Spliffman
May 26, 2004, 11:27 AM
if you download this torrent can you please leave the window open after your download has finished, otherwise the tracker will withdraw this torrent.
if you haven't used torrents before, this is what happens:
Torrents work on seeds, which are the number of people currently down/uploading the torrent. The more seeds the faster download. If you leave the window open, you become a seed which enables others to download faster. Torrents are subject to a gentlemans rule: You should at least allow the upload to reach 100% before you close the window, most people go to 200% to be fair to other torrent users.
If you are downloading the torrent without allowing it to upload at least 100%, you are 'leeching'. This means the guy with the tracker will be under extreme pressure as his bandwidth will be caned by 'leechers'. When this occurs the tracker will normally withdraw the file, because it will cause his system to suffer.
This is all about fair play. I have already downloaded the torrent and left it running for 2 days, uploading 2000meg, if everyone does this the download speed will become faster and faster.
I know this would be better suited to the tech support forum, but it is very important and people need to understand this before the only decent source for BB is withdrawn. I saw the guy who has the file speaking about this in a torrent forum, he is not best pleased.
good luck, and happy downloading, peace
if you haven't used torrents before, this is what happens:
Torrents work on seeds, which are the number of people currently down/uploading the torrent. The more seeds the faster download. If you leave the window open, you become a seed which enables others to download faster. Torrents are subject to a gentlemans rule: You should at least allow the upload to reach 100% before you close the window, most people go to 200% to be fair to other torrent users.
If you are downloading the torrent without allowing it to upload at least 100%, you are 'leeching'. This means the guy with the tracker will be under extreme pressure as his bandwidth will be caned by 'leechers'. When this occurs the tracker will normally withdraw the file, because it will cause his system to suffer.
This is all about fair play. I have already downloaded the torrent and left it running for 2 days, uploading 2000meg, if everyone does this the download speed will become faster and faster.
I know this would be better suited to the tech support forum, but it is very important and people need to understand this before the only decent source for BB is withdrawn. I saw the guy who has the file speaking about this in a torrent forum, he is not best pleased.
good luck, and happy downloading, peace