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#994880 by Kendopedia (User+) at 2007-09-15 23:47:51 (1 day ago) - [PM]

So I'd just like to start this off by saying that I am relatively new to the whole torrent community thing, as I had been just using DC++ as my P2P source of music and movies before a good friend of mine happened upon an OiNK invite about a month ago. I gotta tell you, I was absolutely floored by the amount and quality of content on this site, so I started doing some research about other quality torrent communities on par with OiNK. Unfortunately, my research turned up absolutley zilch save for a few cryptic acronyms, links, and bare bones descriptions. Any time sites like feedthe.net, ftwr.in, revolutiontt.net, & Sct (which I'm assuming is scenetorrents?) were mentioned online, it was basically the internet equivolent of a shady drug deal going on behind a high school at 3 in the morning. It seemed like the only way to get an invite to these sites was to sell an internal organ to one of the members, and then maybe you'd be considered to be put in the 50,000+ person line to attempt to get in.

I guess what I'd like to know is how many members of OiNK are also members of other exclusive torrent communities? What's your take on the secrecy and exclusivity levels on these sites compared to OiNK (tying in with that, do people really think that some form of authority isn't on to this whole shindig)? Are there sites with even stricter ratio requirements and rules than OiNK? And, without fishing for invites, what's the best way to go about obtaining one? Is there even a way to obtain one to these sites, or are the rumors true? I guess I'm just kind of fascinated by the shady, back-alley dealings of the torrent world (and the sites like OiNK that basically make it the opposite of shady...).

BTW, I know I'm going to get shit for not putting this in the bittorent forum, but I figured I wanted this to be more chat related than getting into the technicalities of torrents.

#994920 by spooki (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 00:11:09 (1 day ago) - [PM]

A lot of us, or at least those of us who really like OiNK, are on other private trackers. I'm on a bunch of them, but I only actually use, I guess, 7 of them. They're great, I've never heard of people getting busted for torrents on the private trackers (though public trackers get people fucked daily) and most everyone is very friendly, I don't know why you seem to be so wary of them. Yes, they're invite only, not because of elitism but because it is just way better for the users that are on it. Now that you're on OiNK you've got a golden opportunity to get all the invites you want, but you gotta be a power user+ to get access to the invites thread :p which is the best benefit to the promotion. Don't ask for any til then..

#994941 by xambeta00 (Quacker) (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 00:22:26 (1 day ago) - [PM]

i think there are a lot of cowards out there, because so many sites closed their doors to new users right after a bust of a major site.

at the same time, i don't think we are really owed anything. before this BT thing started up, most of us had no idea what a "scene" was, and we got mediocore files over P2P.

overall, the truth is, 9 out of 10 of these "exclusive" sites don't have anything all that interesting. they have a lot of files, but nothing that makes you go "wow" any more than your typical communities. i mean i've let a membership at revolutiontt, filelist.org, other sites expire. but there are a few you want in on, i want in on, everyone wants in on. and if it doesn't happen, oh well, i'm cool with what i get access to.

#994977 by iVasto (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 00:43:41 (1 day ago) - [PM]

There is at least one torrent site that was mentioned in the OP that recently just got rid of ratio requirement. (actually, they got rid of ratio completely). So to answer your question some of the "exclusive" sites don't have really hard ratio. They do have great communities though.

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#995022 by greatest666 (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 01:12:39 (1 day ago) - [PM]

The OP doesn't happen to work for mediadefender does he?

#995202 by tsolless (User+) at 2007-09-16 02:58:21 (1 day ago) - [PM]

I think MediaDefender has bigger things to worry about such as change their passwords on everything. =-D

#995218 by violin624 (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 03:13:22 (1 day ago) - [PM]

there are a few private trackers that really, really stand out, because they broaden your horizons in an oink-esque way (karagarga comes to mind), or have lots of old and/or hard to find content (bitmetv, etc.) Other than that, most of the exclusive sites just offer a nice community, good speeds and a highly decreased likeliness of getting caught.

