leecher, other than being the first can give you more seeding opportunity for a better ratio. If the uploader put three files in a torrent, but only one leecher showed up and took only one file, the uploader will get credit for only that one file, because that is all they seeded or shared.