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Demonoid Is Open To All Without An Invite

Demonoid is without doubt one of the most famous BitTorrent trackers on the Internet. That said, despite its fame and large userbase, it’s still necessary to obtain an invite code to use the site. Right now, however, be it intentional or a fortunate bug, its torrents are open to all. Has Demonoid transformed from a semi-private to a public tracker?

demonoidIn September Demonoid went down with overwhelming hardware problems but fully returned in the middle of December, much to the relief of its members.

Despite this extended downtime, the semi-private tracker came in at an impressive 20th place in our list of Top 25 torrent sites of 2009.

With hundreds and thousands of daily visitors and an Alexa rank of 657 last month, it’s undoubtedly a popular site, especially since one needs an invite to gain access.

Well, normally that’s the case. Currently the situation is different.

Whether this is a bug (maybe as a result of the admins having to rewrite some of the site code after the crash) or entirely intentional, we just don’t know, but currently it seems that anyone can browse and download torrents from Demonoid without being a member.

We’re not exactly sure how long this has been the case, but it has been a little while now, perhaps since the site returned after its break.

Demonoid, it seems, has changed from a semi-private to a public tracker.

Enjoy!

Update: A few people have mentioned that it’s been possible to download 3 to 5 torrents a week as a guest in the past. After downloading a dozen today, we’ve still not reached any limit.

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  • Anonymous

    I think it has been like this since the return.

  • Slick

    Yeah, it has been this way for a while. I believe non-members can only download three “new” torrents a week.

  • 24235426

    Having invites for a semi private site like this is just pointless anyways, and invites arent that hard to come by…

  • Matthew

    I’m a member anyway, so doesn’t matter to me

  • LOL

    Fail they are not open!!!

    TF Comment: Yes they are….epic fail ;)

  • jaan

    “user registration is closed”.
    damn did i miss the opportunity !

  • http://torrentfreak.com Ernesto

    @Slick

    I can download more than three without signing in.

  • http://www.torrentfreak.com enigmax

    @6, you don’t need to register, that’s the point.

    Just go to the site, scroll down and go ahead and browse the torrents and try it :)

  • jaan

    Thanks enigmax,

    I did read about it on feed reader and posted here.
    Just now i have read the article in full.

  • K_K

    hmmm demonoid is practically a public tracker anyway so not much has changed. You just dont need to spend the 30secs looking for an invite before downloading a torrent.

  • noid

    Seems its limited to just 5 torrent downloads per week.

    http://www.demonoid.com/error_messages.php?error_id=4

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  • Jefo

    Makes this site even worse.

  • Zush

    Kissing your forefront, Demons!

  • Jeff

    I just got into a truly private tracker I found out from reading on BTRACS was open for signups: HD-Torrents.

    Apparently, they are welcoming a former encoder for Awesome-HD to their site, and as a result have opened registrations for 4.5 days.

    More info here: http://filesharefreak.com/2010/01/22/eureka-mutinies-awesome-hd-joins-hd-torrents/

    As for Demonoid, I got in there some time ago when they had open registration there, despite invites being easily obtainable.

  • Potato

    I like Demonoid, a perfect mix of Public and Private :)

  • jasper100

    It has always been this way, they only limited the site for public a few months before it needed to recode.

  • *D

    this is exactly like “noid” at #11 says:
    “non-registered users are limited to 5 torrents per week”
    so, No it’s not open to everyone.

    TF: you needed to do more reasearch :p

  • Anon

    It was actually like this before demonoid went down, you can browse the first page or so and are limited to amount of torrents per week as well as not being able to search. It’s probably changed a little but my guess is it’s still the same idea.

  • Kapcha

    I noticed, that Demonoid is open already 2 or 3 weeks ago )

  • paul

    Not really a story if they raised the limit from 3 torrents to 5.

    also it used to be something about only new torrents or old ones or something.. not sure if that has changed.

