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Here's a brief update. The backup system and main hard drive failed.
At the current time the latest backup for the database is in April 2024 and the torrent files is Christmas 2023. We are trying to find a newer database. HDVinnie has resigned completely from Blutopia, and the remaining staff are debating if we want to bring it back or not. If we bring it back, it will be basically starting from scratch
BLU being BLU, if backups aren’t restored, I trust the site can be rebuilt and brought back to it’s current state. Highest quality standards around.

-HDVinnie-
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4h ago
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This post is misleading in a way. Simply saying I resigned leaves a void like I just dipped. That’s not the case. I am still here for BLU. I am still here for the torrent realm. I am still here developing UNIT3D. I will continue to help as I always have.

I’m not good at this and will admit that off the rip. So bear with me. I know I have a lot of haters so it is what it is but this is my attempt to let everyone know the story.

As most know I started UNIT3D from scratch in 2016 after being a dev for xbtit and u232 for many years under a different name and other trackers. I grew tired of hard to manage and simply bad code. In 2017 BLU was born as the first UNIT3D based tracker. I have dedicated the last 8 years to BLU and UNIT3D. They mean a ton to me and the community has grown tremendously. I helped as many other failing torrent communities that needed help with code and porting so they could survive.

BLU was self run for the first 4 years of its life in which we then started to accept donations. We never begged with weekly pms, news, etc. The community was strong and we chugged along fine.

We have gone through server issues in past and recovered just fine. These things happen and with daily backups it’s not an issue which we were doing. Locally and remote to other staff. One staff resigned. Then the other. This was in 2024.

BLU was booming. Peer growth, user growth, content growth and all around community growth was exceptional. Yes we recently had a horror month event. Saying we brought in thousands and thousands from it is just false though. I won’t debate it in a public manner. The community was booming and we brought back the upload bot server.

Here lies the issue. I have been drained. I had personal things I can’t and won’t get into. We recently had ssd failures which is a normal situation would be fine. Wait for host to replace and load a backup along with all kernel and dependency tuning. When the one staff resigned that was managing the off server backups I failed as a sysops to retract it to another staff and turn my local copies back on. That is on me. I take full responsibility and apologize. I am crushed just as much as you guys. Those that really know and interact with me would know this.

That being said this irc post makes it seem like I just went awol and resigned with nothing but echoes. That is not the case. Yes I have stepped down. Why? Because after 8 years I failed with something I know like the back of my hand. Simple backups. Is my personal draining and life issues an excuse. No. But it is what it is. It cannot be undone. For this I don’t deserve to be at BLU at that level anymore.

I am working with staff. I have transferred control. I am working to help and make things right from the outside. I will continue to develop UNIT3D that BLU and dozens and dozens of other trackers rely on. Anyone that was invited to BLU if they bring it back will be reinstated. I am already working on building list to resend invites for staff to use. Donor statues will be reapplied. Will it happen overnight. No. But BLUs community is one of the strongest so please don’t hate. Bear with us. For those that feel you were robbed. That’s simply not true and it’s really sad to hear that. Feel free to email me.

MiM
14 hours ago
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I cannot share more at this time since I don't want to spread false information, what MusicalMind said was true in regards to the latest backup that seems to be viable, other searches are being done and in the case BLU does return it would need your help and support. If that is the latest backup that is possible we will probably have some forum threads on various trackers seeking unfiltered feedback on a possible return before anything is finalized, this means no worry of a ban from the site you posted it on or on BLU and nothing could be held against you for whatever you said. We wouldn't want it to be a sucking up contest. As for the concern of joined after that backup, this is likely not going to be an issue with being able to see sent emails and rectify that, in the case someone is missed they could always reach out to support and we could easily use said email they have to check with the inviter to see if it was accurate or if it was from official invites somewhere, we don't delete those PMs either, so it could be referenced. That said, it wouldn't be unheard of if we did some smaller type open/easier recruitment. In the case a backup is restored from the day we went down things would change regardless, ensuring this type of thing is impossible to happen among other things likely to change. If this ends up on reddit, I will certainly not share any more information like this even as I feel it is time to share said information.

VitamdD3, thanks! UNIT3D is the best I've seen, and very impressed.

What is the guidance for restoring an account?

Rule Update: Hybrid Releases Containing WEB DV Layers
Tue, Jan 7, 2025 8:40 PM
As many of you are aware, hybrid releases that include a WEB DV layer have been a persistent issue. After extensive discussions and thorough testing among our staff, we have reached a decision regarding this matter.

Effective immediately:

Disallowed: Any release containing a DV layer sourced from a different source. This applies to all release types, including remux, encode, and WEB.

Allowed: Hybrid releases are permitted only if the DV layer is from the same source.

Discussions: [BLU]/forums/topics/5953