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MoS
08.09.09, 08:15
GForcesTracker (GFT)
Logo
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=4891

TrackerURL: www.thegft.org
Signup using invites only, One gets invites after donation or after being a seeding whore to make 100000 bonus points, I think it's impossible as you get only one bonus pointas seeding a torrent for one hour .

And the best thing is that you have only to seed whatever you download for 48 hours, You don't have to cheat there.

The home page contains some news and a sick poll every time
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=4892

Torrents categories of GFT
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=4893
I belive their 0day section is the best of all.

And a shot from browse torrents page
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=4894

And new user classes
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=10691

Invites
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=10692

Their forums
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=4895

Donation page
http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=4897

This tracker was almost dead a month ago, There was no activity adding torrents or posting in forums but i believe now it's a nice tracker as it was

vDD+wR
08.09.09, 09:48
Hey MoS,

good review! :top:
Although I am missing some personal opinion on it... (e.g.: Cheating experieces)

Mihai
08.09.09, 12:33
It's a ratioless tracker so cheating is not a problem for ratio, maybe just for the userclass issue.But you don't get anything if you have a higher userclass so i gues there is no point in cheating there.Plus they don't have a lot of users so you have to be extra carefull when trying to cheat.

atlantis
08.09.09, 12:40
and they don't have leechers, for that for your good don't cheat on ratioless tracker

Mihai
08.09.09, 12:43
Actually, don't cheat because they can get your acounts on other trackers like what.cd,waffles,BCG and many others banned.

vDD+wR
08.09.09, 12:52
Thanks for the heads up Mihai91.
I really just thought of climbing up userclasses for the possibility of entering the secret sections of their forum. (e.g. invite section) :biggrin:
But since there isn't so much activity one has to reconsider if he wants to take that risk, yes.

MoS
08.09.09, 14:47
Mihai91 is completely right, I don't have to cheat as there's no need of cheating.
All what i do is reseeding whatever i leeched for 48 hours, I thinks this isn't a problem as torrenters may leave their PCs operating for weeks.
And i think if someone cheats they ban him and his inviter.
I remember once there was a fault there and every member received an invite and then a small PM sent to all too saying "If you use the invite you will be banned" :mad:

anon
08.09.09, 16:17
It's a ratioless tracker so cheating is not a problem for ratio, maybe just for the userclass issue.

You can advance in user classes by both uploading and seeding enough time.

shoulder
08.09.09, 20:02
Yes, you can climb up in userclasses without even uploading a single byte, if I'm not mistaken it takes 1000 snatches and 20days average seedtime to become a GFT parent, maybe account age is a criterion too but I don't know it for sure.

tj0ckis
30.09.09, 18:20
How much do you have to donate to get an invite?

anon
30.09.09, 18:54
5 pounds.

DriftKing
01.10.09, 15:12
5 pounds.

Its 5 euro :biggrin: by the way I never seen befor like this overrated tracker. Lots of bugs in their point system- server also update in 12 hours with lots of faulty upload credits - not a good stuff too....nothing new- SCL is better than GFT :rolling_eyes:

anon
01.10.09, 15:36
Its 5 euro :biggrin:

I always read shawshankraj saying pounds so I mixed them up :tongue:

DriftKing
02.10.09, 21:40
I always read shawshankraj saying pounds so I mixed them up :tongue:

May be shawshakraj not understand the sign of Eur and Gbp :biggrin:

SBfreak
02.10.09, 23:27
Guys is it just me or the images are gone?

anon
03.10.09, 01:23
They are, MoS deleted the original album. He's going to reupload the pictures soon.

---------- Post added at 19:23 ---------- Previous post was at 17:28 ----------

~ Pics reuploaded

insane
05.10.09, 00:30
i just went to Welcome to RoundCube Webmail for The Gift Shop Staff (http://www.thegft.org/signup.php) , and tried to setup a new account and got rick rolled =/

anon
05.10.09, 00:31
You thought they were open? :klatsch_3:

That fact is well-documented.

insane
05.10.09, 02:21
You thought they were open? :klatsch_3:

That fact is well-documented.

