If you love untouched DVDR releases instead of DVD Rips, here is some good news. RoDVD (aka Restricted-Zone), a private torrent tracker specializing in DVDR releases, is currently open for signup. Almost all the releases in RoDVD are DVD5/DVD9 movies which come complete with original DVD menus, subtitles and other extras. Both scene releases as well as RoDVD’s own uploads are indexed on this site.

As you may have already figured out, RoDVD is a Romanian tracker. But that does not necessarily mean all movies indexed on this tracker are in Romanian language. In fact, most of them have English audio. The language tag on torrent title (Ex- Passengers.2008.LiMiTED.PAL.ROMANiAN.DVDR-PRaF) usually specifies language of subtitles available on the DVDR. To view the actual audio language, go to the torrent description and look under ‘Audio’ or ‘Language’ sections.

RoDVD indexes both scene releases as well as p2p releases. Indexed P2P releases seem to be unique to this tracker (they have ‘RoDVD’ tag instead of release group name). As of 28/2/2009, RoDVD tracks close to 1000 torrents. Another positive aspect of this tracker is it’s layout – RoDVD has a unique, nice looking layout.

RoDVD is not usually open for free signups -  most of the time it requires an SMS code to register. However, at the time of this post signups are open - you can register an account for free.

Site Name: RoDVD (http://restricted-zone.org/)

Signup URL: http://restricted-zone.org/signup.php

Categories:

• DVD Movie (DVD5)
• DVD Anime (DVD5)
• DVD Music (DVD5)
• DVD-Movie (DVD9)
• DVD Anime (DVD9)
• DVD Music (DVD9)
• x264 Movie (DVD5)
• x264 Movie (DVD9)
• x264 Anime (DVD5)

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I know a lot of you guys are looking for a proper trainer for Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of War 2 but for the moment, you’ll have to be satisfied with +1 trainer (promotional). CheatHappens has released one with several cool options but as usual you need to have a paid account to download this. We’ll update this article if a leaked version of CH trainer appears. Till then download the promo trainer and also the Language Changer for those who are having language problems with the game.

Trainers

As mentioned above currently only the promotional trainer is available for download. This has only on working option - ‘add experience’. The full version will feature several other options such as Unlimited Requisition, Power, Faction Resource, Troops, Restore Unit Power, Mega Unit, Weak Unit, Mega Structure, Weak Structure, etc. If this leaks on torrent trackers, we’ll post a link here.

[Click Here] to download Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of War 2 Promotional Trainer for v1.0 (MegaShare)

[Click Here] to download Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of War 2 Promotional Trainer for v1.1 (MegaShare)

Language Changer

If you are having language problems with the game and do not want to follow the manual method mentioned in this article to solve them, use the language changer – an automated utility that’ll allow you to change DoW2 language in a few clicks.

[Click Here] to download Dawn of War 2 Language Changer from MegaShare

Note: Follow the instructions in NFO. Works with ViTALiTY and rForce releases.

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When it comes to private torrent trackers, most people use ‘pre times’ as a measure of the site’s quality. Did you know that there are several IRC channels that are dedicated to ‘measuring’ the pre times of various general/0day trackers? These are called ‘Tracer’ channels. Tracers record pre times of individual torrent releases (each release is a ‘race’) on various trackers and the site that has best pre time is considered to be the winner of a race. This article is about #Tracers channel on irc.p2p-net.eu, one of the most popular and easily accessible channels of this type that are currently around.

What’s ‘pre time’ ?

Before we move on, let’s first clarify what’s meant by the term ‘pre time’. ‘Pre time’ is basically the time it takes for a torrent tracker to upload a particular scene release once it’s been pre’d (released) on topsites. In general, trackers with shorter pre times are considered better since they allow faster access to scene releases.

What’s #Tracers and #tr.chat?

The IRC channel we are talking about is #Tracers on IRC server irc.p2p-net.eu. The main channel (#Tracers) monitors and notifies on race wins and new torrent releases. In addition, there is another channel #tr.chat which allows users to post queries and check statistics of listed private trackers. The following user commands are available in the #tr.chat channel (commands list can be accessed by typing the command !trhelp):

