Thread: Pick only 5 trackers and give reasons for your choices!

Okay, I was going to make it three, but I figured I would cover all the bases. 5 would be a perfect number. If you could only have 5 trackers and get rid of the rest, which trackers would it be. Thanks!

IPT - Got the good 0day general and lots of porn
BMTV - Gotta get my TV shows. Family Guy, and Simpsons
What - Damn, the power user forum is awesome, for music, duh
PTP - Really good tracker for movies, glad everything worked out for us
BCG - My FTN of trackers. Damn I luv this site, If it were only 1, this is it.

Thanks for your time.

SCC - Yes I'm an SCC fan boy and some would have heard my rants on how it pwnz FTN
What - If I could only have 1 music tracker this would be it
BitMe - My go to site for anything educational
TL - If its not on TL try IPT
IPT - If its not on IPT try TL

damn I have a disadvantage as I need to have 1 desi tracker too :/ :/

1.IPT
2.bwtorrents or DT any one will do
3.tvt.com
4.Fsc(well this one cause I know some people out there)
5. damn this one is confusing if I somehow get a + slot cause of my desi tracker I will add both FTN and iTS

1.BTN for tv shows
2.Waffles for music
3.BCG for games
4.P*N for movies
5.FileList for everything else

iTS - This is my favourite tracker, along with What.cd. Excellent content and design. The community is also great, but activity has really dropped off. I've discovered numerous movies I would not have otherwise watched if not for the great encoders that call iTS home.
Demonoid - When it comes to content, I still prefer Demonoid over the other general/0day trackers. I really wanted to find room for SCC, since I've been there since close to the beginning and it is my favourite 0day tracker, but tbh a lot of its content is duplicated at Demonoid.
Karagarga - I love movies and I use torrents mainly for movies (and music), so this was a no-brainer for me. Popular movies are easy to find on any general tracker (like Demonoid), but KG offers so much that is simply not available anywhere else.
What - Like I mentioned, movies and music. Though I've uploaded some ridiculous amount of torrents at Waffles (~1000 - 1300 individual torrents), I still use What way more. What simply has more content and a much larger, active and knowledgeable community. And, I can't think of a music site that looks as good or functions as well as What; it is currently the best designed music site out there, imo...almost perfect. I also love the userclass requirements, which will do a lot more to guarantee retention than simply rewarding upload amount and/or forum posts.
Cinematik - Much like KG, Cinematik has content that is simply not available anywhere else. Too many good movies have simply not made the transfer to BD yet and likely will not for some time.


Most of my torrenting revolves around movies and music, which is reflected in my list. I rarely, if ever, download or play games anymore, so gaming sites are of no interest to me. I do watch a fair amount of TV, but probably not enough to warrant a spot in my 5 trackers. If I had to choose a TV tracker, it would definitely be TVT.com, it's never disappointed where BitMeTV has on numerous occasions. I also really wanted to include a HD tracker, but I am not a member of HDbits and the others pale in comparison and do not have enough variety in content to justify inclusion.

Still using the purple, I see. Anyways, here are my preferred five:

SCC - I grab the majority of my files from here. I don't have access to any FTP for pre-releases so this is where I'd gather all my materials and upload/cross-seed to various trackers. I've told many people before my main concern for any tracker is speed, pretimes, and content. SCC has them all and that's what I love about it. The archive section is also great for movies you've missed during its 0day release and because it's freeleech. People may think it's a difficult tracker to maintain a decent ratio, but I assure you with proper torrenting even a 0.5 Mbps upstream connection is fine - a tad longer to do, but doable.

BTN - This tracker have completely taken over BMTV for me. Being a ratioless tracker definitely adds to its appeal. Only having to seed a file to 1:1 or for 24 hours is damn easy for anyone. Packs are decent and there is plenty of 1.5 upload bonus to boost your stats - pointless, but it's all in the fun.

MVids - I download all my music videos from here. My entire digital collection have been replaced with all the videos I could find at this particular tracker. There are numerous HD content as well as VOBs to satisfy any music lover. The tracker doesn't have the fastest speeds, but that's because most of the high-res rips are p2p and individual encodes as oppose to scene.

Waffles - I've been a member of What.cd for over two and a half years, but ever since I've been a member of Waffles, I find myself using this tracker more and more. For some reason it doesn't seem to be as difficult to seed nor to maintain a decent ratio. Perhaps, there are more freeleeches at Waffles. Either way, both trackers are good substitutions but I prefer Waffles over What.

BCG - I'm not a fan of the staffs, but I admit this tracker is great for its content. It isn't a scene tracker so it provides me with many windows of opportunity to upload torrents from other trackers. It's quite easy to seed and hit your 1:1. 0day releases are definitely speedy while many peers flock to join the swarm. Older torrents are usually recycled; thus, giving late members a chance to grab these files at faster speeds without sacrificing too much on the ratio.

1.SCC - Fairly new here..but i am awed by the packs ..so gotta have it.
2.Waffles- For my music requirement.
3.MVids- Great collection of music videoes...cant live without it.
4.HDT- For my movie requirement...i am a faithful follower of this site for the last 2 years.
5.Bitgamer- Of course all my games comes from here.

Originally Posted by roger09

iTS - This is my favourite tracker, along with What.cd. Excellent content and design. The community is also great, but activity has really dropped off. I've discovered numerous movies I would not have otherwise watched if not for the great encoders that call iTS home.

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE!! I love the content and the design there, and the people there are great!! :)

My other top ones will remain unmentioned to avoid PM's asking for invite. ;)

-GiGA

Here are my 5 favs!!

1)What.cd - my fav tracker,no way i can live without it!!
2)demonoid - the main reason that i have good ratio at other trackers is due to demonoid!!it has helped me so many times...
3)BTn - i simply love this due to its no-ratio policy
4)GFT - for some strange reason,i love this tracker..
5)bwt - best one for all my desi needs