I sincerely hope that I haven't changed the nature of the forums for anyone by admitting that I'm a straight girl, I would feel so bad about that.
Don't feel bad. I was trying to say that after my initial shock, I am now interested by others like you, and the different perspective you will sometimes bring to topics. Case in point: the original conversation of this thread.
Keep posting, its like potato chips. Once you get started, its hard to stop! 
@ katyggls
Nice to have you on the forum/thread. Loved your articulate and even-handed post. You can probably tell from my posts that I like getting a little wordy, so I like that in others too. 
And I will have to admit to assuming too much when I look at forum posts. It honestly never occurred to me that anyone other than gay men would be using the site or the forum. Knowing that there are lesbians, straight gals, maybe even straight guys? on the forum makes it all more interesting, if a bit scarier. The assumption of gayness was what allowed me to open up in the forum, to "others like me." Probably why I came off a little mean in my first post to tamaochan, perceiving an invasion. I'll get over it, and the discussions will be better because of it.
I wonder how many others in the forum also make the "everyone here is gay" assumption? I wonder if it matters?
guys, i dont want to hate but… i'm cut and some uncut guys (not all of them) or repulsive... :-
but i'm glad u r all having fun with ur foreskins because that is the whole point right?
What is repulsive? The guys, or their uncut cocks?
There are plenty of ugly/repulsive guys in the world, with all kinds of cocks.
If its the uncut cocks (not all of them) you find repulsive, is that a hygiene thing? I can imagine that would be a turn off, but so would an unclean cut cock. Its not the cock, but the person who owns it.
i understand her interest in gay porn even though she is a lesbian… she is just a freak like everyboby on here (me included). like she said, we all have our taste and there is no reason to explain it, just take her as she is. BTW, i like straight porn and i'm a big ol queer... ;D
There is no "reason" to explain or discuss most everything on this forum. the great thing about us humans is we go beyond and are curious about the world. Maybe "reason" and "explain" are the wrong terms; too clinical, too much like a trial. I am just interested in what it is about gay porn that turns a lesbian on. Just saying "everything" and she's a "freak" like us all limits understanding, keeping us all on our separate little islands. Discussion builds bridges. ;D
And I like some straight porn too. It has hot GUYS in them. That is irrelevant to the situation in this thread. Do you like LESBIAN porn? that would be the parallel to her situation. And yes, I would wonder all these same things about a gay man liking lesbian porn.
I can understand why she got defensive from the responses in this thread.
I don't understand why she likes gay porn, but to each their own, I guess.
Well, I respect Raphjd's opinion, so I apologize to the lesbian for responding in a catty way.
Tamaochan, please note that he didn't understand your interest either. Maybe we agree to hug and then you take another attempt at helping us understand this interest that perplexes us so?
There are several reasons for this.
Most Americans are circumcised and wanted to see uncut guys.
The UK was basically out of bounds because high costs and it being illegal to show erections in gay porn prior to 1999. Look at a map of the UK and pretend the Ireland a guy's testicles and the UK is his penis. That was the most "erection" that was allowed in gay porn.
George Duroy {BelAmi} says that Eastern Europeans don't have the same sexual hang ups that western countries have. The UK, US and Canada are still extremely prudish when it comes to sex.
But there are plenty of other European countries that are uncut and aren't prudish (France, Spain, etc.) and yet so much porn is from Eastern Europe. Surely a big factor is economics? How many of those beautiful boys are gay-for-pay, bringing home good cash compared to selling tourist baubles?
And those guys seem younger, or younger-looking, then the actors in American porn. Not so large and muscled, more lanky and such. Am I imagining that, or just not watching the right American porn??
Although I admit, I do love the foreskins! ;D ;D ;D
I have seen it in vids, and man am I jealous! Unfortunately, I was born at a time in America when they chopped it off, no questions asked.
