Thread: What.cd is freeleech!

For the next five hours! Download now!

No it isnt,lol. Only unique albums that are uploaded are freeleech.

Close enough!

Just was planning to post it here. =D I am so going to get power user in one week. ^^ ( Must be doable to download and upload that much now. xD Hopefully. =p )

Here is the news article:

Originally Posted by WhatMan

Over the past few weeks we've noticed that there's a ton of new content being added to the site everyday here at What.CD - a rough average of 1,000 new torrents daily, in fact! It occurred to us that this is incredibly impressive, but why not take it to the next level? And so, in the spirit of continued progression, we're pleased to announce the New Album contest!

The goal of this contest is to upload as many unique albums as possible in one week's time. Not 'unique' in the sense that the albums are rare or 1-of-a-kind (though they most certainly can be!), but unique in that it's not on What.CD yet. To get things rolling, every 'unique' new torrent that is upped during the contest - regardless of format - will be freeleech for 6 hours after it's on-site. This will give everyone a chance to grab new content, get their ratio together, and get this new material properly seeded.

But here's the big kicker: If we can reach 150,000 unique albums on What.CD (there are ~147,000 at the writing of this post) there will be a site-wide 24-hour Freeleech!

So, 'How will the scoring work?' you might ask. Well...

* FLAC w/log cue will be worth 2
* All other formats will be worth 1

(If you need help ripping to FLAC, there's a guide here)

Now what sort of a contest would this be if it didn't have prizes?

All winners: Access to the Elite-restricted Top-10 page
Grand Prize: Custom title, VIP-class, 1 guest Staff Pick in an upcoming round.
Runner-up: Custom title, 5 invites, 1 guest Staff Pick in an upcoming round.
3rd-5th Places: Custom title, 4 invites, 1 guest Staff Pick in an upcoming round.
6th-10th Places: 3 invites, 1 guest Staff Pick in an upcoming round.
11th-20th Places: 2 invites
and 21st-100th Places: 5 random users who are not currently warned will receive their choice of a custom title or 2 invites

Some things to remember going in:

- The contest will last 1 week, and will end when the clock on the bottom of the page says "Sep 19 2008, 12:00"
- The scores will be calculated 2 weeks after the contest ends. Torrents must remain seeded for 2 weeks after being uploaded to count
- Remember to SEARCH before you upload to be sure it's actually a 'unique' album
- A guide to ripping properly with EAC can be found here
- Check the Requests section when you're upping the new material; it may very well have some bounty for it!
- Uploading, deleting, and re-upping your rips will not count (obviously)

Winners will be announced 2 weeks after the end of the contest, and a scoreboard is coming soon. Have fun!

It ain't FreeLeech yet! ^^ And I am hurrying in to setting up EAC, still have some albums to rip, and those are worth quite some upload if people are going to jump on it while being freeleech. =D And we are going to reach 150k!
Most what I have isn't uploaded there yet. ^^ ( In fact only one out of 8 of my CDs! )

I'm downloading stuff I know I'm not going to listen to..lol

I think i must have downloaded like 50 torrents, 48 of which I have never heard of in my entire life.

Originally Posted by Asherpotter

I think i must have downloaded like 50 torrents, 48 of which I have never heard of in my entire life.

I am actually already trying to fill it with stuff I actually want. O_o That's already so much. xD Still couple more to completely fill-up my upload though. ^^ Not far anymore. =)

Whaha xD I am even downloading a Beach Boy compilation album and Chris de Burgh. xD
They where like way far down on the list, saw them and couldn't resist. xD

Although some of the uploaders are really struggling with all the 30+ downloaders at once. xD

Tis a good day for whaters all over the world, let us bask in it's glory.