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Hacking and Security => High Quality Tutorials => : iTpHo3NiX January 06, 2013, 11:07:33 AM
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A Guide to the Underground: Warez and Torrenting
by DeepCopy of EvilZone.org
Welcome to my guide to the Underground. Now I am extremely biased in my opinions that I will share here, but I don't really care this is my opinion and guide and you are more than entitled to your own opinion. None the less I will share a wealth of information and knowledge to educate you on the piracy portion of the internet. Now instead of building a glossary of terms and defining them, I will instead just carry on as I go, explaining what needs to be explained. So anyway, here we go.
Chapter 1
What is Piracy
In lamens terms, Piracy as used in this guide, will pertain to downloading content that is copyrighted. What this means is illegally downloading practically any media you can think of. Everything from the big ones like Music, Movies, and TV Shows, but also Games, Applications, eBooks, Mobile Applications, etc. As I'm sure you've seen our eBook section is loaded with tech books that I've collected all over the net in various corners, including the deepweb.
Now in the Piracy "Scene" there is kind of a hybrid hierarchy. I will try to explain. There are the top 2 sets, one is called "Scene" the other "P2P". Although they both release pirated material, they go about it different ways.
The Scene
The scene is comprised of several "groups" that carry a group name. An example of some of these are as follows: Razor1911(PCGAMES), CoRE(Appz), etc. These groups are several different people with different skills. Some of these people are the Rippers, Crackers, Suppliers (I think you can figure out what they did, if not, stop ready) and then there are runners/racers. That's where the general population and torrents and warez get scene content. In order to get "Scene Access" you need to be a ripper, cracker, or supplier with connections. Other than that, run a dump site and get it that way. That's where racers (or runners) come in. They, in most cases, have a script running that when a release gets pre'd they do a bunch of FXP transfers to various boxes around the world. Now I used the word "pre'd" which means that someone in a private IRC network, and 'ADDPRE' was sent and a release for some movie/game/app/etc get raced to affiliate Topsites. Now an affiliate is groups that are friendly to each other, say CoRE and Razor1911, they like games and the other likes apps, yet it doesn't mean they don't want games or apps respectively so they share between themselves. Now there are also competing groups as the fame is for those who get there first. However with the scene, there are delegates voted from each scene group from each category that creates a rule set for all groups to follow that insure quality. However we're humans and for that we have "nukes" and "propers" Nukes are when the pre channels that pre'd something had any faults or errors or that they break the rules. When a release gets nuked, the release group OR another group can then release a "PROPER" which practically means download this one. Now how do people know what groups did what, etc. That's how things are named. The scene will always be like this (however P2P took some of this as well)
Name.Of.Release.WinALL-CoRE
Name.Of.Release.PCISO-SKIDROW [nuke]non.working.crack_get.proper
Name.Of.Release.PCISO.PROPER-Razor1911
Now different categories have different rule sets which you can actually google and download. But it's time for my guide to move on.
P2P
P2P simply stands for "peer2peer" however here P2P is a scene similar to that of "The Scene" in fact P2P is essentially an Open Scene when comparing the two, but I digress. P2P took its roots from the scene but have branded themselves differently. P2P advocates free and openness (however a lot of that has changed) Anyways, unlike the scene P2P have no rule set or guidelines to follow, no pre system, no real hierarchy, etc. P2P is also a lot easier to get into because of its openness. Now that doesn't mean everyone in P2P is going to welcome you with warm arms. I have been in the P2P scene for quite a while which eventually led me right here to EvilZone, but again, I digress. P2P is a sharing protocol that describes several different methods of downloading. These include Torrents, DDL, DC++ Hubs, XDCC IRC Transfers, FTP/FXP, etc. Now I will go into detail later in the guide about the different downloading techniques. So P2P is shared with everyone and isn't locked down like the scene, no rules, and no hierarchy.
Chapter 2
Torrents, Trackers, and Clients
So I decided to go with the long chapter first, discuss torrents. Torrenting is a VERY popular way to download and is P2P at its purest. So what are torrents? Torrents are metadata that contains information on what and where you are downloading something from. These come in a file format *.torrent now you will need a client to be able to download the content that is linked with your torrent file. Although there are several clients available for torrenting, I will tell you the only ones you need.
