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REDPILL ME ON RED VS APL

no!

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4th for kyle is going to get BTFO

The irc is #ptg on irc.rizon.net buddy

apl = pure curry, always down, no staff communication re. downtime, losing seeds, losing users

red = win by default because apl is hook shit

usenet masterrrace

you mean #/marked/ on rizon buddy

So who else here fell into the trap of caring more about your account stats than actually using the media you are d/ling ???


Here is a test:


A POPULAR NEW MOVIE JUST GOT RELEASED ONTO YOUR FAVORITE TRACKER


Do you

1) say "oh hell yeah I can't wait to watch it!"


2) say "oh demn son I wonder how much upload i can get off that"

alot of ptg users actually chat on that network unliek rizon

2

2
Then I watch rutorrent while it downloads

probably 2) as most popular new movies are shit

1. Bonus points allow me to not care about upload amount at all. I am having trouble getting my HDB bonus rate up though.

Is MAM really enough to get me onto decent trackers, or is RED the minimum?

>can't even not talk about it

apollo is back :^(
>tfw I want them to shut down so I won't have an account there anymore

just delete all your apl seeds and put all your effort into red and nwcd

t.puff

>popular movie
I won't watch it desu.

/comfy/

>tfw watching the torrent client is more exciting than watching the movie
>tfw high upload speeds are the true kino

>most new movies are shit
agreed. I used to check the trackers every week for new movies and there was always something cool to watch especially during the leak seasons but now i just wait until i hear about a good movie and grab it when im ready to watch it

HDB bonus formula is right there on the page

How else do you keep up with pop culture

yes the bonus points formula is there, but It still takes a long time for me to get my seeding size larger for more upload. I know it gets higher over time, I just need to wait longer. PTP bonus points accrue much faster

PTP is way more generous yes

HDB is honestly a pain to use compared to the newer trackers, what do you use it for ?

I honestly just use it when I have upload available to spend there on a film. I download everything from PTP, but I want to start migrating to lesser used sites in case PTP ever gets shutdown. And having a high bp rate on hdb wil make it more comfy if that ever happens.

Yeah it seems like sites keep going down left and right

if you want some tru buffer you should grab the recommended torrents as they get updated

>pooploop is back
>check forums
>see this

I have a really slow upload speed so my client is always outmatched by other users. My only method is to cash in bonus points, but thanks for the suggestion.

/marked/

/marked/

no!

>How else do you keep up with pop culture
I don't. Don't even watch the news for the most part. Maybe like twice a month.

Have you ever bought shit to fill a bounty on trackers?

Back on what.cd, I bought a soundtrack for a film I watched a decade ago directly from the label and got ~30 GB for filling with a perfect FLAC.

Currently considering buying a couple of shitty children's movies worth maybe 3 bucks each for 2TB of upload apiece on PTP. Though then again, I probably don't need that buffer as I could just rely on bonus points.

How does the Bonus Points system work on PTP?

Seed shit for a long time, get bonus points. Less seeders = more bonus points. And I think GP is x2.

Which version of Avisynth is the best? Is Avisynt+ any good? I'm hesitant to change because I'm worried it will stop working.

Where can I ladder on Nebulance?

MAM gets you TehC and APL which is OK I guess.

Does pooploop not even do interviews now?

RED has everything MAM has, plus EMP, GGn, DB9 etc. there's no comparison. go with RED for recruitment

red isn't easy though

>pooloop
>interviews
that requires both irc to be up and users who want to join the tracker. unfortunately, there's not much of either.

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zed = toilet water

Don't censor that piece of shit. If you are (((elite))) and you ask that fucking question you are worthless and deserve to get cabal'd.

CatfishJuan is a fucking idiot.

>beaner
No surprise there

Any tracker with open registration right now?

if youre reading this FUCK YOU for stealing my reencodes and uploading reencoded shit right after i download the flac and ruin my ratio

kill yourself nigger

redacted

theshow

ot!

Is OT still open?

