Caltrops - Rants





	[quote name="Zseni"][quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Zseni"]What is the fuckin deal with everyone getting all insane about leecher/seeder ratios and leechers hit-n-running and what have you? This is something I just don't get: while I'm sure it's annoying, and I've been there, yo, it's only <i>bandwidth</i>. [/quote] I can totally get with you on this argument, and I'll add a point you missed: <b>BitTorrent makes leechers useful anyway.</b> So even if there's a dude who downloaded 1 gig and uploaded 100 megs, you can assume that he's leeching well trafficked material exclusively, or material that very few others are leeching. So who cares? People are stuck in the old paradigms of a pre-BitTorrent world, angry at leechers. They can't process this new information that leechers are now viable members of the community. It's like trying to explain to an uptight forum how trolling is sometimes funny. I speak from experience on the subject of well intentioned leechers because I'm that person exactly on Audiofarm where I've got a 0.3 ratio, and I could leave those torrent windows open for days with nothing changing. No one wants what I seed because I'm behind the curve and there are 5 other seeders anyway. In fact (and watch this part, this is cool) when I do "leech", I'm HELPING SOMEONE ELSE'S RATIO, and that person is TOTALLY GRATEFUL.[/quote] I think people are stuck in the paradigms of a pre-P2P world, in which everything should be paid for. Which is gay. But yeah, what you said. [quote]Judging just from the two places you've turned me on to, Oink and Audiofarm, I'll go ahead and extrapolate that all your sites are as anal retentive and faggy. Your sample set is definitely skewed because of your tastes. The benefit of high-strung OCD crazies getting together on a BT site is that you finally get to download "Kaioiri Chiuki Mizuki [320/FLAC/laserdisc]" (which means you can finally throw your 192kps version <i>right in the fucking garbage</i>). The downside of the trains running on time in Nazi town is of course the Nazis, and when they start the goose stepping, it should come as no surprise.[/quote] I call bullshit! Audiofarm is Hayt's baby. My little place in the sun is <a href="http://torrents.theppn.org/search.php?page=0">ThePPN</a>, which has no ratios, no registration required to download, and a wide variety of formats and qualities (it's all AZN though.) I just found a new site today which is three days old, no registration required, no ratios, forum-based, except it's only for stuff like Nazi Train Anthems and Polish hip hop. (<a href="http://forum.badgerworld.org/">Badgerworld</a>, probably where I will be posting my uploads from now on.) I guess a little specialization inclineth one to fascism, a little more inclineth him to generosity. Zseni (me) is a specific counterargument the size of the sun: to wit, with my Even At Oink Only 8 People Want To Download This And I Coerced 4 Of Them releases in lossless formats, I want those 8 people to run right out and enjoy themselves shamelessly at my expense. I'm hosting a big rare records dinner party and I mean to invite all the bums. Why must so many torrent uploaders be Nazis instead of splendid like me? Aren't I just as OCD crazy as anyone? (Interestingly enough, I haven't seen anything worth downloading at Oink since I got all this sand in my vagina.) I get your point, but I think it's an <i>awful</i> point. I think what you are essentially saying here is "people are stupid and mean, and you should shut up and cope." Except nicer.[/quote]