Torrents? Fast? My Ass.

jkid101094 · January 23, 2012, 05:23:08 AM

I just realized we have a MKWii ISO up for download and I need some of the files from it so I decided to grab it. It's taken me 8 hours to get me half-way through a download that should have only taken me one or two. >.>

Ioshyriku · January 23, 2012, 06:14:18 AM

well it's mostly based on the seeds you have on that, once I got 4Gb in less than 2 hours, also having you internet brouser open slows it down sometimes, also some games speed torrents up, it worked for me with minecraft back when I could run it

i'm not sure about this but it might also depend the place you download from

Mikey · January 23, 2012, 08:58:20 AM

If its a torrent from here, its probably a bad torrent (old). To get good fast torrents use ThePirateBay and get the torrent with the most seeds.

jkid101094 · January 23, 2012, 09:06:03 AM

Is it worth getting a new one if this one is 65% done? (I posted this topic and around 49%)

Mikey · January 23, 2012, 09:11:44 AM

probably, yes. the time it'll take for that torrent to finish, you can download 5 copies of MKW. /sarcasm
but yeah get a new torrent. use this one: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6558916/Mario_Kart_Wii_[WBFS]_(RMCE01)__NTSC__[wiiGM]

jkid101094 · January 23, 2012, 09:16:09 AM

Quote from: MikeyLevi on January 23, 2012, 09:11:44 AM
probably, yes. the time it'll take for that torrent to finish, you can download 5 copies of MKW. /sarcasm
but yeah get a new torrent. use this one: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6558916/Mario_Kart_Wii_[WBFS]_(RMCE01)__NTSC__[wiiGM]

Thank you, Mikey.

Dracoslythe · January 23, 2012, 09:27:57 AM

If you can get onto Demonoid, that's what I use. THey open registration once a month, if I"m not mistaken. If you can't get onto there, you can just use my account, I wouldn't mind. :3

Tanassy · January 24, 2012, 07:51:19 PM

Torrents, unlike Direct-downloads, download from other people as opposed to servers. A torrent's "Health" depends entirely on how many people are seeding it and the speed of their connections as well as yours. Find a torrent that has at least ~50 seeders to get a decent speed, and configure your client correctly to your connection.

Unfortunately some people don't believe in sharing, just downloading the file and then not uploading anything.. they would be leechers. If you get a torrent with lots of leechers, you're going to have a lot of trouble.

I almost always have my torrent client active... right now I'm getting about ~900KB/s on some anime I'm downloading. So you saying that torrents are "Slow" is bullshit. Also remember that due to the nature of torrents, you will also be uploading to other peers. Now you CAN limit the upload rate so you leave more bandwidth for Downloading.. but don't be a leecher. Just sayin'

jkid101094 · January 25, 2012, 03:45:08 AM

Quote from: Iris Sapphire on January 24, 2012, 07:51:19 PM
you will also be uploading to other peers.

Then fuck this shit.

Elija2 · January 25, 2012, 11:08:33 AM

You can also buy games at a store for real money and it might not take as long.

jkid101094 · January 25, 2012, 11:09:45 AM

Quote from: Elija2 on January 25, 2012, 11:08:33 AM
You can also buy games at a store for real money and it might not take as long.

Even if I do that I can't just stick it in my compy and rip the files I need.

Mikey · January 25, 2012, 12:48:17 PM

Quote from: Elija2 on January 25, 2012, 11:08:33 AM
You can also buy games at a store for real money and it might not take as long.

Ripping assets from wii game disc's is impossible unless you have a special DVD drive. :V

Tanassy · January 25, 2012, 09:35:15 PM

Quote from: jkid101094 on January 25, 2012, 03:45:08 AM
Then fuck this shit.

This is why we can't have nice things.