I never really knew what I was missing until I recently traveled to Europe, and had my first wonder'fore' experience with a hooded guy. No real docking, but some definite foreskin fun. ;D ;D ;D
First of all, I'm not bragging to get attention; YES I´M LESBIAN!!, Second I enjoy almost all kind of porn, gay, het, lesbian, bi, whatever you name…., I don´t have to be stuck to one kind of porn, "lesbian porn", I like it a lot but sometimes I want to watch anything else. So dont be so narrow minded (no offense), But your sexuality or sexual
iypreferences don´t determine the kind of porn you have to watch, a lot of girls, lesbian or not, enjoy gay porn, and I known that some gays also enjoy het porn, your taste for porn could differ of your sexual tastes…
It was an honest question that you should not be surprised at given your post in an open forum. I was/am honestly intrigued. You don't have to automatically get defensive and call me narrow-minded.
I understand that porn interest may not exactly sync up with sexual interest. There are some kinky things I download and watch that I have no desire to experience in person. But, usually there is some desire overlap. Straight girls watching gay porn; I get it, they like guys, they like cocks. Straight guys watching lesbian sex; I get it in the abstract, although it does nothing for me. Too many boobies and none of the nice dangly bits I like. Gay guys watching het porn; yeah, I do it occasionally, but I'm watching the guy.
so to answer the question, What I found exciting about gay porn, Well´EVERYTHING!!!, boy on boy action is definitely kind of turn on to eyes, also maybe because I´m a big pervert lesbo who happens to enjoy all kind of porn include gay porn….
Sorry… no problem, no destruction to be had. my "little vision" will continue to be intrigued by the world, and will continue to ask questions when things perplex me. ;D It is nice to see that when given a real chance to enlighten others (like me and the other posters here) you 'bravely' kicked verbal dirt instead. Another opportunity lost. 
do you really believe that everything you see and read in internet is true ?
No, I am not that naive. But on a closed forum like this, I tend to assume a certain degree of honesty. And with this post, I just didn't see any reason why the person would lie. They started the thread. Nothing to gain.
Still makes more sense as a lie, just sad that a newbie poster would do that.
I mean no offense, I am just curious…
What does a "lesbian girl" find so exciting about gay porn? As a gay man, I find the thought of girl-on-girl action to be a definite turn off. I would think the same would be true in reverse, no?
B. Lets now break the caveat and assume that UL seeds the beginning of the file to PS and the ending of the file to AJ. Both PS and AJ have the same download rate.
PS now has the choice of downloading from either UL or AJ or both.
AJ now has the choice of downloading from either UL or PS or both.If PS has a seeding rate of 1MB/s over AJs rate of 25 kb/s, then potentially AJ will have downloaded from PS for a 1MB/s / 100 kb/s = a 10:1 ratio from PS:UL, all other things being equal, by the end of the download.
PS will have downloaded from AJ for a 25 kb/s / 100 kb/s = a 1:4 ratio from AJ:UL.In this scenario, the bottom line very much depends on the download rate of PS, the ability of PS to acquire as much file data as possible in the quickest time possible, in order to realize the potential of his seeding rate.
In the GT real world, so long as there are leechers and enough of them, PS will eventually reach his seeding potential.
The conclusion would be that PS can add fairness to the AJs by reducing his downloading speed as well as by reducing his seeding speed.
Whew! Welcome to the thread.
I will leave it to others more knowledgeable about torrents to confirm the stuff in your post.
My own observation/question regarding all you wrote:
At the beginning of B you assumed that PS got the first half and AJ got the second half of the file from UL. Since they both are dependent on UL's speed, they get equal amounts. At that point, when each has half, PS and AJ each make choices about who to get the remaining half of file from. Then your 10:1 and 1:4 proportions apply. So reducing download speed becomes factor only once a full copy of the original file has been seeded. correct?
My client is set to run 10 torrents at a time, but often times the tracker reads the torrents in queued mode as active. Last night it listed me as having 129 torrents seeding, but only 10 were actually active.