Linux: Transmission
Mac: Transmission
Windows: uTorrent
Sure there are other ones, but trust me, I've used about 90% of the torrent clients out there and those are the best for the respective operating system. Now that you know what torrents are, and have your torrent client installed, where do you get the torrents? We get these from places called "trackers" these tracker do exactly what their name implies. They track and index torrent files so they can be downloaded. There are two types of trackers, public and private. Now public trackers these days are actually EXTREMELY dangerous as well as ridden with virus and other malware, incorrect downloads, corrupted downloads, etc. They are also infested with Anti-Piracy outfits that go after suppliers and downloaders giving out those DCMA and Notice of Copyright Infringement letters. Now private trackers on the other hand are much more controlled. Now private trackers are not anything like TPB, isohunt, etc. Not anyone can register an account, none the less upload. Usually with most trackers is there are a dedicated team of uploaders that take the content and upload it to the site. Some of the larger general trackers are more relaxed about who can be an uploader, but a fast connection/seedbox is always a requirement, as well as being active. So I won't go into detail about public trackers other than to warn you to stay away from them.
Private Tracker
Now there are WAY too many private trackers to list them all, but I will just go into how they work. First off you have user classes, just like forums, they are based on several things, all sites are different. Most however revolve around your download/upload and your ratio. Your ratio is defined as in how much you download vs how much you upload. Most private trackers make you maintain a ratio of 1:1 which means however much you download you should be uploading. That's why on private trackers you get a lot more seeders, as well as MUCH faster downloads. Also many of the users use seedboxes. Seed boxes are remote servers (VPS, Dedi, 'Seedbox') that are usually on 10mb-1gb lines that are on 24/7 they also have a remote torrent management system (Torrent-Flux, ruTorrent, wTorrent, etc) that is a web gui front end for a torrent client back end (usually on a Linux system, however some use uTorrent WebUI on a Win server). Now in order to gain access into private trackers you need to know people. If you don't know people then you're shit out of luck... Just kidding. There are two options, 1. You can watch sites and when they have open registration you can hop in, or 2. Trade invites. Now MOST private trackers look down on trading invites, however it's a lot easier than waiting for them to open their doors. (Although holiday time is the time most doors are open) Start off on low level trackers. You can gain access to these low level torrent trackers as their doors are usually open to many, however it will get you used to maintaining a good ratio:
http://www.opentrackers.net/
Keeping a good ratio is what will get you invited to other trackers. Also on some torrent trading sites, there are Official Recruitment threads that are done by the staff at the tracker to let fresh blood in. This is definitely a way to go, however they will have stipulations, and those stipulations usually require 'ratio proofs' these are pretty much screenshots of your ratio on your private trackers. If those are good, and they like your answers to their questions, you may very well get an invite. There are different options for where to get invites, some are called "giveaways" others are trades, then the recruitment. For example if you are EZ VIP you will see my giveaway threads for SCC, What.CD, etc. Other sites also have an "invite application" that could work in 2 ways. One way would be an open invitation where there is a page you can fill out an application, or one that a member of the site fills one out. Also a different way of obtaining invites is joining various sites IRC networks, hang out make friends, get invites. Just remember Google is your friend. Also, you can buy invites, but I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT
Chapter 3
Direct Download Links
Direct download links, otherwise known as DDL are exactly what it says they are. Often times these are share on forums such as this (Think eBook section) where information is posted, and then DDLs are posted. More recently, especially with the take down of Megaupload, a lot of the better uploading sites have gone down, however a few good ones remain. These include:
http://www.mediafire.com
http://www.rapidshare.com
http://www.4shared.com (need to create an account)
Now of course there are others, but those are some of the larger ones still around. Many of these uploading sites are reliable anymore which makes DDL's no longer a good way for downloading, but its still there. As far as where to find DDL's back in the day there was a site called katz.cd (RIP) where warez sites would submit their posts for them to be indexed. Have no fear I have a few DDL sites to get you started:
http://warez-bb.org (also porn-bb.org if I remember correctly)
http://irfree.com
http://shareodie.net (I used to staff on this site a LOOONG time ago)
http://softarchive.net
http://www.tinydl.com/
Again, of course that's no where near all of them, it's up to you to find your own warez sites xD.
