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A List of No Ratio Trackers, And The Ratio Free System

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From: http://filesharefreak.com/2009/02/04/a-list-of-no-ratio-trackers-and-the-ratio-free-system/

 

The premise behind a
‘no ratio’ or ‘ratio free’ tracker is to promote a higher level of
voluntary seeding and an increased number of long-term seeds, without
enforcing a mandatory minimum upload data requirement. Simply put, "no
ratio" is just that: members are not obligated to seed to the golden
rule of a 1:1 requirement; neither globally nor on a per-torrent basis.
If all this sounds too good to be true, then what’s the catch? Won’t
users just hit & run the torrents? Not if you want to keep the
account, you won’t. The trackers listed below are no-ratio sites, along
with the benefits and drawbacks to the ratio-free torrent system.

 

For those unfamiliar
with ratio free trackers, this does not give users the right to treat
torrents as they would for Mininova or other public trackers, and
H&Rs aren’t tolerated. There are still tracker rules to abide by,
and always a fixed duration of time in which you’ll need to seed the
torrents, usually between 36 and 72 hours (although not contiguously).

Personally, I don’t
mind the ratio system in which most private trackers employ. Take
TorrentLeech, for example: Members only need to seed a torrent to a 0.6
ratio, and anything over 0.4 is still acceptable. I can load up a
popular new movie torrent into my seedbox, and get to 2:1 quite easily
within an hour. Then, I just HTTP or FTP the finished files back to my
home PC and remove the torrent, without having to leave it there for 3
days - thus freeing up my seedbox for more torrents.

The Benefits of Ratio Free Trackers (To You):

As a user, a ratio-free system allows for the ability to stay in the good graces of your private tracker, in the event:

  • • Perhaps your ISP moderately throttles BitTorrent/P2P traffic,
    either continuously or during certain specific hours of the day. These
    seed-hours will still count.
  • • You can seed torrents on a home PC with a slow upload connection,
    without worrying about leaving it there for weeks to finally get to a
    1:1 ratio.
  • • For ISPs that have bandwidth caps, you’ll be using much more of
    your ‘monthly GB cap’ for downloading, instead of wasting precious UL
    bandwidth to match what you’ve snatched. Taking this a step further, you
    can even ‘cap’ your upload speed in the BT client.
  • • Ratio-free trackers are fabulous for non-seedbox torrenting - just
    load ‘em up in your home uTorrent and seed ‘em for "x" amount of time.
    More likely than not, you’ll have a small amount of upload traffic on
    these torrents, as many of the other seeders have seedboxes which
    provide premium bandwidth to other (new) leechers.
  • • If you have a seedbox, you’ll make the minimum seed time
    contiguously (for example, if the rule requires to seed for 48 hours,
    you’ll actually do it in 48 hours - in which you’ll be able to turn off
    your home computer and the torrent will continue to seed).
  • Ratio-free = permanent freeleech
    on everything! Great for large torrents and packs.

The Drawbacks to Ratio Free Trackers:

The flipside to the ‘no ratio’ torrent system include the following:

  • • Economy Seedbox Woes: If you have minimal ‘active torrent’
    limitations on a shared or preconfigured seedbox account (say, with a 5
    or 6 torrent limit), you likely won’t be able to delete the torrent
    until the seeding time has been reached, regardless of how much data
    you’ve uploaded on the torrent. So you’re locked in.
  • • No Torrent Pre-seeding: If you have a seedbox (or even if you
    don’t), you won’t be able to effectively pre-seed (cross-seed) newer
    0day torrents to other trackers, since you’ll still need to seed it for a
    specific amount of time (and thus be unable to change the tracker URL
    & passkey over to a different tracker until the time limit has been
    met). With trackers on a ratio-system, I’m able to attain 1:1 very
    quickly, and then proceed to switch the torrent over to a different
    tracker - something of which would be taboo on a ratio free site.
  • • Though not always the case, torrents found on ratio free trackers
    are often slower (due to smaller swarms, or for a high percentage of
    home seeders). This can be particularly accurate for older torrents with
    just 1 or 2 seeders.
  • • Home PC: You may find you’ll have to leave your computer running
    (seeding) for longer periods of time. Many no-ratio trackers will
    enforce that the minimum seed-time per torrent has to be completed
    within a week’s time, or even less.


