Posts made by NF16

@fabr6 : I should add that there is one more option to help you with your ratio, and that is to donate money to the site to help pay for the servers that we are using. For every Euro that you donate, the site administrators will add a certain amount to your upload statistics.

Even better, right now those donations get extra credit due to a special offer that site administrators are running. If you donate 10 Euros, for example, they'll add 50 GB to your upload stats. Donate 20 and you'll get 120 GB.

Click on the Donate link at the top of your screen for more info.

@fabr6 : Your ratio measures how much you've downloaded vs. how much you've uploaded. If you download a 1 GB video file and subsequently upload 200 MB of that file to others, your ratio is 0.2 (20%). The goal is to have a ratio of around 1.0 (100%), where you are uploading as much as you download, giving back as much as you take.

You can easily see those numbers at the top of your screen here when you're in the Torrents section. You'll see "UL: xxx.. GB", "DL: xxx.xx GB", and your ratio. You can also see this information by clicking on your user name in the upper right and selecting Details & Stats from the dropdown menu.

The way that torrents work is that as you download pieces of the file, your torrent client shares those pieces with other people, so that you are both downloading and uploading constantly. For a newer file here, you may find that once you've downloaded the whole file, you may already have a pretty healthy ratio, as you've been sharing with others as you go. For an older file, where you're the only one currently downloading it, your ratio at the end of the download will likely be 0.

For a newer file that's fairly active, where people are still downloading it, the best thing to do is just keep the torrent alive in your torrent client until you've given back at least as much as you've taken. Your client should tell you how much you've downloaded, how much you've uploaded, and what your current ratio is for each file in your list. Don't delete the file from the list until you've given back at least as much as you took, even if that means that you have to wait another day or two.

For an older file that nobody is actively downloading, where your ratio is zero and nothing is happening, it's still worth keeping that file alive in your client for a while, since you never know when someone might want it. Personally, I have about 50 such files in my torrent client right now.

The way I handle things is that I keep newer, more active files alive in my torrent client until I've given back at least 150%. That gives me a buffer so that I'm able to download those older files that aren't very active and where I'm not able to upload much, if at all, because nobody else is downloading.

The easiest thing to do to bring your ratio up, other than seeding new content, is to take advantage of the "Freeleech" torrents the site offers. Go to the torrent list, then click the yellow "Show Freeleech torrents" link near the top of your screen. Pick one or more of the recent items in that list to download.

Because they are "freeleech," the amount you download will not count against your ratio. The amount you upload from those torrents, though, will count, so your ratio will improve. If you pick a recent, fairly popular freeleech torrent, you'll find that you can maintain a pretty healthy upload rate, so that your ratio will improve fairly quickly.

Another way to bring your ratio up is to upload new content, where you are the original uploader. Like the freeleech scenario, it's all upload, so it will definitely improve your ratio. The longer you keep the file seeding, the better your ratio will look.

A final way to bring your ratio up is to re-load a torrent file that you had previously downloaded and begin seeding it again. You would load the torrent file into your app and point it at the video that you had previously downloaded. The torrent app will scan the file, figure out that it's all there, and immediately begin making it available for others to download.

I hope this helps.

@bi4smooth : With all due respect, the whole "selective breeding" thing is mostly a myth. Even if it were not, there is no evidence that male slaves were bred for penis size. Large-scale studies of penis size have not found any statistical significant differences between black and white penis sizes.

Since this discussion has the potential to get quite ugly, can we please go back to the original topic? Personally, yes, I'm happy with what I have. As a top, I'm perhaps not as concerned about the penis size of my partner as some might be. His ass, on the other hand.....

Although, whenever this comes up, I'm reminded of a segment from a live concert by the a cappella group The Flirtations. They have a segment called "One of us," in which they say things like, "One of us was a high school wrestler." One of those statements was, "One of us thinks size matters," at which point, the individual in question piped up, "And the rest of them are lying!"

A related question: when you're reading an online profile hookup site, how much do you automatically subtract from their stated penis length?

@fabr6 : I should also add, welcome to the site, and thank you for being a good citizen here.

@fabr6 : For the record, you can be a good citizen here without ever uploading new content, although new content is always welcome and appreciated.

All you really need to do is keep the the torrents you download active in your app until you have uploaded as much data as you downloaded.

With some older files, that may not be easy to do, as there may not be enough seeders who want the file to allow you to get to 100%. If your overall ratio is falling short, there are two options:

1. Check out the "Freeleech" torrent list. The torrents in that list allow you to download for free, without increasing your download amount. Meanwhile, every amount that is uploaded for that video goes to increase your ratio.

2. Keep some of the videos you download active past the 100% mark so that you have a bit of buffer for your ratio.

@fabr6 : I don't use that utility, so someone else will have to chime in with more info there, but if the system accepted your torrent file, it should show up in your own list of torrents (click your user name in the upper right corner, then select "My Torrents").

If your torrent file is listed in the My Torrents area, you can click on that torrent, download the torrent file you find there, and load it into your torrent app, making sure that you point that app to the folder where your local copy of the video is stored. The torrent app should parse the file, recognize that everything is there, and start seeding.

If your torrent file is not listed in the My Torrents area, then something went wrong with the process and you'll need to request additional help.

@mikehunt42 : What the two other responders said. If you look on Amazon or similar website for "Desensitizing Lube," you should find quite a few choices. Such lube "desensitizes and slightly numbs the applied area," to quote one vendor. I've never personally used it but it doesn't cost that much and would be worth a try.

The most important thing is to understand that it's going to take time and practice to train your body to accept the intrusion. You can get dildos and anal probes in all sizes, from ones no thicker than your little finger to traffic cone size. Start with the smallest and practice, practice, practice.