Chapter 4
DC++ Hubs, XDCC IRC Transfers, and FTP/FXP
Since these are pretty straight forward, I will give a quick rundown.
DC++ Hubs are rarely used these days, as like torrents, requires a client, you use a DC++ client, the standard client is this one:
http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/
For alternatives, this site has a HUGE list:
http://www.dcstuff.nl/
With these clients you can connect to private or public hubs which are the servers you connect to. It's similar to IRC where there is a chatroom, however you have a shared folder set up that people can download from you, and you can download from them. You can also run your own hub from any computer. Also most of the hubs these days has a "share requirement" where you need to share a certain amount of files in exchange for downloading files from them. Google is your friend for finding hubs (also you can get started with the link above)
XDCC IRC transfers is a sharing function where you can send files through IRC. Probably the largest IRC network for XDCC transfers is:
http://www.rizon.net/
You connect to a channel on the network, they usually have a bot that you send commands to and then you can get downloads that way as well. I'm sure there are plenty of private networks as well, however I don't really use this method, and have only used XDCC transfers for anime-hq ;)
I'm sure you guys have heard of FTP people use private and public FTP servers to serve up downloads as well. I used to use the kingdom-kvcd FTP server at one point (I believe I was posting them in EZ VIP BACK in the day as well :P oldfags might remember). FXP transfers are pretty much two FTP servers sending the files between themselves (like the scene topsites that race content from one FTP server to the next).
Now there are more methods of downloading piracy (such as UseNet) but I will never advocate for a service you have to pay for to get free shit, especially when you can get the same shit elsewhere ;)
So there you have it. Get hunting, torrents are the best, DDLs are next. If you have the money and a fast FTP server, start fishing through scene groups and build a topsite or a dump site where they will just race their content onto your servers ;)
Ok, now I know I said I wasn't going to do a glossary, but some terms are best explained when they are just defined.
Movie Releases:
Movie releases come in various quality, some straight forward, some you may not understand.
CAM - This is someone sitting in a theater or at the Drive-in recording the movie
TS - This stands for TeleSync which is a CAM video source with "Line" audio
LiNE - This is direct recorded audio either via recorded over FM (Drive-in) or IR (Most theaters) or Line out ports (Theaters are usually hearing impaired features that will be the weakness to record the audio)
TC - This stands for TeleCine and are rare to come by as there is like $5,000 hardware that is required. This is also getting outdated as it pretty much copies the film reels into a digital format
Workprint - This is an uncompleted movie that will SOMETIMES get leaked from various studios that usually do post processing of the videos. Often times these will be missing special effects or CGI's, others will have parts of the movie that aren't in the theatrical releases, etc.
R5 - This stands for region 5 which is Russia. Out there in Russia to help combat piracy studios release movies in Russia that are either still in theaters in other parts of the world, shortly after they leave theaters, etc. People will sync either CAM or LiNE audio to these releases for English as most R5's only contain Russian audio tracks.
DVDRip - Do I even need to?
BDRip - I don't think I need to.
Also releases come in different extensions and are encoded differently (more-so in P2P as they don't have strict guidelines)
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If you have any questions or ideas to add as I can't think of anything else, let me know and I will explain and add it to this "guide
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can you explain the big mystery behind the part about porn dvds and dvd-r's of movies in general? who the fuck buys them just to rip them for other people? talking about the groups such as 5rFF, Jiggly, Pr0nStarS etc
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can you explain the big mystery behind the part about porn dvds and dvd-r's of movies in general? who the fuck buys them just to rip them for other people? talking about the groups such as 5rFF, Jiggly, Pr0nStarS etc
http://www.pussytorrents.org/
Anyways, its more like people renting them or having access pre-retail (like they work at a sex shop) gets copies of the movies, rips them, then returns them ;) or they just steal it... fuck we're pirates.. hardy harr harr
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Always been fascinated by the warez and demoscene. Pretty nice intro paper, look forward to reading the finished thing.
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Woot Woot skidiot! Thanks for making this man, you just made my day.