  • redbaron

    That’ll make a problem. Too many people will rush to get an account, downloads will increase greatly and thus will be a much desirable target for the police. :(

  • Cujo

    “server too busy” a few times in the last week ,, it’s been open to everyone for a couple weeks now. I saw the change cause i delete cookies.

  • Anonymous

    It has always been a public tracker as well as it has always been a public site.

  • AlienDK

    Meh, its better when its for members only. Cause people will care more about their ratio when they see Demonoid counts DL/UL (even if ratio doesn’t matter).

  • Whatever

    @TorrentFreak

    Why the guessing, you did have articles about and with the admin of demonoid before. Why not just contact the admin and ask how demonoid is doing ? Then it would have been a complete article.

    There are already enough articles to read every week so you don’t need to add articles just to fill space.

  • Anonymous

    Demonoid has always been a public tracker. It’s a semi-private indexer though. Some times it’s open. Some times it’s not. Depends on load of the servers and the option of the admin.

    The forums and the ability to leave comments on torrents requires an account.

  • http://www.torrentfreak.com enigmax

    @25 ‘Whatever’

    You should know all too well that the admin of Demonoid doesn’t speak to the media, publicly at least.

    http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-an-interview-with-their-ukranian-host-091022/

    Is there a way to contact the Demonoid admins?

    They will not answer you. Many people want to contact them – journalists, fans, police, local authorities from different countries. But the Demonoid admins have a very selective approach to e-mail correspondence

  • Yatti420

    Long live demonoid..

  • prodigydancer

    @3 Jan 23, 2010 at 15:12 by 24235426
    “invites arent that hard to come by”

    O’rly? :-) I’ve been trying to get an invite to Demonoid for years. Still no such luck.

  • Anonymous

    It’s been like this for years. See this old Wikipedia revision from 2007, for example:

    “The website featured a publicly accessible search tool. Previously, membership was required to download more than 4 torrents per week or to download torrent files older than a few days, but the requirement was later removed.”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Demonoid&oldid=178519280

  • K

    Aw man, got my hopes up, TF.

  • wattex

    @30, anonymous

    this is on the current wikipedia page

    “The website once featured a publicly-accessible search tool, but membership is now required to search for and download torrents, except a limited number of very recent torrents.”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonoid

    since december i can download any torrents, old or new (even one from 2006) and as many as i like and i’m not a member and never have been a member

  • GP

    Agh, author of this article is a dumb bunny… Demonoid browsing/downloading has always been public. ALWAYS. FOREVER PAST. ALWAYS. Freaking ALWAYS. Get it, yet? ALWAYS PUBLIC DOWNLOADING.

  • GP

    And I’m not giving some random person on TF an invite so they can upload, either. You could be a MAFIAA comment-spammer for all I know.

  • â­cá2wÍɰbŠt©†ñ¼–

    Yeah, GP, or the person could even just be someone who’d like to offer others access to some content they think they might like. Best to be safe though eh and deny these people because, as you say, there’s a potential they could be MAFIAA agents… [*spooky music here*]

  • wattex

    @33, GP

    from demonoid faq

    >>>>>
    “Why is the registration closed periodically?

    We only open registrations when our resources permit. A tracker/site of a large scale such as this, needs to close registration for periods of time.”
    <<<<<

    it’s impossible to control resources via registration if the whole site (except for the forum) is always open to the public.

    do people really beg for demonoid invites all the time just so they can post in the forum? :\ i don’t think so. this is a new change

  • Jhonny 2×4

    What’s the news here? gust can download a limited amount of torrents per weeks, its been like that since ever.

    It’s even in Wikipedia since 2007

    Torrenfreak needs to do more research

  • prodigydancer

    @34 Jan 23, 2010 at 18:48 by GP
    “I’m not giving some random person on TF”

    You’re a random person on TF too. Only you’re also a piece of random pseudo-elitist crap.

    To clarify: I only ever use open trackers. And I’ve been actively looking for a 1337noid invite just to prove that it’s impossible to get one. It’s indeed impossible because, like any closed community, 1337noid is plagued with narrow-minded elitist jerks. I don’t want to have anything in common with this sort of people.

