BrokenStones - BS

Teh Logo

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Info

• url: brokenstones.me
• special joining site: bswillyouinvite.me
• irc: irc.p2p-network.net/brokenstones
• server location: canada

BS is a mac tracker and has everything related. also a nice collection of add-ons for audio apps and iphone stuff e.g.
file wise it's the best mac tracker although they don't allow pre-releases.


Stats

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Main Site

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Categories

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Torrents

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Forum

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Ranks

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Rules

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Additional Info

• BS is the oldest mac site afaik. founded in 2004 they were closed for some time but re-opened in 2008 (fall i think). in the meantime some of their staffers left and founded a new mac site: Vortex.
• as mentioned already file wise it's the best mac site. its userlimit is almost always reached and the amount of active users is high as well. the speed is good and many torrents are very well seeded. therefore it's not so easy to seed there. they've even lowered the min. ratio lately.
• if you can't find an invite you could give their uniqü invite system a try. instead of irc interviews you can send them a profile link to one of a certain number of sites. with some luck you'll have an invite in your inbox after about 2 weeks.
• every user has a number of themes to choose from. also there has been a design contest lately but the winners are not yet in the drop down menu's list.
• the community is about average. the index page has the usual happy holidays messages and stuff and every so often there're some games and contests. not to forget the polls of course. i'd say the forum activity is medium.
• uploading is free for all but you have to obey the uploading rules of course.
• even if you're not using osx the collection of iphone and audio stuff is nice if you're interested in that.

Cheating

let's come to the important part finally :biggrin:

• cheating there is not very hard. they don't have many scripts as it seems and they're also not too keen on looking into things too much so you can get away with quite some things.
• they have no peerlist but the snatchlist is very detailed. the columns are: type, name, time alive, size, seeders, leechers, client, time spent, announced, left, uploaded, downloaded, ratio.
• anyway the leecher count is always low so you can't use too high speeds there unless you hit stop in time. flashing small amounts dös also work but think of the detailed snatchlist.
• also almost all torrents are repacked or extracted or modified in some other way so don't go in as seeder even if you have the content in some form.

so this is the paradise of Mac owners :biggrin:
guess i need to destroy it in order to relieve :D

already expected you'd like it :biggrin:

This is by far the best mac tracker app I have used, and I have most of them... Cheating has never been an issue, nor do they really care.

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Originally Posted by ananias13

Cheating has never been an issü, nor do they really care.

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and would you tell us how you cheated there so it might help others?

Seems like a nice tracker.Is it hard to get in?

L.E: Ohh so they give invite to everyone that meets the reqs??Kinda easy way to join such a great mac tracker.

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Originally Posted by SBfreak

they give invite to everyone that meets the reqs??Kinda easy way to join such a great mac tracker.

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none of the mac trackers is hard to join. BS has the special system i mentioned in the review and the other 2 have irc interviews.
you could also use demonoids mac section in doubt :redface:

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Originally Posted by Instab

you could also use demonoids mac section in doubt :redface:

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TL also has a Mac section for that matter...

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Originally Posted by anon

TL also has a Mac section for that matter...

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some other trackers also have one but they can't keep up with demonoid.

Cheating, just basic rules... dont go overboard with your fake uploading stats.

Its not a site riddled with seedboxes like many of the scene sites. Without cheating and a 5mb/1mb internet connection I maintained a 2:1 ratio...

Hello !!
Can I make an odd question ?
More months ago I had registered with the site, loved it, then unfortunately have been deleted and are no longer able to enter.
I also tried to create another email address but there was nothing to do.
Only after some time a friend told me that probably I did not put the files shared, and so on my account has been deactivated. Now I ask you .... it is possible now that I know the rules, to be reactivated? Thanks for your interest.

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Someone would be kind enough to help me?

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Originally Posted by Bertrand

Now I ask you .... it is possible now that I know the rules, to be reactivated?

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Ask them, not us. Go go their IRC channel and see what happens.

destroy all the mac torrent trackers. let them pay for software. if they have money for the overpriced hardware, they have money for the software.

Looks like someone hates mac.

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Originally Posted by cirulilu

destroy all the mac torrent trackers. let them pay for software. if they have money for the overpriced hardware, they have money for the software.

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what if many of them run a hackint0sh?

How are invites received here? What class, frequency?

Power User: 4 weeks, upload 1 torrent and 50 GB, ratio above 1.05. Receives invites.

How hard it is to get an invite to this tracker.?
I been trying to get a Mac related tracker for so long.

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Originally Posted by luffy

How hard it is to get an invite to this tracker.?
I been trying to get a Mac related tracker for so long.

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You've got an alternative: https://mac-torrents.me/ but it's invite only atm.

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Originally Posted by luffy

How hard it is to get an invite to this tracker.?
I been trying to get a Mac related tracker for so long.

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Really easy ,please check our giveaway thread out ,there are available BS invites from time to time :smile:

Try not to upload a lot of torrents on the same day. They will block your access to the invite forum because they think you are doing it to access the invite forum. This happened to a few users that i know.

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Originally Posted by H265

Try not to upload a lot of torrents on the same day. They will block your access to the invite forum because they think you are doing it to access the invite forum.