#995232 by Bonekhan (User+) at 2007-09-16 03:26:20 (1 day ago) - [PM]

I'm a member of several *private* communities, though none are really top secret and hard to find an invite for. I'm not one to hunt for invites, I just have lots of friends in several communities that like to help me out. When it comes to private trackers, it is usually who you know.

#995239 by Xizer (User+) at 2007-09-16 03:36:11 (1 day ago) - [PM]

Private communities are a pain in the ass.

Having to manage ratios, making sure your account doesn't get deleted for inactivity, etc. across 30 different private sites is incredibly annoying, and it seems like new ones are constantly popping up.

Then there's the fact of actually finding something you want. Since no universal search engines for private sites exists like Scrape Torrent or others for public sites, you have to go to each one and search manually.

You also have to deal with ignorant admins who ban certain versions of torrent clients out of paranoia and stupidity. A good example of this would be Bitsoup: the admins have banned �Torrent 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4 etc out of an unproven paranoia that anything after �Torrent 1.6.1 phones home to the RIAA/MPAA. They won't state this publicly, though.

You go and ask at Bitsoup why �Torrent 1.7.2 and up is banned and the mods lock your thread, and link you to two threads: One which gives absolutely no reason why, and another which mentions that 1.7 and 1.7.1 were banned because of flaws in them. When someone mentions that those flaws no longer exist in 1.7.2+, they ignore it and just link to those two threads.

OiNK is one of the few that are actually worth the effort. There are only a handful of private sites like that out there.

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#995276 by jerameh (User+) at 2007-09-16 04:11:54 (1 day ago) - [PM]

Xizer wrote:

A little background on Xizer: He runs a forum dedicated to talking about how much he'd love to have sex with the 8 year old character Stephanie from LazyTown. If he reads this and decides to respond he'll more than likely say "but the actress that portrays her is 15, and since I'm 18, she's in my peer group." or "I don't just watch the show for Stephanie, but for the subtle adult humor and high production values."

He was banned from SomethingAwful for being a pedophile, as well as many other members of his forum. Also in the members only section of his LazyTown forum there is a lot of content that is questionably legal, including hardcore lolicon.

Also it's www.getlazy.net if you people don't believe me.

But oh, upon visiting it, I see that there are no boards. He's more than likely made them private now.

I suppose it was the "ignorant mods" on SomethingAwful that banned him. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that they don't want such a freak on their forum.

Also notice that his avatar here is Stephanie from LazyTown. Certainly not cute, but if a mod were to call him on it, he'd probably vehemently defend that she's the cutest thing on this earth.

On topic: I think that there are a few communities that are worth seeking an invite for, including OiNK, KG, BitMeTV, and x264. Other than those, the only real benefit is the feeling of being a little safer than the average torrent-er.

#995295 by Eggothewaffle (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 04:21:09 (1 day ago) - [PM]

private trackers are fantastic

#995335 by polarix (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 04:42:05 (1 day ago) - [PM]

Such a fun game trying to get invites to those *XKLUSIV* trackers, no?

#995355 by BlueCrystal (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 04:53:51 (1 day ago) - [PM]

tl;dr
I like Exclusive trackers.
It gives you a false sense of security.

#995681 by zeelurker (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 11:40:59 (1 day ago) - [PM]

jerameh wrote:

Xizer wrote:

A little background on Xizer: He runs a forum dedicated to talking about how much he'd love to have sex with the 8 year old character Stephanie from LazyTown. If he reads this and decides to respond he'll more than likely say "but the actress that portrays her is 15, and since I'm 18, she's in my peer group." or "I don't just watch the show for Stephanie, but for the subtle adult humor and high production values."

He was banned from SomethingAwful for being a pedophile, as well as many other members of his forum. Also in the members only section of his LazyTown forum there is a lot of content that is questionably legal, including hardcore lolicon.