I didn't think they we're open but i just try typing the url /signup.php?

hoping it would work :)

NewONE
11.10.09, 23:32
You can also get invite if you have 100.000 point
for each invite

but you must be of higher user class to replace points with invites, just download many small (over 50mb) files

freeze238
12.10.09, 04:56
is gft only recruiting from what and hdbits?I heard they r recruiting from a number of places.but is this tracker worth now?

MoS
12.10.09, 11:39
All it's contents are found in TL with larger number of peers, Don't think about it.

anon
12.10.09, 14:25
Don't think about it.

Unless you need to get your pr0n as fast as possible - their XXX pretimes make GFT stand out over other trackers :tongue: Same goes for the promotion system, you can advance in user classes as long as you seed for long periods of time.

Otherwise, yes, from what I've heard you're not missing too much.

Großmutter
12.10.09, 15:08
Unlimited GFT Invites on What.cd for PU !!

piyush
12.10.09, 17:26
It not gets many seeders so it is not possible to cheat...............

anon
12.10.09, 17:27
That makes it just more difficult, not totally impossible. You can advance in user classes by just seeding anyway - if you can't leave your client seeding, this isn't the right tracker for you :tongue:

Mihai
12.10.09, 17:28
Actually you need to seed there not cheat.Yes you can promote using the upload amount but you can also use the seedtime.

MoS
12.10.09, 19:39
Yes you can promote using the upload amount but you can also use the seedtime.

You mean promotion depending on seedtime ?
Example 20 days seed = power user class ?

Is there new rules ? as i was banned twice before without reading rules :eek13:

anon
12.10.09, 19:40
Yes, seedtime and number of snatches:

Yes, you can climb up in userclasses without even uploading a single byte, if I'm not mistaken it takes 1000 snatches and 20days average seedtime to become a GFT parent, maybe account age is a criterion too but I don't know it for sure.

DriftKing
13.10.09, 06:25
All it's contents are found in TL with larger number of peers, Don't think about it.

agree with you but we talk about fastest pretime GFT is little bit fast then TL and Ofcourse as all you know GFT is standing with lots of 0 day release of XXX which you never find anywhere i think so . otherwise you can find all Its stuff in IPT Revtt and TL so if you are xxx lover GFT is your heaven :biggrin:

anon
13.10.09, 12:42
agree with you but we talk about fastest pretime GFT is little bit fast then TL

No offense, but I have never understood what's so hard about waiting five more minutes to download a release... I understand the pr0n thing, though. :tongue:

arnold
21.02.10, 16:39
How good is the pre-Time compared to SCC?

anon
21.02.10, 18:13
Never been on GFT myself but I've heard they're good. I wonder if "too quick, bitches!" means "not found".

shoulder
21.02.10, 18:23
It does. :wink2:

RUBBER
21.02.10, 19:36
the images are fine :cool2:

edit. upsss some one delete the post he he he

anon
21.02.10, 19:37
They are... :unsure:

gammör
26.02.10, 18:23
The Tracker didn't really convince me...
The "fast" releases mostly were porn...

Blocker
26.02.10, 18:49
5 pounds.

Too much money for an invite,

By the way this tracker has great reputation on the tracker scene

anon
26.02.10, 18:50
I suppose you're talking about the tracker scene.

Blocker
26.02.10, 18:55
I suppose you're talking about the tracker scene.

Yes I'm talking about the tacker scene

I've never been there and I'm not sure is an overrated tracker but I always read great comments about it :tongue:

MoS
26.02.10, 20:47
I'm not sure is an overrated tracker but I always read great comments about it :tongue:

Yes bro. It's overrated .
They care the most about porn. Alot of torrents have small number of seeders. The best thing about it is that it's a ratio free tracker. Just seed for 48 hours.