FtN

FtN

is the original pioneer behind the notion of creating the no ratio
system for its members. In the beginning, members were required to seed
for 72 hours; this was then trimmed down to 48 hours; and later lowered
to 36 hours. According to current FtN rules, there is now no minimum
seed time whatsoever, making it the only tracker to work entirely on the
honor-system, with no ratio or seed time. Because of the calibre of
what FtN has to offer, it certainly works. Downloading rules:

"Seed every torrent back to 1:1 ratio or at least try to. You are not
forced to seed the torrent 1:1, but you’re expected to seed the torrent
for as long as possible."


PtN

PtN

has always been a no-ratio tracker, definitely one of its many selling
points. The user statistics are worked out as total traffic (up and down
are counted as one, which come to play in the User Classes). Members
receive ‘gold’ (site currency) for seeding, which encourages longer
torrent life and great DL speeds. Seeding rules:

Members must seed each torrent for 72 hours (within a week).


bR

bR
is a newcomer to the torrent scene, launching just 2 months ago. With a small user base, bR
is limited to just 2,000 good members (and has nowhere near this, at last check). Being ratio-free, bR
is also considered a ‘general’ tracker with categories for Appz, Movies (DVD/HD/XviD), Packs, TV and XXX.


Libble.com

Libble
has recently switched over to Gazelle, and has even made the tracker
ratio-free (well, sort of). Libble employs a unique but sophisticated
"share rank" system, in which users need to keep their share rank over
-20, or the banhammer comes down. Share rank points can be earned
(seeding, snatches, uploading) and taken away (for H&Rs and bad
ratio). Global DL/UL ratio is still counted and used in their share rank
system, but it is not a main characteristic when calculating overall
site participation.


DreamZonePT.com

Just launched, DreamZonePT
is apparently a ratio free tracker, but their rules & FAQ do not
outline this whatsoever. Moreover, the user-specific ratio system that
should have been removed still exists. The only clue that DZPT is
no-ratio is, "please do your best to seed everything to at least 1.1."
UPDATE: To confirm, not a ratio-free tracker; however, everything on the
site is currently freeleech.


TVTorrents.com

While TVTorrents.com
expects users to attain and keep a global
ratio of 1.0, there’s no specific ratio requirements on a per-torrent
basis. Thus, if you have an account credit of 100 GB (GCreds), it would
seem that you’ll be safe to H&R everything and anything (up to 100
GB of DL), as long as you don’t go into minus credits globally. There’s
no mention of hit & runs in the rules or FAQ. Happy H&R’ing!
…but first buffer that account.


GFT

Not only does GFT
offer the benefits of a no ratio tracker, it also has some of the best
pretimes in all of BitTorrent. They just have but one basic rule which
says, "Remember, GFT has no ratio! Grab what you like and seed for 48
hours!"


Demonoid

Demonoid
is often overlooked as a no ratio tracker, but it truly is. Here’s what we found in the FAQ about low ratios
:

Q:

My ratio is getting too low, am I going to be banned?

A:

The ratio system is purely statistical and somewhat innacurate for the
ones with shared or dynamic ips. Besides what other users may think of
you for not sharing, there is no punishment for having a low ratio.

Filesharefreak Says:
The only way you can get banned from Demonoid is to never log in again,
and the account will be automatically pruned due to inactivity. Hit ‘n
run all you want on both the internal and external torrents: we don’t
care; and apparently they don’t either.

FTM

FTM/ETN
is a small music tracker, with a tight group of trance & electronic
music lovers sharing some obscure (and mainstream) stuff. FTM is ratio
free, of course!


