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UPDATE: infested with fags by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 10:57am PDT
The World Series' Main Event just wrapped up, so I went to download some content from that. The torrents opened OK but in the status field it said "BANNED; UPGRADE TO LATEST VERSION". They banned Azureus!

Confident that this was all a misunderstanding, I went to post in their forums:

Az2.3.0.4 ban: what is this retardation?
Seriously, even the most anal trackers, like oink.me.uk, still allow this version. It works perfectly and is secure and doesn't leak your info into DHT. There is NO good reason to ban it.

2.4.x clients have never worked for me, my network stuff freezes up after a few minutes of torrenting. A few others on oink had the same problem, we never found a solution, and we still use what works.

This policy change is -EV. Please reconsider.


Some admin asks if I have the latest Java, and we go back and forth for a few messages with his incompetent technical troubleshooting, covering ground that I went over months ago. I attempt to steer things back to the topic at hand, but one of their cutouts comes along (IN MY THREAD!!) and starts asking about port forwarding. He and the admin have a fruitful discussion about that. If any single reply was germane to the substance of my post, I'd paste it here.

The final solution to their policy being retarded was to edit my post so that "what is this retardation?" no longer appeared in its title.

In parallel to this, I posted in the "General Chat" forum asking for a copy of the Sirius play-by-play audio from the ME. A different admin tells me that this isn't the request forum. I can't SEE the request forum, see, because I'm not a "power user," despite my 3.5 ratio /10GB uploaded, because you need 25GB uploaded, which is unlikely to ever happen for most people, since there is only about 15GB of worthwhile poker content in the entire universe.

I point out that it's kind of dumb to have a request forum where most of the users can't even SEE the request. But it's OK, because it's to prevent people abusing the tracker! Some people with 0.3 ratios spammed requests before. Do I love people with 0.3 ratios? I must, if I'm in favor of just anyone being able to ask for things.

I would paste this second thread but it was deleted.
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thepokerbay.org by Ray of Light 07/03/2006, 3:23am PDT NEW
    Why in fuck's name would card players need their own torrent site? NT by Souffle of Pain 07/03/2006, 6:18am PDT NEW
        Re: Why in fuck's name would card players need their own torrent site? by Ray of Light 07/03/2006, 7:00am PDT NEW
    UPDATE: infested with fags by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 10:57am PDT NEW
        So it's like oink then. NT by Creexul :( 08/15/2006, 3:08pm PDT NEW
            I was going to say "worse :(" by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 7:02pm PDT NEW
                It's not like a torrent site can stop crappy things without a rule overhaul! by Worm 08/15/2006, 7:42pm PDT NEW
                    A preview of oink's next deleted post by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 9:13pm PDT NEW
                        here's a gem of a reply by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 9:30pm PDT NEW
                            So, does your invite tree get purged if you get banned? by Worm 08/15/2006, 10:38pm PDT NEW
                                I was counting on you to reinvite me NT by Ray of Light 08/15/2006, 11:25pm PDT NEW
                                    Oink Underground by Worm 08/16/2006, 12:27am PDT NEW
                                        I once had a big argument with someone around here about how Oink by Zsenicorpse 08/16/2006, 1:47am PDT NEW
                                            mrs. johnson and Choson NT by Fussbett 08/16/2006, 1:57am PDT NEW
                                                Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Choson 08/16/2006, 8:38am PDT NEW
                                                    Adventures in Soulseek by Johnny Merzbow 08/17/2006, 12:31am PDT NEW
                                                    Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Zsenicorpse 08/17/2006, 12:32am PDT NEW
                                                        Re: mrs. johnson and Choson by Choson 08/17/2006, 9:04am PDT NEW
                                                            Oink is now my last resort by The Happiness Engine 08/17/2006, 11:29pm PDT NEW
                                                                Re: Oink is now my last resort by Choson 08/18/2006, 1:55am PDT NEW
                                        Thread status: tiring to moderators by Ray of Light 08/16/2006, 10:55pm PDT NEW
                                            log by Ray of Light 08/17/2006, 12:55am PDT NEW
                                                YOU WALLOWED BACK TO YOUR UNMODERATED FORUM TO POST THIS by Creexul :( 08/17/2006, 2:50am PDT NEW
                                                    Hm I meant presence. THIS MISTAKE WOULD NOT BE MADE ON A MODERATED WEBSITE FORUM NT by Creexul :( 08/17/2006, 3:17am PDT NEW
                                                THREAD LOCKED by Fussbett 08/17/2006, 8:47pm PDT NEW
                                                how many minutes until lock? by The Happiness Engine 08/17/2006, 11:42pm PDT NEW
                                                    I posted this YESTERDAY by Ray of Light 08/17/2006, 11:50pm PDT NEW
 
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