Thread: How many trackers do you actually use?

I'm very curious about this.

At one point in time.. actually, when I began this journey and started to search for invites to trackers—I realized that at an early stage, I was attracted to the exclusiveness of certain trackers.



So much so that at one point, I began joining every open tracker I could find. I would get invites to reputable sites that I would never, or hardly ever, use upon getting to. Mainly because the magic behind those sites would break. Of the content I wanted, they normally had whatever I could find on my usual fixes.

Sooner or later, I mellowed out and began using only a few trackers that I really grew fond of. The mainstays were What, Waffles, and Demonoid. I only found use for some usual softwares, music, and a few books or videos. After a long time, today I see that these are now the only sites I visit regularly.

That got me to thinking—trackers, perhaps, are quite like markets. Some more suitable than others for many different people. I usually visit the store to pick up the aforementioned items. Though, now I'm very intrigued by two trackers—Bitme and Torrentleech. One because it holds a great deal of books.. like a vast virtual library of sorts, and the other because it seems like a much better version of Demonoid.

To my questions:

Does anybody else see trackers this way? Which are the ones that you use regularly?

5 Trackers .
IPT ,TL , SCC , PTP n BtN

CG, XWT, CBT, BTN, SCC, Waffles, PTN, PTP. That's all I use currently. If I had GFT and What I'd use them also.

I think the best trackers are the ones that focus on one thing, and offer you something cool that most other trackers don't have. PixelHD for example have HD movies to stream on your PS3, WHAT only focuses on music, E and pedro's is flac only, F*N has nice packs and is ratio-less. I rarely use my general trackers anymore because sites like WHAT, BCG, etc., are just so much more passionate about what they offer.

I use all my trackers to some extent but these are the trackers I use regularly and are my favorites right now:
PTP and PTN for movies
BCG and BG and UG for games
WHAT and Waffles for music
TT for trance
FTN and GFT for ratio-less general 0 day
SceneHD and x264 and bit-Hdtv for HD
BTN for TV
It might seem like a long list but these sites are unique and offer everything I need for the mood I'm in

I use 6 trackers on a regular basis

Demonoid - for some rare stuff...its pretty good...
SatClubbing - for trance
DT - for some local content
IP Torrents - for movies and games
MVGroup - for documentaries - not exactly a tracker but they host some amazing stuff...
Myanonamouse for ebooks

I use about 21 trackers of which 10 of the them get heavy usage. Those numbers don't include my pr0n trackers (which are always used). Of the 10 that get light usage 4 or 5 of them I just download whatever to keep them active. The others are used when I can't find what I'm looking for or on a need by need basis like games, music, or anime. I probably have had over 40 trackers total in my lifetime and I can honestly say I haven't abandoned any that I was invited to as all were gained from an open signup, email app, or IRC app. But that may change, I'm seriously considering abandoning SDBits, this tracker truly fucking sucks. And also DigitalHive, I just have no use for it and it seems dead to me.

I agree with a lot of what RedAngelX says, i use different trackers for different things.
I have a lot of trackers, before i started my most recent job i had problems with my back and was bedbound pretty much for a year so i had plenty of time to maintain and look after all my accounts. Now i am down to using only these few on a regular basis:
Trancetraffic
Tranceroute
IPT
Irish Torrents
PixelHd
Btn
The Horror Charnel
Waffles

I still log on to all my other accounts but these places are where i spend most of my time, i usually can find anything i want there.

Thank you for the insightful responses!

P2P: "Those numbers don't include my pr0n trackers (which are always used)." LOL

RedAngelX: Does there come a time period where you stop torrenting? At times, I find conflicts with obligations I must meet and duties I have to fulfill which pull me like a magnet and make me forget to even log in to any tracker for lengths of time. I find it fascinating when I see how responsible certain users are in maintaining their trackers. It really takes work sometimes.

game007: Do eBook trackers generally also have college textbooks and reference materials? Or is it all fiction, and general reading?

Brianquinn20: I'm glad you're well now. You wouldn't happen to know how to boost ratio at Waffles?.. I'm having a rough patch there, although I've been a member of both music sites since 2007.

Trackers I use heavily on a daily basis,
bitgamer, blackcats, hdbits, IPT, SCC, what

Trackers I use often,
animebytes, bakabt, comicbt, demonoid (my ebook fix)

Trackers I use every once in awhile,
bitme, BTN, iTS, underground gamer, waffles, x264

Trackers I've quit using completely but still visit to avoid deactivation in respect of my inviter,
bit-hdtv, goem, HD-T, PTP, TL

BTN, iTS, waffles, and x264 I find myself using less and less, so eventually might fall into my 4th category :P