CoExist

CoExist
(or CE
) another newer ratio-free music tracker - currently running on Gazelle (but this should change soon with CoExist v2
).
As with all "no ratio" trackers, everything is freeleech! Currently, CE
offers a seedbonus system, called "Music Notes" - although since CE has
always been considered ‘in beta’, there’s no word how/if the team will
switch this to the new TBDev code.


SceneRtorrents.com

As FSF previously reported
on January 9th 2009, SceneRtorrents
had a paltry 11 torrents. In just four short weeks, sRt
has boosted their count to 990 active torrents - quite the astonishig
improvement. Pretimes aren’t the best, but not horrible either. Being
ratio-free is gonna help you, since there are very few leechers on the
torrents, due to sRt being a very new tracker. Seeding rules:

"Everything on this site is FREE to download, all we ask is that you
seed back for 48 hours minimum. We ask that you seed back each torrent
for a minimum of 8 hours after the torrent has completed, then continue
seeding until you reach the 48 hour limit".


iTS

Not much we can tell you about iTS
(if you’re a member of TR, read a review of iTS here
). Ratio free with an amazing community, only the best of the best get in. ‘Nuff said. Seeding rules:

72 hours per torrent.

iFi

Normally when a
tracker has more users than torrents, it creates a boatload of leechers
for new additions. But if the tracker has a limit of only 600 members,
well that spells trouble… fortunately iFi is also ratio free. One member
of TPS
said, "I’m a member here but I barely use it. There’s not too much content. :S". However, there may a spinoff site…


PreToMe

PreToMe
is ratio free, but conditionally. You’ll need to seed each torrent for 60 hours or

to a 0.75 ratio (whichever comes first), which is on-par with other ‘no
ratio’ trackers. However, PTM’s current rules require for continuous
seeding for a minimum of six hours straight on a new torrent (or 0.75
ratio) - if not, a H&R will be recorded on the account. So, if
you’re torrenting from home (uTorrent, Vuze, Transmission) and download a
new torrent, you’ll get a Hit&Run if you turn off your computer
before 6 hours (continuous time) has elapsed (IF

you haven’t reached 0.75 on it). However, the H&R will disappear
as soon as the required conditions are met. Fortunately, PreToMe gives
users an entire month to get to the "60 hours or 0.75" threshold (per
torrent). You may wake up to see H&Rs on your account, and watch
them disappear the next time you login. Sounds confusing? Indeed it is.
Just check out the addled user feedback in PreToMe’s Forums > Support
thread.


SeedIt.org

Seedit.org
is a Swedish/English site with roots all the way back to 2005. An
anonymous source says, "Apparently they never got enough members back
then, so it died and was forgotten. In the beginning of the last summer
some people took on the old project, and the site is alive once again".

Seedit has been
revamped, and current rules stipulate, "Hit ‘n’ run is not allowed, even
though we dont use the traditional ratio system, you have to seed
everything you download properly. At least 36 hours or 1:1 ratio within a
week."

FatalTracker

To quote,
"Fataltracker is an older site, small, but very community orientated.
Just ask you seed for at least 72 hours! Under new ownership for the
last little while so re-building FT to what it once was! We have been
online in some way shape or form for getting close to 7yrs! What we
offer: The regular scene torrents, and some older harder to find stuff,
as well as some stuff you will not find anywhere…" — Anyways, we
couldn’t sign up, so it must be uber-l33t.

Why the f*ck is FT in this list?! In case someone says, "Hey, FSF you missed FatalTracker!".


iPWN (deceased)

Worth mentioning is
iPWN, (or filescene.ro) - an innovative music tracker that attempted to
excel with a no-ratio system for music lovers. The design was
impeccable, very pleasing to the eye - but they just couldn’t get enough
torrents or members. Either that, or constant "donation" nagging killed
it. Word on the street is: don’t use the ".ro" domain if you want a
tracker to be successful.

Public Trackers: ThePirateBay, Mininova, IsoHunt:

The seeding and ratio rules on public trackers are simple: nonexistent

. Go nuts, freak!

— Certainly there are more "no ratio" trackers
than what’s listed above. Feel free to add ‘em in a comment below, and
I’ll update the post!

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