The fall of Bit Torrent

BWX · Dec 20, 2004, 06:44 AM

That is the great thing about bit-torrent- you can limit overall or individual torrent bandwidth up and down separately, so it is totally adjustable- therefore no more or less network hog than anything else. All depends on what you set it up do to.

-you could limit to 5 up/ 100 down if you want.

Zardon · Dec 20, 2004, 10:14 AM

Discussion is fine, but guys no links to these sites please - read the forum rules.

Spyro124 · Dec 20, 2004, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Some body need to do something anything! against the RIAA / MPAA etc...
stuff like this is BS

And why is that?? I'm not saying that I haven't used this, but what we are doing, we as in the people downloading from those sites, is illegal, no way to turn around that, so I don't see why something should be done against those agencies, what they are doing is just the legal to make sure less and less people get their stuff for free.

They also know it's impossible to get rid of all the places where to get warez, but the less people able to download things like this, the more money they will make again.

Now to get on with the bittorrent story, this doesn't come as a surprise to me, it was just to easy to get an account on these sites, so those agencies could get access to those sites aswell. It was just a matter of time, it's been fun using those sites, but it's just time to move on.

Bit Torrent isn't dead but it will never be as big as it was.

BWX · Dec 20, 2004, 01:19 PM

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Yeah, it does suck that they're all going down but BT has finally gotten the attention and this is what comes with it. The best site is still up tho so please take your place among the elite's at ET

ET?

Spyro124 · Dec 20, 2004, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

ET?

Elitetorrents, but that one is kinda overrated, there are even better ones on the net, just google around a bit, but i'm not gonne post it here. And eventually the one i'm talking about and elitettorrents will go down aswell.

Al_Vampyre · Dec 20, 2004, 02:43 PM

Everyone knows that no-one is going to stamp it out completely...all they are doing is make it harder to get this stuff easily. Once you get past a certain 'effort threshold' most people will just go out and buy rather than go to the effort of getting hold of it illegally.

tek · Dec 20, 2004, 03:04 PM

Vampyre: Id still rather work my ass of for an hour or two to find a game/movie rather than have to go out, waste money on gas, and spend $40-$50 on something I'll play for 4 weeks and uninstall...

I only purchase games/movies that I know I will keep and enjoy for a while... for example Friday and Next Friday, and Counter-strike

I think I can tell you how many games I've bought in my life so far... uhh lets see, I bought Driver, some cheap-ass 10 dollar game, CS, NFS2, and thats it

Yeah too bad about BT... although I could never sign up because of their 150,000 user limit lol

Suprnova was great too... they had 0day stuff like 30 minutes after its been released because of their "anonymous" uploaders

Oh well... there's still a few but they will prolly be down soon too.

Ugh.. back to IRC and newsgroups, and FTPs of course but that all sucks

Azereus rules btw... I'd always get great speed on any torrent just make sure it has at least 10-20 seeders and a good amount of leechers because they help too

PoopyTheJ · Dec 20, 2004, 05:29 PM

another site with file in the name down too.....

BWX · Dec 20, 2004, 09:55 PM

Some big sites got taken down, some big sites will pop up, and so on.... No big deal really. Bit-torrent is as strong as ever.

tek · Dec 20, 2004, 10:04 PM

I heard BT will be back... its on their IRC chan. says that they closed due to reasons they dont wanna discuss... but they did not get raided

They'll be back up it says, BT2

Chubby_C · Dec 20, 2004, 10:18 PM

gonna miss it, at least I've found a couple of other sites to use, until they go down, then its back to oldschool IRC

dipstick · Dec 20, 2004, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Spyro124

Elitetorrents, but that one is kinda overrated, there are even better ones on the net, just google around a bit, but i'm not gonne post it here. And eventually the one i'm talking about and elitettorrents will go down aswell.

Blasphemy!!! You will now die in seven days

BWX · Dec 21, 2004, 01:32 AM

http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/gam...2demo.exe.html

Bit torrent dead? Funny HL2 demo is "on" bit torrent... as the uneducated would say...

File: steaminstall_hl2demo.exe
Size: 787,701,212 bytes
Info: About this file
World
(BitTorrent client - More Info)

BT will last forever.

Nacht · Dec 21, 2004, 03:45 AM

BT as we know it is dying. I blame Kevin "The Dark Tipper" Rose, AKA Imbecil, AKA jackass, AKA G4/TechTV flamer.

BT the protocol wont die, it's too valuable.

BWX · Dec 21, 2004, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Nacht

BT as we know it is dying. I blame Kevin "The Dark Tipper" Rose, AKA Imbecil, AKA jackass, AKA G4/TechTV flamer.

BT the protocol wont die, it's too valuable.

yup

Dec 20, 2004, 06:44 AM	#31
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	That is the great thing about bit-torrent- you can limit overall or individual torrent bandwidth up and down separately, so it is totally adjustable- therefore no more or less network hog than anything else. All depends on what you set it up do to. -you could limit to 5 up/ 100 down if you want. __________________

Dec 20, 2004, 02:43 PM	#36
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Everyone knows that no-one is going to stamp it out completely...all they are doing is make it harder to get this stuff easily. Once you get past a certain 'effort threshold' most people will just go out and buy rather than go to the effort of getting hold of it illegally. __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Dec 20, 2004, 03:04 PM	#37
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	Vampyre: Id still rather work my ass of for an hour or two to find a game/movie rather than have to go out, waste money on gas, and spend $40-$50 on something I'll play for 4 weeks and uninstall... I only purchase games/movies that I know I will keep and enjoy for a while... for example Friday and Next Friday, and Counter-strike I think I can tell you how many games I've bought in my life so far... uhh lets see, I bought Driver, some cheap-ass 10 dollar game, CS, NFS2, and thats it Yeah too bad about BT... although I could never sign up because of their 150,000 user limit lol Suprnova was great too... they had 0day stuff like 30 minutes after its been released because of their "anonymous" uploaders Oh well... there's still a few but they will prolly be down soon too. Ugh.. back to IRC and newsgroups, and FTPs of course but that all sucks Azereus rules btw... I'd always get great speed on any torrent just make sure it has at least 10-20 seeders and a good amount of leechers because they help too __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

Dec 20, 2004, 05:29 PM	#38
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	another site with file in the name down too..... __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]

Dec 20, 2004, 09:55 PM	#39
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Some big sites got taken down, some big sites will pop up, and so on.... No big deal really. Bit-torrent is as strong as ever. __________________

Dec 20, 2004, 10:14 AM	#32
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Discussion is fine, but guys no links to these sites please - read the forum rules.

Dec 20, 2004, 10:04 PM	#40
tek DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Boston, US Posts: 2,103 Rep Power: 0	I heard BT will be back... its on their IRC chan. says that they closed due to reasons they dont wanna discuss... but they did not get raided They'll be back up it says, BT2 __________________ [COLOR=White][/COLOR]

Dec 20, 2004, 10:18 PM	#41
Chubby_C Working away at ATI Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	gonna miss it, at least I've found a couple of other sites to use, until they go down, then its back to oldschool IRC

Dec 21, 2004, 01:32 AM	#43
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/gam...2demo.exe.html Bit torrent dead? Funny HL2 demo is "on" bit torrent... as the uneducated would say... File: steaminstall_hl2demo.exe Size: 787,701,212 bytes Info: About this file World (BitTorrent client - More Info) BT will last forever. __________________

Dec 21, 2004, 03:45 AM	#44
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	BT as we know it is dying. I blame Kevin "The Dark Tipper" Rose, AKA Imbecil, AKA jackass, AKA G4/TechTV flamer. BT the protocol wont die, it's too valuable.