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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.