SBcheater
27.02.10, 11:26
http://i45.tinypic.com/2d8hund.jpg

GFT now has a invite thread from GFT engaged calss and above, can anybody with this status confirm what are the trackers being offered at this thread. is it worth progressing to GFT engaged for this thread?

dodo
28.02.10, 00:38
How much do you have to donate to get an invite?

it's 5 euro or you can change 100000 poins for one invite

shoulder
28.02.10, 03:22
If the donation bar has reached 100%. :P

Imacheater
28.02.10, 10:10
image (http://i45.tinypic.com/2d8hund.jpg)

GFT now has a invite thread from GFT engaged calss and above, can anybody with this status confirm what are the trackers being offered at this thread. is it worth progressing to GFT engaged for this thread?

They are Ntorrents,Packme.in,Torrent tunez
It doesn't worth

saebrtooth
28.02.10, 10:56
it's 5 euro or you can change 100000 poins for one invite

5 euro!! u gota be kidding :eek:

But I guess to a sbi member 100000 means almost nothing :biggrin:, just time trade off

Imacheater
28.02.10, 12:17
Their points system is buggy so 100000 is easy to reach, i seed 50 torrent and i have 250000 per months

anon
28.02.10, 18:11
They are Ntorrents,Packme.in,Torrent tunez
It doesn't worth

Specially since PiN is still open:

https://packme.in/oya.php

Nokki
01.03.10, 12:52
For those who are wondering....


How does this promotion thing work anyway?

GFT Virgin The default class of new members.
GFT Friend Promotion conditions (automatic when these conditions are met):

* Be a member for at least 4 weeks
* Have uploaded at least 64 GiB OR
* Have an average seed time of 2 days and downloaded 100 files

GFT Dating Promotion conditions (automatic when these conditions are met):

* Be a member for at least 8 weeks
* Have uploaded at least 256 GiB OR
* Have an average seed time of 4 days and downloaded 250 files

GFT Engaged Promotion conditions (automatic when these conditions are met):

* Be a member for at least 12 weeks
* Have uploaded at least 512 GiB OR
* Have an average seed time of 10 days and downloaded 500 files

GFT Married Promotion conditions (automatic when these conditions are met):

* Be a member for at least 16 weeks
* Have uploaded at least 1 TiB OR
* Have an average seed time of 15 days and downloaded 750 files

GFT Parents Promotion conditions (automatic when these conditions are met):

* Be a member for at least 16 weeks
* Have uploaded at least 2 TiB OR
* Have an average seed time of 20 days and downloaded 1000 files

Star Just donate, and send a message to Admin
VIP Assigned by mods at their discretion to users they feel contribute something special to the site.
(Anyone begging for VIP status will be automatically disqualified.)
Other Conferred by mods at their discretion (not available to Users or Power Users).
Uploader Appointed by Admins/SysOp (see the 'Uploading' section for conditions).
Moderator You don't ask us, we'll ask you!

So yes, no need to cheat guys... Just seed, seed and seed to get promoted!
As for downloading X amount of torrents... The tracker has 9073589 torrents that are under 1 meg, so enjoy!

saebrtooth
01.03.10, 14:52
So yes, no need to cheat guys... Just seed, seed and seed to get promoted!
As for downloading X amount of torrents... The tracker has 9073589 torrents that are under 1 meg, so enjoy![/B]

9073589 torrents sounds like a really big number are you sure thats correct? Sep last year show it only had 13202 torrents.

http://www.sb-innovation.de/members/mos-albums-gft-review-picture2466-8-19-2009-6-39-59-am.png

unless ur figure is an exageration.

