A better idea might be say
0.1 - 0.15 : maximum 1 download, no limit on filesize, but you can only download 50mb of that file (in other words, until you get over 0.15 ratio, you're stuck with only 50mb of the large file you started downloading.) This means people when they first start out will look for torrents that are in high demand to get over that hump asap - that's starts them out with the right habits, and it's good for everyone at gt.ru

That sounds pretty good. The problem is you have to find a file that someone else wants or you could be stuck.

If you are into some of the lesser used torrent sections, then it can be hard to find leechers to share to. Twinks, Youngbloods and hunks will always have someone to leech to, but some of the others may not.

But, the problem is, everyone begins at a ratio of 0. And by your plan, that means everyone starts with a file size limit of 50mb.

Who wants a 50mb file?? Talk about crummy quality viewing. The only people who would want to download a 50mb file are those who need to just to get their ratio up to begin with. But, because nobody wants to download it, their ratio never really increases.

The thing I like about gt.ru is that people don't hold back on the quality (and hence filesize) of the shares. I think the filesize limiting might work against that

A better idea might be say
0.1 - 0.15 : maximum 1 download, no limit on filesize, but you can only download 50mb of that file (in other words, until you get over 0.15 ratio, you're stuck with only 50mb of the large file you started downloading.) This means people when they first start out will look for torrents that are in high demand to get over that hump asap - that's starts them out with the right habits, and it's good for everyone at gt.ru

Hmm, now that I re-read what you said, maybe that's what you meant all along? Should I still hit the submit button?…. yeah why not.

Right now, i'm trying to find any hot videos that i could upload. The 21 days you give…. erm.... its alrite i guess

I juz want to comment the Profile section. The edit password feature seems... too obvious. I have some suggestion though, maybe u could limit the number of download using the ratio as a basic.

Let say, 0.1 - 0.15 : maximum 1 download, limits to 50 MB per file
0.15 - 0.2 : maximum 1 download, limits to 100 MB per file
0.20 - 0.25 : maximum 1 download, limits to 150 MB per file and so on

I'm juz giving u a suggestion. I might not be a good seeder but i'm trying to give u some ideas. It may sounds stupid and easily said than done.

However, i think this site still need some improvement. Couldn't u juz make the video pics open in a new window instead of popping it? I have some issues with pop-ups. They bring lots of viruses and thats why i disabled it through Firefox

One part of the problem is that people don't know how to use the programs properly, I usually upload 24/7 as of late since getting uTorrent, it has a scheduling option so you can set up how much bandwidth you wanna use at any point of the day, so, when I'm sleeping or @ work or out doing shit etc. etc. I can set it up to use all my bandwidth otherwise, I only upload at 10k when I'm home using the internet, now if everyone else did this as well, this problem wouldn't occur but most people don't think they need to seed and even when they do, the only seed the minimal amount, but, like I said before, that's any torrent site you go to :lol:

there should be a law that would make minimum upload to 1Mb
that would be cool

i envy you guys with FiOS in the usa or fiber in north of europe and asia

stuck with cable and only 400kb upload between 4 people in the house

There will always be people who refuse to seed back, so the rest of us have to take up the slack. This will cause the good users to over seed on many torrents.

If your client is set up correctly you can leave it to run 24/7 {if your ISP allows it} and it will seed as needed and tend not to over seed unless there are no other seeders.

As for the other person or is that moderator…well I have no further comment to mkae !!

I'm not sure if I should be offended or not. :-l

When all is said & done, this is a fine site with a credible and welcome attitude.

Long may it continue ? sam xxx

That's all I really needed to here

I will sit back and watch as you put it ....and wish YOU well with the site.
As for the other person or is that moderator...well I have no further comment to mkae !!

i think we did already enough with having the most taff ratio system arround… other sites allow more leecher-friendly stuff then we already do. we have 0.35 others just 0.25, till now we ban people automatically who doesnt get there ratio to 0.35 after 3 weeks.. our site user ammount grows slowly cause of many users get banned and finally deleted... we deleted more then 8000+ users till now.

people always leech, try to cheat and not follow the rules... its normal. on other sites it is even worth but looks better cauz they have 10 times so much users...

so my suggestion @playmate: stay on.... lean back and watch.... more users=more seeders..

some other people complain that nobody downloads the stuff they are seeding.. for that kind of people we should lower the ratio...

you can see, it is really hard to find the right rules for everybody.... we will never get the same opinion for all users here....

if i would know the perfect solution, i would do everythink for it to have it here - fast!

Tom, the site owner, is fiddling in the background making changes to the site in hopes of improving it. Plus he's been on the phone screaming at the server host to improve the service we've been getting lately.

