I keep meaning to ask, can someone look into why I can't post a new thread in the "Announcements" section (after they move this to that section).
STOP PRESS NEWS (Day old)
Those of a nervous disposition should not look at the link below
http://www.ut-files.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
Those who wish to help fill the gap should follow the lead of Mapraider and ...um well me, by sharing what you have in a pool, should read these;
http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120829 ... 90-10.html (last time this happened)
http://hooksutplace.freeforums.org/ut-f ... 63-30.html (last time this happened)
http://www.ut99.org/viewtopic.php?f=12& ... cdn#p44183 (Related issue)
http://www.ut99.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4765 (personal solution) http://www.unrealkillers.com/f14/coralc ... lcdn-2771/ (wider solution)I've stood on my soap-box (prepare for more) and ranted on several sites over the past couple of years.
"WE" the community are our only hope.
This is not a Sci-Fi film.There is no hero or "Man-kinds last best chance for survival".
It is you, the gamers, the mappers and most of all the "Collectors".
Sorry, but you are it.
The fans and fanatics like you and me.
"Here comes boring the science bit" most of you can/will skip this.
Spamming uploads to any site you can find is a great help, but you can also give links to files you have on your PC.
Torrents are most peoples idea of fileshare programs, but they are far to limited for long-term use, and have severe drawbacks, such as often relying on a tracker/site still running.
In my opinion torrents are killing p2p fileshare.There are more advanced options such as "Shareaza 2", that combine torrents and all your downloads into a library of shared and browsable files.
I'll use an existing file as an example, Kelly's collection "ALLUTSkins.7z" (1.24GB)
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magnet:?xt=urn:bitprint:VITKY4P6UPMAORSLDJZ424UADWCTRV4L.UMWBLNHAO2K6ZQBAN7A537CNMOAVAE7RN2HMLGQ&xt=urn:ed2khash:ede1a67fe0cd62bf747d0390df53467c&xl=1340783774&dn=ALLUTSkins.7zKelly had to organise then compress his models/skins archive, then create a torrent (with a reliable tracker) of it, so it could be uploaded to "some" sites, where "some" people will find it.
"Some" people will download it, and "some" people will seed it... for a while. Then (now) it becomes unavailable.
All other decentralised p2p, in practice: (and how to be safer)
Kelly could have organised the collection (I know, it was already, but roll with it), and added the folder to the shared library.
...umm that's it really
It is now available to all. It really is that simple. You don't even need an account with anything.
It is still just as important to publicly spam links to stuff you have, but from day-1 you will be one of many with the same files (unlike torrents), but you can just give yourself as a start location.
eg. me
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shareaza:browse:109.157.71.232:6346All it needs, is anyone to connect that has that file in a shared folder.
Many of the individual files inside the 7zip file, many of us will already have, and are therefore duplicated in the torrent.
With real oldskool p2p (where users become hubs), People can search UserK for other treasure they may want, and ignore the stuff they already have. If they have shared their own collection, Shareaza (or equivalent) will show the files they already have, so avoiding unnecessary bandwidth wastage.Both parties win
You can keep searching the networks for a file you want (or are downloading), and add the extra sources as they become available.
Files you love (or hate) you can tag with a review and star-rating.
You can mark deleted files as fake/corrupt, wrong name, or what-ever, so others avoid mistakes.
...and still all this without using an advert infested website (and you still don't need an account with anything).
On a security level, after you consider that you are actually far easier to find, and torrent sites make money from the adverts, can someone else please defend the concept of torrents if they can ?
Tired, bored, drunk and tired.
I hope this makes sense. I will read/edit later, sorry
