[mark]

i just sent him a message on another board. i am out of town until friday, but i will let you know what he says.

M

Great... thanks!

this is what he had to say:

i use dreamhost.com

but I had to get permission to do the tracker and they said if it's too much of a server load it would go bye-bye

hope that helps...

[chris]

Interesting answer Mark because I host all of my site except the tracker with dreamhost....so I'll ask and see what they say.

[chris]

So I asked dreamhost and here is the most recent exchange:

Hello Chris,

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006, you wrote:

Thanks for the response... however as I mentioned there is another
Dreamhost customer who is hosting a bit torrent tracker with you. He said he wrote a letter to "get permission" to do so. I'll get his
details and find out who he spoke to and what they details of his
plan are.

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Thanks!
Mike S.

[mark]

oh shit. i hope he doesn't get shut down!! it is a real private tracker... like only about 10 people use it.

please don't pursue it any further with them.. i don't want my friend to get in trouble

[chris]

I already emailed them back and said that I was confused about the host...

[Corpse]

Is the Tracker down again? I just went there and got this message : Forbidden
Unauthorized IP address.
Reason for banning: eags & bfd21 same user; former joined today, latter already banned.
And then went back and got a 403 Forbidden error message.
Is it me?

[chris]

Try again now... there are a few members (eags and bfd21 - who are actually the same person) who are trying to be sneaky and worm their way back on to the tracker after being banned for having bad ratios.

I think I've got everything fixed now.

[Corpse]

Thanks Chris, works now

[Tthip]

Try again now... there are a few members (eags and bfd21 - who are actually the same person) who are trying to be sneaky and worm their way back on to the tracker after being banned for having bad ratios.

First a side note - I totally agree with the ratios.
Chris, just an FYI
Eags (aka bfd21) is one of the original members of Hipbase - #13.
Also - the Buffalo show that is the newest torrent on your site - Eags is one of the tapers of this show.
I understand you gotta do what you gotta do, but I just thought I would let you know.

[chris]

I appreciate his contributions, but if he isn't willing to play be the simple rules, or follow through on the commitments he made when we unbanned him the first time, what should I do?

I set the ratio ban at 0.40! In my opinion, if you can't maintain a 0.40 ratio you're really not interested in contributing or sharing.

[Tthip]

but if he isn't willing to...follow through on the commitments he made when we unbanned him the first time...

Ahh - more to the story - thanks Chris - I see your point.

[chris]

I'm trying really hard to keep everyone unbanned as the more members the better for access to shows and download speeds; but when you have members who continually take and take and take, a ratio system is needed.

I want to set the ratio much higher but bending to requests from users I've started it at 0.40. It will increase as our membership grows, but even a 0.75 ratio should be easily attained. We've got lots of members with ratios well in excess of 2.0 so I don't accept the argument that there are site issues or it's impossible on a small tracker or any of that garbage. Everyone needs to take the time to learn how their software and hardware works and then they too can be a contributing member to our community.

[eags]

Try again now... there are a few members (eags and bfd21 - who are actually the same person) who are trying to be sneaky and worm their way back on to the tracker after being banned for having bad ratios.

I think I've got everything fixed now.

not trying to be sneaky at all!

as was explained to you in PM! the only show I had to seed was the pittsburgh show. I dowloaded another and was seeding 2 shows when you banned me.

You said you would unban me for a few days and never did! I pm'ed you again on the 15th, you never replied.

From: chris
To: eags
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:31 am
Subject: Re: the tracker
Sean,

You've been unbanned for now. Get your ratio up ande you'll stay that way...

-chris

eags wrote:
Chris,

I recently signed up for the tracker. I d/l the pittsburgh show and then couldn't seed it because of the request from the band.

I received a warning about a ban. I was seeding 2 shows and myratio was up to .4. I was contacted by TLB yesterday and he said he would not ban me and give a few more days to get my ratio up?

Anyway, I am now banned? He told me yesterday I was good?

will you reinstate my account?

username = eags

Thank you

From: eags
To: chris
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 6:11 am
Subject: Re: the tracker
chris,

I have been trying to login to seed shows, it still says my account is disabled by the administrator?

thanks

[chris]

We did unban you, and I sent you a message through the tracker and hipbase saying so. I explained that downloading another show and then seeding it would not improve your ratio; the best option was to upload a new show and seed it. You decided not to do that, but to download more.

And then the system banned you, just as I knew it would.

After being banned for a second time, you signed up with a different user name. Why did you sign up as a different user? Nothing you could do as a new user would improve your old ratio.

What do you want me to do; unban you again so that you can download more? That doesn't benefit anyone but you.

You've decided not to follow the instructions that we provided to improve your ratio in the past, why should I think that will change this time?

Everything is out in the open now, so I'll unban you right now and we'll post the results here. If you are really willing to be a contributor and maintain a healthy ratio it will become apparent quite quickly.

Current stats for eags
Uploaded: 898.03 MB
Downloaded: 2.21 GB

[eags]

i have over 100 shows on my hard drive at home that I can upload!

I also have a wife and 4 kids, when I get a chance to convert them all to torrents and check which ones are needed I will do it.

after your pm on hipbase saying i was unbanned, I was still unable to login. So i tried to create a new account, when eags wouldn't work i tried a new name.

I explained that downloading another show and then seeding it would not improve your ratio; the best option was to upload a new show and seed it. You decided not to do that, but to download more.

And then the system banned you, just as I knew it would.

this was never explained to me. if you sent it to the tracker pm I didn't get that message, because I was unable to login.

I am not trying to pull a fast one on you here.

I don't know if you remember but I hosted an ftp site for a couple years and when I had that site, NOT 1 show was ever uploaded. I'd have 5 d/l'ers almost 24/7 and nothing was ever contributed. I am at work right now, when I get home I will seed the shows I have and when I can I will work on the shows that I have that you don't. I have 10 shows I personally taped and put into circulation.