Thread: Wunza (Wunza) Review

http://wunza.ws/

The site (which is run by a new owner) is now back online with open registrations. That’s not all – new ownership seems to be making much needed changes to thetracker including UI enhancements that look pretty cool.
While it’s good that Wunza returned after a prolonged downtime, their torrent and user databases seem to have got reset in the process – the site is basically starting over from scratch. As a result, at the time this post is being written Wunza doesn’t track that many torrents. Site statistics as of 27/12/2009 list around 60 torrent files and close to 400 registered members.
Even after the return, Wunza continues to be a specialized movie tracker. It indexes movies encoded in multiple formats including XViD, x264 as well as untouched DVDR and Blu-Ray. Both scene and p2p releases are indexed. Right now all the uploaded torrents are on free leech and we hear from staff that it may remain this way forever (if that happens, Wunza could almost become a ratio freetracker).
A notable change in the resurrected site is their new torrent browse page. It certainly looks beautiful but there’s also the risk of alienating users who are used to the traditional browse page (perhaps another theme that retains the classic layout may solve this issue).

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This one is starting and looks fresh... grab it while you can

WUNZA currently has open sign-ups for the rest of today only - 4/4/2010

I have been a member of Wunza for just over a month now. Found it through TI in an open signups thread and love it. It is a fantastic community there, very friendly and helpful. There was recently some database corruption, but they already have everything nearly back to what it was when I joined. Wunza at this point is still freeleech and from what I've been told will permanently remain that way. That is not to say it is a "ratio-free" site, as there are still sharing requirements and HitnRun rules are also being enforced. Sign-ups are currently closed, but there has recently been discussion of opening them back up. I personally love the browse page that allows you to see the movie poster. Helps users find movies that they may not know the exact name of. There is also a classic view option, if you are really turned-off by this format. Another cool perk is listing multiple formats under one title. I have always personally found it annoying to see the same file listed 5 times in different formats and file sizes. Not the largest database out there, but quality is A+ I have no doubt that with a little more time this database will be at par with other trackers.

Due to the previous owner not paying the server bill, Wunza now has no home please continue to support us as we try and find a new home for wunza. Donations email has been changed, and Amira is no longer in charge of wunza.ws.

Please be sure to join the irc @ irc.wunza.ws/6667 ssl:7000 #Wunza for more information on when we will be back.

Sincerely, Flick

This is what you can read on wunza.ws

it's a sad thing that most trackers don't have problems in their work because of police but because internal relations & communication between staff members... it reminds me a bit on a PTP problem which popped out a few months ago... & I wonder why people so sceptic when it comes to donations...

So it might comeback again?

-- as the announcement says:

Please be sure to join the irc @ irc.wunza.ws/6667 ssl:7000 #Wunza for more information on when we will be back

-- anyways, wunza was meant to die sooner or later... the speeds weren't that great, many torrents lacked seeders and the community itself wasn't such an active one, after all. Also, it had to compete with PTN, C* and PTP.

new announcement @ Wunza, post just 1 day ago :

As you all know, Wunza was temporarily MIA. That problem has been resolved. Although the site is back, the tracker is still undergoing DNS updates and should be along shortly. Thanks to all for their patience and welcome home!

~Staff

I'm glad that Wunza's back... it's a weird tracker, weird in a positive way... it offers some movies which cannot be found @ the most of other trackers... now we'll see is it just a temporary comeback or it's gonna become better & improved...

It is good to see Wunza is back, however I have just tried to log in and it does not recognise my account. Tried to access their IRC to no sucess, I hope that they will be up and running soon.

Everything is all back up over at Wunza. New IRC (which you can access from the front page), website and tracker are up. Please come check us out and check out my give-away! http://www.torrent-invites.com/33-gi...tml#post797578
I highly recommend Wunza. The best community I have encountered amongst numerous different places, freeleech for the month of December, contests, games and a request fill rate of 94.55%! See you there!