I look forward to seeing what else you add to it ;)
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Woot Woot skidiot! Thanks for making this man, you just made my day.
I look forward to seeing what else you add to it ;)
haha I'll try to add some more to it tomorrow, just got out of work and now its time for a couple of blunts ;)
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+1 for the informative post and porn torrent site. :)
I myself am an uploader at Bulgaria's biggest torrent tracker Zamunda.net with a specialty of XXX, http://www.pussytorrents.org/ should help me stop looking for bangbros, brazzers, naughtyamerica and other account/password dumps. ;)
I'm not familiar with the laws much and I was wondering if you could answer me a question about consequences. I've read news about trackers being closed, servers being raided and all that but I've never heard anything about the uploader user groups being punished but just the site owners which are either sentenced up to 5 years in prison or just pay a huge fine, what happens to the contributors?
Luckaly here in Bulgaria the piracy laws are loose and just one mention of an anti-piracy petition will get our people to protest all day so most likely nothing of the sort will happen.
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+1 for the informative post and porn torrent site. :)
I myself am an uploader at Bulgaria's biggest torrent tracker Zamunda.net with a specialty of XXX, http://www.pussytorrents.org/ (http://www.pussytorrents.org/) should help me stop looking for bangbros, brazzers, naughtyamerica and other account/password dumps. ;)
I'm not familiar with the laws much and I was wondering if you could answer me a question about consequences. I've read news about trackers being closed, servers being raided and all that but I've never heard anything about the uploader user groups being punished but just the site owners which are either sentenced up to 5 years in prison or just pay a huge fine, what happens to the contributors?
Luckaly here in Bulgaria the piracy laws are loose and just one mention of an anti-piracy petition will get our people to protest all day so most likely nothing of the sort will happen.
Your local location laws are what matters. Also your ISP. Other than that you're good. But usually when a site gets raided its more the people running it. But its the SUPPLIERS not the uploaders. Uploaders spread the copies, but in most cases the uploaders are fine. Anti-Piracy outfits usually go after sysops and suppliers but have gone after a few downloaders and uploaders. Just dont link your location with your user name.
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So where's the hype at right now? When I stopped trying to get into private trackers FTN was still on top of the list with FSC and UK-T had just died. Kinda miss having a good movie only tracker (I had a crazy buffer on PTP but got disabled.. same with PTN) but honestly TL + SCC + What.cd gives me access to pretty much anything I need.
As for the question that was asked above about movies.. Most of torrents so far this year and last month are DVDScR mostly from competitions / ceremonies (think The Academy Awards). The judges are given a copy of the movies and they not supposed to share them with anyone.. Obviously some do not respect that rule.
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So where's the hype at right now? When I stopped trying to get into private trackers FTN was still on top of the list with FSC and UK-T had just died. Kinda miss having a good movie only tracker (I had a crazy buffer on PTP but got disabled.. same with PTN) but honestly TL + SCC + What.cd gives me access to pretty much anything I need.
As for the question that was asked above about movies.. Most of torrents so far this year and last month are DVDScR mostly from competitions / ceremonies (think The Academy Awards). The judges are given a copy of the movies and they not supposed to share them with anyone.. Obviously some do not respect that rule.
And I like the people that dont follow that rule!! This has been a good screener season with The Hobbit, Skyfall, Flight, Lincoln, Django Unchained, etc.
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And I like the people that dont follow that rule!! This has been a good screener season with The Hobbit, Skyfall, Flight, Lincoln, Django Unchained, etc.
Ooooo, I don't usually download movies but all the sudden I see an advantage...
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to add to your list there, skidiot.h, les miserables, only out today, and already multiple dvd quality streams (pretty obvious seeing as every now and then it tells you its for competition use >.< )
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Bump...
I updated the OP with more information. If you guys have anything else with the whole piracy scene, please ask here so I can explain and add it to my guide... kthxbai
There's been quite a few screeners that didn't quite make it to my short list..