Does that mean that people can get seeding bonus even thought they are not actually seeding, just paused/queued? sounds like a cheat in the system. Not accusing you, but some of those whiners out there with low ratios could cheat.
Am new to this discussion, have a ratio of 0.47.
The last couple of months I downloaded 4 or 5 of the older posted DVDS.
Kept them on seeding, but nobody wants em.
My ratio was slowly dropping.
Now I got a week to up my ratio, that is impossible which means I am forced to leave this site?
No, not forced to leave. Just won't be able to download, only upload. If you are downloading, stop, and just seed seed seed.
There are several threads in Support and the original Rationator thread that would be better for this line of question. This thread is about the other end of the ratio, power seeding.
It seems that many ppl including myself are made aware of changes either too late or not effectively enough. It' very clear from polls taken by the site itself that a great majority of ppl dont know what's going on.
Nix the green, I agree.
Your use of the passive voice here is telling. You "are made aware" instead of discovering for yourself, meaning it is someone else's obligation to inform you, not your obligation to stay informed. Just because a "great majority" are ignorant or mis-informed, it doesn't make them right. 47% of Americans believe that the earliest humans lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. American Association of Physics Teachers
Those of you who take the time to go through the forums may be aware of what's going on. For all you expert gaytorrent.ru users good you are well informed great! But there is a large number of ppl ( as ridiculous as it sounds). Yes there is a large number of ppl who dont know whats going on because their too lazy or tired to go searching through the hundreds of posts.
So people are lazy and tired, and so they ignore information, and that is the site's fault? ??? I think your statement is correct in it's observation, but that is sad, and should not be an excuse as you use it.
The thing to remember is that this is a mutual SHARING site, run by people volunteering their time, computers, and energy. You complaint seems like something better directed towards a pay site. If you pay, you expect a certain level of service and that they make it "easy on the customer." Here, you are NOT a customer! You are a member of a like-minded community, and therefore have certain obligations to the community about keeping informed on current issues, reading over the site, understanding how it all works, maintaining your ratio, etc. Just like you have to keep up with your local taxes, and know the issues when you vote in a physical community.
I have tried TorrentPrivacy and find that it slows the UL/DL rates way down, especially on private trackers like this site. Worked pretty well for music downloads from the likes of Pirate Bay. Still slower, but a price for safety. I don't know anything about Peer Guardian, and am interested. I'll have to surf the web and see about that.
Don't work with the bare minimum. get a minimum ratio of 2, and you will have plenty of room to "download and delete" if you don't like something.
I could bet that all staff have, at least, a ratio of 1, and the average is 4. Or something like that.
Please see new thread
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=4376.0;topicseen
for a post about if everyone having a ratio of 1.0 is even possible. But for those of us who are active on the site, I agree with the advice.
On a separate note;
I have been reading some of my posts on this and other threads, and notice I go on more than most. Am I writing too much? I don't know the etiquette in this, but I don't want to seem pushy or overbearing. I just enjoy the opportunity to discuss things I could not with the people around me. Please advise.
Perhaps the solution would be for the system to auto notify these power seeder a "reminder" to stop seeding when they have reach the ratio of 4+ while there are other 5 more people also seeding.
I like that. Is it possible? ???
Part of the issue there may be it is not just seeding that comes into play. I have noticed myself become a power-UL on some torrents while I am downloading. Usually this is with an initial seed running slow, or a torrent with only a few seeds and more leechers. That is what happened in my example #2 at the start of this thread. My upload speed wasn't great while initially seeding, and the torrent had a lot of leechers wanting it from the very start. Maybe the 14 and 9 ratios had no options?
If I slow my upload while downloading it slows my download because I seem stingy. Maybe there are settings I am too ignorant to adjust? I have become more aware of the problem, and if I am downloading a slow initial seed and my ratio starts to get high, I pause the DL, giving others a "turn at the hose" so to speak.
