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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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[–] 3l3tric ago 

Welcome!

From one FLAC fiend to another, it's basically paradise. You'll love it there. And as long as you seed everything you download, the required ratio is 0 until 20GB.

Seriously, though, trowl through requests. I'd say that at least 75% of my upload is from requests. What I'd do is go to the request page, up top reduce the media options to Web, then sort by Bounty. Don't bother with the first few pages, it's stuff likely no one will hear. Trowl through, skip stuff you know personally isn't out, and you'll find some goods.

For bandcamp, look through the most recent ones. You never know what you might find. I once saw a 60GB request within the first few pages that was for a $10 bandcamp album. Unfortunately, someone else got to it first.

So yeah, interview, it's literally my favorite tracker.