SA Torrent Sites

You see, thats what i like, terabytes of data! If only we lived in a country with cheap uncapped broadband. . .
 
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it normally runs 24/7. found out a few days ago that it has a wifi problem so it's off in the day for the past 2 days. waiting to have it sorted. but i must still go read up on all I need to do ito settings etc. for seeding, speeds etc in the guidelines that I received.
 
Ok, i think emule's kad feature will work in this regard, it doesn't have a fixed location but if two people start to connect then they can share, then more can join.

In fact I'd be very interested in starting this if there are other people here interested in joining up.

The way i'll do it is dl internationally during night rider time with cybersmart, then during the rest of the day its local bandwidth sharing of file.

If you are interested please do let me know.
 
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bleh... just read all this and to be quite honest it makes me sad that south africans have to be so stingy with their bandwidth... on sites like TPB and isohunt, people are bitching about getting download speeds of like 600-700kbps and im just like lol. i want that.

but people here have to be so super careful coz of caps and throttling etc. that we all missing the point that i feel is behind the whole torrenting scene... freedom of information to any and all who wish to have it..

bahh.

anyhoo.

hopefully this'll repair itself one day...

and yeah i only have like <10 posts on this site (i dont post, i read. And i don't upload stuff, but i seed), so not expecting an invite to any members only sites, just expressing an opinion.

;)
 
Garyvdh said:
The local torrent sites have a posted policy on their site that any user who gives an invite to someone "in response to a request on another forum" will be banned.

The reason for this is, they only want people inviting their known friends who they know will be good seeders. There are too many people signing up to local torrent sites and then abusing the service (leeching).

If you really do want to get an invite you should stick around here any make friends and get involved in the community here. If you prove yourself to be a faithful user of the resources offered here, then you will probably get an invite sooner or later.

Coming on here with a post count of less than a hundred and being a n00b is not going to get you an invite, so don't waste your time or ours.

unfortunately they have to protect their own bandwidth.

Say for example, Joe N00b gets on the forum here and asks for an invite. He promptly is given one (so we can try him out). He logs on to the local Torrent site, sets his BitTorrent Client to the minimum upload speed, and procceds to download 30 Gigs (the amount his Telkom Local Account allows him). He then logs off and never goes back to the Torrent site that month. Next month he is back here again with a new username and asking for another invite.

he can keep raping the other faithful users of the Torrent site for 30 Gigs or more a month, simply because nobody knows who the hell he is, and because the Torrent site is willing to hand out invites to any and all.

Does that make it a little bit clearer? Hopefully you will see, handing out invites to all and sundry is not a wise policy on the surface of it. Better to invite those who have proved they can be responsible members of a community.

Please people, don't even think of asking for an invite unless you can show that you are a dedicated member of some internet community, this one or elsewhere. In other words... you are not likely to considered for an invite unless your post count is anywhere over 100, preferably more. You better have a very very good reason for why we should invite you if you just joined this board.

if you want you can send me your e-mail address, BUT also send some info about yourself, ISP? Broadband? Who are you and why should I invite you. etc. And it better be a darn good reason.

It makes a lot of sense this way... I thought it was a bit harsh at first as well... but after being dropped in mid-download by a few n00bs... and seeing others abusing their download ratio it makes sense. It is simply just not possible to run a community where the majority of users are clueless leechers who are there to get all they can and do not intend to contribute a single thing. It would not work to monitor them since his IP address would have changed by the same time next month.

The demonoid model is similar, but they have a huge userbase. Local torrent sites have less than a hundred active hardcore seeders. It severely restricts your ability to be more open. Demonoid does not have to worry about limiting themselves to a select group, since they are accessible from anywhere. Local sites on the other hand only have a limited number of users to draw from... and the state of bandwidth in South Africa makes the average South African broadband user very stingy with sharing. It's not his fault... it is Telkom's fault. but there it is.