People seem to forget where the bandwith they download from originate from other members. The site ratio requirement is really just a minimum requirement. Ideally, we should be require to upload as much as we download. It's unrealistic to expect a small number of member to provide bandwidth for everyone else.
Please see new thread
http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=4376.0;topicseen
for a post about if that is even possible.
The old ratio was .35 and my ratio is .57. Not exactly "a little" above minimum. It's 63% more than the old minimum. The new minimum is 129% more than the old minimum. As much as everyone is attacking me, I was just trying to point out that previously I was sharing 63% more than was required, and that now, it's 50% less than the increase in the minimum. I have no problem sharing whatsoever. I just thought the jump from .35 to .8 was a little much all at once. So, I guess judge me all you want….
@ bearcubvet:
I am sorry, I don't want to sound like I am attacking. When I wrote that post, and the other one I referred to http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=2690.0 reply #148, I was only pointing out that it seemed like you were giving yourself too much credit. Looking at your numbers, It show the difference between total and relative thinking. I don't think most people would describe .57 as "way above" .35, although 63% more seems more pronounced. I sympathize with the general point; you were above what you were told you should be, and then you weren't. Still, given how much you downloaded, it would seem you would have tried to get your ratio higher, just from the general discussion of ratios and leechers on this forum and other web sources. See the rest of my earlier post in this thread, #8 above. And as was pointed out on Tom's main thread, http://forum.gaytorrent.ru/index.php?topic=2690.0, there was 5 months notice, plenty of time to adjust your DL/UL habits to ease your way up the ratio scale. I am just a user and so don't have access to your history during that time, but were you actively trying to get your ratio up, or just cruising along at around .57? If it is .57 now, then 5 months ago it would have been lower and you raised it to .57, which undercuts your "way above" line further; or it was alway around .57, meaning you didn't do anything in 5 months to change your ways. Neither scenario puts you in a good light, sorry.
Also, I am confused at your reference to .8 ratio. The graduated ratio requirements have a top ratio of .75, unless I am looking at the wrong list. Same for the "20 day" number, which I see listed as 14 days. Remember, that is only till suspension of your download privileges. You can still upload content, and can still seed things you have already downloaded. given that you downloaded a TB of stuff, surely there are things there that new people would want. You could help revitalize some old seeds. Go on the forum an get some feedback of what would get the most new leeches. Ask the mods and admins for help, diplomatically and without sounding whiny. Try to work your way out of the hole. I'll pretend to be naive and say maybe you didn't understand that you were taking more than you were giving, or that such a ratio was maybe wrong ethically, though still following the technical number rules. So now you know; man-up and fix the problem.
Generally, maybe the problem is all of the talk in the posts of what is "fair" and "unfair," which are highly subjective terms. Some think a ratio of at least 1.0 is "fair," which sounds right socially but may be impossible mathematically. Others think "fair" is taking into account users' upload speeds, which would make it progressive, like the tax code in most countries. But how to tell the difference between someone with a low top UL speed, and someone who has throttles a good speed down to appear slow and therefore lower their ratio requirement. Look at all the tax cheats, and GT.ru doesn't have an IRS (american reference). Myself, I like the graduated ratio system that has been implemented, because it allows new users to learn the ropes and maybe work through the first rush of "porn flood" the site allows. But any user who has downloaded several hundred GB of stuff has an obligation to understand the system better than many of the complainers seem to, and to come to terms with "fair" being a rising higher ratio.
Modification added:
@geekguy:
Also, I am confused at your reference to .8 ratio. The graduated ratio requirements have a top ratio of .75, unless I am looking at the wrong list. Same for the "20 day" number, which I see listed as 14 days.
Ok, that one is stupid on my part. I was looking at Rationator 1.0, not 2.0. You are right about the .8, although that has a 40 day warning period, not 20 days.