  • http://www.torrentfreak.com enigmax

    A few people have mentioned the weekly torrent limit Jhonny 2×4.

    To double check I downloaded a dozen in the last few hours, no limits here at all

  • Jhonny 2×4

    I still get the limit

  • http://www.torrentfreak.com enigmax

    I just downloaded another 10 to make sure. I take your word for it you’re limited, but I have no problems at all.

  • Jhonny 2×4

    You’re right, just asked a friend to try it, he says he got the limit after 12, they raised it, but there is still a limit

  • Mr.Afghanistan

    Demonoid was F**ked up and now it’s F**ked up completely.

    Demonoid is not more in my list.

    Bye Bye

  • Jay

    Ooo, it seems I still have a user account for this site. My share ratio is only .65 — but that was from having a shitty router and an NAT problem for about a year :(

    I hope I can get to 1:1 eventually.

  • Ana

    I want a invite ;-;

  • anonCanadian

    Subs for Demonoid are closed *now* but, they are open sometimes, you just have to be lucky or know someone that is registered and can send you and invitation.

  • dPsychc

    The tracker has been public for some time now so it seems an obvious move

  • Anonymous

    Demonoid needs to stay closed from outsiders and closed for good. Sick of newbies ruining the site.

  • lonewolf

    This is an article? really?

    It is well known that Demonoid is a PUBLIC tracker. Registration affords you the ability to upload and comment on existing torrents. I do not believe there has been a limit instituted in some time over how many torrents can be downloaded.

    This article is way over the top. Is this a surprise to the torrent community at large? Are there really people who didn’t already know this?

    Just to make it painfully obvious – DEMONOID HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPEN WITHOUT AN INVITE!

    Registration affords you uploader and commenting privileges. People who join Demonoid join for the community, not for the sake of downloading. That is probably Demonoid’s strongest point – we are a strong, tightly knit community that prides itself on a knowledge of the bittorrent world while maintaining a strong, well-seeded and diverse series of torrents.

  • DJDANKVT

    Honestly, there are so many private trackers with great speed and 0 day content…I don’t see what the big deal is about Demonoid

    ….hopefully it doesn’t end up like Mininova or Lokitorrent or Filesoup or Suprnova etc etc etc………..lol

  • SquirrelMasta

    The big deal about Demonoid is that it is a great tracker, and it is public.

    Public trackers are the future of torrenting. Small private sites are easy to shut down, look at some of the mighty who have fallen in Oink, ScT, etc.

    The exposure to the public is what makes it so special, and the great community there that I have not found on any private sites I am a member of.

  • Teddy Bear

    There not open to the public you still need a code.

    You can now download from them but it’s limited

    I just tried to download my second torrent from them and got this message.

    Can’t send torrent

    Non-registered visitors are limited to newer torrents only.
    To download torrents older than a few days, you must register.

    Registration to this website is absolutely free.

    Click here to go to the registration page
    or
    Click here to go back.

    When you do the click here feature you get this message.
    Public registrations are closed
    To avoid running out of resources, the public registrations are closed. We open the registrations from time to time, usually one or two of the first days of the month, so please check back later.
    You can still register if you have been invited by a current member.

    If you have an invitation code, click here.

    What A Joke.

  • Ana

    I would want a code xD

  • meh

    You guys need to learn the difference between a tracker and a website.

  • lol

    @torrentfreak don’t you think this is a bad idea for them, as anti piracy have tried to take them down before. Surely they will jump on this now and try to get more ammunition for the case against them.

  • Drake3

    I just tried to download a torrent file from Demonoid and got this message:

    http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q72/Drake33333/DemonoidError.jpg

  • 99

    Can’t send torrent

    Non-registered visitors are limited to newer torrents only.
    To download torrents older than a few days, you must register.

