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New user, needs urgent help and cant seed any torrents!

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Freedom Kira:

--- Quote from: ShurikenUK on February 11, 2013, 03:08:40 PM ---Again, I know how to download torrents, its as easy as anything, but Im not going to say I understand much about how they work beyond the bare bones.

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In that case, you're one of those people who joined thinking you need an account in order to get anything from this site. The only thing that membership really offers is ratio tracking service, aside from other little things like getting to see which members are leeching/seeding any torrent (big whoop), being able to actively compete in the offer race (bigger whoop), and access to a nice online community (non-sarcastic whoop). By the way, the peer list and offer privilege are only granted to Power Users or higher.

Given your statement quoted above, I don't believe that an account really suits you. You will probably be better off downloading anonymously from the site.


--- Quote from: ShurikenUK on February 11, 2013, 03:08:40 PM ---... Im not trying "take take take" without giving any back.

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Because BakaBT is the way it is, people are actually contributing to the site by downloading stuff, though many people don't realize this. You pointed it out yourself that we have an overpopulation of seeders, while leechers are very hard to come by. By downloading something, you become someone to seed to.

Combine both points above, and you'll realize that you actually benefit the site and its members more by not being a member and just downloading without an account. With your account, you hold back a lot because you see your ratio and panic, so you just download a small handful, and then spend days/weeks/months seeding back that small handful to something you think is acceptable while not downloading anything. If you don't have that to worry about, you end up downloading more freely.

Of course, if you feel some guilt, you can just seed back anonymously too, which is encouraged for different reasons that I don't want to get into here.

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