Torrents and You

[mtxblau]

Not to be a troll or any such, but since monetarily I have nothing I can quite give to SX for its continuance, I'd like to host some of the many numerous obscure Saturn games I have filed away on my PC.

I'm not sure how to go about it, and was hoping perhaps a crash course could be found?

I have basically 384 kb/s up. Is that enough to seed a torrent? What program would I be needing?

I'd just like to give back to the website that I gave half my college years to, while I'm at work not using my bandwidth.

 

[racketboy]

Big overview of the whole torrent thing

A smaller guide focusing on how to make and seed a torrent

The software I use to make a torrent

Maybe this should be a sticky in the Torrents forum 🙂

 

[VertigoXX]

We'll make an info sticky once we have tracker info to put in it.... 🙂

 

[mtxblau]

So, this particular tracker listed, the sk8 one, is that one you use, Racket? Or is there a preferred tracker for SX?

 

[racketboy]

Actually, I just use Saturn Torrent's tracker

 

[mtxblau]

st.satxadvanced.net?

Looks like a board that you have to register to. I haven't tried any of your torrents, but would people have to sign up there?

I'm guessing creating a tracker requires a huge amount of bandwidth...

 

[racketboy]

you don't have to register to use the tracker -- you just stick it in there.

You only have to register to post it on their boards and such.

I could post any torrents there if you would like