(07-12-2013, 10:13 PM)Selta Писал(а): This is hard to get behind. I'm not one to be super active on any online forum, especially one where Russian is the main language. I'm pretty sure we don't want the forums to be run over with people like me who'd put their English into an online translator, get it into a bad form of Russian and post that. So, that alienates I would imagine, a large population of users right off the bat.
The each uploaded GB part is OK, assuming people download from you. Right now I have 20 active torrents being uploaded, and all of them are idle. The largest one seems to have a few MB of upload completed. So, I won't benefit from the upload credit much.
I don't add new releases, as I don't sit on my computer all day and relatively have nothing to offer that isn't already on here. I could upload duplicates though (<- sarcasm).
Regularly visit the site... cool, I get a whooping 10 points once a month. That means in a few centuries I'll rank up.

It seems that admins are attempting to force a full community. That's all fine and dandy. It's too bad that English only speakers are alienated not only from participating, but a 2nd time by keeping user rank very low. Of all the private trackers that I am part of, this is the only one that operates in such a function. I'll just keep using it as I do, to grab what torrents I can't find else where, as the more I think on this, the more that I feel like I'm not entirely welcome here. I don't feel compelled - at all - to become more part of a "community" that doesn't accept English only users. I don't feel compelled to do anything beyond download and seed my downloads. If my rank or ratio gets so low that I can no longer use this tracker, well, there's plenty others out there I can use as well, where I'd feel more welcome. If I get banned or whatever for this line of thought, again, oh well.

Couldn't agree more, perfect post. I too do not stick to my computer for 24 hours, however, I seed as long as someone is interesting in it - You know, I don't have infinite space on my laptop, nor a private power plant to support it. For other details, see my ratio between download and upload.

I don't speak russian, nor do I intend to learn it in near future, so I don't participate on forums or give any comments.

As opening a torrent doesn't remember where I was on the torrents page, and throws me back at the very beginning, which makes me need to search where I was, I just don't open the, consequently also not giving thanks OR respects, I only download them. Also, could You please make a mark "New torrents from last visit" and "Clear this mark" or is it not according to Your interests?

At the begining, I found this page very nice and really concentrated on metal music, I have even found some things that could't be found elsewhere in one place. Now, with these changes, I feel rejected and will need to go somewhere else. I agree with You to protect the page from clones and other abuses, however, I'm afraid You took the wrong path.

The whole thing stinks to the point "We do with our page what we want, if You don'tlike it, scram, we don't need you anyway." Please, don't understand me wrong - if You wish, You can ban me, no bad feelings, however, this changes are, at least for me and it seems I'm not the lonely voice in the vast void, user hostile, not only user unfriendly.

Last but not least, about the commercialisation: true, You need to cover the expences, power, server, Your work, etc. However, bear in mind, metal is not only music, it's a philosophy and a way of living, and this can not be for sale, unless You sell out.