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A few months ago I grabbed this torrent from rarbg, and it took weeks to download. Often going days with no seeders.

I finally got it, and decided I'd seed beyond my usual 2x to help others get this. Then rarbg went under, and now I think I'll just keep this one going.

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[–] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A true pirate shares their booty 🔥🔥

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 75 points 1 year ago (2 children)

sigh I'll let my wife know...

[–] deathbysnusnu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Well then I guess that makes ya mum a pirate! 🦜🏴‍☠️🍆💦

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Booty Sweat!

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[–] notepass@feddit.de 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Now if only torrenting wouldn't mean an automatic 500€ invoice from a very specific law firm in my country :(

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For about 5€ a month you can free yourself from these risks

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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

Just rent a seedbox.
Torrenting actively from public trackers for 14€ per month and can host the best streaming service right at home.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Real debrid. Torrent to the cloud. Everything becomes available to other users.

[–] holycrapwtfatheism@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does Usenet trigger the same issue?

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[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd love to find a good alternative to Rarbg, truly the end of an era

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

TorrentGalaxy is the closest I've found so far.

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[–] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

My crowning achievement is still seeding a 2.429TB torrent up to a 1.0 ratio, took me about 7 and a half months.

[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's inside a 2.4TB torrent? 🤔

[–] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] t_uxio@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

Man of culture I see

[–] renard_roux@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wonderful! I wish you both a happy relationship! Sounds like you've got your work cut out for you 😊👌

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[–] BillionsMustSeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not from the same source, but I'm in the middle of getting a 5GB file that took me five days so far and will take another five to complete. After that, I think I will keep sharing for as long as possible this one, since I see a lot of peers every day, even though there's only one seeder, from which I'm currently downloading at 10Kbps (and not because of my bandwidth, I think it's theirs that's a bit on the slow side).

I have slow upload, but once there are two seeds things should get better for all other peers, compared to now haha

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I always am going crazy seeing a 1mib/s upload divided by 10 peers while I am sitting here with a gig symmetric line ready to satisfy all within a minute (if their pipes allow it).
JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN BANDWIDTH and I shall satisfy everyone and their dog for a 100 ratio...

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[–] Yoz@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not all heros wear capes

[–] zephyrvs@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Let me throw my seedbox into the ring. :)

[–] vd1n@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is quality worth the 50gb?

I don't have any fancy speakers or monitor...

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

My very fancy sweet spot is somewhere between 10-20gb 1080p
My alright sweet spot is around 7-10gb 1080p.

Higher is too much in disk space for me.

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[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

They look amazing on a big TV with a nice sound system. If it’s just for watching on your computer I would recommend the 2GB RARBG releases.

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Try it out and see for yourself if it's worth it to you.

Even with fancy gear some people don't appreciate higher quality, i'm somewhat jealous, because that would save me so much money.

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[–] Zeroxxx@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I seed anime OSTs, plenty enough and rare collections.

If you folks happen to download that category, chances are I am one of your sources 🤣

[–] figaro@lemdro.id 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks friend! You're doing the work of Kamisama

[–] ari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fun fact: This movie is on the 4k movies google drive

[–] oneshibbyguy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What Google drive are you talking about

Check the megathread

[–] tr0nix@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yea would be awesome to know lol

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[–] B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you sailor.

[–] transistor@lemdro.id 10 points 1 year ago

Excellent work!

[–] retiolus@lemmy.cat 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why limit the time?

Keeping niche torrents alive for possible years if you're not deleting it might safe someones day.

[–] retiolus@lemmy.cat 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have unlimited storage...

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[–] nickiam2@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And this is why I backup all the torrents I download. If I lose the drive, they might not be seeded anymore and I won't be able to re-download everything. There's stuff in my collection that was hard to find 5 years ago.

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[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

I did this with the That 70s show FGT torrents. Nobody seeds older media anymore, so each one had/has a >30 ratio on the 5GB-per-season BDrips

I wish for low-risk older media people would just keep the seed open forever. Very little bandwidth will be taken up but people will have it there if they want to go back and watch it.

[–] skadden@ctrlaltelite.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

I pretty much always leave stuff seeding once I get it these days. Ever since I bumped the disk space on my NAS it made it a lot easier to leave stuff instead of jockeying for space on disk.

My higher ratio items are all old shits like You Got Served lmao

[–] couragethebravedog@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Highest ratio I ever saw was from season 2 of one punch man. Was over 500.

[–] oneshibbyguy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Dude seeding must have been doing his push ups

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