Everyone chillax a bit. 
It looks like the backend is having some issues tonight. I'm sure it will all be back up and running within a few hours, if not sooner.
You can check your connection to the backend with this link: https://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/stmdd/ Once you get a good response from that you should find things start working again.
God, I couldn't agree more!
There's a series of uploads on here titled <country> Twinks and Amateurs <month>" and it drives me up the wall. There are occasionally some OK files in them, but whoever is putting them together is padding them with several GBs of "Extras" which are normally just poor quality rips of full films already on the site.
It's not an isolated case either. I downloaded an OF rip that contained multiple duplicates and endless 3-second long clips of someone brushing their teeth.
I loved this site a few years ago, but the overall standard of uploads is becoming shocking. People reupload huge collections of files, perhaps adding a couple of pictures just to change the overall size of the download and it gets accepted. Proper titles, descriptions and pictures are a thing of the past, and the system actively encourage people to upload fake pics to other people's torrents with the promise of extra seedpoints.
There's good stuff here, and I don't have any intention of turning my back on the site, but I wish somebody could find a way of actively improving things, because I can guarantee I'll never donate while things remain the way they are.
How many times are you going to post about this crap. This is the third or fourth thread you've started to voice your resentment of being "lumped in" with trans people. Nobody is lumping you in with trans people. The trans people had a meeting and they don't want you. Get over your own bigotry and/or insecurities, live your own damn life and shut up about it because we don't care!!!
@rashoo I think we might need just a little bit more information....
@lololulu19 said in DMCA strikes and the 90-day suspension:
Uploading porn does not violate copyright law since porn cannot be copyrighted because it is considered obscene.
Repeating this ad nauseum does little to change anyone's mind. As I've pointed out on several occasions in the past you seem to be under the impression that something you've read online somewhere applies globally. Even if porn couldn't be copyrighted wherever you are, that does not mean that anything in other parts of the world.
@john32123666 When someone has read the rules and simply forgotten something I can forgive that. When someone hasn't read the rules thoroughly enough to know them properly, I can sort of forgive that. (There are quite a lot of them and it's not an easy read..)
But when someone clearly knows the rules and chooses to ignore them then they're just asking for it. Any torrent site is only as good as its uploads, and it seems to be worse now than it was a few years ago. People are getting lazy, and have no interest in quality uploads. They just want the ratio.
Let's hope that the mods have "explained" the rules to him.
@lololulu19 said in Straight or Gay?:
who is exclusively a bottom for females pegging him
I genuinely can't believe I have to explain this, but what people do or don't do on camera for money does not necessarily reflect their personal preferences or sexual orientation.
From the sheer number of posts you've made along these lines I don't think it's unreasonable to suspect that you have may have fantasies that lean deep into "straight buy does gay stuff" territory. If so there's nothing wrong with that, but I don't think you really need us to validate that fantasy for you. Believe whatever you want to believe about porn actors, because at the end of the day all of it is really just fantasy. That's the whole point of it. I think you're overthinking it. Imagine someone is straight or gay if you like and just enjoy it for what it is, a performance.
@lololulu19 said in DMCA strikes and the 90-day suspension:
To the people who actually believe that gay porn has legitimate copyrights, I suggest you leave this site..
Thank you. Your suggestion has been considered and thrown in the bin. The reciprocal of your idea also applies if you feel like taking that option.
@lololulu19 said in DMCA strikes and the 90-day suspension:
At the entrances to shops that sell porn, they have signs up saying that there is no admittance for anybody who is a member of law enforcement.
Gotta say, I've never seen that in the UK. Or Amsterdam. Or Prague. Or Spain. Or Germany. Guess they'd better all close up shop in case Buford T Justice happens to drive past while he's chasing The Bandit. 
As has been said many times before, this site is not a democracy. The site owner gets to decide what happens on here. If they choose to comply with DMCA, most likely having sought legal guidance on the issue from a professional and not someone with a tinfoil hat on, then that is up to them.
We, the members, do not own the site. We are not responsible for it. The site goes to great lengths to protect its members' anonymity. The owners do not have that protection, so they can do what they like as far as I'm concerned.
As I said, even if there is some bizarre law or statute wherever you are, that has limitations. Porn can be and is copyrighted in many countries, and that copyright is applied to all signatories of the Berne Convention, including the US.
A (fairly long!) article on porn copyright on Lexology reads:
"Similarly, a French court[28] recently held[29] that copyright will not be denied to pornographic work only because of its genre and that the choices governing the design can be considered as original for copyright purposes. In the Australian case Venus Adult Shops,[30] dealing with copyright infringement of pornographic films, the Federal Court held that there is no statutory basis in the Copyright Act 1968 to refuse copyright on the grounds of content or offensive subject-matter of the work in question."
Regarding the UK it goes on to state:
"It is therefore reasserted that copyright law should acknowledge automatic and content-neutral creation of copyright for all works satisfying the legal requirements of copyrightability, including those at the verge of illegality (such as pornography), since the societal value judgments, including morality and public interest, are constantly developing in time and space; and that correspondingly, copyright should serve its "expressive value for society"[39] by promoting free expression or challenging these value judgments."