2012 List of Screeners available for download:
Silver Linings Playbook DVDScr
Argo DVDScr
Les Miserables DVDScr
The Hobbit DVDScr
Seven Psychopaths DVDScr
Anna Karenina DVDScr
West of Memphis DVDScr
Hitchcock DVDScr
The Impossible DVDScr
Django Unchained DVDScr
Hyde Park on Hudson DVDScr
Not Fade Away DVDScr
Celeste and Jesse DVDScr
The Sessions DVDScr
Zero Dark Thirty DVDScr
Skyfall DVDScr
Lincoln DVDScr
Life of Pi DVDScr
This is 40 DVDScr
Flight DVDScr
The Perks of Being a Wallflower DVDScr
The Sween DVDScr
12-12-12 DVDScr
Hit and Run DVDScr
Citadel DVDScr
Union Square DVDScr
Jayne Mansfields DVDScr
As of 1/11/2013
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I have some questions about "best torrent clint" (for windows), i did more research on torrent and when got to the torrent clint/downloader part i saw "Tixati" is in the first place and utorrent is in the second place. So i searched for "utorrent vs tixati" and got reviews, feedbacks, and they are different in different places. many say utorrent doesnt run on private tracks, tixati is better and its upcoming versions will be the greatest torrent client ever. And may say utorrent is better , tixati is ugly and even saw a post saying " tixati team paid about.com to suggest their client as the best". so what is the truth? im not good at using bit torrent, just started to learn how it works and how to use it.
And Another thing,
After your download is complect leave your torrent clint for two hours , for the process called "seeding" to be complect.
Start your torrent download befor going to sleep, and you will get your file in the morning.
thats a joke , right? Coz my mom will sell my kidneys to pay the extra electricity bill(if its very high)
thank you.
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I didn't really get into the scene until recently when I joined a private tracker. That tracker is only for knowledge, no movies or anything. But I've got a little over 100 new/ish movies that I find on google. :p
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I have some questions about "best torrent clint" (for windows), i did more research on torrent and when got to the torrent clint/downloader part i saw "Tixati" is in the first place and utorrent is in the second place. So i searched for "utorrent vs tixati" and got reviews, feedbacks, and they are different in different places. many say utorrent doesnt run on private tracks, tixati is better and its upcoming versions will be the greatest torrent client ever. And may say utorrent is better , tixati is ugly and even saw a post saying " tixati team paid about.com to suggest their client as the best". so what is the truth? im not good at using bit torrent, just started to learn how it works and how to use it.
And Another thing,
thats a joke , right? Coz my mom will sell my kidneys to pay the extra electricity bill(if its very high)
thank you.
Its cool skidiot, i got this one
/me steps into the ring
First off, tixatia might be "the best torrent client ever in the future" but thats the future. Utorrent has a proven track record, and ill tell you from first hand experience that i would recommend it to everyone. As for it not working with private trackers, thats BS. I use only private trackers, and i use utorrent. That said, if the private tracker doesnt have utorrent on their whitelist for whatever reason, then you shouldnt use it there. However, i have yet to find one that doesnt have utorrent.
Second part, you dont have to seed but you do have to respect your private trackers ratio requirements. For instance, what.cd says no ratio needed if you leech less than 5gb a month (i believe) so as long as you stop downloading before reaching five youll be fine. If, however you go over, then you HAVE to seed or they will ban your account. And once its banned, they might even ban your IP address as well. They are very strict. That said, you should torrent to give back to the community. If you have a ratio of 0 then you will aldo be unable to join additional trackers, they dont want those who just leech and dont seed.
If your worried about power then use TPB or other open trackers, or dont torrent. But a computer really wont jack up your electricity bill that much, your TV takes more power to run than your computer does. Try turning that off instead. I run my computer 24/7 and it spiked our bill maybe 5 dollars since ive started doing that
Okay skidiot, your back in
/me tags skidiot and steps out
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*And Daemon kicks rasenoves questions ass with a japanees hard wooden footwear *
Your answer was very satisfying, think you, but what about that ratio? They say tracker servers will keep punching my download speed down if i keep leeching (even down to 1kb/sec). I have a limited slow internet connection On a slow pc. so uploading large files isnt an option for me. So is there anything els i can provide them for keeping my ratio up and strong?
*rasenoves recently brutily ripped question is back for more.*
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*And Daemon kicks rasenoves questions ass with a japanees hard wooden footwear *
Your answer was very satisfying, think you, but what about that ratio? They say tracker servers will keep punching my download speed down if i keep leeching (even down to 1kb/sec). I have a limited slow internet connection On a slow pc. so uploading large files isnt an option for me. So is there anything els i can provide them for keeping my ratio up and strong?
