Looks like the year 2008 is not going to end too well for Romanian BitTorrent users. SceneTorrents (ScT), an ‘elite’ private torrent tracker, is considering banning Romanian IP ranges from accessing the site and the tracker. Note than this ban is not enforced at the time this post is being written. But the word on ScT’s IRC channel and forum is that it will soon come into effect (Hint- Current topic of Sct IRC is :: [ SCT IRC ] :: [ Upcoming .ro ban ] :: ).
ScT’s move comes only a day after Romanian users were banned from the popular music tracker Waffles.fm. From what I have gathered (from forum posts and ScT IRC channel), what started the chain of events was ‘feeling’ (ScT SysOP) getting tipped off about several Romanian members conducting public giveaways of ScT invites (which is prohibited by tracker rules).
If you are an existing ScT member from Romania and did not violate any of the tracker rules (no cheating, no account trading, etc) there is very little reason to worry. According to ‘feeling’, every Romanian user account on the site will be manually reviewed before a ban is issued. However, this ban, if enforced is likely to prevent any new Romanian users from gaining access to the tracker.
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On the bright side, hopefully they will have to open their signups to recover from the accounts lost.
Deeran,
ScT is unlikely to ever have public signups. Perhaps they will give more invites to existing members or relax their invites policy but dunno about public open signups.
Hi all. Happy new Year in advance to all. can please anybody tell me that how can join their irc chennal(sct). and how can get an sct invite.
honey,
Happy new year to you too!
ScT IRC is not public. You need to invite yourself from within the tracker. ScT invites are not given away via their IRC anyway.
I know, I was just being hopeful.
I've been trying to get into ScT and TL for ages.
Deeran,
TL invites are easier to obtain that ScT invites. Sometimes they are given away for free on TL IRC. We posted two such occasions on this blog but they only lasted for few minutes so not many were able to obtain invites.
Yea, but after two months of searching, I still haven't come up with one yet.
What makes TL & ScT so special vs. other trackers? From what I see, it seems like the only reason ppl want access to these trackers so badly is because they are difficult to get into. Do they offer any real advantages/incentives or is mostly just for "bragging" rights? Thx
I guess it's pretty much like having a Lexus.
It's showy and it has features.
If anyone wants a demonoid, waffles or scenetorrents invite, go to the following link asap: http://thecodedepot.co.cc/
Theire banning Romanian users for giving them away for free... what about this guy. http://www.invitecodedepot.com/code/scenetorrent-invite.html
He's selling them with 80 bucks a piece. Why theese guys aren't expelled. It seems a bit unusual to ban a country for that reason only.