    Public registrations are closed
    To avoid running out of resources, the public registrations are closed. We open the registrations from time to time, usually one or two of the first days of the month, so please check back later.
    You can still register if you have been invited by a current member.

  • This.is.pretty.dumb

    Demonoid has ALWAYS been a public tracker with a semi-private site.

    The site itself has had varying degrees of privateness at times usually explained in their forums as due to server load, but non-members have almost always been able to download some torrents from the site, many times unlimited downloads when the server load permits. Sometimes they are limited to only recently posted torrents or to a limited number per day/week per IP.

    Non-members have never been able to post comments, send/receive PMs, get into the forum, and also don’t have the opportunity to earn a blinky orb based on their ratio or the ability to create an invitation.

  • This.is.pretty.dumb

    The site admin has written so & the site staff have relayed the same point many times in the forum over the years that if the servers could handle it, Demonoid’s site would always have been completely open to non-members for unlimited downloads.

  • Slick

    @Ernesto

    Yeah that’s how it use to be. I think it was like that before the current down time. I’m a member anyway so no worries here

  • Anonymous

    I tried downloading a copy of Primer (2004), and it wouldn’t let me, because they said the torrent isn’t recent enough, so there’s at least that limit.

  • BWAHAHAHA!!

    TF = epic fail

    yet again…

  • prodigydancer

    @59 Jan 23, 2010 at 22:20 by This.is.pretty.dumb
    “if the servers could handle it, Demonoid’s site would always have been completely open”

    This works like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

    If you lock yourself up in a small room with several other people and promise to let everyone else in when this room with somehow magically become big enough to accommodate the whole world… guess what’s going to happen?

    It’s not a resource problem it’s a narrow-mindedness problem.

    I don’t hate Demonoid as a tracker, because I appreciate everything that facilitates filesharing. I hate the 1773noid style of thinking, however. In fact it hurts everyone:

    1) Non-members, severely limiting their participation.
    2) Members, giving them less peers to exchange information with.
    3) The overall P2P community, using non-members’ bandwidth and yet denying them equal rights with members.
    4) Even the staff, limiting the amount of donations and thus their ability to improve the service.

    As you can see nobody does really benefit from this.

  • oddcat

    Holding a demonoid a/c means you value it and are less likely to risk it by uploading the juvenile malware that plagues more public sites.

  • Cheese1756

    And I got an invite code yesterday. . . And now anyone can download today.

  • Whatever

    @27 – Enigmax

    Suppose i’ve read too much and mixed something up. I am sure i mixed it up with isohunt where there actually was a “behind the scenes” article.

    Sorry, my mistake

  • Dtrpt

    Hey i was wondering if anyone else recently got some type of malware/spyware/trojan/virus from the ads on the Demonoid website?

  • Anonymous

    @enigmax
    if you have a demonoid account but are not signed in you can still download torrents as if you are signed in. They probably keep your ip on record.

    I only experience the limit when changing ip’s. I also get more “server to busys”, like the site is designed to piss off guests lol.

  • Jeff

    @66 (Dtrpt): There is a javascript banner ad from hosting.conduit.com on all of the torrent pages on Demonoid. They are in the MVPS hosts file. When a site gets in there, it is because of either cross site user tracking, like what Doubleclick does, or more malicious activity, such as the fake AV/scareware sites.

    I temporarily disabled my hosts file to see what Adblock Plus displayed as blockable items, and Conduit was in there. It also showed up in NoScript. Both of these are Firefox extensions that can enhance your security if you use that browser.

  • Obedient

    I only have one question:
    What is the point of “private” trackers anyway??
    I’ve heard that Demonoid has strict rules as far as leeching and seeding (one must reach a 1.1 ratio, otherwise he is kicked out–at least that’s what I’ve heard), but aside from that, are there other advantages?

  • demondude

    there is no punishment for a low ratio on Demonoid.

  • prodigydancer

    @63 Jan 23, 2010 at 23:41 by oddcat
    “juvenile malware that plagues more public sites”

    Yet another urban myth. I’ve never – repeat: never ever – downloaded malware (or even just fake) from any public tracker. What am I doing wrong?