Sure, this might be strict, but we are not a-holes about it. There is a reason for the strictness. Bandwidth costs us money and we don't want people using our bandwidth and not sharing. The fraternity is among those who are committed to sharing heavily. Some of us have very high share ratios and we are very proud of it. It is nice to belong to a community like that.

And there is great stuff there to share. I'm not gonna list it all here for obvious reasons, but the truth is I can't even get time to download everything I want. I just don't have the bandwidth or hard drive space. I dunno which Torrent community you guys have belonged to in the past, but the one I am a member of is very cool!

The whole idea is to get to know people better. If they have a higher post count (in a shorter space of time), then we know they are actively participating here... and will be more of a valuable asset to the site. If their post count is higher here... then they have most likely made friends and it is easier for me to ask people if they know this guy.

So yes, we don't just indiscriminately invite anyone. We ARE only interested in those who will actually SHARE... not leech. We have all had our fair share of leechers, and they are actually on a clean-up drive at the moment to get rid of all the leechers.

We want people who will seed the files they download... for at least 24 hours. You can't just log on and grab something and then log off when it is done... you will be punished for doing that and will eventually be kicked. That is not our fault.... it is your fault.

I have had my fair share of problems with people not seeding stuff... uploading stuff... and my download gets halfway and then they disappear, etc. We like to screen them first.. rather than have them log on and waste our bandwidth. I say screen them BEFORE they get on there. If they are persistent enough and determined to become a contributing member they will eventually get invited. But these one post wonders, rarely stay around. I don't see any reason to give them a trial-membership and have my name dragged through the mud when they prove to be leechers.
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I will definitely stick around in the hopes for this...
 
Hi Guys, Always loved to read through different forums on this site and finally decided to join.
Anyways i hope to get to know all of you guys on here better in hopes of receiving an invite to bitfarm as i would really love to share some content as well as
receiving content from others in return.Like they say you can't get nothing for nothing. :)

Cool so i am going to work on my post count....maybe someone will feel sorry for me and send me an invite............
Nahhh, i will just work on that......Cheers for now ;)
 
How do you get an invite if you don't have any friends that have an account? Is there a open registration period or something that we can use?

Just saw gary's post,

Will it be frowned upon if you limit your speed but leave your pc on the whole time? Lets say I download about 10gigs of stuff, and my cap is 30gigs - so that leaves 20 gigs for upload. I really wouldnt want to exceed the 30gig cap by to much. And would it be frowned upon if that I close my client after my cap is reached if my upload to download ratio remains positive?

Cause I don't want to join a community that I will not fit in from the start.
 
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I will work on my post count rather to get invited to this site.......8TB of stuff to add myself and growing every second.
Actually I need a new 2TB Drive SEAGATE FTW
 
Lookie Lookie here. SA torrent sites. And here I thought local torrents in SA were simply a fantasy. I'm not even gonna ask for an invite coz I simply don't enough local bandwidth to seed.

On that note, who's the cheapest local-bandwidth supplier?

I tried Cybersmart with their Cap...whatsizname, but it's run on the same account as the international bandwidth, so I when the local-bandwidth option is activated I can't surf international websites. I want a separate local account so that I can configure my router to use separate accounts for my local and international bandwidth.

Recommendations anyone?
 
MiyagiDono said:
Lookie Lookie here. SA torrent sites. And here I thought local torrents in SA were simply a fantasy. I'm not even gonna ask for an invite coz I simply don't enough local bandwidth to seed.

On that note, who's the cheapest local-bandwidth supplier?

I tried Cybersmart with their Cap...whatsizname, but it's run on the same account as the international bandwidth, so I when the local-bandwidth option is activated I can't surf international websites. I want a separate local account so that I can configure my router to use separate accounts for my local and international bandwidth.

Recommendations anyone?
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Get a 10GB or 30GB local only account from Webafrica, and then setup your two accounts with route sentry so that you can use them both at the same time.
 
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