Winmx leechers!!

[Jangleyjim]

These leechers are really starting to irritate me!!
At the moment I`ve got 7 people queueing to download from me.
6 of them have either a DSL or T1 connection and not one of them is sharing a SINGLE file!
The 7th guy is on 56k and is sharing 368 files.
Quite ironic,isn`t it?

[eclectica]

Let me tell you about my day yesterday, now that you've told me about yours. I was showing my wife WinMX, because the last time she used a program to get mp3s was when Napster was running. She had tons of songs she wanted to get, and a lot of them are rare.

I have two computers at home. One is running an OpenNap server and WinMX, while the other is for things like e-mail. I use the one with the e-mail to get the files at times, because it also has a sound card whereas the one with the server and WinMX running doesn't.

So I was using the computer, but sharing no files, because I already have my total bandwidth set just right on the other computer with the server. I went to get some files and I received an IM from someone telling that I must share files. So I replied telling him my situation, that I couldn't share files because I was sharing on another computer. A few minutes later all the connections to that person were cut off.

Isn't it ironic that the righteous asshole who was so concerned about others being leeches refused to share any files with me?

[mlv12321]

That is pretty ironic, though I find it perfectly understandable; when confronted with what seems to be a factually unverifiable proposition, in an environment apparantly thoroughly pervaded by so-called leeches, I would equally more readily reject it than accept it as truth. Thereby indeed taking the slight risk that I'm wrong. Am I wrong in thinking so?

[eclectica]

You're not wrong in thinking so, provided that you're willing to accept some collateral damage.

And as far as verifying the truth goes, I know that I do share files, and I also know that some self-righteous people have refused to so with me.

[backmann]

Even if the other guy is not sharing a single file you should never -and I repeat, NEVER- disconnect him. Remember that most of the people who use a p2p program for the first time are not sharing because they just don't have any files in their PC.

But, as electica said, I know I'm sharing, and hope that others follow my example.

Ivan
"In the dark we make a brighter light"

[mlv12321]

uhm...Backmann ...perhaps we have had slightly different experiences. I've had users who shared nothing queue for an entire opera; 543 MB, 320 kbps quality ...that's just ridiculous.

I really don't care if they download a few small songs from me, just to get the hang of it. But trying to download 4 CD's from me, without bothering to acquire knowledge about even the most basic fundamentals of file-sharing, is a bit naive to say the least.

[isus]

doeds anybody remeber how limewire used to have a freeloader setting in the options? yea... well, winmx should have this for anyboyd who wants to download something. leechers SUCK

[ston]

To many anti-leech activists, it's a ridiculous notion that you can't share even one single file on WinMX because you claim you can't spare giving up even the smallest amount of upload bandwidth.

WinMX allows you to throttle upload bandwidth to as low as 1k. Especially for a broadband user, giving up 1k for upload is hardly asking for much.

But now if giving up 1k upload is still too much, then try sharing just a few tiny files. ( keygens and cracks, and especially serials are always in high demand, but only a few kb in size.) They will get uploaded in a flash so the amount of uploaded BW is negligible. This way you will be signalling to other users that you are not a total leech, yet not actually using much of your upload bandwidth.

WinMX users don't demand much, just show that you are contributing at least something to the community.

[Whoa]

I still have a problem with this one guy who wants this 97mb file from me and he never shared one file. I tried messaging the guy but couldnt because of his privacy settings. sure he might have just started but cmon, at least share some mp3s (so i know hes actually sharing). the time he was on for 27hours 0 files shared.

[Lamourlady]

yes, leechers suck.
but i have noticed lately that when i "whois" any of the wpnp users, NONE of them show any files.
any other server user, shows files.
maybe there is a problem here.
i also wanted to inquire about this message i keep getting for "kaenguru" server. it's about friggin' 10 pages long stating that i need to use a server list like napmx and if i am, that i should invite the user, uploading from me, to use it, since they aren't.
and the penalty for this is to only allow the user to have 10 files showing.
i messaged this dude about it and told him to speak to the server about it, cause noone can see any of his files. the dude had about 2500 files in his "whois", but only 10 when i browsed him.
me thinks Eclectica should add this one to his list of "deletes".

[Ken17625]

See thats the problem with WinMX, it sucks. Plain and simple.

[Travis982]

I just whois-ed all 4 people who were downloading from me. They all came up 0 files shared. But here's the funny thing: I was currently downloading from one of them so he had to be sharing something eh.

No doubt about it WinMX is screwed up in this feature.

[Travis982]

Just for kicks I whois-ed all 10 people now in my queue. And now 7 come up as sharing files. Wierd. All 10 are different from when I whois-ed before.

[eclectica]

Lamourlady:

i also wanted to inquire about this message i keep getting for "kaenguru" server. it's about friggin' 10 pages long stating that i need to use a server list like napmx and if i am, that i should invite the user, uploading from me, to use it, since they aren't.
and the penalty for this is to only allow the user to have 10 files showing.
i messaged this dude about it and told him to speak to the server about it, cause noone can see any of his files. the dude had about 2500 files in his "whois", but only 10 when i browsed him.

NapMX is a program that adds the Napigator servers to your WinMX program, rather than you manually typing them in from the Napigator site. So is the server owner admitting his own inadequacy, by telling you to go find another server? Perhaps they restrict the users to share only ten files to cut down on their server resources, because as I understand it, the files are stored in the server's memory. And when you do a search or browse a user, that takes up server bandwidth too. It's all about prestige: server owners like to have many people connected to their servers, and they cut corners and overload the server in order to do so.

[-Huize-]

there clearly is sum sort of a bug in the winmx software, per examle sumone showed 30 files i trid to d/l a song and was qued 10031 ( wich seems to be a standard ).

THis happns alot if u ask me and well its a damnd shame