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:stupid: is all I can say.

Does power user forum was removed?

I always wanted to be a power user to get invites, but I never managed to find anything to upload!!! Some uploaders there are so damn fast and it's hard to find other sources of macos software.

Eventually, I gave up and I ended up downloading software on behalf of 4 persons and god knows how many friends they have themselves.
I'm a like mac os shop.

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Originally Posted by molosse

I always wanted to be a power user to get invites, but I never managed to find anything to upload!!! Some uploaders there are so damn fast and it's hard to find other sources of macos software.

Eventually, I gave up and I ended up downloading software on behalf of 4 persons and god knows how many friends they have themselves.
I'm a like mac os shop.

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It is really easy to find content to upload on brokenstones. Just go to torrentleech and browse the educational section. Upload the new releases to brokenstones (1gb+ and up). Do it slowly. If they think you are doing it for access to invite forum they'll block you from it.

Yesterday, I found my account blocked.

I assumed it was because of inactivity (I haven't DL anything in a year but I managed to at least log in every 2 weeks to say hi)
Wrong assumption.

had a chat with an admin. I no longer have the full thread but here's a summary:
ADM: how did you get your invite?
ME: I bought it
ADM: give details
ME: gave all info I had, which was not useful since both email and website are dead now.
ADM: be more specific
ME: In my last message I gave you email, website, amount paid. what else would you like to know?

Then I was banned for good, included from the IRC.

I'm impressed that that they still police their member so many years after.

I like their message, something like: be honest, lying won't get you anywhere. But telling the truth won't get anywhere neither. Worse, you waste time finding the info. Don't bother their interview.

I always thought It's rather rich from a website that praises piracy and IP theft to tell us it's bad to sell/buy invite.

Going after traders, sellers is just a waste of time. I don't understand how a site's security increases when they ban traders, sellers.

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Originally Posted by H265

I don't understand how a site's security increases when they ban traders, sellers.

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Well, the usual reason given is that it endangers trackers, because if you and I can buy or trade for an invite, then so can the cops. This is not incorrect in principle. But I feel that the fact that I had entry (or had been offered entry) to all "elite" trackers at age 15 sort of negates any chance that the opposite may be true.

Anyway, I view invite selling negatively - making a profit on something that is meant to be given freely and at the expense of all the work and money that goes into keeping a good tracker, is just shameful. Trading is different, I'm okay with it as long as both parties involved have genuine interest on whatever place they want to join, and take care of their accounts. As far as the tracker is concerned, that's exactly the same as inviting a friend that ends up being a good member.

http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?t=21339
http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?t=24222

The problem is, you don't really see that scenario anymore. Go to any forum that allows trading and you'll find threads with lists of dozens of accounts people willing to part with, in exchange for for ultra-rare sites or simply "offers".

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Originally Posted by anon

Well, the usual reason given is that it endangers trackers, because if you and I can buy or trade for an invite, then so can the cops. This is not incorrect in principle. But I feel that the fact that I had entry (or had been offered entry) to all "elite" trackers at age 15 sort of negates any chance that the opposite may be true.

Anyway, I view invite selling negatively - making a profit on something that is meant to be given freely and at the expense of all the work and money that goes into keeping a good tracker, is just shameful. Trading is different, I'm okay with it as long as both parties involved have genuine interest on whatever place they want to join, and take care of their accounts. As far as the tracker is concerned, that's exactly the same as inviting a friend that ends up being a good member.

http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?t=21339
http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?t=24222

The problem is, you don't really see that scenario anymore. Go to any forum that allows trading and you'll find threads with lists of dozens of accounts people willing to part with, in exchange for for ultra-rare sites or simply "offers".

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I heard that some trackers offers registration in exchange of a donation. In other words, the tracker sells the invite.
I see some merits in this approach. tracker get the money they need and members gets a proper, official route to join a tracker.

I have a feeling than the police no longer need or want to be a member of the tracker.
As Frazier once said, Kill the head and the body will die.
Like when the frogs killed WhatCD all members lose.

Going after individual members is pointless and very expensive.

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Originally Posted by molosse

I heard that some trackers offers registration in exchange of a donation. In other words, the tracker sells the invite.
I see some merits in this approach. tracker get the money they need and members gets a proper, official route to join a tracker.

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It's acceptable depending on how much the invites are offered for and how much emphasis is placed on that particular way to join. But it's also a double-edged sword, because the copyright mafia loves to paint "pirate" sites as moneymaking profit machines, and this gives them an excuse to do just that.

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Originally Posted by molosse

Yesterday, I found my account blocked.
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I always thought It's rather rich from a website that praises piracy and IP theft to tell us it's bad to sell/buy invite.

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In this environment, there are absolutely no saints. One should always lie, lie and lie. Deny everything until the end. The mods/staff don't wanna befriend anyone.

"See, the thing is, we as staff members deal with a lot of invite sellers. We know quite a bit about their business model, including diversionary tactics, injections of plausible deniability, and a 'don't admit to anything in the disabled channel and I'll send you another invite' clause. The great amount of discouragement invite buyers get from telling the truth makes it extremely difficult to trust anyone invited by a known seller."