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EGMachine
United States1643 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32282 Posts
First of all you will need a BitTorrent client. We suggest uTorrent since its incredibly small in size, fully featured and easy to use. Second of all you need to find a so called torrent file. This is where Torrentz.com comes handy. Use the search box to find what you are looking for. On torrent list click the download arrow to the left. A list of BitTorrent trackers will be displayed. A tracker is a special type of a server that informs BitTorrent clients (like uTorrent you hopefully downloaded) where to find other clients so they can exchange data you want to download. In BitTorrent slang a ‘seeder’ or ‘seed’ is a peer (a BitTorrent client) on the network that already downloaded file (or files) and is sharing a full copy, on another hand, a ‘leecher’ is a peer that is in process of downloading and sharing whatever it downloaded. So now that you have a BitTorrent client and a location to download the torrent file from, just hit “Download Torrent” on a tracker and the BitTorrent client should kick right in and download the requested files. So you need to the file to contain SEEDS (S) in order to get the full file. | ||
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b_unnies
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Hot77.iEy
Finland1486 Posts
Someone is seeding the torrent. Your firewall isnt blocking it from accessing the internet. Your ISP(Internet Service Provider) doesnt block the port you are using for BitTorrent. You can change the port to something else but some trackers use specifc port(s). Also the "original BitTorrent client" is crap. uTorrent, Azureus and ABC are some good choices. | ||
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alphablend
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Eti307
Canada3442 Posts
It can tell you with colour codes if you are connecting: green: working fine yellow: under a firewall/proxy, might be slow red: not working blue: have seeders but none that have it completely right now, so there is a prob you'll get stuck before completely dling it. Few cool features too, like space allocation before dling the file or things like that. | ||
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caim
United States98 Posts
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
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shinigami
Canada423 Posts
It does consume a lot of system resources, but the interface is truly the best. Use TorrentSpy, a free program. You can use it to load a torrent and check out the statistics (# of seeders, leechers, etc...). Anyways, to help out the beginners here, I've made a quick guide. The information may not be fully accurate, as I have based this from my own torrenting experience. But if you're a newbie, it's accurate enough. Basic Terminology Seeders/Seed People who have 100% of the file, and are distributing it to everyone. The more seeders and upload rates, the faster the download. These guys are the good guys, as they donate their time and bandwidth to get the file to you. They are the main source from which the file is coming from. Seeding Once you finish downloading a file, you automatically become a seeder. Once you close the window, you will discontinue seeding. To keep the Torrent network alive, please leave it open for as long as possible. Manually seeding is for advanced users, and is covered in the official TL.net tracker thread. Leechers Leechers are people who download from seeders (i.e. You). You do receive data from leechers, but it's much slower. It is possible that you cannot finish the download even when there are a zillion leechers. This is because they may not have the data packets you need to finish the download. Tracker An internet site that hosts "trafficking" data. It is what connects the seeders to the leechers. How to use Bit Torrent for Newbies For this tutorial, I'm assuming you've already installed and are using the original Bit Torrent client. Simply download the .torrent file and run it. It should open up Bit Torrent. Now simply leave it on and go to sleep. Wake up, and check the %. If it's finished, leave it on for another few days to help spread the file. If you do not want to share, be a bastard and close the window. (Some trackers ban your IP address if you do not share a certain ratio.) If it's not finished, play StarCraft, sleep and repeat. F.A.Q. Help! The file isn't going at all! Bit Torrent is known for it's mofo slow download speeds. But it WILL finish 100%, as long as there is a seed. Torrents are blazingly fast for some files. The first example that comes to my mind is anime. When there's a popular anime episode released, it usually downloads at 300kbs+ because everyone's getting it. ggnore~ Liek omfg! The file still isn't going after 24 hours! Check the window and look for "Seeds". If it's 0, then it is a dead torrent. This means you will never finish the download, as there is no source. Okay, I'm getting a weird "Connection Error" message... wtf is going on? This is normal. You will be connected sooner or later, unless the torrent is dead. Ignore the message, and move on to doing something else. HELP! I'M GETTING DISCONNECTED IN STARCRAFT! An active torrent will drain your bandwidth, and interfere with gaming. If you absolutely must download the torrent, then limit the transfer speeds. The method differs from client to client. Note: People who limit the transfer speeds are scum. My computer is lagging like hell! It's getting choppy... You