TheVault.bz

[splicer]

Tracker: TheVault
Tracker URL: TheVault :: Login
Open Signups?: Rarely. Depends upon number of registered users, invites are enabled
Category: Business related material
Number of Users: ~7000
Number of Torrents: ~17000

TheVault is one of three sister sites of TheBox. As with the other sister sites, this too is a very niche tracker, specialising in tracking business related material. All sites use a similar frontend. As with most trackers, it has basic functions along the top, with basic account information.

TheVault tracks business related material - anything from audio of lectures to magazines to particular authors. There's not much else to it I'm afraid Most content is in .avi, whilst .pdf and .flv follow. I wouldn't say there are many DVD-Rs.

Because TheVault and TheBox are sister sites, they both have very similar features. Recently a IRC Java Applet replaced the old shoutbox allowing users to interact without hassle. Again there is a request feature - though only about 10% of request are filled.

The forums are very active, but is centred around business and contains much jargon, so perhaps not all may participate. Having said this there is a help section, and a other tracker section.

The speeds are surprisingly decent, maxing out my 4mbit, most of the time. I believe this to be because many honest users have to invest in seedboxes to maintain a decent ratio.

Cheating there is the same as at TheBox. I use Azureus Extreme Mod, no spoofing, at speeds between 20 - 30kBps - I recommend this method to all users here who use TheVault or in future will.

In short, if you are a business - styled person, this is definitely for you, but to the average person, this site is not for them. In my opinion, there is very little content which would be relevant/useful/interesting to the average person. Though, I must commend them; to have 2 and 1/2 times as many torrents than users is a respectable feat.

[Manas]

Nice review, dude

This one is one of my favorites
Really recommendable for people who are serious about making money

[splicer]

Hey, when trading TheVault invites, what should I be looking for in return?
On one hand, TheVault is a low level niche tracker, so I shouldn't expec much. On the other hand, I've never seen an invite been given out, so invites are rare; this should up it's value.

[lippy09]

very ture splicer i too have never seen a invite given out .

[OblivionKing]

Thanks for the tips, i was banned last time because i used RatioMaster (i know, i was n00b).

I'll try with Azureus Extreme and report my results here. I hope they won't find out about my method this time. Regarding the RatioMaster, i have used it successfully on salad & biztorrents, two more trackers specializing in business torrents. On salad, i used to vary my upload speed between 80 and 1000 kbps, with occasional flashes of few gigabytes. The method worked well on biztorrents too, but i made mistake of inserting one digit too much. :)

Anyway, my connection is very unsymmetrical (my DL speed is 40 times larger than my UL speed), and i don't want to pay for a seebox or donate right now.

@splicer

Are there any other methods, or some newer, better methods now that work on thevault?
Also, can i participate in the forums without being afraid for my lif... i mean.. account.

Thanks.

[anon]

TheVault's scripts watch if you're faking on an inactive torrent (for example, download on the RM), and instaban you if you do so. Cheating on active torrents or using a mod such as the Azureus Hack that downloads the actual files are your best bets. I seem to be doing fine at TV with a 0kB/s fake upload.

[classyboy]

Xtreme mod works well here. While using the same, keep a watch on the average swarm speed in the general tabs. That should give you a hint on how much and how fast or slow to cheat. Use your real upload only, that's the safest way out.

[OblivionKing]

Thanks for the tips, anon & classyboy.

Regarding the instaban, i was always wondering what is this 'insta' prefix for, but i was quickly enlightened by thevault's anti-cheat algorithms. As soon as i connected via RM, i was immediately banned.

They are very strict and unforgiving, but their vault is a goldmine.

I'll try azureus extreme tomorrow, and i'll need to find some good tutorials on it's advanced settings; i don't think that basic, default settings will allow me to leech unnoticed in theVault.

[anon]

That and Waffles's "it appears you are cheating". My TB passkey became invalid the second the RM announced fake download

Regarding the Azureus Hack settings, read this:
http://www.sb-innovation.de/showthread.php?threadid=452

There's also a thread about TheVault cheating on our Talk section.

[OblivionKing]

Thanks, i'll read that.

Btw, there's one interesting thing that is happening to me on the salad.tl right now. Since my registration, i was cheating with RatioMaster, and while the ratio counter at the top of the screen says that my ratio is 1.6, when i look into my profile->torrent list, i can see my real ratios (0.05, etc...).
I hope no one will notice this.

[anon]

The ratio shown at the top is your global one, and the ones in the torrent list the individual ones.

[OblivionKing]

Damn, you're fast.
(MSN autonotifier, or something like that? )

It appears you didn't understand what i have wanted to say. Here's one example:
Torrent1 -> ratio = 0.05
Torrent2 -> ratio = 0.09
Torrent3 -> ratio = 0.06

So, this global ratio should afaik be Avg(T1, T2, T3) = 0.20/3, but it is 1.6.

[anon]

So, this global ratio should afaik be Avg(T1, T2, T3) = 0.20/3, but it is 1.6.

Yes, but traffic from previous torrents no longer shown in the list also counts.

[shoulder]

In very short your global ratio is the sum of all your upload from all your torrents divided by the sum of all your download from all your torrents.

[OblivionKing]

Ok, i was more worried about someone (moderator?) finding about my methods by browsing through my profile.

Back to the topic, i have heard of some guys using GreedyTorrent on TheVault, but i will first try the Azureus Extreme mod, which looks far more reliable and harder to detect.

NoteToMyself (and anyone else who doesn't already have elbitz acc): elbitz registration is open. Register an acc and search forums for elbitz cheating.