Also it's deleted if you people don't believe me.

But oh, upon visiting it, I see that there are no boards. He's more than likely made them private now.

I suppose it was the "ignorant mods" on SomethingAwful that banned him. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that they don't want such a freak on their forum.

Also notice that his avatar here is Stephanie from LazyTown. Certainly not cute, but if a mod were to call him on it, he'd probably vehemently defend that she's the cutest thing on this earth.

On topic: I think that there are a few communities that are worth seeking an invite for, including OiNK, KG, BitMeTV, and x264. Other than those, the only real benefit is the feeling of being a little safer than the average torrent-er.

I'm not judging whether your allegations are true or not. However, I'm wondering what the hell you were thinkiing providing the url to a site that you believe offers illegal content (ie, stuff that can get people put in jail for a long time).

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#995810 by Bonekhan (User+) at 2007-09-16 13:47:05 (1 day ago) - [PM]

Xizer wrote:

Private communities are a pain in the ass.

Why are you here?

Xizer wrote:

Having to manage ratios, making sure your account doesn't get deleted for inactivity, etc. across 30 different private sites is incredibly annoying, and it seems like new ones are constantly popping up.

Why do you sign up for 30 sites? How could you use them all? If you used them all as much as you should for having an account, then your account wouldn't be deleted for inactivity; if you didn't, then it doesn't justify an account there if you find it a hassle to use it.

Xizer wrote:

Then there's the fact of actually finding something you want. Since no universal search engines for private sites exists like Scrape Torrent or others for public sites, you have to go to each one and search manually.

Not true.

Xizer wrote:

You also have to deal with ignorant admins who ban certain versions of torrent clients out of paranoia and stupidity. A good example of this would be Bitsoup: the admins have banned �Torrent 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4 etc out of an unproven paranoia that anything after �Torrent 1.6.1 phones home to the RIAA/MPAA. They won't state this publicly, though.

It depends on their perspective. Wasn't uTorrent bought by BitTorrent recently? However, the uTorrent team still continues work on it regularly and independently. Also: If you don't like the admins, don't use the flipping site.

Xizer wrote:

You go and ask at Bitsoup why �Torrent 1.7.2 and up is banned and the mods lock your thread, and link you to two threads: One which gives absolutely no reason why, and another which mentions that 1.7 and 1.7.1 were banned because of flaws in them. When someone mentions that those flaws no longer exist in 1.7.2+, they ignore it and just link to those two threads.

Probably because they have already given you an answer, or they have had countless threads like that. Or they don't need or want to answer you--it's their site, deal with it.

#995840 by jerameh (User+) at 2007-09-16 14:12:54 (1 day ago) - [PM]

zeelurker wrote:

He more than likely got scared when people at SA started reporting his forum to the FBI because it has pedo content and made all the boards private. Or hey, maybe he took them down. We can all dream.

#995854 by ksz. This account is disabled (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 14:23:14 (1 day ago) - [PM]

what's going on this thread? plus if a chick is 15 and u think she's hot you're not a petter ass. that applies for lil kids. but anyway

OP you make the secret world of bit torrent kind of sound like a fantasy world and a little too secretive and shady. the privacy really just prevents tons of shitties from leeching and ruining the whole thing that makes bittorrent work: sharing.

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#995864 by atown (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 14:28:07 (1 day ago) - [PM]

I have to refrain from 4chan comments but it's so hard.

I wont post any. Just for Paine.

#996027 by Xizer (User+) at 2007-09-16 16:19:44 (1 day ago) - [PM]

jerameh wrote:

What the hell does trolling this topic with a 90% off topic post have to do with anything? I'm not even going to begin to justify your allegations with a response.

This thread is about private torrent sites, not supposed pedophilia. Keep your retarded Something Awful witch hunts at Something Awful, not OiNK.

