Comments on: BitTorrent Tracker Software “Gazelle” Debuts on What.cd

By: Zwartbaard » Controversy as Rookie Admin Aspires to BitTorrent Domination

Zwartbaard » Controversy as Rookie Admin Aspires to BitTorrent Domination — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:08:31 +0000

[...] – a brand new site put together in record time and one of the first to be built on the shiny new ‘Gazelle’ codebase, developed by [...]

By: 74

74 — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:33:02 +0000

I got an invitation on what.cd and after I gave a donation they disabled my account. The website looks nice and have a lot of music I would like to get (I couldn’t even have time to browse a little) Try to find a way to contact them but they don’t even give that info. Sorry but a site like that is not worth my support specially after they took my donation.

By: Controversy as Rookie Admin Aspires to BitTorrent Domination | TorrentFreak

Controversy as Rookie Admin Aspires to BitTorrent Domination | TorrentFreak — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:56:23 +0000

[...] brand new site put together in record time and one of the first to be built on the shiny new ‘Gazelle‘ codebase, developed by [...]

By: Ntorrents

Ntorrents — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:29:40 +0000

Just so you guys know Ntorrent.net currently have open registration!

So if your interesting in anything nintendo you should check it out

By: keanu

keanu — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:30:42 +0000

[quote comment="355842"][quote comment="355792"]The freeleech was actually left on for the full 24 hours. They just announced it was over after 6. Nobody actually suffered any ratio harm over it people just thought other people might have.[/quote]
can you speak for all 43k users? did they all tell you? did they all post?[/quote]
As qMark said, even though it was announced that freeleech was over after 6 hours, it was left on for around 14 hours afterwards. I had about 50 torrents that barely started when it was annouced FL was over, and didn’t have any ratio problems. Now, if someone downloaded the Rosetta Stone mega pack and the 11 gigs of IDoser files, then sure, they may have a lower ratio if it didn’t finish in 14 hours.

[quote comment="356035"]1. no comments
2. no categories (icons are the best way to browse quickly)
3. required 50mb+ upload tax for any requests
4. did i mention NO COMMENTS?
5. no report button
6. did i mention no categories? the browse page is just an en entire page of huge + signs and very tiny artist/album text.

they shot themselves in the foot by taking away these basic functions of a bit torrent tracker.

gazelle isn’t open source, it was just going to be free to download. i’m betting its sloppy code written by a 17 year old kid for a few hours every weekend.[/quote]

1. Check again
2. If by categories you mean Music, Apps, E-Books, etc., check again. If you mean genres, they were replaced by tags, which allows multiple genres to be selected. This eliminates the hassle of trying to decide if a torrent is Trance/Dance/Electronic/etc.
3. I don’t make requests much, but explain how this *wouldn’t* help get your request filled faster. If a request filler has a rare album that is only 120MB when ripped, it’s not much of an incentive without a bounty.
4. Did I mention CHECK AGAIN?
5. In no way could it be that “RP” button that links to reports.php
6. See #3.

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To those all asking for invites: I have 8 available. No, you can not have any. In addition, invite trading gets you banned, so don’t bother saying “I have xxx if you give me a What invite”. Those who want invites can try their luck at #what.cd-invites on irc.what.cd. Be prepared to take an interview where you will be asked various questions about music, transcodes, etc.

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Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:08:31 +0000

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By: mzero

mzero — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:17:03 +0000

before anyone jumps down my throat for saying i’m just sore because i don’t have an invite i’m already on ‘what’ and my ratio is killer.

what.cd is a terrible community. The mods/staff are jerks and there is little to no room for open discussion. It’s also as others have noted painfully pretentious in a way that makes pitchforkmedia seem like your local top 40 radio station. I realize people beg and hunt for invites but I assure anyone that it’s simply not worth it.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:34:54 +0000

Love the new site design. Anyone saying it’s too difficult to navigate probably needs to better learn how to use the interweb anyways.
http://musicforhumans1.blogspot.com/

By: youwish

youwish — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:46:52 +0000

I don’t know how anyone can call this an upgrade. The new browse page is a bloated fucking mess and requires endless clicking to figure out what anything is. I just want a clean, non-cluttered, easy to read listing like on nearly every other good tracker. And what.cd staff are basically telling people to take it or leave, so I guess I’ll hit delacct and use waffles now.

By: Annonymous

Annonymous — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:26:51 +0000

[quote comment="359270"]ummm…yeah.
Gazelle’s working like a champ now. I think anyway.

And guys, don’t be mad just cause your shite attitudes prevent you from getting an invite to a community-based private tracker. Just realize that we don’t want you there. ;)[/quote]

Im a member at What.cd, with a decent ratio and 3 invites to give away, but lets be real… What.cd and Gazelle really suck hardcore now. Gazelle is very counter-intuitive to navigate through, its painfully obvious that whoever designed it is simply some teenage coder and not a real designer.