  • Mosstromo

    I just went to the site to check this bit of news out and on the very first try I was denied the download and told that I could only get new torrents, being a guest. “New” seems to mean “no older than a few days”. As for the limit to the new torrents that I was allowed to download, I am unsure. I’ll try again later I guess :-)

  • :)

    well if its open to public completely kinda sucks.

    it at least kept the real slow users away, speeds are a lot better on demonoid than piratebay.

  • Dtrpt

    @68 Jeff

    Thanks for the info. Yeah i know about adblock plus and everything, i just never bothered to run it. I thought Demonoid was trustworthy enough. Thought wrong. Trying to find any other solution other than reinstall OS

  • Stacey

    As far as I know you could always see the pages and download 5 torrents per week, sometimes more, but it is supposed to be 5. You cannot however get older torrents as a non member, or at least it used to be that way. Before I got a membership I found this out. But invited are easy enough to get.

  • @prodigydancer

    If you want an invite I have one. I didn’t know what to do either until someone in school let me have one. Email me at o0random0o@ymail.com

  • paul

    To those worried about ratios and stuff I don’t think you have a very good argument.

    I close my torrents right after they download and still have a 2:1 ratio of upload to d/l so… not sure what the issue is.

    I don’t care if people smash and grab I just care if I get seeders, that is all.

    While you download you are also seeding, and same goes for others. No big deal.

  • blahblahblah

    I started torrenting about a year and half ago. When I first started torrenting, I could connect to the demonoid tracker and download/upload without having an account there. I think it has been this way for a very long time… at least the past 18 months anyway.

  • nick

    given that the user registration is closed, it’s prolly a bug. I can’t see why user registration would be closed if they intended to keep demonoid public.

  • sigh

    Have you guys tried older torrents? I’m fairly certain as long as the torrents were fairly recent you could download as many as you wanted. You can’t download older torrents now or before. This site is so disappointing when you can’t effectively research what is happening and then spread misinformation. Not to be harsh, but maybe you should try and filter out crap posts like this from here and freakbits, combine the two, and have a good blog. This post alone tarnishes your credibility so much. Sometimes no news is good news. It isn’t the worst thing if there is no news some days. Some thoughts for you guys.

  • This.is.pretty.dumb

    Demonoid has ALWAYS been a public tracker with a semi-private site. Nothing new today than any other day since back when Demonoid was Deimos’ toy.

    The site itself has had varying degrees of privateness at times usually explained in their forums as due to server load, but non-members have almost always been able to download some torrents from the site, many times unlimited downloads when the server load permits. Sometimes they are limited to only recently posted torrents or to a limited number per day/week per IP.

    Even today people have posted screenshots above showing they were getting blocked from downloading older torrents.
    http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q72/Drake33333/DemonoidError.jpg

    The only time the site has been closed to everyone unless logged in was for the last few months before they went offline this last time and a few other times like it. From the time when mininova started using a copyright filter & the tpb sale (or whatever came of that) until Demonoid went offline they were having serious server/site issues. The site was restricted then to members only. Other than that it’s the same now as it has been for years.

    “quote”
    69 Jan 24, 2010 at 02:04 by Obedient

    “I’ve heard that Demonoid has strict rules as far as leeching and seeding (one must reach a 1.1 ratio, otherwise he is kicked out–at least that’s what I’ve heard), but aside from that, are there other advantages?”
    “unquote”

    Not true.

    Demonoid FAQs:
    “My ratio is getting too low, am I going to be banned?”
    “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.”

  • *D

    @71: prodigydancer
    you must be using the evil “common sense” m8 :)

  • SilentBob

    you people are idiots

  • Anonymous

    it still seems to be down from my end, are they blocking connections from the US and Mexico? I’ve traveled across the border and even with a mexican IP I can’t get to demonoid.