SBfreak
01.03.10, 14:55
Let's not forget the torrents were all deleted once.
But I don't think they got to that number:rolleyes2:

saebrtooth
01.03.10, 15:26
I think now after check tpb and demonoid, its an exageration, maybe he just wanted emphasis that seeding was easy :tongue:

Drmr
01.03.10, 17:17
GFT is a ratioless tracker so cheating is not a problem for ratio, maybe just for the userclass issue.But you don't get anything if you have a higher userclass so i gues there is no point in cheating there.
Also in my opinion GFT isn't good tracker :(

GUI is bad , on torrent's there isn't comments , small base of users ...
In few words there's a lot better trackers that are easely to find and are better in every aspect than GFT :)

cooldude
01.03.10, 17:35
m getting there invite if there donation goal reaches 100% but after about the review i am reconsidering my plan !

SBfreak
01.03.10, 17:42
m getting there invite if there donation goal reaches 100%How can something like that influence you're tracker joining desire??
i am reconsidering my plan !Welcome to the group.

shoulder
01.03.10, 18:15
How can something like that influence you're tracker joining desire??
Maybe because only then you can buy invites with bonus points? :P

anon
01.03.10, 18:18
GFT is a ratioless tracker so cheating is not a problem for ratio, maybe just for the userclass issue.But you don't get anything if you have a higher userclass so i gues there is no point in cheating there.
Also in my opinion GFT isn't good tracker :(

I read the review here and didn't find it attractive, either. Already have too many trackers offering the same stuff.

Nokki
01.03.10, 18:27
I think now after check tpb and demonoid, its an exageration, maybe he just wanted emphasis that seeding was easy :tongue:

lol! You got it man! :top:

SBfreak
01.03.10, 20:32
Maybe because only then you can buy invites with bonus points? :P

O.o I see now.Not bad.Sorry for commenting without knowing.:rolling_eyes:

ciccio
29.04.10, 17:02
News from GFT


19.04.2010 - Invites Closed

Welcome to all the new fresh blood on site!
We have closed off the invites for now. I think enough newcomers have joined to make GFT more lively place for all. Invites are only available to donors now. Have fun and enjoy your stay! Join us in forums and chat with us on IRC. If you have any problems feel free to message staff and/or FLS.


Now for the new users will be very hard get into GFT.

shawshankraj
12.05.10, 05:42
Some news..




I am sorry to say but we have some bad news. I hope it did not have to come to this, but it has to for the survival of GFT. As you all might know, many sites are having problems with Paypal. We are also having the same problem. As you all may or may not know, we ban traders on sight even if they are donors, so many traders end up putting a dispute in Paypal. To avoid problems, we refund them. But due to an overwhelming amount of disputes even if we refund them, it caught Paypal's eyes, and they are doing their "investigation" and restricted the account which who knows how long it will last.

On top of that we have had very few donations these past few months, and have barely been able to stay alive. But this Paypal issue has added more problems. If anyone did not know, we have a running cost of about 550 Euros with VAT added. We have not touched that amount last few months and some of our staff had to cover the differences, but unfortunately they cannot do that every month.

GFT has been online for about 5-6 years in it's past (ED2K) and current (Torrents) form, lasting longer than most torrent sites nowdays. I really wish we can hang around till 2012 atleast (End of the world!!!) :p It eventually comes down to you members to decide whether we survive or not. And I hope you want to see GFT last a few more years atleast by donating. If each member on the site donates even €1, it will easily last us 6 months, and the minimum of €5 will last us 3 years.

It has been a pleasure to be with GFT for this long, and well if we do end up not surviving, it has been a blast. Thanks to all the members and staff, past and new for making GFT an incredible place to hangout.

Regards,
BarryWhite and the Crew

P.S: For people who are donating, if possible please send it to us as a "Gift/Others" option in Paypal to this email "donations.gft@gmail.com". It can be found under personal payments under the "Send Money" tab. This saves us a lot in Paypal fees. If this is not possible, click the usual donate link on site.
Move to:

Cheet
12.05.10, 09:54
Other trackers have gone through problems like these before; GFT will be fine =]. I'm not *too* worried about it.

