thank you very much leatherbear for explaining it all - it was really helpful. 

okey i need someone's help to clarify me on couple issues of this site's rules. i'm new to this site and already confused -

1. to get your ratio, do you need to upload a whole new torrent to the site, or just leaving something you downloaded from the site on your torrent downloader for leeching by others would work?

2. if leaving something you downloaded from the site on your downloader to be leeched works, then how long do you need to keep it open to be counted as a seeding? my concern here is - what if nobody interests in the same item and nobody leeches for it?

3. i live in a private dorm and all the residents use the wireless connection provided to us. i have no idea if there's other gays here or if someone is a member of the site in this same wireless network. now, in any circumstances, how's the rule regarding this issue gonna be implemented? who's getting punishment and who's not? if this happens to me, what option do i get to resolve it?

hope someone has the answers. i'll really appreciate to hear from an admin or a mod …. thanks.