1. !sitelist - Lists all sites with info added, regardless of whether or not they have any race wins.
2. !sites [-spam] - Returns all sites tracked by P2P-NET Tracers and their all-time standings. If the "-spam" tag is added, it will also include spam wins.
3. !db [-spam] - Returns various information about the Tracers database. If the "-spam" tag is added, it will also include spam races.
4. !siteinfo <site.initials> - Returns various information about the specified site.
5. !search <release.name> - Returns who won the race to upload the specified release, and all other sites with it currently uploaded as well.
6. !daystats [-spam] - Returns all race statistics for the last 24 hours. If the "-spam" tag is added, statistics will also include wins from spam categories.
7. !weekstats [-spam] - Returns all race statistics for the last 7 days. If the "-spam" tag is added, statistics will also include wins from spam categories.
8. !monthstats [-spam] - Returns all race statistics for the last 30 days. If the "-spam" tag is added, statistics will also include wins from spam categories.
9. !yearstats [-spam] - Returns all race statistics for the last year. If the "-spam" tag is added, statistics will also include wins from spam categories.
10. !last10 [<site.initials>] [-spam]- Returns the last 10 wins recorded. If you add the <site.initials>, then it will return the last 10 uploads from the specified site. If the "-spam" tag is added, it will also return spam uploads.

For example if you type !siteinfo SCC into mIRC (or any other IRC client) while being logged into #tr.chat, you’ll get details about SceneAccess.

A great thing about #Tracers is that it does not ‘forget’ any race wins. All wins by a tracker are recorded and become visible to users. Typing the command !sites on #tr.chat will give you a list of traced sites sorted by the number of their overall race wins.

What private trackers are monitored (or traced)?

#Tracers channel currently monitors over 30 private torrent trackers. Here is a table featuring the list of private trackers traced, number of overall race wins and the open signup status of each site.

#Tracers Name	Tracker Name	Overall Wins	Signup Status
SCC	SceneAccess	4845
ScT	SceneTorrents	2217
GFT	GForces Tracker	1416
HT	HeavenTracker	856
TL	TorrentLeech	648
SiT	SeediT	553	Open
RBy	RandomBytes	482	Open
THS	TopHos	423
ThB	ThorBits	331	Open
TCS	The Candy Store	170	Open
TGB	TGBTD	159	Open
NT	Nordic-T	123	Open
TPB	The Pirate Bay	123	Open/Public
ScL	Withheld	91
ACE	Ace Torrents	76	Open
CT	ChronicTracker	67
TD	Torrent-Damage	66
PTM	PreToME	65	Free reg. key
BTv	Bitt.tv	58
AL	Acid	39
TC	Tehconnection	36	Open
TV	Torrent Vault	23
A4N	All4Nothin	22	Open
DH	DigitalHive	13
TBy	TorrentBytes	12	Open
RTT	RevolutionTT	9
ST	SuperTorrents	7
FTS	FreeTheScene	6	Open
PT	PolishTracker	5
ScR	SceneRace	4
TiT	TorrenTiT	4
EZTV	EZTV	2	Open/Public
BH	BladesHeaven	1	Open

Notes:

• Some trackers are newly launched or newly added to the Tracers list. It may be unfair to compare overall statistics of new entrants with of those added earlier.
• Not all general/0Day trackers taht are currently online are monitored by #Tracers
• Even if a site beats another by a short margin such as 1 second, it’s still counted as a race win. You’ll find that the pre time difference between most trackers is actually a few minutes (or in some cases few seconds). 
• All statistics above are as of 27/2/2009

How do i access the channels?

All of these are public channels. No invitation/registration is required.

#Tracers channel: irc://irc.p2p-net.eu/tracers  or #Tracers on server irc.p2p-net.eu

#TR.Chat channel: irc://irc.p2p-net.eu/tr.chat or #tr.chat on server irc.p2p-net.eu 

Tutorial: Click here for a tutorial on how to join IRC channels using mIRC. Includes download links for required software.

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By now you probably know that majority of the pirated material (movies, music, games, e-books and everything else) in the world originate from ‘the scene’. ‘The Scene’ comprises of many release groups (RELOADED, PUKKA, DiAMOND, RAZOR1911, etc) whose members are scattered across the globe. Since ‘The Scene’ is an underground community, scene groups do not normally use conventional means to communicate with each other. This is where ‘Scene Notices’ come in.

‘Scene notices’ are public (public to scene members that is) messages similar to .NFOs that scene members use to brag, flame, regroup, coordinate activities and make announcements regarding the warez scene. These are usually posted on scene topsites, sometimes as directories. Memorable (and quite hilarious) Scene Notices I’ve read in the recent past include the one that started all the rumors about ‘PEG Tracker"’ as well as another that exposed the staff at ScT. Another Scene Notice that’s quite unforgettable is

FBI_BUSTS_MANY_ARRESTED_TIME_TO_GO_HIDE-IND

which was posted when Operation Site Down hit the core of the scene back in 2005. Nowadays an increasing number of SceneNotices are targeted at exposing members who leak scene releases to private torrent trackers (remember- sceners hate p2p). 

