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[–] herrdoktor330 [S] ago 

Yeah, a buddy of mine tried to get in to what.cd and he told me the interview process was absurd. He does alot of EAC FLAC rips of fairly obscure electronic and indie rock acts and tried to get in on that angle. No dice with those cats. I don't have an external seedbox, per se. But I do have a linux server running a deluge daemon 24/7 assuming my cable isn't out. And as an ex-cable installer, I rarely have cable problems. So seeding never is a problem for me.

By comparison, my go-to tracker is iptorrents.com. And it is UNBELIEVABLE how many quality bluray movies, themed movie packs, HD TV show rips, HD PPV Events, and basic software they have. But their music just SUCKS.

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[–] 3l3tric 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

What's interview is not as bad as some people act. In case you've never heard of it, there's a site called whatinterviewprep.com that will tell you all you need to know to pass. I passed on my first shot, even though I missed a few questions. Be honest if you don't know something. Tell them if you're not totally sure of your answer, they're understanding.

As far as the charge that you have to have a seedbox to stay competitive, that's not necessarily the case. Yes, people with seedboxes get more upload, and someone like me with a 2 Mb/s upload speed doesn't get too much seeding credit. However, that's not the only way to get upload. Requests on the site are an amazing way to get credit, and some people offer stuff like 10GB upload for one Bandcamp album worth $10. Sometimes you get really lucky and stumble across one that's really high, like $7 for an EP that gives 30 GB upload.

The other good way to get upload is, obviously, by uploading. Unlike some trackers, what has no restriction against free content, so you can go to BandCamp and find some obscure free noise album or something, check to see if it's on What, and upload that for credit.

Even on my shit connection, I have a ratio of about 2, and just south of 20GB downloaded.

TL;DR What.CD isn't as frightening as people say

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[–] herrdoktor330 [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

... I'm going to give that some serious consideration then. Thanks for the input.

I buy some stuff on Bandcamp anyway, so maybe that's a way to go.

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[–] Trippler ago 

The interview is not at all absurd, they are fairly basic questions meant to deter people who have not bothered learning enough to keep the high quality standard of torrents on there (What is flac?, What is a transcode? If I have an mp3 and convert it to flac, can I upload it?, etc..).

24/7 linux server with torrent client counts as a seedbox and should be good enough. Uptime counts on this tracker (if you seed 24/7 you need a lower ratio than if you seed an hour per day).