Thread: BlackCats-Games (BCG) Review

Someone should really post how the SP system actually works. I'm going to take a few snap shots and quote a user on the BCG forum. Since I'm lazy, I'm not going to bother creating actual tables but post an image instead. Hah.

There's also an extensive FAQs with more detailed information, but I'm going to post the newbie guide instead. Makes for an easier read.

What is the Seed Points mod?

Our Seed Points mod is an exclusive system that always helps the members to seed their torrents whenever the uploading conditions are too hard. Since the torrents run out of leechers very fast, sometimes it gets really difficult to seed back the torrent you have just downloaded. The Idea behind this is if you get on a torrent early, and you upload while you're downloading, and upload after you finish, you will never need SP. If you jump on a torrent later, and you can't upload because there are not enough leechers, you will not get banned, because the system gives you a 1 ratio for just staying on the torrent. And it's not months of waiting for another leecher to show up.

How can I get the Seed Points?

There are some requirements that must be met so your torrent becomes eligible for the Seed Points mod. All the requirements must be met at the same time; otherwise, you will not collect any Seed Points.

1. You must have the full torrent downloaded. If you grab only a small part of it, you will never receive Seed Points.

2. The individual ratio for the torrent you are seeding must be less than 1.000. If you have a torrent which ratio is Inf. (Infinite), you will not receive Seed Points because Infinite is higher than 1.000.

3. You must not be the torrent uploader.

4. You must have the torrent active in your torrent history.

5. You must have at least 72 hours of active time on the torrent. The active time is the total time that you've spent connected to that torrent while downloading and seeding it. Only after the initial 72 hours of active time will you start receiving Seed Points. If the torrent is less than 500MB in size, you will only need an active time of 36 hours to start collecting Seed Points.

6. The seeder/leecher ratio must either be equal or higher than 20:1, which means 20 seeders for each leecher. If a torrent has 0 leechers, you do not have to worry about how many seeders there are because you will receive Seed Points anyway.

Let's see some examples:





7. You can now seed a maximum of 999 torrents regardless of your class and still receive Seed Points. Unlike in the past, the number of torrents you seed does not restrict whether or not you receive Seed Points.

8. Do I receive Seed Points for all torrents I am seeding at the same time?

No, you will only receive Seed Points for 2 torrents of all you are seeding. If you are a Power User and seeding 10 torrents at the same time, you will only receive Seed Points for 2 of them. Those 2 torrents are automatically chosen by the system (being the ones with lowest individual ratios).

9. How many Seed Points do I get?

The amount of Seed Points you receive depends on your connection status. If you are connectable, then you will receive 0.25 Seed Points each 15 minutes seeding the torrent. If you are unconnectable, you will receive 0.0625 Seed Points each 15 minutes seeding the torrent. Of course, the best option is to be connectable.

10. How long do I need to keep seeding and receiving Seed Points?

Every torrent has a Cost which is how many points you will need to collect until you are done seeding it. That Cost is calculated automatically and based on the torrent original size. For each 100MB in size, 1 point will be added to the torrent Cost, but there is a minimum Cost of 10 points. If you have a torrent with 1GB in size, its Cost will be 10. Torrents with 5GB will have a Cost of 50 and so on. A torrent with 500MB will have a Cost of 10 because of the minimum Cost. Also, if you upload some data of the torrent while seeding it, that will be used to reduce the torrent Cost, but always respecting the minimum Cost.

11. What happens when I receive as many Seed Points as the torrent Cost?

When this happens, within 15 minutes, the individual ratio for the torrent will be set equal to 1.000. The upload amount added to the torrent to become 1.000 will also be added to your global ratio.

12. Why do I have more Seed Points than the torrent Cost?

This will always happen when you have reached the torrent Cost, but the torrent is no longer eligible for Seed Points. In this case, you will have to keep seeding the torrent until it becomes eligible one last time so you receive your credits.

13. When can I stop a torrent?

You can always stop a torrent if it has an individual ratio of at least 0.800. If you are collecting Seed Points for a torrent, the moment you have enough points to match the torrent Cost, it will have an individual ratio of 1.000, being safe for you to stop it.

14. Where can I see the Seed Points?

They are listed in your user details page. To access that page, you will have to click on your user name at the top left corner of the tracker site. Then click on View Sp Overview.

The images below displays the SP accumulated, the Cost of the individual torrent, and whether or not you qualify for SP.

Quoted from BCG's forums with some fixes of my own.

Is noone giving away invites for BlackCat in the giveaway section? I can only access low level, so I do not know.

I really like their seed point system because I have very bad upload speeds.

Originally Posted by jk__90

Is noone giving away invites for BlackCat in the giveaway section? I can only access low level, so I do not know.

I really like their seed point system because I have very bad upload speeds.

Most members are giving away BCG invites in the Mid/Trusted sections. Just wait a bit until you get access to it, trust me its worth it man. BCG is great :P

Lucky is right, now is a great time cause theyre doing a very lax trial.
So keep your eyes peeled, or make a request.

definitely no comparing between BCG and other trackers Games also together and i can't say more you said about it in you post.
thank you for review

Comparing Bitgamer to Blackcats is like comparing a rusty old car to a shiny Ferrari. Sure, the old car will get you to your destination just as well, but is the ride as smoothly?

Bitgamer is a very "classical" torrent site. Only the newest torrents are really active so you'll download crap you don't really want just because it has a few leechers trying to build up a ratio surplus so you can later download the old stuff you actually want - with 5kb/s from one or two lonely seeders. On BCG you don't have to deal with all that bullshit. Thanks to the seed point system even 4 year old torrents are still perfectly healthy and you can get whatever you want whenever you want without a bad concience about your ratio and usually with fast speeds. BCG is simply the best tracker for games on all platforms.

So I'm still a little confused as to how a user obtains invites, or referrals, to this site. I recently became a member and am trying to find out the requirements of being able to obtain referrals. After reading the the FAQ on the site, all I saw mentioned was this :

K here we go. (this is very nearly coded, its just the bonuses and the promotions that need working on.)

Members must be a member for 6 months, doese not matter what class they are, before they can refer.

Users must have 25 torrents in their history, member for 6 months, Badge of Honour, and a .7 Actual ratio. This bit is not actually done yet.

Which the above does not even really mention how frequently they are handed out. Not only that but after reading through the posts in this particular thread, I'm seeing some conflicting information. So can someone tell me, as of right now, how does a user get invites/referrals for this site?

Right now the requirements you listed should be what you need. BCG is really trying to get a new fresh crowd in and thats proablly where your seeing the conflicts because the staff will lower the requirements so a bunch of people get referrals then they will revert back to the older settings :P or the harder ones as some people call them.

As for when the invites are given out im not to sure on that about a yr ago when i was trying to get into the site i had the dates in my head so i could stay on there irc and chat with the regulars in the waiting room. I just hit my 6 months and i meet all the other requirements but the 25 torrents im 1 shy there if i manage to get a referral before someone else answers the time of the month question ill post back :)

Originally Posted by Bubblegum

Which the above does not even really mention how frequently they are handed out. Not only that but after reading through the posts in this particular thread, I'm seeing some conflicting information. So can someone tell me, as of right now, how does a user get invites/referrals for this site?

BlackCat's is weird about how they hand out the referrals. Sometimes they give it out every month, sometimes they don't. Like right now, even if you were to meet the requirements, you would not gain any referrals.