Posts made by MrMazda

@junior:

I just wised some would realize that were just human and volunteering our free time on here.   We could be spending time with out loved ones instead.    I also wished they would realize that sometimes we take time off, so those duplicate reports may have to wait.

Good point… Not that we would need to do things like take more time in bed instead of in front of the computer as to be able to recover from crashing a car into a concrete pole at 60km/h... Not that I have been away for such things... :whistle: :whistle:

@junior:

I invite anyone who would like to spend their free time on this site to apply to be a moderator.

Thank you for adding that…. That would also be another great way for us to help speed things up. The logic behind that is that the more people we have putting in their little bit of time (at least) every day will directly affect the amount of time that approval tasks can get done.

From my many years of working on this site, I have never really seen a "good time" or "bad time" to upload material. One way or another, it seems to take off within 5 to 10 minutes of upload no matter what time you upload it at. There's usually some horny troll out there who will download what you're sharing somewhere in the world. That's the beauty of time zones.

So… The short answer to your question is the best time to upload a new torrent is anytime that you can seed it for long enough to get it out there fully.

You are correct… This feature has been disabled for all users except for some staff in order to protect the security and privacy of our users. If you wish, you can contact the uploader of the torrent and request a list from them. This can sometimes be arranged by contacting one of the staff.

@cannonmc:

There seems to be no pattern. Perhaps we should start a thread to report what gets removed so people don't go to the trouble of uploading only to see things disappear.

Meanwhile I hope you got some credit while it was up

I understand where you're coming from there, however this would require the voluntary participation of every member who has their torrent subjected to a DMCA process for privacy and security purposes. In all honesty, I highly doubt that we could accomplish this type of participation, as this is not something that we are able to implement into the system.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind our users (like rothko) that acts of flaming will not be tolerated. We understand that it may get frustrating having to wait, however when mods like myself sift through over 200 duplicate reports on some days and only have a very limited time, sometimes we all collectively cannot keep up for shorter periods due to a number of factors.

Please take this as a warning that flaming of the staff, such as screaming (ALL IN CAPS) are not permitted. Repeat offences of this nature can result in punishment up to and including being banned. Please refrain from this type of approach.

As has been mentioned in a few places now, the picture browse feature has returned.

Yes… Do not confuse downloading the .torrent file with downloading the contents of the torrent. The .torrent file is only the small file you need to make your torrent client (such as uTorrent) work with the tracker and its peers in which to share said content. You can find out how to go through the steps of adding the torrent to uTorrent by looking at our upload guide starting at step 4.

We are aware of the current issues with the tracker and are working to resolve them as quickly as is feasibly possible. The tracker itself isn't "down" exactly. It's just over-loaded with higher than anticipated network load levels, and as such, sometimes is not able to properly respond to all inquiries that are being made. The result is session time outs and HTTP 502 errors. I too know how frustrating this can be as I too am affected at times with this issue. Please be patient with us while we get things back up to "Go-Go Gadget" speeds.

I just thought I'd add that when a duplicate torrent is removed, it is removed differently than it is for other types of removal. It is pulled from the public view, but is kept active on the tracker until all active peers have finished downloading its content. Removing a torrent for a duplicate does not prevent anyone's successful completion of the download.

@metalbard:

Funny how I only started having this issue now.  I recently upgraded my computer to windows 8 and it is now always asking me to login every time, whereas before upgrading, I never had this issue!

I'm not sure how that is even possible given my knowledge of the way that the system is setup. That is strange indeed.

Normally we can at least see it in some aspects because the torrent has been moved to ModsOnly, but in this case, I'm not entirely sure as to what happened with this torrent. I've never seen anything like what I see on my end when I open the torrent information page.

We are currently experiencing higher than anticipated network load volumes across the tracker at this time. As the result, you may notice tracker time outs or HTTP 502 errors when trying to update with the tracker. To ensure you are properly credited for your upload/download totals, please be sure to leave your torrent client running so that any unreported traffic can be reported at the next update. This is an intermittent issue and is affecting a lot of our users. We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause.

We are still experiencing difficulties with the tracker, particularly higher than anticipated load volumes. As the result you may experience this error from time to time. In order to ensure that you are credited properly for your uploads and seeding, please ensure that you leave your torrent client running so that it can update your session totals upon the next successful update. We apologize for the inconvenience this will cause.

From the sounds of it, it sounds like you downloaded this file while connected directly from your internet connection, rather than the VPN. The VPN itself will tunnel absolutely ALL of your internet traffic through the VPN server so that your ISP cannot see what you are doing, and by the same token, to the internet, you will appear as being somewhere other than where you really are.

As for the server error 500, I'm not sure what to say to that, as you seem to be the only person to experience this issue.

Now as for the speeds, this does make sense as most ISP's will automatically throttle your connection speed once they detect any kind of P2P traffic passing through your connection. When you're connected to the VPN on the other hand, all your ISP will see is your connection to the VPN, without being able to tell anything more.

As for having been "found out", this is likely a case of a copyright troll started IP sniffing through the peers list and found your IP address associated with an active P2P connection while you were downloading the file. This can easily be skirted around through the use of a VPN as this will mask your IP address to the internet as being that of your VPN, rather than that of your ISP.

Also, be sure that you are reporting them correctly. The vast majority of duplicate cases that I decline are because the original torrent was reported as the duplicate, leaving the actual duplicate torrent being reported as the original. In such a case, there is no option but to decline the duplicate because the duplicate is not the original torrent.

We have been experiencing issues related to a hardware failure. The tracker should now be back up and running, without any issues. Sorry for the inconvenience. As for the website, please be patient while we continue to make a few upgrades. In the meantime, you may experience brief periods where neither the main website, nor the forum will work. This shouldn't last for much longer though.

We are experiencing tracker related issues due to a hardware failure. The problem should now be resolved and you should notice your torrents begin to pick up again.

Truvada (often referred to as PrEP) can be a very useful thing…. By the same token, it can also come with a hefty price. For example, when I was taking Truvada as a post-infection med, it made for a very "shitty" experience. To this day I still have not been able to shit quite right. If used properly, it can be rather effective, however I must forewarn that the "shitty" side-effect is among one of the most common, next to dry mouth.

From what I can see, the tracker isn't wrong. There are several torrents that you have not downloaded 100% of all of the files for them. When this happens, the problem you end up with is that until your torrent client can report that you have 100% of the torrent (not just 100% of the files you downloaded), you will be seen as leeching the torrent. It is only when you have downloaded 100% of ALL the files in the torrent that the tracker will acknowledge you as seeding the torrent. This is why you're running into this issue.