Aristocrat, I'm sorry you interpreted my comments as malevolent. They were anything but. I do personally brand all public-trackers as shitty. I disagree with many of your points:


Very true.

Actually, the download is not anonymous. Any peer can see your IP quite clearly, but I think you mean the download is not attributed to any single username.

Again, this is mostly very true.

It depends on the tracker. Private (scene) trackers are generally very stubborn.

Again, very true. I've seen many musicians release very good content under GNU through public trackers.

Once again, true. However, this is also a disadvantage. Sure, I could share my files easily, but it is very easy for unreliable, bad people to upload virus-ridden files.

This is partly correct. True scene trackers require invitation. This may seem bad to some, but I see it as very good. I don't want just anyone who wanders in to see my IP.

I don't know where you're getting your information, but my main scene tracker allows uTorrent, BitComet, Azureus, and BitTornado. It only allows these because many other torrenting programs allow you to spoof your IP, which is a big risk for scene trackers.

Generally, sharing is caring. I'll get banned if I drop below a .86. How is that unfair? I don't give back to the community if I don't seed.

Uploaders are generally required to have a seedbox. Minimum upload speed is 10000MB/s. I have never not maxed out my d/l speed on a private tracker, unlike many public trackers.

What? I have never heard of or experienced this.

Private trackers generally give you upload credit in GB for donating. I don't see how this is a problem.

??? That sounds like a personal problem to me.

When I was new to the scene, every experienced member I met was very kind and helpful. I'm not sure where you're getting this information.

And normal torrenting websites aren't? Be honest with yourself.

I've been on my private tracker since I was 12. I've only known of two private trackers that have been taken down, and one was by the administration not having time to moderate.

Honestly, I don't understand many of your points. It's your view to think public trackers are worth the risk, and mine to like private trackers more for their increased safety, speed, and ability to get torrents up quickly.

EDIT:
Public Trackers:
Increased risk
More users
More content
Occasionally lower speed
Content can be uploaded by anyone

Private Trackers:
Lowered risk
Higher speeds
Less users
Less content
More exclusive content

>10000MB/s.
That must be one expensive seedbox to be limited to pcie 3.0 x16 speeds.

xunlei for life.
fast as hell.
10 gb dragon age in like 2 hours.

I use Bitcomet I think it's pretty fast. I get 3~5 MB/s top notch. Usually, most torrents average around 500 kb/s. And I don't feel anything when playing other games <_<..

BitVomit creates stupid "padding files" in every torrent that is incompatible with every other client, wasting bandwidth and causing much frustration to users.

http://torrentfreak.com/bitcomet-pollutes-bittorrent-with-junk-data/

So, for using BitVomit, you have caused this spam to show up on every other user's screen:

Dont you think people are doing that on purpose by now? ;o

I can't see what you're downloading at all. What could it possibly be? Mysterious!

I use uTorrent, having switched from BitComet. The change gave +1 to my life. Ever since then, I actually want to be downloading something with it. That's how awesome uTorrent is. It makes you want to download. More. Things. Things.

Sadistic people use BitComet.

2.2 Gaussian blur was probably too easy xD. I wanted to blur it enough so that it was illegible but still possible to figure out.

Wait, you're honestly acting all high and mighty by saying private trackers are exclusively illegal content and you're pirating several hundred dollar software? Stop being such a dick.

Especially since you forgot to blur the big font near the blue question mark further to the bottom.

Already had it, just picked a widely pirated software for testing purposes. Didn't want to use a broken/dead/bad torrent.

(Also, LOL. Forgot it was displayed twice :3)

Ya, whatever.

I use uTorrent.

Why not a widely-downloaded legal torrent then?

Inform the authorities or gtfo

Personally I use standard BT because I just don't give a care.

Nobody should be using anything but uTorrent unless you're not on Windows.

What.CD FTW! =)

What private trackers are everybody else on?

Nobody should be using anything but µTorrent 1.7.7 unless you're not on Windows. However µTorrent does suck for downloading 500 GB torrents.

Is 1.7.7 actually better than the current version?

I'm on RevoTT.
Oh and Angels'n'Demons and iConsole and Leecher's Lair but I don't use those.

features=bloat. 1.7.7 is stable, and the epitome of µ. It's 2/3 the size of the current version and does exactly what you need it to. There are a few reasons to update, but not if you don't use the new features. Speed/whatever is negligible. Security is sort of negligible. I'm sure there might be bugfixes in later versions, but remember that new features mean more bugs/holes.

µTorrent 1.7.7 does everything I need it to perfectly. There is no reason to upgrade, especially when it's on most whitelists.

It's like 315 kbs, man. Are you seriously gonna complain about that?