What Waffles? The Hydra Lives On
Written by Ben Jones on October 30, 2007With the demise of oink, many music aficionados were left with little in the way of similar sites. However, true to the hydra phenomenon, a week later and several new sites have sprung up to replace it. We asked the admins of two of these sites for their future plans.
Both what.cd and waffles.fm are set to continue from where oink left off, with the same rules and requirements. Each of them aiming to provide music lovers with a place to both share and discuss music.
What.cd (currently offline at time of publication) was founded the day of the OiNK takedown. “I felt sick to my stomach all morning” was how ‘What’, co-founder of what.cd described the day OiNK got raided. “We plan to grow into a large tracker - probably not as large as oink, and not as open, but eventually, I would like to support at least a hundred thousand users,” he adds
Waffles.fm on the other hand, doesn’t open for another few hours (12:01AM PST on October 31st). “In principle we’re filling a gap in the market - a lot of people just don’t get on with open / lenient trackers. In restoring that we’re also bringing back the community OiNK had, which is a big part of it,” is how waffles co-founder ‘Barney’ put his site to TorrentFreak. He is also not being as openly ambitious at first as “What” either “We’re looking at inviting perhaps 200 or less people on the opening day. We’ll gradually invite more people as things progress.”
Neither of the admins showed much enthusiasm for BOiNK, the project that is in development by the guys behind The Pirate Bay. Their main concerns were in the overall quality, and longevity of torrents on a public tracker. Somewhat ironically, however, both sites are aiming on moving to take up permanent hosting at the PRQ datacenter, as soon as upgrades there are complete. “The electricians started their work of installing another 3×200A feed yesterday” a PRQ source told TorrentFreak today.
And the reaction of the old OiNK staffers? Paine, currently the public voice of the old OiNK team, had no real comment on them, beyond hoping they both do well, and reiterating that neither is an ‘official’ replacement for OiNK.
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oink.6x.la
no oink.6x.to
They’ve been asked to provide screenshots of the “work in progress” elsewhere. They havent because they don’t have any.
I asked them in one blog to name three former mods at OPP. There were almost a dozen. No response, again.
Now they are trying a last gasp attempt to hype their scam by claiming “its a private site” afters spamming every thread they can find for the last week.
Pathetic- but also pretty funny.
Pathetic.
damn…i was a oink user…did a lot of ska, reggae and australian music releases…and have no invite to what.cd or waffles.fm…
if anyone can give me one please…
fabiosiebert@brturbo.com.br
thanks!
site is full right now.. but the three people who left their emails above me i’ll give some invites after they increase the limit again
don’t forget me! dwaynemichaels@gmail.com
it’s probably dumb but i can’t help but think how sketchy it is to be like “provide proof” you were there - just seems like another way to incriminate yourself? i dunno, than again i guess it can’t be incriminating to just say you were on the site?
can someone send me an invite to waffels or any other oink spinoffs?
former oink member here my username was MAKEUPWORK i miss oink i should have downloaded that 4 gb x-men comic collection
quick question:
if i wasnt a clever user on oink would it affect my invite status on getting to a new oink tracker? i can still upload regardless, but it would make sense to have clever users during the early stages but i really miss the library oink had.
my email is makeupwork495@aol.com if anyone can send an invite
ex power user w/ funk/delta blues/house/classical to love and to share!!
funkdfyed@gmail.com
please stop mentioning oink.6x.to :(
it is only for old oink users let everyone go to waffles stop mentioning it!!
Trent Reznor (NIN) was a former OINE-er …
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/10/trent_reznor_and_saul_williams.html
If anyone has an extra invite:
hpextra525@gmail.com
I would seriously love an invite - I sent my proof but haven’t heard anything back -
my email is fence001@gmail.com
thanks!
Total fake. oink.6x.to? Direct quote from site.
“Pleae stop talking about oink.cx.la in public we`re a private site.”
Since when do you sporadically change domains with poor spelling to boot? :B
For anyone who doesnt already know, Waffle invites will be sent out at the earliest on 0:00 October 31st for those who have provided proof of OiNK membership. However, I have heard that it could take anywhere from 24 - 96 hours (the original estimate I was given) to a week (what it says on the website).
waffles teaser pics are up and boy do they look awesome. Genre list is so much better than oink. now if only i could recieve an invite…
[quote comment="199886"]i already registered with waffles.fm because i have proof that i was an oink member, but i can’t seem to get an invite with what.cd or (http://incegmbh.com/).
can someone who has a sure spot at what.cd send me an invite in return for an invite from waffles.fm?
ill check this site periodically to see what responses i get and give you my email if there is interest in the trade.[/quote]
I’ve got a what, you got a waffles?
[quote comment="199886"]i already registered with waffles.fm because i have proof that i was an oink member, but i can’t seem to get an invite with what.cd or (http://incegmbh.com/).
can someone who has a sure spot at what.cd send me an invite in return for an invite from waffles.fm?
ill check this site periodically to see what responses i get and give you my email if there is interest in the trade.[/quote]
Your mail?
hey werter i have invites to stmusic do you want to exchange invites?
Not sure how I can prove I’m a previous Poweruser+ oink member, but that shouldnt prove too difficult as I legitimately was.
Where can I find the email to contact waffles.fm for an invite? Or w.cd?
I need my oinkish fix =(
please send invite to kobedo@gmail.com
i was an OiNK member and I have about 200gb of lossless music/ Not so much but I want to share it to make this tracker better then OiNK =)
sounds to me like Waffles.fm is going to be really great….
An invite only site were people solicit and get invites from an open board! A site that asks you to send e mails identifying both the person who originally invited you and (much worse)in the wrong hands could be used to argue a legal case against OiNK on the lines that he solicited copyright breach’s. Even if waffles is a genuine site it seems to be going about things all wrong. But if they are legit best of luck.
In the meantime I and many others will continue to share elsewhere on established sites that have both welcomed ex OiNKers and are changing and adopting their rules to accommodate a newly arrived audiophile community. If you have to ask where you haven’t really being paying much attention.
Now thousands of top quality FLAC and MP3 music back and ready to go.
I just got a what.cd invite today. so far so good. i think i found my new home.
Btw, someone just registered “zoink.it”… wonder what that will be used for ;)
i’d love an invite i still have gotten nothing back… i was a power user for oink… roblew55@yahoo.com thanks a million..
I am totally Classical Music fan i got
many gigs of flac and ape music , willing to share with all music lovers
dimitex@gmail.com
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