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Offline njv326

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why my ratio wont go up?
« on: June 05, 2013, 05:02:13 PM »
i was seeding dont know why it wont go up   :(

Offline Al_Sleeper

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Re: why my ratio wont go up?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2013, 05:46:20 PM »
Try downgrading your client. uTorrent v.3+ has ridiculously poor seeding performance.

Offline Southrop

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Re: why my ratio wont go up?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2013, 07:17:37 PM »
Most of the torrents you are seeding have 0 or 1 leecher. Think about it like this. There are 28 seeders and 0 leechers on the torrent. If we imagine that this torrent is a street, and all the seeders own a cake shop on this street. So that means there are 28 cake shops selling the exact same cakes, and no people walking down the street wanting to buy cakes. How are you going to sell a cake if no one wants a cake?

Alternatively, for the torrents you're seeding that do actually have seeders, There are 329 seeders and 16 leechers. Imagine a street with all 329 seeders owning coffee shops on it, and only 16 people walking down the street wanting to buy coffee. How likely is it for any one of these 16 people to walk into your coffee shop?

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Re: why my ratio wont go up?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2013, 07:44:42 PM »
Do you have your torrent client's upload cap throttled to some extremely low level? I mean, nearly 400GB downloaded and barely 400MB uploaded is hard to fathom...

Does your client's stats differ from what's listed in your profile?

Offline njv326

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Re: why my ratio wont go up?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2013, 09:24:13 PM »
what a torrent upload caps?where to find it? DX

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Re: why my ratio wont go up?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2013, 09:37:13 PM »
Normally there are settings in your torrent client that allows you to limit the total upload and download speeds (separately), as using your entire bandwidth isn't a sound practice. Unless you have other needs, set them to something like 80% of your network capacity (in each direction).