The only problem is that they have a rather small userbase...

SBfreak
12.05.10, 14:45
Yes donate donate donate..we care...

anon
12.05.10, 19:11
The only problem is that they have a rather small userbase...

But this gives them an advantage when it comes to server costs - they don't need a super-powerful box to run the site.

Instab
12.05.10, 20:13
But this gives them an advantage when it comes to server costs - they don't need a super-powerful box to run the site.

exactly. less users = less donation but also less monthly fees to cover

saebrtooth
23.05.10, 17:00
well if the evidence is there and its quick lol... ban him just for fun :tongue:
but arnt they going closing anyway?

Mihai
23.05.10, 17:02
If they are why not leech the hell out of it?:biggrin:

Nokki
23.05.10, 17:31
are they really?
I neva saw it as a special tracker... Digital hive is just as good if not better I think!

anon
23.05.10, 18:49
All posts related to "that" deleted to ensure the safety of our users. :wink:


are they really?
I neva saw it as a special tracker...

Me neither, other than rarity maybe I don't see why it's so "l33t". Judging from the reviews it doesn't offer anything very special. If you need a reachable ratio-free site, try Pretome.

shoulder
23.05.10, 19:56
But it has fast Pre Times? :eek:

anon
23.05.10, 19:57
You know I don't care about them :shifty:

shoulder
23.05.10, 20:05
Not even on Pr0n Torrents? :P

anon
23.05.10, 20:05
No, I'm not that addicted. :happy:

douche99
07.06.10, 01:12
MAN, I sure hope they don't close down since I enjoyed having on almost every torrent a seedbox connected, and yeah pre times were all right ...

But atm the site looks down ???

It's not just you! (http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://www.thegft.org/login.php)

Hopefully just for fixing something or whatever ...

SBfreak
07.06.10, 21:31
They look up here.And remember we have a special thread for that.

anon
07.06.10, 21:32
we have a special thread for that.

That's why I have deleted two "it's up here" posts in this thread already :lol:

Resurrection
06.05.11, 06:32
Lots of changes it seems since this review was written...

http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=10691

http://www.sb-innovation.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=10692

Thank you, I've edited the first post. Please don't delete those pictures from your albums as I've linked them there.

anon
17.03.13, 04:57
Are their current open signups real? I was hesitant to post in the corresponding thread since these guys have been invite-only for ages, and their "registration" form used to rickroll you upon submitting it.

DriftKing
17.03.13, 05:26
Yes it's real. In first time I also didn't believe that but it's true.They also have news for open signup in their homepage.So fill them up :biggrin:

Edit:- It's close now. It was open for only less than 3 hours.

anon
17.03.13, 06:23
Thanks, I'm not interested on an account, I just wanted to know if it was true. Maybe donations are trickling :shifty:

blacksox
17.03.13, 13:04
Thanks, I'm not interested on an account, I just wanted to know if it was true. Maybe donations are trickling :shifty:

I think their paypal account got frozen and it doesn't hurt if they have more people there seeding.

leus
17.03.13, 13:28
Maybe the tracker was getting to small. The site op at SCC regularly uses the term GhostFuckingTown for GFT...

anon
17.03.13, 19:02
Nonetheless, they don't seem to have terribly changed from two years ago...

July 2011 stats
Members 4340
Torrents 34345
Seeders 70000
Leechers 953

Current stats
Members 6019
Torrents 34300
Seeders 59291
Leechers 665

koel
17.03.13, 20:05
Nonetheless, they don't seem to have terribly changed from two years ago...