  • JayT

    me neither fom mexico

  • apathy inc

    @an 24, 2010 at 03:24 by prodigydancer

    “Yet another urban myth. I’ve never – repeat: never ever – downloaded malware (or even just fake) from any public tracker. What am I doing wrong?”

    you re probably not paying attention lulz.. i have been a DL fiend for some years, and i rarely have problems with fakes/malware, but its out there.. you should feel lucky and leave it at that, cause i ve gotten a few bad ones..

  • Wrecked

    I guess using your site account is now pointless and more just a concentrated way to track your sharing activity. Well just use DHT or better yet, private sites.

  • BWAHAHAHA!!

    Most of these comments make my brain hurt and i think im starting to catch stupiditus..

  • http://www.torrentfreak.com enigmax

    @ 80 Jan 24, 2010 at 09:00 by sigh

    As I said in a couple of earlier comments, we could download any torrents yesterday, in any numbers, regardless of age. No limits in any way, shape or form. From the newest torrents, right back to a whole heap from 2006.

  • Avia Sunanda

    HAAyyy guys,i still have problems with the registration!!
    I cannot download stuff,it says that i can download 5 in the week,But it`s longer then a week now!!That i`ve grapped some stuff on Demonoid!!
    I removed my cookies and internet history,still cannot download,UGhhh!!
    I would be sooooooo happY if i can get a registration!!
    Demonoid rocksss,wiiiehOoooow!!
    Can anybody help me out?
    ThanXXxxxxx muchOooooo`s!!
    Happyyy greetzZZzzzz

  • r2zv2n

    c’mon demonoid is not that important……XtremeSpeeds.net is all i need…

  • BIOS

    @ Everyone who half read the article

    You can not openly become a member of demonoid, although you can still browse and download.

    @ TorrentFreak (Enigmax)

    I have experienced this limit when forgetting to sign in or when i VNC to a more able computer. It is quite possible you are able to download more than the daily max (I believe it is 5) guest torrents because your external IP is not static and thus would cause demonoid to see you as different downloaders throughout the day.

    What do you think?

  • Avia Sunanda

    haaaYyyy @TorrentFreak,i have a normal IP-number,not external??
    i am from the Netherlands,so sorry if my English is stupid maybe?
    But i don`t understand what you are saying?hahaahahahah
    I`ve send a email to>> admin@demonoid.com,and ask for a registration.
    I had to try though,hahahahahaahahah
    HappYyy greetzZz from Avia-Sunanda^^

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  • wow

    Avia Sunanda people like u are not welcome in demonoid.. wait and earn your invite like everyone else..

    i am a member of demonoid and i disagree with the public tracker policy… just paints a big target on the tracker.. i have recieved more DMCA notices with demonoid then TPB.. and the hit and running is awful. but there is a glitch in the system that allows select people to download unlimited amount of torrents w/o an account.

  • Avia Sunanda

    WOW,why are you so rude?
    And why am i not welcome?
    i am a nice person,check me out here>> http://avia-sunanda.deviantart.com/
    I am just a 3D artist,who wants to download stuff for my 3D program!!
    I saw on Demonoid awesome stuff,ìd really like to download.
    I am a good Torrent user,i always let people seed,if the files are on 100% i keep it there for at least a month,so people can seed!!!
    BUT heey no hard feelings.
    I wish you a happYyy sundayYyyyy!!^^

  • Anonymous

    The reason Demonoid is great is that while a public tracker, only members can upload, meaning that when you DL and application you can pretty much count on it actually working and being functional.

    That, and it’s still alive and kickin’ after all this time!

  • Anonymous

    @90 get lost!

  • BIOS

    @95

    Being nice has nothing to do with it. People give you invites because they think you will help the community. I always seed to 300% or to two weeks (which ever comes first). If there are no seeds you just PM the people that commented on the torrent to see if you can get more goin.

