Author Topic: Do you use torrents? (A survey) (Read 4515 times)

sigtau · **on:** September 26, 2009, 11:15:50 pm

Just a little survey I'm doing for a project of mine. You can remain anonymous, but you can post about what you torrent if you want.

Thanks for voting.

Poll closes in a month.

Aardwolf · **Reply #1 on:** September 26, 2009, 11:18:48 pm

The question is poorly phrased. No to the way it's phrased, because of the "websites" bit. Yes otherwise.

Note to would-be idiots: torrents are not illegal, in and of themselves, and they never should be.

redsniper · **Reply #2 on:** September 26, 2009, 11:19:58 pm

sigtau · **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2009, 11:21:07 pm

Quote from: redsniper on September 26, 2009, 11:19:58 pm

This thread will be locked in spite of the fact that it is not violating any forum rules because that's just how the Internet rolls nowadays.

Fixed.

NGTM-1R · **Reply #4 on:** September 26, 2009, 11:55:23 pm

Quote from: redsniper on September 26, 2009, 11:19:58 pm

This thread will be locked in spite of the fact that it is not violating any forum rules because that's just how HLP rolls nowadays.

QFT.

Fury · **Reply #5 on:** September 27, 2009, 12:33:13 am

Quote from: redsniper on September 26, 2009, 11:19:58 pm

This thread will be locked in spite of the fact that it is not violating any forum rules because that's just how HLP rolls nowadays.

Voted.

Blue Lion · **Reply #6 on:** September 27, 2009, 12:36:34 am

Where is the "I don't use torrents option?"

(was never really worth the effort)

Androgeos Exeunt · **Reply #7 on:** September 27, 2009, 01:07:39 am

Quote from: sigtau on September 26, 2009, 11:15:50 pm

...you can post about what you torrent if you want.

You do know that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is watching this thread as I post this, right?

Uchuujinsan · **Reply #8 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:26:22 am

Animes (Fansubs) due to unavailability in Germany are the only things I torrent. Not like anyone can tell me they are losing money because of me if I can't buy it.
That might change as soon as my Japanese is sufficient to watch those things unsubbed.

Ghostavo · **Reply #9 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:34:15 am

Regarding legality many companies nowadays like to put stuff on P2P.

Blizzard is one of those, I recall, although they have their very own client. Linux distributions also like to spread through P2P.

That said, and taking redsniper's words, I also do "download (of) copyrighted materials for which I am not legally licensed". And I'd call anyone a liar if they said otherwise about themselves at any point in time.

TESLA · **Reply #10 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:36:29 am

Don’t use torrents as I have never had a need for them.

I think in the public eye, the word ‘torrent’ has become synonymous with illegal file sharing and distribution of movies and songs.

Colonol Dekker · **Reply #11 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:40:27 am

I'm not a major user, it's useful for the TBP DVD for instance, but there are too many dodgy seeders out there for me to use them as much as i'd like. Mainly because my new method of connection fails to utilise them.

SONY PROXY FTL!

Quote from: redsniper on September 26, 2009, 11:19:58 pm

This thread will be locked in spite of the fact that it is not violating any forum rules because that's just how HLP rolls nowadays.

Don't give me reason to and it won't be......

Flipside · **Reply #12 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:41:27 am

Wow, there's lots of people in here with a persecution complex...

Voted.

Grizzly · **Reply #13 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:55:06 am

Bittorrent has helped me (a Dutchie) keeping up with Battlestar Galactica.

Spoon · **Reply #14 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:56:12 am

I torrent a lot of anime and occasionally a program I need for modding. Full games only if I want to try it before I buy. (yes, I buy my games

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Bittorrent has helped me (a Dutchie) keeping up with Battlestar Galactica.

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TrashMan · **Reply #15 on:** September 27, 2009, 08:49:17 am

Quote from: Spoon on September 27, 2009, 06:56:12 am

I torrent a lot of anime and occasionally a program I need for modding. Full games only if I want to try it before I buy. (yes, I buy my games )

Same here.

Kosh · **Reply #16 on:** September 27, 2009, 09:13:41 am

I often use it to download movies and TV series that I otherwise wouldn't be able to see (stuff that I can't find on YouKu, which is a problem rarely encountered). I don't have a working DVD player of any kind (computer DVD player only plays CDs), and even if I did some of that stuff like MST3K are impossible to find, which only leaves ordering it from other countries which won't work because of ****ty region coding.

Pred the Penguin · **Reply #17 on:** September 27, 2009, 09:21:16 am

I torrent all kinds of stuff... games mostly.

Fury · **Reply #18 on:** September 27, 2009, 09:46:44 am

I would appreciate if people would stop admitting their illegal activities considering this community is about a game that is still on sale in GoG, and HLP may even have some sort of affiliation with them in the future. Source code of said game was also provided to us in good will by game developer company. In that light is doesn't really speak for us if community members openly admit of pirating games or other software, as commonplace as that may be. While this topic is about discussing torrents, it doesn't mean that you have to tell specifics about what you're torrenting, especially if illegal.

That is all, carry on. (And don't forget there is edit button)

Pred the Penguin · **Reply #19 on:** September 27, 2009, 09:54:35 am

Never admitted anything illegal... but whatever, wasn't just directed at me.

Out of curiosity, what do most people torrent legally?

News:

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