July 2011 stats
Members 4340
Torrents 34345
Seeders 70000
Leechers 953

Current stats
Members 6019
Torrents 34300
Seeders 59291
Leechers 665
scc has over 100K torrents :D

Jordan
19.03.13, 12:16
The paypal account is working now, but the homepage continuously displays request for donations and site online till xxxx date which is very irritating. Hope the new members donate and the site lives. GFT is actually a no nonsense tracker where people only download. Nobody comments on the torrents, forums are virtually dead and there is no thanks button too. So just download and thats it.

takomania
23.03.13, 18:08
i let my gft account die a while back - their staff are up their own assess and the whole place lacks any real community feel - as a couple of posters have mentioned, the place feels dead as nobody communicates (aside from in their irc rooms).

comms aside though, even the speeds i was getting there were nothing compared to scc, which are pretty damn close to ftp speeds on certain files - i guess the vast numbers of seedboxes help though...

anon
23.03.13, 19:42
I wouldn't care about no one using the forums or commenting on torrents, if the place has what I want content-wise. That's what the vast majority of people are in torrenting for - to get files. The community aspect is (or should be) secondary.

But if they don't deliver on that regard either, then there's nothing to do there, yes.

takomania
23.03.13, 20:31
i understand what you're saying completely, but for me, i always like to know the community is active as then i have more respect for the site and i'm more likely to stick around - bitgamer, for example, is somewhere i started out as a dirty little cheat, but quite quickly i became someone who contributed a lot of new content because it just seemed worth it, as people were grateful!

with gft, the lack of any community spirit just made me think 'wtf? this site is so highly regarded but nobody gives a shit about anything!'

i'd have just leeched there, but the speeds and content weren't even worth it for me!

out of curiosity, does anyone know how ftn compares to gft? it's the only tracker i ever wanted to take a peek at, but never had the chance...

DriftKing
24.03.13, 06:37
out of curiosity, does anyone know how ftn compares to gft? it's the only tracker i ever wanted to take a peek at, but never had the chance...

FTN is also dead as like GFT.

takomania
24.03.13, 22:23
ah - i'll end my sidequest for access there then!

csverona05
27.03.13, 20:56
FTN is also dead as like GFT.

I agree with you ,is a little activity and few seeder's on every torrent, but on FTN are many useful packs.

almogbla
15.05.13, 18:45
is it worthy enough to donate 5eu for account?
it;s a ratioless tracker so no cheating problem.. they known for their 0day release.. im starting to think it's a very good investment

THC
25.05.13, 13:34
is it worthy enough to donate 5eu for account?
it;s a ratioless tracker so no cheating problem.. they known for their 0day release.. im starting to think it's a very good investment

You mean buy an account for 5 EUR?

anon
25.05.13, 19:20
Ordinarily I would say "get a Usenet subscription if you're willing to spend money on pirating", but after the drama, takedowns and cyphered filenames...

Stalin
05.09.13, 09:53
Is Down or have they new URL, yesterday have not Problem. :confused:

Jordan
05.09.13, 15:17
Is Down or have they new URL, yesterday have not Problem. :confused:

Seems like they went out of money again. ;)
They'll be back up soon crying that you need to donate.

Jordan
06.09.13, 00:53
Ok GFT is back.


Due to an unexpected error the site was offline for some hours. Staff is working on solving issues that still does not work.

Stalin
20.01.14, 17:40
hello someone knows where gft.

cloudflare 522 connection time out.

Adoptor
20.01.14, 20:51
hello someone knows where gft.

cloudflare 522 connection time out.

I am also having same error

Jordan
20.01.14, 22:42
hello someone knows where gft.

cloudflare 522 connection time out.

It has been down since several days. No one knows what happened.

Instab
22.01.14, 05:51
a lot of trackers were hit by a massive ddos. gft still might not be off the hook

vvtwx
22.01.14, 17:27
gft is overrated anyways

DriftKing
22.01.14, 18:09
gft is overrated anyways

Overrated or underrated -it's doesn't matter. Its good for new scene releases and ratio free is good for low bandwidth user base.

Stalin
22.01.14, 19:49
Ok GFT is Back have new Server location.

dickbutt123
23.01.14, 08:56
GFT had such a good reputation back in the days. It's a shame now.