As you can see it’s all very interesting. But how can you read these if you are not a scene member? This is where SceneNotice.org comes in. It’s a public site that indexes and archives selected SceneNotices posted on topsites, IRCs, etc.

 

The site currently has an archive of over 600 SceneNotices. A search feature as well as an RSS feed is also present. When viewing posts at SceneNotice.org, you may need to zoom in using your browser as the default font used is a little too small. Note that this site does not index each and every Scene Notice – only a selected few are posted. It’s still is a good read and if you are interested go and have a look.

Site Name: SceneNotice (http://scenenotice.org)

Registration URL: http://scenenotice.org/register.php (Registration is optional – even unregistered users are able to read posts.)

P.S. – PEG Tracker is FAKE. Don’t waste your time chasing it lol.

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Portable Media Torrents (or PMTorrents) is a private torrent tracker that specializes in applications, games and video (movies and TV shows) for mobile devices. If you are the owner of a portable device such as Zune, iPod/iPod touch, PSP or a PDA, chances are that you’ll find some useful downloads on PMTorrents. This is a relatively new tracker that started out a few months ago but it has already acquired a reasonable userbase of several thousand members.

As of 26/2/2009, PMTorrents has an active user base of 5250+ members and tracks close to 500 torrents. Apart from few applications and games for various mobile devices, PMTorrents has a good collection of movies and TV episodes. All video files on this tracker are mobile optimized – they’ve been re-encoded to better support playback on portable devices (most of the movies, TV shows and documentaries are in MP4 format). I was able to find re-encoded versions of even some of the newest movie releases.

Note that even though PMTorrents have their own BitTorrent tracker, some of the indexed torrents are tracked by a (public?) tracker run by RARBG. These seem to be the same torrents that are indexed on PODTROPOLIS and such releases usually have hundreds of seeders/leechers.

Currently the site is open for public signups. If you own a mobile device and are looking for mobile optimizes videos, PMTorrents is a good place to start your search.

Site Name: Portable Media Torrents (http://www.pmtorrents.com)

Signup URL: http://www.pmtorrents.com/signup.php

Other trackers similar to PMTorrents that are currently open:

• Download iPod ready movies, TV shows and music from Podtropolis tracker

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Scene group ViTALiTY (VTY) seems to have found a new method of pwning Valve’s Steam protection. Silent Hill Homecoming (aka Silent Hill 5) is the second Steam protected title the group has released in the past 7 days, the first one being Warhammer 40000 : Dawn of War 2. It’s not the first time a PC game released exclusively via Steam has leaked but what’s interesting about ViTALiTY’s version is that it does not contain hacked Steam clients, custom installers, configuration file editing or anything of that sort.

The following is quoted from the ViTALiTY NFO:

This game is steam and we did not have to use a third party installer, because we aint stupid!

Btw did anyone notice that the instructions on ViTALiTY NFO always ends with an offensive line such as ‘rot in hell’, ‘rest in pieces’ or ‘die like the rest’? VTY has always been known as an aggressive group even in their early days when they initiated nukewars with other competing scene groups (specially with RELOADED whose working releases were PROPERED by VTY for using emulation).

Silent Hill : Homecoming was released back in November 2008 in North America. A working steam rip (P2P source) of the game leaked on BitTorrent networks about a week after the game’s NA release.

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Drakensang : The Dark Eye is an RPG game by developed by Germa developer Radon Labs. Localized versions of Drakensang were released back in August, 2008 and the international version was released about two days ago on the 24th of February. Just two days after INT release Razor1911, a veteran group from the warez scene, claims to have cracked the game’s Digital Rights Management (DRM) system.

Drakensang : The Dark Eye is (or ‘was’) protected by Sony’s SecuROM v7 DRM system. Razor1911 are not exactly new to cracking this type of protection – earlier this year they cracked SecuROM in LOTR: Conquest and have cracked numerous other titles throughout 2008 as well. Razor1911’s release includes a full DVD ISO of the game as well as a cracked exe with SecuROM protection stripped from it. Cracked version of the game has now spread to private and public torrent trackers, one click hosting sites such as RapidShare, public FTP sites, etc.

Speaking of the game, I’ve read several positive user opinions about Drakensang : The Dark Eye on various gaming forums. IGN review has also given it a respectable overall score of 7.6. Although not hugely popular, this looks like a game worth playing.