*rasenoves recently brutily ripped question is back for more.*
meggafast.com
Get a seedbox, its on 24/7 and has great upload download speed, then you can just sFTP the files back to yourself. "I'm under 18 or I don't have a credit card" go to walmart or whatever and buy a pre-paid visa card and use that to pay for it... $30/mo gets you a very satisfying seedbox. Its also safer for you as the torrenter, esp. if you have a slow internet connection because you can just download at night via sFTP at night while you sleep, have the files in the morning. PROFIT?
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Got better solutions,
1. Use www.bitlet.org/ insted of using any BT clint.
2.Use thieftorrent to download without ratio,
3.Use tracker pro to spoof my ratio .
I know its wrong, but if i start uploading ill run out of my LIMITED(1GB or 4GB) internet usage befor even geting to download anything.
@ Daemon, in my country . electricity is expensive + sick amount of vat. + atleast two hours of loadshading every day.
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:o
Oh wow. I have a feeling you are not going to be met with kind words after that post. Good luck..
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Got better solutions,
1. Use www.bitlet.org/ insted of using any BT clint.
2.Use thieftorrent to download without ratio,
3.Use tracker pro to spoof my ratio .
I know its wrong, but if i start uploading ill run out of my LIMITED(1GB or 4GB) internet usage befor even geting to download anything.
@ Daemon, in my country . electricity is expensive + sick amount of vat. + atleast two hours of loadshading every day.
Then torrenting is not for you! I mean one album if 12 tracks will take ~100mb of your data. So torrenting from anywhere is gonna F up your data. Either gwt better internet or only torrent from a laptop on someone elses interwebz
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Don't steal from private trackers. Besides I doubt that shit will work.
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Don't steal from private trackers. Besides I doubt that shit will work.
wasnt planning on doing that. Becaus thats complete shit(in the reviews)
I didn't really get into the scene until recently when I joined a private tracker. That tracker is only for knowledge, no movies or anything. But I've got a little over 100 new/ish movies that I find on google. :p
thats something i can do. I googled for that, and the results are ........Wait for it........ How to use torrent, more info about torrent, and all nonsence.
So witch tracks? And What are they called?
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Got better solutions,
1. Use www.bitlet.org/ (http://www.bitlet.org/) insted of using any BT clint.
2.Use thieftorrent to download without ratio,
3.Use tracker pro to spoof my ratio .
I know its wrong, but if i start uploading ill run out of my LIMITED(1GB or 4GB) internet usage befor even geting to download anything.
@ Daemon, in my country . electricity is expensive + sick amount of vat. + atleast two hours of loadshading every day.
1. Private Trackers block services like bitlet.org
2. Private Trackers can detect ratio cheaters and you will be banned on multiple networks.
3. Again, Private Trackers will detect and ban you.
Also I will never invite you to a tracker and neither should anyone else
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1. Private Trackers block services like bitlet.org
2. Private Trackers can detect ratio cheaters and you will be banned on multiple networks.
3. Again, Private Trackers will detect and ban you.
Also I will never invite you to a tracker and neither should anyone else
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What can we all learn from this? Its that you can cheat tthe system, cheat the government, cheat corporations, bt nomatter what we don't cheat each other. I mean, why would you try to cheat people who are already giving you everything for free? Just don't make sense son.
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Like i said befor in reply #22 , i wasnt planning on doing those things. I just wanted some opinion from you guys. Then I asked for the tracker name where i can provide knowledge to keep my ratio up. I even PMed lucid to give me the name but didnt answer yet.
And Say, if tixatia MAYBE is the best torrent of the future, then doesnt it deserve to be in that list?
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Well I definitely won't invite you now. Sorry friend but that's just not cool.
I mean, why would you try to cheat people who are already giving you everything for free? Just don't make sense son.
Word
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Hey i didnt go serious about it. And i guis ill have to stay away from torrent untill i get a better connection. Sorry for posting total crap.
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How Private Trackers work:
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2pttpg8.jpg)