Thread: Giving Invites For Dummies

Everybody knows that giving invites is a risky act to do for it may result to a lot of things depending on the invitee. The purpose of this tutorial is to provide people on how to give their invites without worries.
What you are about to read would be a series of steps that you should/may take before, during and after an invite giveaway.

BEFORE:
Ask for requirement. Don’t be harsh; ask for something that you think is reasonable and the definition of reasonable would always depend on the tracker level.

1. Ask for ratio proofs. At least two proofs should be enough. This is basic but this would really help on determining the invitee’s experience on the torrent world. But wait, everyone knows that anyone can fake a ratio proof, so here’s what you should do.

· Ask for fullscreen ratio proofs.
· Be sure to ask the invitee to put your name on the address bar, browser search bar or on the tracker search bar. Additionally, make him put the date of application.
· Now this step is only for paranoid people so it’s optional. Ask for multiple ratio proofs from the same tracker with each ratio proof using different themes of the tracker.

2. Ask for a speedtest. Make sure it’s a direct link. Again, at least two should suffice. Why at least two? This is to help you determine the average internet speed of the user.
3. If the invitee has a seedbox, ask for a seedbox proof regardless of the tracker level.
4. This is another optional step but this would help you determine whether the invitee is serious on using the tracker or not. Ask him some questions. Examples of this would be asking a BitGamer invitee about his favorite games or simply asking why he want the tracker.

DURING:
This is the hardest part of your giveaway and should be dealt with seriously. This would help you on choosing the right invitee.

1. Make sure the invitee followed your requirements. If not, you could either tell the invitee again or simply just reject him.
2.Examine his profile carefully. View his posts. View his Igiver. View his join date. In short, know him through his actions on T-I. After that ask yourself these questions.

· Is it mostly spam? If yes, reject it.
· Is it mostly found on the invite and bonus giveaway? If yes, reject it.
· Is the Igiver very low? If only the answers on the above questions are yes, then reject it. Otherwise, you may consider it.
· Did the invitee just join T-I recently? The answer really does not matter as long as the invitee is a contributing member of T-I.

3. To know more details such as his country or ISP, either check his introduction or just simply ask him.
4. Verify the information submitted in the invitee’s application. We have our own ways on verifying screenshots and proofs but here are some guidelines to those who have none.

· Check the ratio proof. Look carefully for any signs of photo editing.
· Since you asked for a fullscreen ratio proof, you should check the taskbar and look for any software running on the background that is against every rule. Examples of this would be ratio cheating softwares.
· Check the image of the tracker; usually it includes the latest activity of the tracker. This would help you determine if the invitee is using an outdated proof.
· Accept only direct link speedtests and make sure it was recent.
· Whatever you did to verify the ratio proofs, do the same with the seedbox proofs.
· Ask for profile links and note how long has he been a member of that tracker.

5.Do the math. Though most of the information on the ratio proofs is blurred or maybe you’re not a member of the invitee’s trackers rendering the profile links useless, that won’t stop you from determining the truth behind his torrent experiences because the first digits are still exposed.

· Check his upload. If it’s unusually high, check his speedtest. If that didn’t work, check if the invitee is using a seedbox. Still if that didn’t work, know the tracker. The tracker might have a feature where users may transfer upload credits to each other or bonus systems where users may buy upload credits. If not, then read the invitee’s introduction again and search for clues. Your last resort is to ask the invitee. If you’re not satisfied with the answer, reject him.
· If you have received some profile links from the invitee, include them on your computations. For example, if user profile links say, 1 week at tracker. Uploaded 400gb and downloaded 120. And speed test is 14mb down and 1mb up. Does this ring a bell. How do you upload 400gb in 1 week time, with a 1mb up! And user doesn't have seedbox. Something is wrong and go with gut feeling. Make sure everything adds up. Now, if this user was in the tracker say 24 weeks. Then this is feasible.

6. Check if the invitee had requested on other threads. Read his request on that thread and make sure the invitee had not received invites yet.
7. Check the invitee’s signature. It might say that he’s a proud member of TL and yet he’s asking for a TL invite.

AFTER:
This is the easiest part of your life as an inviter but this should be taken as a responsibility. Now that you have given your invite, you should now cross your fingers and hope that it went well.

1. Monitor your invitee’s profile on that tracker. Look for any suspicious uploads, actions or anything you deem to be not good.
2. Monitor his T-I activity. Make sure he gave you an Igiver. Then watch out, he might be asking for an invite on that tracker again.
3. Lastly, get to know your invitees more.
4. If somehow, something went wrong like an invitee getting banned for cheating, then we always have the Chopping Block.

REFERENCES: Some information/ideas on this tutorial are not originally made by me. This tutorial is just a compilation of the basic knowledge that every one of us already knows. But to be more detailed, here are sources used in the making of this tutorial:

1. http://www.torrent-invites.com/tutor...r-cheater.html
2. http://www.torrent-invites.com/tutor...ray-icons.html
3. http://www.torrent-invites.com/tutor...-properly.html
4. http://www.torrent-invites.com/tutor...tml#post598745

NOTE TO READERS: Please use PMs in exchanging private inforamtion such as emails or profile links. Thanks for reading. I hope this would guide you in all your giveaways.

I was going to say profile links, but you did put it in their. Hmm, if your not a member of the tracker, you can ask for unedited ratio proofs. Verify them if they photoshop or not. You can also add, when you get the profile links, is how long tracker member. If it's like 3 weeks to like 12 weeks. He still freshly got his tracker. Make sure that the upload amounts add up with previous speed test. For ex.

If user profile links say, 1 week at tracker. Uploaded 400gb and downloaded 120. And speed test is 14mb down and 1mb up. Does this ring a bell. How do you upload 400gb in 1 week time, with a 1mb up! And user doesn't have seedbox. Something is wrong and go with gut feeling. Make sure everything adds up. Now, if this user was in the tracker say 24 weeks. Then this is feasible. I hope you understand, and you can add this to your tutorial if you like. Nice tutorial by the way!

Originally Posted by kongfranon

I have one quick question about profile links. When someone in a giveaway ask for it, what link do I give exactly?

Is that the one where it says usercp followed by a few numbers? Is the link suppose to have your name in it?

Most trackers will have a profile link labelled "profile" and this is not what they're asking for. Most profile links can be accessed by clicking on your username. Then copy and paste the url from your browser. Should always look like this:

hxxp://www.YourTracker.com/userdetails.php?id=54218

Also note that you will be giving a possibly untrustworthy individual very personal information like your IP and pass key. So you will have to do your own checks on your inviter following darktorrent's tutorial.