Is this true about how Bit Torrents work ?

**Khriez** · August 15th, 2004, 10:41 AM

You close downloads as soon as 100% completed and not even seed until 100%. (AKA Leecher). So then people will start blocking your IP address and you will always download slow ?

**hawkburn** · August 15th, 2004, 10:50 AM

Yes, unfortunately it is true. But usually by the time you download 5% of the file, you start uploading at your max. It's unfortunate that some people don't share once they finish their download. The rule of BitTorrent, is that the more you upload (the faster), the faster you download.

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**moneoa** · August 15th, 2004, 11:12 AM

this is why private trackers are sweet

**CCSDUDE** · August 15th, 2004, 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by moneoa

this is why private trackers are sweet

Indeed... it's funny though as most of my ratio on certain private sites is DVD related...and on publics it's basically TV shows with a 2:1 ratio if they're 350 or below. 350 for a half an hour show and 700 for a full 42 minutes....thats more then fair.

**Mels_Smileys45** · August 15th, 2004, 12:51 PM

You reep what you sow. Im pretty sure the bible was talking about BT.

**Malicious Intent** · August 15th, 2004, 01:28 PM

No one blocks IP addresses of those who dont seed to 100%! Perhaps some private trackers. But lets be honest - what does it matter? BT maxes out my connection, so people quitting isn't going to make me lose sleep.

**Mels_Smileys45** · August 15th, 2004, 01:44 PM

I don't always leave every torrent open after downloading is finished. If a torrent is fast and has enough seeds, I close it out so I can use my bandwidth on a torrent that needs it. To me this is a better way of supporting torrents than leaving each one open until your at 1:1 and if you use BT alot, it becomes impossible to leave them all open. Choose which ones need the most help and leave them open as long as you can.

**moneoa** · August 15th, 2004, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45

To me this is a better way of supporting torrents than leaving each one open until your at 1:1 and if you use BT alot, it becomes impossible to leave them all open. Choose which ones need the most help and leave them open as long as you can.

I whole heartedly agree Mel as I pick and choose too.
Like some sorry people you meet, some need more help than others.

Wow...sorry that sounded kind of bad

**notbob** · August 15th, 2004, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Malicious Intent

No one blocks IP addresses of those who dont seed to 100%! Perhaps some private trackers. But lets be honest - what does it matter? BT maxes out my connection, so people quitting isn't going to make me lose sleep.

i do

i take full advantage of the "snub" function--your overall ratio is less than 1? feel free to wait until it is, because i'll choke you till then

i have precious little upload, and i'm not wasting it on assholes

**hawkburn** · August 15th, 2004, 03:57 PM

That's why TorrentBits is so great and so fast, is because only about 3% of the users are assholes. Everyone else shares at least to some extent. My current ratio there is 2.945 so I did my part!

**Mels_Smileys45** · August 15th, 2004, 04:16 PM

Can't you just pick a small file to upload to get your ratio way up fast?

**hawkburn** · August 15th, 2004, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Mels_Smileys45

Can't you just pick a small file to upload to get your ratio way up fast?

There arent any small files, besides music on TorrentBits, and after about 2 days there are no more leechers on music. The only type of files that stay around for the whole month they stay on the tracker is porn.

The ratio is dependent on the number of gigabytes/megabytes you upload vs download, not by averaging all the ratios of the torrents youve downloaded.

**d-koolest** · August 15th, 2004, 09:09 PM

I don't usually leave mine open, but my BT uploads maybe 3+ what I download, and fair is fair. :)

**Khriez** · August 20th, 2004, 07:09 AM

I recently spent a total of about 3-5 days downloading 3 dvd-r torrents. I kept my comp on for 3-5 days, rebooted after DLs were complete, and kept the comp on for 2 nights again just for uploads.

What a pain, trying to share and get at least 1:1 ratio on files larger than 4+ gigs, I'd rather just spend my 10-20 dollars buy the dvd to save me my bloody time. :hole