    Quit bitchin and go back to isohunt

  • guy with the invite code

    I have an invite code from demonoid. However I cannot under any circumstances give it out to a windows user. Only someone who uses Gnu/Linux. So avia sunanda I have sent you an email and if you can prove to me that you have switched to Ubuntu or other distro then you will receive an invite code. Fvck Winblow$

  • me

    What’s the point? I’d like to UPLOAD new torrents (and I won’t register with any site, including Demonoid, that requires invites, as a matter of principle).

    Anyway, thankfully TPB isn’t as selective as Demonoid and it’s always possible to upload new torrents there without waiting years to catch the slim time window when Demonoid opens up public registrations. So it’s okay, I guess.

  • Avia-Sunanda

    Buying a invitationcode is not the option,cause you get banned if you do that,so thats stupid!!
    I will wait till the registration-date is open,on the 1 or 2 first days of the month.
    And those who think it`s annoying that people want a invitation,are stupid too,caus i think a lot people are coOOL,and are good for the community.
    SOoo whats the point?>>PEACE!!hahaahahahahhahaha

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  • me>u

    fail scare is fail

  • RIP ScT

    Demoniod is shite

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  • Paul

    r2zv2n, still want extremespeed invite?

  • Paul

    r2zv2n, still need extremespeed invite?

  • Paul

    hey r2zv2n, xtrmespeeds invite do u need?

  • Anonymous

    Wow. This is the worst no-news article ever. Pure speculation! Demonoid is NOT open, it is still invite only, so the whole thing is misleading as well. Also, Demonoid sucks!

  • NazisNoidDemoron

    I never like demonoid, the admin is very intolerant and control freak. I hope that site goes down like mininova
    He threat everyone like children and want us to behave like kid. I say screw that. I have an awesome connection and I contribute it to other site that are user friendly
    Not Nazis I control you all like sheep. Oink like a pig, or you’re banned. I wish everyone spread the truth about how much demonoid=demoron sucks so other can avoid having to deal with such shite site with serious issue with user abuse and does not respect our rights as an individual. privilege user are call staff and they talk a lot in the forum and act all mighty and high. They are gangster that treat everyone differently so we the people or bah sheep need to stop following them like little children.

  • Only Recent Torrents

    I got a message saying something about guests only being able to download “recent” torrents as opposed to older ones that still show seeders/leachers.

  • Anonymous

    Most awesome torrent site ever
    Long live Demonoid!

  • graveyard420

    demonoid is the best site, it just sucks that it lets little bitchy girls download without having an account (#110 nazinoid) if you dont like demonoid use the virus infested TPB… bitch

  • GET IN INFO – 2010 !!

    - 5 torrents per-week [max] NON-members, using your IP address.

    - New Reg-Open up 2-3 times per month & up to 12 hrs at a time before closing again.

    - Best times? off-hours, weekends ie: Fri, Sat & Sunday like 3am or so, like 12mid-night to 2am than close again. crazy times. Its easy.

    Getting into Demonoid.com is Easy
    People who cry on why they dont, just dont TRY !!!

    Demonoid.com #1 — Period.
    member since 2008.

  • gameloo.info

    Why do we need this while we have loads of warez sites?

  • sweeney.

    i’ve never been able to register with demonoid even at the beginning of month,
    i’ve never asked anyone for an invite bcuz no one seems to respond to other peoples requests for one.
    i’ve only used demonoid for ds games “speed cd” takes care of my movies etc and they’re a friendly bunch without the usual nasty & childish remarks that you see on many forums.plus the main man him self uploads there to. ;)

  • Anonymous

    Yes it was… happening. I think the bug is fixed … For GOOD because there are a lot of leechers who hit and run now the problem is solved the site works like previous times. Old wine only for regged people ;) not for suckers

  • astrosplifff

    I never delete what I like or is precious – it’s on my comp so it’s out there, from time to time seed the less seeded along with my uploads..
    ratios don’t mean shite btw, no prize

    most are cut and run, fuck it; but someones got to keep ‘em alive

    u/l bandwidth – 56 kbps. right now got like 400. utorrent does the managing

    and – not all of dem’s rare torrs are well spread on public indexers, so still the site remains a class one with the best interface, allowing content control with ease

    outta check it out

  • Thiefbydesign

    I was enjoying it but my roommate moved out and changed the password and email address for it. Kind of sux but luckily i can still be guest for now.