Now please do tell us all how your US-centric ideas trump the laws of other countries.
Not here for a fight, but just want to point out that "this will happen eventually if we don't change by 2023" means something very different to "this will happen in 2023" Reading the post properly shows that she said we had 5 years to change course, not that we will all die in fire and brimstone in 5 years. The article even says "an article predicting humans would go extinct by 2023" which any rational person would realise is different to what she was saying. Lazy journalism trying to sensationalise something by misinterpreting it.
FWIW, I don't think anybody has any real clue as to when the planet will (or did) reach the tipping point.
In all seriousness, how valuable is your time?
I can sift through an entire day's worth of uploads to the site in about 5 minutes, and when I do I'm able to filter stuff out things I don't want pretty easily without needing to have my hand held. Are we to also add categories for JFF, Cam4, F4F....?
If a torrent is well-presented with a good description and pics you know what you're getting yourself into. The ones that aren't well-presented I don't download. As you've said yourself in previous posts, OF content is by-and-large utter rubbish. You pays yer money, you takes yer chances. Except here it's all free. All you need to do is take a few seconds to decide if something is worth downloading. If you don't have time to do that then you can't possibly have time to watch any of it.
@MrMazda I'm going to take a moment to thank you and all the other people that give your time and energy to moderate these forums, and to apologise to you all for what I'm about to say as I suspect it's going to be worthy of a ban, but this has been a long time coming and I really do feel it needs to be said....
@lololulu19 You are a gay man, correct? I am also a gay man. Here's my opinion: I RESENT BEING LUMPED IN WITH YOU! The amount of utter bullshit you spout in these forums seeking attention is unbelievable. Let's just break down your last reply to this thread:
How does having a trans category "lump you in" with anyone?
You get pissed off over gays and lesbians standing together? Go and stand by yourself then! You do know what a coalition is, don't you? Why didn't you go and form your own group? Why didn't you go off and just be honest and say to everyone else "I'm going to gather people together to look after my interests and mine alone and fuck everyone else because as long as I'm ok that's all that matters!" Let's expand the boundaries a bit: Do you give 2 shits about gay people who are persecuted and even killed in other countries, or is that unimportant because YOU have little in common with them?
"I resent being lumped in with lesbians, diaper "babies", pedophiles, necrophiliacs, scat people, sado-masochists, people being hurt or humiliated, etc" Who in the name of all holy fuck are you convinced is lumping you in with any of these? Granted, I'll give you the "humiliated" one because you publicly humiliate yourself with almost every delusional word you write here. Who are these people in your life that make you feel so uncomfortable, and why are they still in your life? Are you really so paranoid and scared? Even if it's not paranoia and random people are judging you that way, why don't you do something about it and go form a group to... Oh wait, we covered that already!
"I suppose the real issue is I don't like being regarded as being a fetish - as if I am mentally ill or whatever." Again, by who? Do you even know what a fetish is? I mean, if somebody does get gratification from someone presenting as mentally ill then I'd say they're onto a winner with you. In all honestly though, how many people have made advances towards you and said anything along the lines of "You seem deranged and unstable. Fancy a shag?"
"If anybody is mentally ill, it is straight people who produce children that they cannot raise themselves, can't support financially, can't provide a happy life or a future, and leave them to rot in an already overpopulated world that is on the brink of a nuclear war." I just...I... but... I genuinely can't work out where to even start with this bullshit. The very first thing that springs to mind I won't say because it dives in to political territory and I don't want to open up that can of worms and send this thread off onto a tangent.
I do my best to refrain from commenting on most of your posts because my first reaction is usually to be a snarky bastard and I don't want to look like I'm targeting you unfairly, but sometimes you come out with something that really deserves to be challenged. I really do think you're an attention-seeking troll when I read threads like this.
Most of the time when you do comment on other threads it has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand. I remember one thread where someone was asking about a problem with their username, and you helpfully chimed in with a picture you claimed to have taken of Tom Cruise's condo building, harping on about a helipad on the roof. It feels like you've claimed to personally know more A-list celebrities than Jay Leno, and about as many top-ranked porn stars. Then there are all the posts where this happened or that happened. The first thing that comes into my head when I see them is "This one time, at Band Camp...." If your life is that interesting then why are you wasting it telling us all about it?
Most of the time when you bring up your eloquent "lumped in" feelings you'll create a new post and then just leave it hanging there like an eggy fart in a spacesuit, never returning to defend what you've said when everyone leaving comments disagrees. You just ignore it all, wait a few weeks and then create a new thread doing it all over again.
Then add in all the other recurring themes in your posts:
This site should only have uploads that I personally like. I don't want straight, trans, bisexual or anything else to be available for anyone as it doesn't interest me.
All men must undergo mandatory training on how to have anal sex and use anal sex toys
To pay for college tuition men must either join the military or be forced into making gay porn for 4 years. (As I pointed out in another thread, this is specifically gay porn, regardless of orientation.)