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Cinemageddon (CG) is a well known private torrent tracker that specializes in B-movies, horror flicks and other rare/cult movies. You may have spotted Cinemageddon listed on various open signup checker sites and open signup threads quite frequently. However, signups for this tracker usually close within minutes as only 2-3 spots become available at a time (due to automatic account deletion). This time around open signups will be a little more permanent– CG has increased the user limit by 1000 members.

When it comes to cult movie trackers, CG is probably the largest and the most content rich tracker currently online. It has close to 25000 torrents and around 20000 active members. It’s content mostly comprise of B-Movies, horror movies, kung-fu and martial arts related flicks, older comedy movies such as the ‘Carry on’ series, etc. Video and audio quality of films on CG are generally good – these range from VHSRip, TVRip, DVDRip to untouched DVD-R. In addition to the movie torrents Cinemageddon tracks around 1500 OSTs (official soundtracks) as well. Most of the content on this tracker are older, rare and rather unknown stuff you’ll probably never find on any other torrent site.

A noticeable feature of Cinemageddon is the credits system – something similar to the seed bonus system present on many trackers. You can earn credits by seeding (selected torrents), filling/making requests, buying lottery tickets, playing roulette, etc. You can then buy upload GB by spending earned credits (ex- 25GB upload for 200 credits). CG also has a system called ‘featured torrents’ – if a spinning gold coin is displayed next to the title of a torrent, 50% download reduction as well as seeding bonus applies to that.

As mentioned in the title of the article CG has increased user limit from 20000 to 21000. There are around 800 more spots available. If you are a fan of cult movies, go get an account now.

Site Name: Cinemageddon (http://www.cinemageddon.org)

Signup URL: http://www.cinemageddon.org/signup.php

Categories:

• Action
• Adventure
• Comedy
• Documentary
• Exploitation
• Family
• Gore
• Hidden Gems
• Horror
• Martial Arts
• OST
• Other
• Sci-Fi
• Thriller
• Western
• XXX

Other info: CG has an active invites request/giveaway thread (for other private trackers) in its forums. This thread is only visible to ‘power user’ class and upwards.

Other trackers like Cinemageddon that are currently open:

• TheOccult – Torrent Tracker For Mythology, Religion, Astrology, Philosophy & More
• ScareThe.Net – Private torrent tracker for Horror movies and TV Shows
• Classic Cinema Zone – Torrent tracker for obscure and classic movies

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Yahoo released yet another new build of its popular IM client about a day ago. Yahoo! Messenger build 9.0.0.2136 is currently the latest build available as of today (25/2/09). As usual there is no changelog associated with the release and there is no way to know what changes are incorporated into this build. However upgrading to the most recent build is recommended due to security and reliability reasons.

Download

We’ve included the link to offline/standalone/redistributable installer for Yahoo! Messenger as opposed to the web setup that can be found in the official page. All links point to files hosted in official Yahoo! servers. No 3rd part links have been included.

[Click Here] to download Yahoo Messenger 9.0.0.2136 Final Directly from official server

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Among the several hundred private torrent trackers posted on FILEnetworks Blog, there’s been several huge general trackers such as Zamunda, ArenaBG and Linkomanija which are managed by individuals from countries such as Bulgaria, Lithuania, etc. Although some of these trackers may not be popular globally, they’ve become huge hits in their home countries. A large number of users as well as huge torrent indexes are often found in these lesser-globally-known trackers. Partis.si is another huge  BiTTorrent tracker, this time from Slovenia.

Don’t be mistaken when we say this tracker is Slovenian – it tracks plenty of English releases as well. As of 25/2/2009, Partis indexes 25000+ torrents and has over 208000 members (told you it was huge). Among the torrents tracked are English scene releases, English p2p releases (including lots of aXXo movie torrents) as well as Slovenian releases (dubbed, subbed or original content from Slovenia).

In addition to individual torrents, there are a lot of packs on Partis.si. Most of these however are not unique and seem to have been take from other trackers such as TL, TD, ScT and even TVT.

Note that even though this tracker has lots of English releases, the site interface is 100% Slovenian. If you have used another private tracker, it would be extremely easy to find your war around in Partis.si – even if you did not know jackshit about Slovenian language. We’ve included a brief translation of the signup page below should you need more help.

Signups for this tracker are currently open. If you are interested, go ahead and signup.

Site Name: Partis.si (http://www.partis.si)

Signup URL: http://www.partis.si/registracija

Signup Page translation:

Slovenian	English
Uporabniško ime	Username
Elektronska pošta	E-Mail
Geslo	Password
Potrditev gesla	Repeat password
Vnesite varnostno kodo	Security code

For the torrent index, login and go to Torrent-->brskaj

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