One bit of advice is to place the anal probe just at the entry and to hold it there with just a small amount of pressure. If you're tensing up, which you likely are given your past experience, then the muscles there will fight the entry, causing pain and inhibiting entry.

Those muscles aren't all that strong, though. If you apply just enough pressure to cause them to tense up but not pushing to the point of pain, they will relax a short time later because you just cannot keep them tensed very long. That's the point where you can push a little harder and insert the probe. With the muscles relaxed, it should be both easier and less painful.

Keep practicing until you can get and keep the muscles relaxed every time. Be patient and understand that it will take a while for this to be really comfortable. Once you're comfortable with the smallest size, you can start working your way up.

Good luck!

To close the loop on this, switching from "Hybrid" to "V1" solved both problems. The padding files are no longer in the file list and a user who was not able to use a previous torrent file was able to use a new file I created with the modified setting.

@john32123666 : Thanks for the info. In this case, it's qBittorrent rather than BitComet but it looks like it's the same issue (see https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/15964, for example).

From a Reddit thread on this (https://www.reddit.com/r/qBittorrent/comments/rguyp0/pad_files_being_created_how_do_i_stop_this/), it looks like there used to be an "Optimize Alignment" flag in qBittorrent that allowed you to turn that setting on or off. It doesn't look like that flag is still available, unfortunately.

I'm reluctant to switch to uTorrent, given its recent issues, advertising, and bloatware. I'll try the "V1" Torrent Format option instead of Hybrid to see if that solves both problems.

Thanks again for the help.

Newbie here and I could use a bit of help. I've got two, possibly related, issues that have shown up with the torrent files I've created with qBittorrent (v4.4.1).

The first is that when I create a torrent file for a folder, I get some weird interstitial ".pad" files in between the regular files. See, for example, the H.I.M. (About Him: Freshman Year) series I uploaded at https://www.gaytorrent.ru/details.php?id=e615fde06588b49da3c9db96fa8466f29e2415b5723200ae&filelist=1#filelist. Those extra files in the file list don't seem to be getting in the way of seeding or downloading but I don't see those from other uploaders and it would be nice to get rid of them.

The second is that I've had two reports from people who have complained that their own torrent client is rejecting my torrent files as invalid. The first comment in the link above is one of them, "i'm using Transmission BT to try and download it and it say the file is invalid. anyone else having this issue?"

I'm using the built-in Torrent Creator in qBittorrent with the default settings:

Torrent format: Hybrid (other options are V1 and V2)
Piece size: Auto
Private torrent: checked
Tracker URLs: http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru:2710/announce

Is there anything I can do to remove the extraneous files and ensure that other torrent clients can use my torrent files? Thanks for any help you can give me.

@gaztunk : If you've got sufficient hard drive space to store them all and you're willing to leave your computer on, you can set up your home system as a media server using something like Plex. Once you have that set up, you can use the Plex app or use Plex in a web browser on any phone, tablet, or computer to view the videos.

I've been doing that for quite a few years now and I'm pretty happy with how it has worked out.

@djsoapbubble Huh ... I didn't know that they had purchased the rights.

I was reminded of this when I was reviewing the Animan videos I uploaded. Three of them had a logo fly across the screen in the middle of the video. Pretty annoying.

Thanks for the info, and for the rest of the edifying and entertaining conversation.

@djsoapbubble - Ah, got it, and you're right about the annoyance factor. And, of course, it's just a bit rude to stamp your own watermark onto someone else's work.

Personally, I'm most annoyed at the ridiculous intros that some of those idiots preface their rips with, most notably the one that starts with the massively loud musical chord, repeated multiple times. Thankfully, those intros can be stripped off pretty easily, unlike the embedded watermarks.

Most of the stuff I have was ripped several years ago so, thankfully, missing both the watermarks and the intrusive intros.

Oh yes ... the back room of the adult bookstore. That brings back memories. I definitely would not have wanted to be on the cleaning staff.

@ferreiro - Where I lived in the Midwest, there was one video rental place that had a few gay x-rated videos and that was all that was available without driving a few hours.

When I moved to a larger city, it was easier. And now, of course, porn is everywhere.

@djsoapbubble - Thank you for the welcome.

Our local video rental store used to stock porn videos, with a small percentage of those bi and gay titles. Renting one of those videos was a bit embarrassing, since you were always wondering what the clerk was thinking, but I still remember watching "Chip Off the Old Block," "Brian's Boys, "Rodeo," and a few others back in the day.

Then I moved to a larger city, porn on VHS really took off, and a visit to an x-rated bookstore offered much more variety than those few lonely videos that I had been accustomed to. Nothing at all compared to the quantity and variety that are regularly available today, of course.

I can't help you with Skynmen, as I never collected those. I do have 104 of the Treasure Island Media videos. I'm not sure what you mean by watermarks, as I don't think I've ever seen any.

Hi, everyone. I guess this is where I'm supposed to give a typical newbie introduction and tell everyone how great it is to be here. I'll skip the biographical details except to say that I'm an older gay male who still fondly remembers watching my very first porn video on VHS. Those of you who grew up with porn widely available everywhere will just have to imagine what it was like.

This is something of a homecoming for me, as I used to be pretty active on the old GT and GTN websites something like 15 years ago. I stopped when I realized that I had accumulated over 5,000 full-length movies and had watched only a tiny fraction of them. I still have all of those files, so I should be able to find a few of them to upload that aren't already available on the site. I'll do my best to be a good citizen and maintain a healthy ratio.

(I was somewhat amused to find that some of the videos I ripped from my own porn collection all those years ago are still being actively seeded here. I guess it's true that nothing on the Internet is ever completely lost.)