I have been following this with interest, but hate to say it, but am going to anyway -

When I said, too many leechers and not enough seeders, I was not speaking in general, I was referring to many of the files that I have leeched and shared, and files I have uploaded for others etc.

In one case one file uploaded had 154 snatches (no offence to the female anatomy) and out of that lot there appeared to be only 10 or 12 seeders when they completed the download. According to the stats and also my client.

While the general stats provided by the apparently new owner of the site are interesting to say the least, one can't help but still wonder about the general "grab and run" situation on the site as well as others?

It would be nice to have the up and down speeds that I see from other users, who might have cable etc., but here in Oz, wer are still stuck with the 120year+ copper cabling system despite out major telco making a 4.5Billion $au profit over the past year. Oh yeas we can have cable, if we want to pay for it, a paltry 300$au just to have it from our house to the street, more if you want a complete cable to the nearest telephone exchane, and then there is the added cost of having to pay for the connections at the said exchange…

We are also obliged to pay ( in my case) $60au per month for a 512kbs speed connction with a upload limit of 28Gig and same for download...if we exceed that limit, we are capped at 64k for the remainder of the month.

Right now, it is also nice to see that the new changes in regards to the seeding bonus is making everyone happy to ...yeah right.

Anyway, I've got it all off my chest now ...so thanks guys ...

dont know why we dont all have symetric connection
rather then adsl well one day i hope to get fiber
i bet we all do

just an update on the stats
Users 17,038
Torrents 1,321
Seeders 4,913
Leechers 2,026
Peers 6,939

this is really not bad
but seems like some of the files just get ignored and some have loads of seeders

i try to seed as much as i can
but again i am on cable with like 1/10 of my upload compared to my download
4mb down and 400kb upload
not great but its all i have for the moment

Well, dont leave.. I dont have porn to share, but you can ask Sun Guru to see if he has the vid you need. I'm sure he will help you out. He has great upload speed so you dont have to worry about the long time to get the file

:shoot2: RETT

How do you mean that I…. :rant:

Actually I think that those figures are quite respectful....

Anyway...I just try to upload as much as I can... :beer2:

Torrents 1,306
Seeders 4,696
Leechers 1,844

There are almost 4 times the number of seeders as there are leechers on at the moment. Of course the numbers increase a lot at night and on the weekends.

This shows that overall the site isn't doing too bad.

I just switched from a horrible ISP to a "good" one. My new ISP is £30 a month for 45gb peak time {Monday thru Friday 8am to 10pm} and 300gb off peak. That's up to 8mb down with 1mb up. However, even though I live in the UK's oil/gas capital, we only get 4mb lines. That's almost 12x more transfer a month and 4x the upload speed for £10 more a month.

The complete opposite trend is happening in the oriental countries. While we talk about MB lines and caps, they are talking GB lines with totally unlimited usage.

As a fellow BTer and moderator, I too feel the frustration that many are feeling.

We {the staff} are trying to find ways of turning this site into a community, instead of just a porn site in the minds of the users. This would help with the hit n runners and make people feel more responsible for their actions. Of course there will always be scum, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

If in my country I could get the speed and stuff you mentioned, well I would gladly pay for it, but the way it works here, well...too many isp's having to go through ONE major telephone co...so they control it all, pricing, allocations etc., etc., and I hate to say it...but they sure know how to charge.
I am already paying more thank I thiink I should be for my service, but we have very little competitive choices here is Oz.

I also fully appreciate that it is afree porn site and that sharing is the name of the game...and also that not all users have the priviledge (??) of having great up or down speeds....all I"m saying is that it is a huge dissapointment to myself that there are so many "grab and run" type users in many of the torrent site...

I know the expenses involved in running such a site also...as I run my own Personals site, but I have done so far without having to resort to banner aedds etc ...and it is still a free site.

Oh well, that's life I guess....but it still makes me damn angry and confused as well as majorly frustrated at the lack of manners some users have !! Personally, I don't think trying to educate bad users will work either ...some ppl just can't be taught good manners

We can't physically force people to seed. We can only do a few things such as limit their ability to download. This in many cases gets people to seed because they want more porn.

It's a no win situation. If we remove the ratio caps, then the problem gets worse because no one will feel the need to seed. If we increase it then the problem gets worse because many people will get banned even though they are trying to do the right thing. Either way we constantly get complaints from 1 side or the other, but usually both at the same time.

To be honest, I would love to bitch slap some of the people around here. Some think this is a free porn site. Well it's not, it's a porn sharing community.

Personally, I would rather teach people how to be good BT citizens than ban them, but some people are just greedy and won't care no matter what we do.

Btw, the holidays are over so people can't use that excuse.