like many others here when I fell into ratio jail a few times upon release I dedicated myself to avoid going back thats how I discovered the value of UPLOADING.

Initially this was a site to "grab" n go of only what you liked but that cums @ a very Stiff price.

I too am very selective of what I download however I feel I have made excellent strides towards maintaining a healthy ratio its definitely a conscience effort now.

I only started uploaded torrents 3 months ago

Note that the amount uploaded is your total upload to other users, whether it's a torrent you've created, or one posted by someone else that you've downloaded, and then you're sharing back (uploading) some of that data. It would be possible to have a great ration if a user never posted a torrent, but seeded back lots of what they did download.

Most of my share ratio comes from torrents that I've download only part of (maybe one file out of five), and somehow the system hooks me up with lots of downloaders and I can get a share ratio on that torrent of 50 or greater.. I do upload my own torrents every few weeks, but they usually result in a share ratio (for that torrent) in a ratio of 5 to 10.

I also noticed that many "high upload" users tend to have share ratios in the 1-2 range, meaning they must also download a lot of stuff. I tend to be selective about what I download.