@Yokel


Level Changes:

PTP: 7 ➜ 8
The reason is the same as for BTN. As the amount of members is approaching the user limit, they have closed all the official recruitment threads on other trackers, which makes it more difficult to join in than ever. Since BTN went one level higher, so should PTP.

ToTheGlory: 5 ➜ 6
With 47k active torrents, TTG is now the second biggest HD tracker after CHD and HDW went down. While the first biggest HD tracker HDBits with 70k active torrents is on level 10, it's not fair for the second biggest HD tracker to be only on level 5. Further more, they have their own encoding groups and recording groups. The recording groups are specialized in Chinese, Japanese and Korean TV content. The invite system is now completely closed. Considering TTG can not compete with CHD (level 7), level 6 should be good for it.

M-Team: 1 ➜ 6
M-Team should be one level higher than HDAccess. MT is one of the 3 trackers (including HDA), which have the ability to release Blu-rays even before retail. It is said that the uploader who uploads these releases is the same uploader on CHD. So the pre-time of both MT and HDA are the same. Content wise, MT is definitely a winner with 11.5k active HD torrents, while HDA has only 3.9k apart from XXX content. Not to forget that MT is the second largest tracker for Asian porn (24k active Asian torrents). It has recently established its own recording group MTeamTV. The difficulty to join in is almost the same for both trackers. In a word, MT is better than HDA in every aspect and should be one level higher.

CMCT: 2 ➜ 3
This is a level 5 tracker for Chinese but a level 3 tracker for non-Chinese. They have own encoding groups and recording groups. Their encodes are usually Chinese dubbed with 2 or more audios and multiple subs. Their recording groups are specialized in Chinese TV content. The invite system is closed.

CCFBits: 3 ➜ 1
CCF has only 14k active torrents, instead of 58k as it shows. The major problem its members complain about is the torrents imported from the outside of the tracker. These torrents usually show a great amount of seeders, but these seeders are actually from the outside of the tracker, which are very hard to connect. These torrents can be considered as dead torrents despite of the great amount of seeders. Another problem is the dupe rule. It is allowed to upload the same encodes by different groups even when the encoding sources and resolutions are the same. So there are many duplicated encodes on CCF, which makes the effective number of active torrents smaller than 14k. Content wise, there is nothing special on CCF. All the content can be found on other trackers. The invite is open and easy to get. Overall, this tracker is not worth level 3.

HDCenter: 4 ➜ 5
HDCenter is known as the German version of HDB. The internal encoding group HDC was one of the internal groups on HDB until they left HDB and established their own tracker HDCenter. The invite system is now completely closed, which increases the difficulty to join in. The only way is the official recruitment thread on HDB.

BitTorrentFiles: 2 ➜ 4
With 90k active torrents, BTF is now the biggest German general tracker. The invite system is closed now. They usually open the invite once every a few months. It's one of the best German general trackers. BTW. the tracker name in the list lacks a 't'.

Track Of Gods: 1 ➜ 4
Gods has less torrents (60k) than BTF, but it has a much more active request section, in which over 95% of the 13k requests are fulfilled. It's quite easy to keep ratio there because they have site wide freeleech from time to time and the bonus system is very generous. The invite system is now closed. Like BTF, it's one of the best German general trackers. This tracker should be on the same level as BTF.

U2: RIP ➜ 4
U2 was never dead. It's one of the best trackers for anime. U2 doesn't have as many torrents as AB (13k vs. 19k), but it's more specialized in untouched DISCs. U2 has 4.7k untouched DISCs while AB has only 1k. There are many exclusive content and plenty of seedboxes on U2. So the download speed is very fast. But those members with poor upload speed don't need to worry about maintaining their ratio because the bonus system is very generous. However it's very hard to join in U2, even for Chinese. They don't recruit from other trackers. The only way to get invited is to know someone there, who is in the high rank. Members there usually don't give out invites unless you prove yourself to be a great enthusiast of anime. This tracker should be on the same level as AB or even higher.

HDFrench-Zone: 3 ➜ RIP
The staff of HDFZ and HD-Dream have made a new tracker HD-Only. The new tracker is now turned into ratioless, which should be corrected in the tracker list.