  • Dan

    I like and don’t like the idea. Guests downloads = more hit and runners = slow torrents.

    It’s so sad how many people don’t even know how torrents work. >.<

  • noid

    For those of you who need an invitation try tracker checker app at http://www.brothersoft.com/tracker-checker-64477.html , which sits on your system tray and notifies if any of the tracker sites are open for registration, including demonoid.

  • skip

    as a member of demonoid I was always aware of open registrations on the first saturday of each month, maybe this has changed since they are back up but who knows for sure? Give it a try guys Feb. is near!

  • skip

    sweeney, I download from speed.cd also and I love the website, its great but only one thing I really do not like…the owners are raking in donations from members who are fooled by that imposter.
    Demonoid will soon get back to how it used to be, just takes time.

  • anony mouse

    Non-registered visitors are limited to newer torrents only.
    To download torrents older than a few days, you must register.

  • HCCA

    I will always apperciate The Noid for all of the great Asian Horror I have learned about from it’s members. Long Live The Green Demon!

  • Anonymous

    YOUR ALL A BUNCH OF ASS-HOLES

  • public?

    Come on enigmax, you should know better than most that “public site” does NOT mean “public tracker”.

    Quite the opposite is true for demonoid.
    Since it’s return, demonoid have DISABLED peer exchange and DHT for all hosted torrents.

    During the demonoid outage, many torrents from demonoid stayed alive only because of peer exchange and DHT, but now they have ensured that any future outages will kill all demonoid torrents.

  • nick

    want to enjoy demonoid and want an account get it for 15$ just contact 6572423@gmail.com

  • http://lots-of-documentaries.blogspot.com

    Great site. People knock Demoniod, but it has a lot of decent content.

  • ackbar

    it’s a trap

  • JE

    @ 129,

    Thank you Admiral Ackbar…

  • 3v0

    “want to enjoy demonoid and want an account get it for 15$ just contact 6572423@gmail.com

    Selling invites is against Demonoid user policy. I truly hope you get banned.

    “Please do not try to sell your invitation codes. It is against site policy. Thank you!”

  • marvin nubwaxer

    i keep waiting and waiting, but demonoid ain’t back yet. sigh.

  • marvin nubwaxer

    they are still down

  • Rob

    can somebody send me an invitation for Demonoid thanks. send it please to
    1964ninja@gmail.com

    Regards Rob

  • petra

    it seems that demonoid is down, or at least not reachable from germany for a couple of days now. being a long-time member, i really miss it and hope that whatever the reason is, it will be resolved soon.

    if anyone has updates or infos on this, please let us know!

  • Xavier

    Seems it’s down here too- Chicago, wondering if the rest of the USA is the same. I was on it Last nite.
    Like 135Petra said, if anyone has updates or info on this, please let us know!

  • Anonymous

    Site and tracker are down… anyone know whats going on?

  • Anonymous

    Down in Canada too!

  • Anonymous

    Down in Au too, looks like the **** hit the fan again

  • soundtrekker

    Well, it was open yesterday here in Germany, at least for a short time… but for now, it’s down again! Very curious. But… when I was able to get in yesterday, there were several recent torrents, so it must have been working somewhere in the last 2 or 3 days…

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  • Zentu

    It’s been working these last two days… I thought registrations were supposed to open during the first half of each month. I guess that changed.

    Geez, won’t someone just give me a freakin invitation? Bah! I can’t stand looking at that vomit-green website every single day!

    Why does only demonoid have all the torrents I want? Cruel demon-admin! Aaargh!

    Do they realize there are people making money with scams promising to hand over invitations? Not that I’ve fallen for one. ^^’

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