@Yokel Change the Gnoms Aka Sinderella Availability from Invite Only to Closed.

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The more I look at it, the more I believe HD-Torrents should be raised to a level 6 tracker. I'd put it on par, if not marginally better than AwesomeHD, and one level above HDAccess, as HDA is just too easy to get in. I'm not a member of HD-Spain, SceneHD or ToTheGlory so unfortunately I can't comment on these.

Besides HDBits and TTG, its got the largest userbase and most active torrent numbers. Although maintaining ratio is easy, I wouldn't deem this a bad thing its just there are a lot of leechers for all of its content. Obtaining an invite is quite difficult, as they are a rare commodity due to the fact they can only be bought for 1000 bonus points (which take forever to accrue as you're given 0.008 per torrent and 0.002 per GB per hour). Their internal releases are fantastic, such as KRaLiMaRKo and HiDT, plus they end up getting releases from most other trackers anyway at decent pre-times.

My only real gripe is that they should set a more stringent standard for uploads by promoting the use of media info. This is one thing AHD do better, and it allows for greater control of releases and ensuring the lower quality ones don't slip through the cracks. Otherwise, it is a bit too easy to rank up but that's quite a non-issue.

Originally Posted by beninho

@Yokel
The more I look at it, the more I believe HD-Torrents should be raised to a level 6 tracker. I'd put it on par, if not marginally better than AwesomeHD, and one level above HDAccess, as HDA is just too easy to get in. I'm not a member of HD-Spain, SceneHD or ToTheGlory so unfortunately I can't comment on these.

Besides HDBits and TTG, its got the largest userbase and most active torrent numbers. Although maintaining ratio is easy, I wouldn't deem this a bad thing its just there are a lot of leechers for all of its content. Obtaining an invite is quite difficult, as they are a rare commodity due to the fact they can only be bought for 1000 bonus points (which take forever to accrue as you're given 0.008 per torrent and 0.002 per GB per hour). Their internal releases are fantastic, such as KRaLiMaRKo and HiDT, plus they end up getting releases from most other trackers anyway at decent pre-times.

My only real gripe is that they should set a more stringent standard for uploads by promoting the use of media info. This is one thing AHD do better, and it allows for greater control of releases and ensuring the lower quality ones don't slip through the cracks. Otherwise, it is a bit too easy to rank up but that's quite a non-issue.

Good point! I agree with you and HDA doesn't even deserve lvl 5.
But I don't quite understand your last paragraph. What do you mean by "promoting the use of media info"?

Originally Posted by The Collector

Good point! I agree with you and HDA doesn't even deserve lvl 5.
But I don't quite understand your last paragraph. What do you mean by "promoting the use of media info"?

Some sites like AHD and PTP require you to post the video/audio encoding details of the torrents you upload. Media info is a program which analyses a file and generates a report with this information. It's a good way to quickly analyse the quality of a release, and AHD actually goes a step further and has a ranking system, with the highest quality torrents receiving 'AHD Gold' status. In my comment I was just stating that HDT doesn't have such a system in place, and hence, mods can't check on the quality of a release without downloading the actual file, which means some lower quality releases from less than reputable release groups sneak through.

Originally Posted by beninho

Some sites like AHD and PTP require you to post the video/audio encoding details of the torrents you upload. Media info is a program which analyses a file and generates a report with this information. It's a good way to quickly analyse the quality of a release, and AHD actually goes a step further and has a ranking system, with the highest quality torrents receiving 'AHD Gold' status. In my comment I was just stating that HDT doesn't have such a system in place, and hence, mods can't check on the quality of a release without downloading the actual file, which means some lower quality releases from less than reputable release groups sneak through.

I partially agree with you. It would be better to have MediaInfos. But they have trump rules. They don't allow more than one encode for each resolution. Encodes with higher quality can trump lower quality. Of course, screenshots must be provided so that the mods don't have to download the encodes to make the comparison. So it's not that hard to judge which one is better.
AHD and PTP on the other hand have so called Golden Torrents because they allow more than one encode for each resolution. The mark of Golden Torrent can tell people which one has the best quality.

Originally Posted by beninho

Obtaining an invite is quite difficult, as they are a rare commodity due to the fact they can only be bought for 1000 bonus points (which take forever to accrue as you're given 0.008 per torrent and 0.002 per GB per hour).

FYOI, HD-Torrents provide each user with 3 temporary invites, with one week duration, every now and then, usually every 2-3 months.
So I wouldn't call it quite difficult.

@Yokel i must say i agree
HD-Torrents deserve at least level 6
It has some of the best internal releases and everthing importent will end up there

and about hdaccess i really think you sell it short
i dont mean that he need to be upgrade because he is not level 6
it's internal release HDaccess had so much releases thats going on the bigest trackers(PTP,TeH,AHD)
it totaly rule the untouched blueray section
and yes the site is pretty basic .

Originally Posted by RossoBreitner

FYOI, HD-Torrents provide each user with 3 temporary invites, with one week duration, every now and then, usually every 2-3 months.
So I wouldn't call it quite difficult.

I'm only a new member there so that's great to hear!

Still doesn't mean that its easy to get into. You have to be in the right place at the right time and you've only got a one week window

Originally Posted by TheMightyLion

and about hdaccess i really think you sell it short
i dont mean that he need to be upgrade because he is not level 6
it's internal release HDaccess had so much releases thats going on the bigest trackers(PTP,TeH,AHD)
it totaly rule the untouched blueray section
and yes the site is pretty basic .

I didn't mean to attack HDAccess, its a great site in its own right like you said and fine at level 5. I just thought HDT is the clear better of the two and if you were to compare which one it is closer to, AHD or HDA, I'd have to say AHD

Originally Posted by beninho

I'm only a new member there so that's great to hear!

Still doesn't mean that its easy to get into. You have to be in the right place at the right time and you've only got a one week window


I didn't mean to attack HDAccess, its a great site in its own right like you said and fine at level 5. I just thought HDT is the clear better of the two and if you were to compare which one it is closer to, AHD or HDA, I'd have to say AHD

agreed

and "AHD or HDA, I'd have to say AHD " dont you mean "HDTor HDA, I'd have to say HDT"

@Blitz and @beninho you will get a seedbox each!

Thanks to the rest guys who helped on this project. @Yokel already added many REPS to all the participants and he will add a few extra REPS within the next days to the best of you guys