probably have multiple torrents running. It's best not to go overboard and keep it to 1 or 2 torrents at a time. Each torrent degrades system performance and takes up more bandwidth. uTorrent is a client that tries to minimize this problem by using efficient program coding. You may want to use this one. What's the best client? There really is no best client. Each one downloads the same. It's really your personal preference. I suggest Azureus! uTorrent is good too, and Azureus-compatible. However, it's still under development, and is not completely stable. O M F G! I'm stuck at 99%! :AKFJA:LKFJA:LJ!!!!!!1111 It happens often, because you are downloading small pieces of the file. The seeder is probably sending the piece you need to someone else first. Therefore, you need to patiently wait in line. lmao! torrent rulez! It's good that you have experienced the joys of Bit Torrent. Please try out other ways of downloading to fully experience the Internet. (IRC, FTP, Usenet, etc...) yo liek where can i find a torrent site wit full version games? i'll leave my dl window open. lol thx Find a real life friend who knows how, ask an online friend, or use a search engine and research it. Do not make these posts in forums because it's pretty pointless. Especially StarCraft forums. The odds of someone actually telling you is astronomical. With the way forums are structured, people usually ignore your post for today's hot debate on "PvZ Imbalance". Or Rekrul's sexy poker stories. Edit: Fixed typo on Azureus. | ||
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DTDominion
United States2148 Posts
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SixSongs
Poland1455 Posts
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Wizzra
Netherlands514 Posts
µtorrent is as full featured as azureus, but also the smallest and resource efficient client available. Don't bother using anything else.. Bitcomet is comparable, but it's considered a leech client by some trackers. | ||
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Wizzra
Netherlands514 Posts
µ-torrent, if you want the fastest and most efficient client. Bitcomet, if you want efficiency and shit on private trackers. Azureus, if you need very specific functionality that the above two do not offer. | ||
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Eti307
Canada3442 Posts
On March 14 2006 16:37 shinigami wrote: Seeders/Seed People who have 100% of the file, and are distributing it to everyone. The more seeders and upload rates, the faster the download. These guys are the good guys, as they donate their time and bandwidth to get the file to you. They are the main source from which the file is coming from. Seeding Once you finish downloading a file, you automatically become a seeder. Once you close the window, you will discontinue seeding. To keep the Torrent network alive, please leave it open for as long as possible. Manually seeding is for advanced users, and is covered in the official TL.net tracker thread. this is not extacly true. You are seeding even if you have the full file, you begin seeding when you begin leeching. You will seed what you have dled so far. That's the reason you upload at the same time you download. | ||
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jacen
Austria3644 Posts
On March 14 2006 16:37 shinigami wrote: Note: People who limit the transfer speeds are scum. bullshit. ppl that limit to 5kb but seed for 6 weeks are better than ppl that seed with all of their 50kb upload but stop seeding as soon as they finished downloading, leaving a share ratio of 0.5 or below ... | ||
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shinigami
Canada423 Posts
bullshit. ppl that limit to 5kb but seed for 6 weeks are better than ppl that seed with all of their 50kb upload but stop seeding as soon as they finished downloading, leaving a share ratio of 0.5 or below ... That's because in 6 weeks, the 5kb uploaders will have uploaded more than the 50kb uploaders who stopped seeding as soon as they finished. People who limit the transfer speeds are still scum in my book. Why? The ratio between people who limit the speeds and leave it on for extended periods of time is generally lower than the people who limit the speeds and don't leave it on. In any case, both are not uploading a lot. Therefore they are scum. this is not extacly true. You are seeding even if you have the full file, you begin seeding when you begin leeching. You will seed what you have dled so far. That's the reason you upload at the same time you download. I know what you mean, but seeders are generally defined as the ones with the complete file. What you are referring to is leeching off of leechers. Check wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_torrent Also, I'd like to remind everyone that uTorrent is still in development (not completely stable). Even if it were stable, I would prefer Azureus for it's neat stuff like download bars. Since I don't torrent while I'm on the computer anyways, I don't truly need uTorrent's efficiency. And admit it! Azureus' interface is damn cool! Added: By the way, remember that TL.net's tracker is just a small one. Therefore, it is highly probable that torrents run out of seeds quickly. Most big-named trackers have tons of seeds, so don't look down on torrenting!  | ||
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CoralReefer
Canada2069 Posts
and it is 10x more stable and 100000x more efficient bitch. | ||
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teh leet newb
United States1999 Posts
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