VAMPIRE
23.01.14, 10:40
Open signups guys because they are low in donations ahahah

Jordan
25.01.14, 02:44
gft is overrated anyways

Well the seed back requirement is nothing compared to what other trackers expect. Its 48 hours and includes leech time. Sometimes it takes me more than 48 hours to download some large game and till that time the seeding requirement is over.

anon
25.01.14, 04:52
Well the seed back requirement is nothing compared to what other trackers expect. Its 48 hours and includes leech time.

This is an interesting mechanic I hadn't seen before. Can you elaborate on it works?

maniak
26.01.14, 05:36
Open signups guys because they are low in donations ahahah

lol those guy are desesperated

koel
26.01.14, 17:26
They have many bots dropping all sorts of scene shit .
As a 0day tracker it is the best cause it covers almost all scene(they don't keep it long time but that's not the point of a 0day tracker , that's the focus of a general tracker or aggregator ) unlike scc + the rest , scum 0day trackers.
It is a decent tracker & those who can't see that don't have a clue about private trackers .

Jordan
27.01.14, 04:51
This is an interesting mechanic I hadn't seen before. Can you elaborate on it works?

Well the moment you start leeching, the clock starts ticking. The requirement for every torrent is 48 hours and strangely this includes leech time. So if you take more than 48 hours to download the torrent (some large game for example), you can stop the torrent as soon as you finish since the 48 hours required time is over. ;)

anon
27.01.14, 06:22
So if you take more than 48 hours to download the torrent (some large game for example), you can stop the torrent as soon as you finish since the 48 hours required time is over. ;)

This was what I was afraid of. For an average torrent this system is okay since most people won't spend much time downloading. But it does not encourage retention for older torrents where there might be but a single seeder and spending so much time to get the files is a very real possibility.

Maybe taking hours off the required seeding time in proportion to how much you uploaded before completing the transfer, or increasing the time requirement by taking age and amount of seeders in consideration would be better options. Although prior to the current open signups, most if not all who got invited to GFT were familiar with BitTorrent etiquette and probably seeded way more than 48 hours anyway, simply because it's the right thing to do.

CoreCore
27.01.14, 17:20
Yea, blackcats has it where you need to seed for so long (or you get a bad no no on that torrent file you DL lol) and you get bonus points just to staying seeding even if their is no one DL off that link.

Jordan
28.01.14, 02:04
This was what I was afraid of. For an average torrent this system is okay since most people won't spend much time downloading. But it does not encourage retention for older torrents where there might be but a single seeder and spending so much time to get the files is a very real possibility.

Maybe taking hours off the required seeding time in proportion to how much you uploaded before completing the transfer, or increasing the time requirement by taking age and amount of seeders in consideration would be better options. Although prior to the current open signups, most if not all who got invited to GFT were familiar with BitTorrent etiquette and probably seeded way more than 48 hours anyway, simply because it's the right thing to do.

Agree but when a person wants to seed, he seeds. You will find numerous seeds on TPB torrents too where there is really no pre defined requirement. I am seeding around 20 torrents on GFT, and I am the only seed on around 8 of them. Although nobody has snatched them from a long time, I keep them seeding because there is a page where they say:


On the following torrents you are the LAST seeder:
If you delete it, the torrent will die
PLEASE share it for as long as you can

I like methods used by trackers like BTN for keeping old torrents alive. Here the longer you seed, the more points you accumulate. So if I am seeding a torrent for 6 months, I get seed points multiplied by 6.

anon
28.01.14, 03:48
On the following torrents you are the LAST seeder:
If you delete it, the torrent will die
PLEASE share it for as long as you can

This is a good feature. Sometimes merely suggesting people that they could do this or that easy thing to help the site really goes a long way.

Jordan
28.01.14, 05:50
This is a good feature. Sometimes merely suggesting people that they could do this or that easy thing to help the site really goes a long way.

