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[deadone]

hi all, gotta get this of my chest as its starting to annoy me..
ok here goes.. as some of you no, im pretty new around here and im trying to participate with getting a few shows uploaded and chatting in the various sections around the whole forum.
i dont chat as much as id like but im trying. i also upload the occasional show, yes my up speeds are not the greatest in the world but nothing i can do about that unless i bribe my service provider.
when i do add a show or seed my pc is never off untill its completed.
as far as im concerned i make an effort even if its a small one. if my upload speeds are so slow then you can always trade for it instead.

my gripe is this is supposed to be a community of sharing. there seems to be an awful lot of members downloading shows and not uploading anything.
sure they have good ratios and all that, but whats the rules exactly. seems most are only here to grab whatever is uploaded..
i have also noticed on a few shows that some have awsome upload speeds going by the ammount they have downloaded/uploaded, surely they must have shows and maybe once in a while make an effort and share instead of all take. it seems some of the members with good upload speeds feel the need to not share and there ratios are great.
im not getting at any1 in particular and im not going to get into a debate with any1 about it..

ps:
i dont want to sound like an ass but what does every1 think.

regards
Mick

[FBM]

Hmm...,
I hope I got this right.
Well you have to accept that some people are not trading. If they do not trade they can not share something; and sharing a show that was just 2 month ago on the tracker does not make sense at all.
I think as long as their ratios are fine everything is alright. Ok, this is just my opinion and maybe somebody has a totally differentr opinion, but you have to know, that I don't see this whole community here as a page like Metallifukinca, I always saw this as a trading forum or Metallica in general.... the tracker is just something that is here for me, but mainly it's the forum (for me) that it was even before the tracker existed.
And if they have a good ratio you can see that they have a "good will". You can not force people to trade.

[deadone]

yeah good points. its not the case of forcing any1 tho was just curious as alot of members dont pay any attention to the forum in general

thanx
mick

[metmum]

You also find alot of traders who've been at it while have spurts of trading and coning on the forum and then stop fro a while. I do that a lot and I know a numbers of traders who do the same. Its the same with the trackers as well, we'll got through stages of uploading and downloading stuff and then not do anything for ages.

I know from my point of view on the tracker, I get bored of downloading stuff, its is sometimes acutally easier to trade and even that I get fed up of. I tend to try and get shows I was at now more than anything and I'm not bothered about getting some of the others.

[Metfan72]

Well Mick, we have had our discussion on this so you know we are clear on some issues.

My concern is some that are all take and rarely give. I myself being that I am just getting back into this and never really did the trading online thing as a friend of mine used to do a lot of it and just share what he had with me. That collection is gone and never to be recovered, so I am left to downloading and doing the odd small trade here & there.

I know you are trying, yeah your speeds suck, you know that, I know that but hey, you are trying.

But I try to come on here and be helpful to others, have a laugh or 2 and get the most of this place. BUT, what I don't expect is FREEBIES because I offered help. That is something for another time.

[deadone]

cool, thanx guys, and i no what you mean, there must be at least 6/7 shows on the tracker right now i havent got and possibly 5 of those are on my want list. would take me months to dl so im gonna pass on them.
sometimes the fun of snail trading is better than downloading and like most im a sucker for any show i attended and shows from the uk..
and yeah, stop/start trading is what alot do.. possibly this is the reason why boards go quiet for as members etc take a wee break from it all.
good points all


regards
mick

[sjmike]

Its a common problem on every tracker site with members not uploading at least 1/2 of what they download. We try to monitor it as best as we can. If a member's ratio falls below .50 they are unable to download and can only upload. They're only hurting themselves by leeching and running.

[porcelmc]

You also find alot of traders who've been at it while have spurts of trading and coning on the forum and then stop fro a while. I do that a lot and I know a numbers of traders who do the same. Its the same with the trackers as well, we'll got through stages of uploading and downloading stuff and then not do anything for ages.

I know from my point of view on the tracker, I get bored of downloading stuff, its is sometimes acutally easier to trade and even that I get fed up of. I tend to try and get shows I was at now more than anything and I'm not bothered about getting some of the others.

Couldnt agree more with all the points here. I'd also like to add that I am also just lazy as fuck. I cannot remember the last video show I downloaded. I am pretty much grabbin tons of audio shows as of late. I rarely watch vids anymore so at least I can listen to the audio boots in my car.

[VisiGod]

We used to have a small server that were used to seed shows from users with high speeds but the cost was to high to handle. What I can suggest is that people who don't have good speeds PM me and I can share the show for them (they can mail me the CD/DVD and i will share it since I have a very good speed)

[norbinho]

i know what you mean, mate...have noticed this too...certain guys are only downloading here and never share anything...they have awesome upload speeds and so their ratios are always more than great.

my upload speed is slow too, but if i want to keep a good ratio i always have to upload something...i don't have a problem with seeding shows, but i have to say that it really sucks that certain people only download and even request that some shows are being uploaded, but they never seed something themselves

well, that's how it goes