Does Empire of the Sun have enough a gay theme that it could be uploaded here? I have a .mp4 copy of it, but I haven't watched it. If it doesn't qualify for Gtor.rent, I can host it on a dropbox site for a while.
My favourite movie: Much less cerebral: Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
@tiatbdna4 That sounds like a great idea for new torrents. Sometimes, though, I like to freeleech an old torrent rotting in the system with myself as the only seeder. I did that just this afternoon with an "oldie but goodie" that I though more people would like to have...and about 20 people have downloaded it today. But my ratio on that torrent was about 10, so would a seedbox prevent me from sharing it with new downloaders? I don't need the upload credit, but I'd like to be able to upload it to a few other users before I drop off the system.
I apologise if this is a dumb question, but I don't know much about seed boxes.
@ianfontinell-0 said in I've destroyed my ratio:
you can still contribute to other peers with the pieces you have.
...and this is an excellent way of getting a lot of upload traffic. For example, I downloaded about 1% of a 30 GB torrent a couple of weeks ago, and my ratio on that torrent alone is now over 39. I should probably archive or delete that one so that others can get upload traffic from it.
I think the title of this thread is spot-on: Francis' pastoral style was about opening doors, and allowing fresh air and light to come in. His views on LGBTQ and women's issues were quite progressive, but he was not a Vatican bureaucrat who would write rules and declare teachings in accord with his views. At best, his viiew was "crawl before you walk before you run," which is wise strategy with a large institution.
I'd like to think that his unfortunate comments about seminarians were the product of a bad day. He seems to have had no animosity against LGBT people, shown perhaps most clearly by his visit to the US some years back, where he had a private dinner with a former (male) student of his and the student's husband. This was the only private dinner on that trip, and such dinners are rare on all papal trips.
He was a pastor, not a politician, and only time will tell how much long-term influence he will have on the church. I never met him, but I think he and I would have gotten along quite well.
For full disclosure, I am an active member within the Anglican Communion, whether it be the Anglican Church of Canada, the Church of England, or the Episcopal Church in the US, depending on where I'm working or teaching. That siad, I hold the Roman Catolic Church in high regard, and I share in mourning of Catholics around the world.
@frostygrin said in upload ratio help:
But there's also the limit for simultaneous "leeching" - and it's a lot more restrictive. Even the best case scenario is 15 torrents at the same time
I don't think this is how it works. Right now, the search page shows that I'm leeching 38 torrents...although they are all torrents where I've chosen to download only some of the files, so the system counts me as still leeching because I haven't downloaded all of the material. I don't know if there's an upper limit on how many torrents can be in "leeching status," but if there is, it's greater than 38.
@frostycab makes a good point about striving for a high ratio for its own sake. I confess that did this for a while, after losing a hard drive of material and wanting to have enough buffer available to re-download material in case that happened again. My ratio has continued to climb since then, not because I want it to, but because I have a lot of material seeding and I leave my torrenting computer on 24/7. I should probably set some limits in my client to prevent too much "ratio overload," in order to allow other users more opportunity to upload.
I can't address some of the more technical aspects of settings and such, but one technique that works quite well is to find a torrent with many files (freeleech or not) and then just select a few of them for download--perhaps 10% of the total volume). Those will often download quickly, and then as other users are clawing at the system to get the whole content, many will be directed to me for the 10% that I have.. This works best when there are only a few seeders vs. many leechers, such as in a newly uploaded (or newly freeleeched) torrent.
It's not unusual to get, over time, a ratio of 30-50 for such a torrent, which I keep seeding even if I'm not interested in the content. For example, as I type this, there's a newly uploaded torrent called "Tom fucks a nerd," that has only one seeder (likely the uploader) and so far three leechers (likely to be more soon). There are 296 files in this torrent, and if I set my client to get just 30 of them, my ratio on that torrent will be huge within a few days.
The only potential drawback to this approach is that the system will count this torrent against your "maximum number of simultaneous downloads" limit since you haven't downloaded all of the material. If that's an issue in your case, you can delete the torrent from your system after a couple of weeks after bumping up your ratio,
@bribriny David Tennant was my favourite; Matt Smith comes in second. After that, I think the franchise made a race for bottom. I haven't watched the more recent versions.
There's a touching farewell to the tenth doctor (Tennant) at his regeneration on YouTube at
Youtube Video
deleted by user...I hit the wrong button
@bear1989 I appreciate your question--I wish more people provided thumbnails with a multi-file torrent. I use Auto Movie Thumbnailer https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Others/AMT-Auto-Movie-Thumbnailer.shtml
@raphjd OK...thanks; message received and understood. Downloaders who want the soundtrack can search Amazon or eBay on their own.
I'd like to upload a "themed film," which I can do either as raw DVD files or ripped to a high-quality .mp4. The musical soundtrack from this film is superb, and I have a separate CD of that music. I think people would enjoy having that, too.
