Torrent section too strict

[motherofass]

The posting restrictions make sense when it comes to DDL but I think the site should allow everyone to post torrents, and perhaps you can divide them into subsections. I appreciate girlcelly's hard work but there are no torrents for games released 2010 and earlier. With all the hosts dead now you have to pray the game you want is still alive on Share or PD, and even if it is it can take days to get it sometimes. If the torrent section was more "open," allowing anyone to post their old games, I think it would be for the best. Please consider it

[Animaksiat]

well... that's why i think they made game request thread

[Will98]

You should apply to be an uploader if you want to post and seed files.

[Checkmate]

Can you clarify which part of the torrent section being too strict?

I think the problem lies in nobody want to post torrent since they don't gain anything.

[motherofass]

Maybe it is that too many people are greedy these days but to simply torrent some old games you have to make 30 non-spam posts, fill out some kind of questionnaire, etc. If you don't understand english too well this seems like a lot of hassle. I'm fluent and it still seems like too much trouble. If not for the recent file host crash I'd be at around 5 posts right now. Anyway as long as the forum is well moderated for dupes and self-promotion I think a more open torrent section would be nice

[alexsdu]

If my connection is fast, and I can get my hand of stuffs 2-3 days after they were aired, I would upload it using torrent.
Plus I dunno know how to upload using torrent. But I can seed, thou, as long I have the file(s).

[WsE]

Maybe it is that too many people are greedy these days but to simply torrent some old games you have to make 30 non-spam posts, fill out some kind of questionnaire, etc. If you don't understand english too well this seems like a lot of hassle. I'm fluent and it still seems like too much trouble. If not for the recent file host crash I'd be at around 5 posts right now. Anyway as long as the forum is well moderated for dupes and self-promotion I think a more open torrent section would be nice

This goes for the entire download section. If you wish to become an uploader you have to fullfil the requirements. Due to the massive flood from Hongfire there's A LOT to keep track of. Keeping everything "well moderated" is more than just saying it. When we form clear rules with guidelines it gets a lot easier for us to look through and weed out the bad. We have people applying for uploader even with these requirements, so it works.

[orisa]

Getting 30 posts isn't really hard here considering post counts aren't disabled in the spam section...
I agree with the current restriction of having to apply for an uploader status, but I also think the post count requirement is a bit redundant. /2cents

[Will98]

I think the uploader status restriction is due to not knowing who would up load what.

My 1 cent.

[corocoro]

The restrictions were put in place to keep out those annoying people who register a new account to continue spamming the DDL section after they already got banned for breaking the rules.

Besides, if I were to paraphrase your request it would sound like this:

Please increase your workload further (because replacing thousands of dead links isn't enough work), so you can then lower the requirements for making threads (and thus reduce the quality of said threads and he forum as a whole).

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Yeah, doesn't sound all that good a deal to me.