Using uTorrent 2.2.1 - often can see there are some unconnected peers on completed torrents even though port forwarding is working good here (plenty of other peers can connect). If I remove the torrent, then add the .torrent file back, at least one or two more can then connect and download.

It's like the torrent goes stale quickly, and needs manual refreshing.

Also, when uploading using the very handy Uploader, sometimes nobody connects. Removing the torrent and adding it back gets the party started.

Are these known bugs, or do I need to spray the computer and bless my knickers?

I have the same issues.  Sometimes pausing the torrent and restarting it helps, sometimes closing the torrent software and re-opening it helps, sometimes removing and re-adding the torrent helps.  Or maybe those actions just seem to help?

If there are only a few seeders and I can't connect to any of them to download, making the torrent free leech has always worked for me by attracting seeders I can connect to.

I understand that the nature of torrenting is that there will inevitably be peers that your software can't connect to for whatever reason.

It's not just this site.  I use another site for non-porn videos and music with torrents that often have only one seeder.  Downloading from that seeder can be intermittent and very slow and it can take several weeks to finish a download.  Sometimes another peer will show up and make a huge difference.

It seems that communication with the gaytor.rent tracker is infrequent and that may be exacerbated by having a large number of torrents (> 1k) seeding.

Anyone expert on the back-end torrent stuff, please comment to confirm or deny my observations!