>ot
overtime?

yes!

what do they usually ask in interview/applications? never done one before, just join whatever is open

Join the IRC and find out, queer.
If you fail you can join another time.
Probably.

only torrents

Is there a more unofficial guide to the redacted interview? I'm not sure how to answer questions like "why do you want to get in?" when the real answer is "so I can do my time and move on to better trackers"

>why do you want to get in?
because I like high quality X and being part of a like-minded community
X={music,movie encodes,serie encodes,porn,books,game torrents}

don't worry about it, you don't have to be honest, just say you want to share music with others, nobody's going to check up on you.

if such a guide existed, interviewers would just fail anyone paraphrasing or copypasting the suggested answers

>nowadays there's a real risk of the right holders asking money if they find someone downloading movies/shows, it is a small risk but I don't wanna take it
>downloading is no problem, literally no punishment in the law for it, but sharing is bad

Should I:
try to deal with DDL
or get on a private tracker (the fucking thugs probably don't go on private trackers to look for victim)
or pay for some sort of service to make public torrents safe again, VPN or whatever kind of service would be cheapest

VPN if you're happy with the content of public trackers

>try to deal with DDL
no
>get on a private tracker
keep in mind, you might end up spending money to use private trackers. Unless you have a godlike home connection and an always-on PC, you will end up renting a slot on somebody's dutch vps to save your ratio
>VPN
best choice if private trackers have no appeal besides hiding from the mafiaa

Depending on how fast your connection is I'd go VPN or seedbox, and work you way into 1 or 2 top generals. If you're not able to find a lot of the shit you want there, pick up the relevant niche trackers. PTs are about availability much more than safety.

stick to 2.6 desu

Do they give much of a fuck, or is it more about the technical questions? If I show them my MAM stats, will they assume I'm just trying to use them as a gateway tracker or am I overthinking it?

I've never spent money on private trackers and I have 10mbps connection, on every top tracker except hdbits, which I don't care about.

Usenet has a surprisingly large amount of content including all the recent popular stuff which is what rights holders mainly go after. I've even filled requests on top trackers with stuff found there.

>cant understand transcoded spectrums
>but can somehow actually hear a perceived transcode
pic related is you friend (if youre here)

well yea I use some PT:s already, used to use what, nowadays I'm on avistaz, cinemaz (ok for european cinema), oppai, AB, bakabt (if that counts)

what I'm really missing are the mainstream things from the US, so I could mostly get that shit off public, but I wouldn't really *mind* having an even better selection

>PTs are about availability much more than safety.
I just want reasonable safety, the copyright mafia around here basically looks at popular torrents from public trackers, gets the IP:s, contacts the ISP:s and sends letters asking for money

hmm yeah I'll need to look into that too

>10mbps
if that's symmetrical it's very good. if it's the usual 10/1 or 10/0.5 then yeah it's doable but you must be quite patient about building buffer.

you are overthinking it, they just don't want you uploading stupid transcodes like:
and breaking the rules.

IPT or TL

Okay, you da boss.

is qbit any good? thinking of switching to it from utorrent

I'm telling you right now: you're going to regret it.

yes it is very good

inb4 stalled memes

What are you talking about? I've used qBittorrent and my torrents never get sta

>exposing the ineptitude of pooploop "elites" is against the rules

So am I stuck using utorrent if my server desktop is running windows then?

>windows server
???

Don't believe the stalled memes, it is a good client.

>server
>wangblows

meant to say seedbox which is just an old desktop I have at home

>using windows server in 2017
lmao

You should use GNU plus Linux on your seedbox

I'd consider installing a linux distro with rtorrent. On windows I'd use utorrent or deluge

if he is scared of something So Different, gun/lunix with transmission is also neat

my "home seedbox" is just an old laptop with a big HDD stuck in running debian and transmission

Does Emp disable for inactivity?

i dont think so

Does RED?

i think so

REDturded doesn't delete anything otherwise they would lose the stats game to APL

>APL back up

>

Is any big tracker going to recruit on RED or have I been fooled?

bib will recruit elite+ in a week or so

fake news

ahd birthday when?