Bonekhan wrote:

Why are you here?

Because OiNK is one of the few that are actually worth it. Relax gang, I wasn't trying to insult OiNK. I love OiNK. I was talking about all these dozens of other sites with <2,000 torrents that keep springing up like there is a need for them.

#996410 by Kendopedia (User+) at 2007-09-16 20:38:36 (1 day ago) - [PM]

Yeah, this got off topic fast...

Anyway, i'ts not that I think private torrent sites are "shady". It's just that I really haven't been able to find any useful information on what communities to look for besides OiNK, as everything is kept under such tight wraps and the only information that OiNK has is an indescriptive list of other torrent sites. That's all.

#996443 by ampc (User+) at 2007-09-16 20:56:12 (1 day ago) - [PM]

#996510 by ksz. This account is disabled (Power User+) at 2007-09-16 21:24:24 (23 hours ago) - [PM]

Kendopedia wrote:

when you become a power user it's like rebirth

#996885 by atown (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 00:28:36 (20 hours ago) - [PM]

Xizer why did you change your avatar?
Edit: Don't show intimidation!

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#996930 by Bonekhan (User+) at 2007-09-17 00:45:10 (20 hours ago) - [PM]

atown wrote:

Xizer why did you change your avatar?
Edit: Don't show intimidation!

He got tired of being called a pedophile?

#997138 by Xizer (User+) at 2007-09-17 02:14:02 (18 hours ago) - [PM]

atown wrote:

Xizer why did you change your avatar?
Edit: Don't show intimidation!

I wasn't sure if it was acceptable under OiNK's rules. The Rules give a stuffed animal or cartoon character an example.

I am unfamiliar whether or not OiNK's staff would consider Stephanie "cute" or if they might have the same irrational fear of LazyTown that goons have.

I had assumed it would be fine since OiNK's default color scheme is pink.

#997144 by Ensiferum (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 02:16:00 (18 hours ago) - [PM]

So like why does jerameh know all that and is it true and what is going on? pedobear???

#997220 by iFox (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 02:43:25 (18 hours ago) - [PM]

Maybe jerameh = Chris Hansen?

#997342 by jerameh (User+) at 2007-09-17 03:48:15 (17 hours ago) - [PM]

Ensiferum wrote:

So like why does jerameh know all that and is it true and what is going on? pedobear???

Yes, it's true. He's obsessed with the character Stephanie and the actress who portrays her. On the forum he runs people post personal non-hollywood pictures of her, and they even have her cell phone. They make those motivational poster things with her in them. One example I can remember is the picture is her with her mouth open, and the caption is something like

Aim
It's all in the wrist.

Or something along those lines. Disgusting perverts, the lot of them.

#997389 by VivaGardner (Funk-inator clover ) (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 04:07:04 (16 hours ago) - [PM]

This thread has failed miserably.

#997596 by oorza (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 05:55:35 (15 hours ago) - [PM]

I smell banhammer.

#997632 by SethSil (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 06:17:21 (14 hours ago) - [PM]

that was really funny, actually

#997732 by BitCr4zy (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 07:38:01 (13 hours ago) - [PM]

from what I've gathered Oink, KG and BitMeTV are the most Xclusive trackers.

P.S. jerameh is ruining this thread. :offtopic:

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#997857 by ksz. This account is disabled (Power User+) at 2007-09-17 11:12:42 (9 hours ago) - [PM]

jerameh's a stalkerfag

#997886 by Dragonnnnn (Flamer ) (Moderator) at 2007-09-17 11:45:54 (9 hours ago) - [PM]

Here I was, going about my normal business and generally feeling rather 'meh' about the world in general.

And then I stumbled upon this gem of a topic.

Thank you all so much for this.

I shall now righteously remove posting privileges and hand out warnings to several deserving fucktards.

I'll then go about the rest of the day with a smile on my face.

Thank you.

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Reason: Some people are too stupid to post.

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