But, uploading rule #7 says that sharing, "Music, Music Videos, Video Games (e.g. PSP/XBOX) and Commercial Applications is prohibited." Is it OK to include the ripped soundtrack music in a folder with the film? The music is already in the film, so it's not really additional content.
Thoughts anyone?
@frostycab Thanks very much. I use uTorrent, which probably has similar functionality if I fiddle with the settings. If you hear a loud explosion in the next few hours, you'll know I did something wrong.
@ianfontinell-0 Thanks very much for the explanation! I had assumed that IP addresses were unique to each subscriber, but I can see some logic to this "party line" approach.
Two questions:
Again, thank you.
@Lumithin My pleasure...and yours, too, I suspect.
Follow-up: I see that the first, second, and last of the torrents listed by the OP have been freeleeched, and that there are now many seeders and many leechers--so the "freeleech to get more seeders and quicker download" approach does indeed work. I learn something new every day.
To further test the theory, I've used seed points to make the following two torrents freeleech, and I've also downloaded the torrent files to my client so I can see their progress:
https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=cd73736afff33242ec6b30a5f5a924a9dd64f7b8ce61669d
https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=e9c1a3348bf127b5ec6b30a5f5a924a91eac9e5064ba6a6e
They both appear to be downloading furiously, at about 2 MB/sec.
@ianfontinell-0 said in Freeleech request, please:
having a torrent become freeleech WILL make it more available....
My logic was that "more available" means "more seeders," and that the best way to get more seeders is to do a re-seed request.
You mentioned an interesting point with
peers cannot always contact one another for several reasons like NAT issues, and if there are only one or two seeders, the chances of your client being able to connect to them is reduced. you can both stay active for days and never connect to each other.
I don't fully understand this, although given that this is the case, more leechers (encouraged by a free-leech) would increase the likelihood that one could connect. I shall have to study "NAT issues" in my copious spare time 
@Lumithin Having a torrent become freeleech won't make it more available to you for downloading. You'll need to have more seeders for them, and the best, if not only way to get that, is to use the re-seed button. If you've clicked that button and haven't harvested any new seeders, then all you can hope for is to download from the remaining seeder. I don't have any of those selections myself, or I would happily reseed them for you.
On a related note, be judicious in how many times you click "re-seed" for a given torrent. Doing so creates a PM for anyone who has downloaded the torrent file (but not necessary all of the torrent content), and I know that when I open my message page and see multiple requests for re-seeding the same torrent spaced a few minutes from each other can be a bit bothersome.
Also, I note that several of those torrents were originally uploaded five to seven years ago. It's likely that many who downloaded the material have either left the site of deleted the material, and thus would be able to re-seed the material.
But don't be discouraged; you might try some other torrent sites to see if they have this stuff. I do hope you find what you're looking for--some of these lads are indeed handsome, although I tend not to download fan-site material.
@ianfontinell-0 said in RE-SEED REQUEST (BUTTON) ABUSEā¦ FINALLY EXPLAINED! OUR GUIDELINES::
you get a system pm any time there is a new comment in any torrent you have previously commented on
Indeed so, as does the original uploader. But these are the only people who will be notified of a new comment. As this thread reminds us, it's much more productive to use the reseed button. I'm not sure how we educate users on this.
@leeniedo The plethora of comments asking for re-seeding on that torrent is pointless, since they will only be flagged to the original uploader. Perhaps there's a way to educate users that the only people notified of comments on a torrent page are the uploader and anyone else who has previously commented (which in the case of the torrent you cite, is nobody). While it's possible that someone might randomly see those comments, I don't think people who have downloaded a torrent will revisit the torrent page.
Also, I note that nobody is shown as seeding that torrent. If I request a reseed, I always download the torrent and let it sit in my client in case someone, perhaps only briefly, chooses to reseed it.
@cp2000 I hope what I write here isn't a "therapy session," as @ianfontinell-0 puts it...
Thank you for sending the links to the torrents. I downloaded some of the material, and it's pleasant to view. But to the greater point of "straight" guys having "gay" sex, and enjoying it, we need to make some distinctions. (Note, though, that the guy on the torrent page was never seen to engage in any gay sex, even if he showed his hole.)
Categories like "straight," "bi," or "gay" are difficult to define, but they're about who people are attracted to, who they form deepest relationships with, etc. It's something of the mind.
Actions like "gay sex, [and let's assume that it's two men] are just that--activities. They don't necessarily reflect someone's orientation. Many of the models/actors whose films appear on this site are in fact straight guys, some married with kids, but they can enjoy a good blowjob, fucking a tight, slippery hole, or having a prostate orgasm. They especially enjoy being paid for doing this stuff. It doesn't mean that they're gay.
You mention the possibility of generational differences: I think you're asking if "straight guys having sex with another man" is limited to "millennials." I don't know of any studies on this, but I think the answer is no. Rather, I think guys who want to experiment or play are more likely to do so within their own generation, as that's who they can best relate to, and they probably have most of their friends in their same generation.
Thanks for raising an interesting topic.