Banning of members

amice

not all accounts that are listed as banned, are really such. when i started to handle duplicate accounts, i didn't fully know what this

banned list will act like. (when admins have some time, i will ask them to clear the banned list, to avoid misunderstandings). actually,

as Uwe already wrote, the system doesn't distinguish between self-deleted and banned accounts, so sometimes you can see a lot

of 'as if' banned accounts in the log. don't be afraid, it's not that bad as it looks like

raphjd

Banning for flaming and the like is rare.

99% of staff banning is for technical reasons; ie ratio cheating and duplicate accounts.

crazygayboy

Many thanks for your explanations. Great. I'm very curiously for many things, lol.

A great weekend, Norbert

mikeemountie

@raphjd:

Banning for flaming and the like is rare.

99% of staff banning is for technical reasons; ie ratio cheating and duplicate accounts.

Can someone explain ratio cheating so that I never end up doing it accidentally (if that is possible)? Is it like using a seedbox? Thanks.

Popper

Ratio cheating …

There are two possibilities :

Either you do it on purpose and then you know it
or you use a bad torrent client, here I think especially to Thunder (sorry don't know it's Chinese name)

pigtucket

@Uwe:

Ratio cheating …

There are two possibilities :

Either you do it on purpose and then you know it

or you use a bad torrent client, here I think especially to Thunder (sorry don't know it's Chinese name)

Actually UWE, I think he meant (or at least I thought he meant) what is considered "ratio cheating"? Not that I want to know how to do it (my ratio is not a problem). I was just wondering what acts are considered "ratio cheating".

Thanks,
p

chadantony

bad torrent client name > Thunder in chinese called [迅雷] or Xunlei Thunder..

junior

@pigtucket:

@Uwe:

Ratio cheating …

There are two possibilities :

Either you do it on purpose and then you know it

or you use a bad torrent client, here I think especially to Thunder (sorry don't know it's Chinese name)

Actually UWE, I think he meant (or at least I thought he meant) what is considered "ratio cheating"? Not that I want to know how to do it (my ratio is not a problem). I was just wondering what acts are considered "ratio cheating".

Thanks,
p

Ratio Cheating is when the the torrent software reports false data to the tracker, making it look like you have a better upload or ratio than you actually do.

geographer

Or, along side the torrent client you're using a special "accelerating" software, which alters the data sent by your client to the server and increases your upload amount and speed.

I've seen one of these for uTorrent (very old versions, bellow 1.5). But they're usually easily detected, so try them at your own risk

pigtucket

Ah, got it. Thanks for the explanations junior and geographer.

Luckily, I have no need for either. I started using a seedbox months ago and have been thrilled with the results.