There's more, but what's the point in mentioning it because you won't care. You're selfish, insular, lack empathy and appear to have no respect for anyone or anything that doesn't get you off.
You feel like you're being lumped in with other groups unfairly? The gays here aren't the ones doing it, so go forth into the streets and take your arguments to the people who apparently are. Just remember that while others might even fight the same fight, you'll be fighting on your own, because apparently most other people aren't worthy of being seen with you. Personally, if I'm excluded I'll wear it proudly as a badge of honour.
@jokuihmemies said in Bolt Jr v Dr Brock and Commander Storm v Cadet Nebulime:
@john32123666 btw is that iafd site up to date? koz theres no info of videos of him being in herohunks
Not in the slightest. I submitted some corrections for Ander Wolfson 6 months ago an they haven't been added to his page yet.
@lololulu19 First paragraph, fine.
Second one, I'm going to disagree a bit. For starters, you seem to have misunderstood/mislabelled the groups you are talking about.
"INTERSEX - An adjective used to describe a person with one or more innate sex characteristics, including genitals, internal reproductive organs, and chromosomes, that fall outside of traditional conceptions of male or female bodies. Do not confuse having an intersex trait with being transgender. Intersex people are assigned a sex at birth — either male or female — and that decision by medical providers and parents may not match the gender identity of the child. Not all intersex folks identify as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
TRANSGENDER - An umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. People under the transgender umbrella may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms— including transgender or nonbinary. Some transgender people are prescribed hormones by their doctors to bring their bodies into alignment with their gender identity. Some undergo surgery as well. But not all transgender people can or will take those steps, and a transgender identity is not dependent upon physical appearance or medical procedures."
I think transgender transvestites are simply dressing in a way that makes them feel comfortable in themselves. Some may wish to actually transition, but have reasons holding them back. I'm sure there are many who see transvestism as a kind of fetish too, but you don't seem to suggest you have any issues with people who like wearing leather, rubber or other such things.
Third paragraph, I'd refer you back to my take on paragraph 2, though I'd like to expand on one thing. The tone of your post seems to suggest that you are talking specifically about men trying to appear to be women. What is your take on women who dress like men? I mean, trousers have historically been a male garment, but women wear jeans all the time. What about women who wear boots rather than heels? Women with boyish haircuts? Women who wear chest-binders? I think you can see where I'm going with this.
Now then, the fourth paragraph...
@lololulu19 said in Gay Lesbian Bi vs. Trans:
What I resent is having transvestites lumped in with homosexuals. That is insulting. What's next? lumping pedophiles, necrophiliacs, and people who practice bestiality in with homosexuals?
Sorry, but any way you look at it that's bigotry. "Resent?" "Lumped in?" So a gay man who cross-dresses is a lesser part of our community than another gay man who doesn't? The fight for acceptance has been going on for decades. Gay Pride became simply Pride, and has encompassed gays, lesbians, transgender, bisexuals.... but you want to tell transvestites that you resent them being a part of our community and you're insulted by a perceived affiliation with them? Acceptance needs to go both ways, or would you prefer that we wind back the clock just a little bit so it's just us gays and the rest can go and fend for themselves?
As for the reference to paedophiles and the rest, I think you'll find that they are all criminal pretty much everywhere. Transvestites, at least in most forward-thinking countries, are not.
You asked for opinions on this and that's mine. You are of course free to have your own, but I'm going to say that while I personally find many of your posts floating somewhere between amusing and cringe-worthy this one has left me utterly fucking livid, and I'm holding back on what I'd happily say to someone's face if they were stood in front of me with that attitude. I think you need to go and reflect on who's lumping people into groups.
I could say a lot more, but don't have the time right now.
@john32123666 said in Using Thumbnail maker for large torrents:
A 4x3 = 12 or 4x3 = 16 [images] in row/column is acceptable ...
My old maths teacher would like to have a word with you... hehe
@lololulu19 said in Can a ratio be too high?:
Personally, I wish people would refrain from posting anything that involves pain, simulated deaths, vaginas, scat, ancient porn, and porn featuring what I consider to be unattractive people. Also, I'm not fond of most solo stuff NOR orgies of more than 4 people.. nor videos with digitized genetalia nor videos where you never see a face.
Uhhhhhhh....... 
@lololulu19 said in My position on torrenting gay porn.:
For starters, gay porn is considered to be obscene, and nothing obscene can be copyrighted, so forget about DMCA.
Already discussed. At great length. Many times. Shown to be delusional and factually incorrect. Why do you keep ranting about this?
@navyblue1632 Have you looked at the technical forums recently?
https://community.gaytorrent.ru/category/49/non-gt-ru-technical-stuff
Please don't take this the wrong way, but it does rather feel like this question comes up very frequently in multiple threads when there are already ongoing discussions. You'll probably get better information by adding to those threads and reading what's there.
@vasco25-0 It's very simple. Take your existing .torrent files and open them in the working client. As long as you've set it up to use the same folders as the non-working one it should perform a re-check on the new torrents to determine what you've already downloaded and just continue them.