Ya it works for me. This is one of the motivations to keep the torrent seeding forever. :smile:

DriftKing
28.01.14, 18:38
In matter of long time seeding, I found BTN has found good solution. Get more BP as long you seed and get next userclass with this bp. I think all ratiofree tracker has Bonus point system for encourage seeding time. That's why GFT has lost most of seeder after 48 hours as FTN do. no seeder in older torrents. Tehconnection has also found good way to encourage seeding time. They count torrent size + Seed time with average calculation and you promote to next user class. but at last as I said GFT still is good for fresh scene torrents as it's a ratio free.

I found nowadays 2 tracker is a headache in term of seeding. 1'st BCG - I downloaded a scene release game and than booh.......seeded..seeded...seeded... I think it's take atleast month to get back my badge of honour. and second is IPT...seed 2 week ? really...it's a pain or give your upload credit back :rolling_eyes: funny...and their seedpoint is increasing like tortoise way :eek13:

shadowww
28.01.14, 23:07
I find BCG as pretty easy to meet seed requirements, but then I have torrent client running whenever is my PC on. Doesn't matter that I still have crappy upload, seedtime increases easily. If you don't feel so, get your scene releases from somewhere else, popular ones get uploaded everywhere.


They have many bots dropping all sorts of scene shit .
Do you mean that as a bad thing? Not sure how to interpret that 'shit' in your quote...
I had feeling that for something to be scene release has to pass certain quality requirements. Or would get nuked. But maybe I'm wrong. I Guess there are always young scene release groups looking to prove themselves on the scene, and they are not yet 'top tier' class... Maybe you are referring to them?

anon
29.01.14, 00:31
... http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?threadid=20123 :happy:

Blocker
14.08.17, 01:50
When is this tracker open again? :tongue:

anon
15.08.17, 19:36
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#thelostdaysof2009

Jordan
27.10.17, 17:58
GFT unbanned the banned countries (Egypt and Romania).




Rule overhaul
19 Oct 2017
"A lot has changed under the hood"
While the site mainly looks like it has done for some year(s) now many things have changed and I have the pleasure to announce a few more below...

First, some new faces can be found on the staff page.

Second, as written below, we need money to still be here. Donate whatever you can and want to if you like the site. No single person can do it all but many can do it together. No one ever makes a buck on running GFT, every single euro will always be pushed into the site economy. Please help us there!

Third, anynomizers are now allowed. Too many countries are now chasing pirates and the need to protect yourself has overgrown the win from not allowing them. The tools today to chase down the bad guys are better too so while this is a dream come true for many torrent invite site users it wont mean that you're free to roam the site. We will as always hunt you down! Using proxies, VPN or whatever. If you feel the need to hide then do so. Asking for help in support can require your home IP in certain cases.

Fourth, we unban the banned countries. This is controversial but just like stated above, the tools are better today than it was to chase down the bad guys. For those not knowing the history and thinking "what, why ban a country?" there was never anything personal there. It just came to a point where certain countries gave more work and shit than it gave back in terms of good users. This means that Romania and Egypt are welcome to sign up again. This does not mean we welcome those who has been banned for bad stuff before. This is not an amnesty for traders, cheaters, sellers and all that crap! Those of you who know your GFT history also knows we have had openings in the past where we allowed signups from banned countries. Again, it was never anything personal! (The ban was only for new signups. No old existing account has ever been banned because they were from a banned country).

Fifth, (this is getting long) the inactivity enable rule is changed. The limit was six months before and it was decided a long way back to do that because traders, sellers and buyers came in hordes to have their bought, traded or sold account enabled years after it was inactivity disabled. There is no limit for now. People should visit #GFT-Inactivity on IRC to come ask for their account.

anon
27.10.17, 18:48
All very sensible changes. I applaud them and wish more sites would follow suit.

anon
01.04.18, 05:19
It's gone.

https://www.reddit.com/r/trackers/comments/85w5ow/gft_is_calling_it_quits/