CopyThatFloppy Confirmation E-Mail Issues Fixed, Signups Open

We usually do not feature the same torrent tracker twice on this blog within a week but consider this an exception. Some of you might remember our recent post about the promising new software only torrent tracker CopyThatFloppy. Although the article received many views, it was badly timed; there was an issue with CTF’s registration system and many folks who tried to sign up ended up not receiving the account confirmation E-mail. Thankfully, this issue is now fixed and anyone who ran into problems last time should now be able to create an account without any issues. On another note, CTF has ramped up the number of daily uploads during the last couple of days and the site now tracks over 150 applications within a week since launch.

A new post on site homepage acknowledges problems encountered in the past few days:

First of all I would like to apologize for all the site problems that we have been experiencing. Testing the site revealed none of these issues. I am currently working on getting everything fixed. Again, I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
The confirmation email problem should have been fixed. If you know people or hear of those that haven't received an email, please ask them to join the #help chan in our irc. If you received an email, but were manually registered, just ignore it.
IRC should now be working too. Tux has been restarted.
Thanks for being patient with all the bugs!
-linus

Some accounts were manually confirmed by staff – these users should not have any problems logging in. Some others may have received the confirmation E-mail at a later stage so double check your E-mail account before attempting to re-register. For any further assistance, log onto the CTF IRC Help channel which is located at irc://irc.copythatfloppy.org:6667/help

In case you are reading about CTF for the first time, it’s a specialized private tracker for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iPhone OS and Android software. For a detailed overview and screenshots of this tracker please refer to our previous review located here.

Site Name: CopyThatFloppy (https://ssl.copythatfloppy.org)

Signup URL: https://ssl.copythatfloppy.org/register.php?lang=

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MagicProp – A New Magic Torrent Tracker Open For Signup

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – specialized magic torrent trackers are some of the hardest private trackers to get into. MagicTorrents, the last such tracker to be featured on this blog, actually required users to have a professional knowledge of magic. This is of course a fair practice if you see it from tracker staffs’ perceptive - most of these sites are built with the focus of sharing material between magicians so a member without any knowledge on the field would not do much good to the community. But if you are an amateur at magic or if you are a student planning to learn this wonderful art, here’s a magic tracker that currently has open signups. MagicProp is the newest magic torrent site on the block and open registrations would continue until the user count reaches 1000.

MagicProp Logo

MagicProp is branded as a completely new tracker but it seems to be connected to AOMK (AOM Killer – another magic tracker) in some way. Numerous news posts and torrent comments found on MagicProp have references to AOMK and even the forum avatar image of MagicProp owner has the text “AOMK Owner”. This weird connection aside, MP appears to be a decent magic tracker which is around 1 month old. At time of this posting, there were around 650 active torrents indexed on MP and it had a registered user base of 300 members.

Most of the torrents indexed on MagicProp can be downloaded by anyone including new members. However, there is a trader/VIP section which does have some restrictions – files listed under this section can only be downloaded if you upload something to MagicProp first (or if you are a VIP). As said earlier, this is a specialized magic tracker – you can find video, audio and ebooks related to a wide array of magic related subjects such as Balloon, Face Painting, Fire Eating, Hypnosis, Juggling, Packet Tricks, Pick Pocketing, Prosthetics , Scripts N Patter and many more.

MagicProp Index

As mentioned earlier, MagicProp is currently open for signup. We are told that open registrations would continue until the user limit hits 1000 members – this leaves around 700 more free spots up for the taking.

Site Name: MagicProp (http://magicprop.com)

Signup URL: http://magicprop.com/signup.php (The ‘Invite Code’ field is optional. You can leave it blank and continue the signup)

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ScienceHD Domain Issues – Here Are Some Workarounds

Earlier today, frequent visitors to the specialized documentary, science fiction and infotainment torrent tracker ScienceHD were greeted with the dreaded ‘Domain Expired’ error message. If you were feeling anxious that SHD was taken down by the powers that be, you can relax. SciHD’s domain issues are only temporarily and there are already several alternative ways to access the site just fine. As we highlighted in a previous post, here’s a situation when following a torrent tracker on Twitter really paid off. SHD’s Twitter account alerted its followers about the downtime and provided workarounds to access the site immediately after domain expiry issues surfaced. Currently, there are two ways to access the site – one is by using HTTPS direct-IP method and the other is by editing the hosts file to manually map the URL to ScienceHD’s IP address .SHD’s core operations including downloading/uploading torrents and even online invite applications are currently fully functional despite domain issues.

ScienceHD Twitter

If you are still having issues accessing ScienceHD via its usual URL, you may gain entry into the site by using any one of the methods below:

Although the blackout came as quite a surprise to some members of SHD, there was actually a planned downtime scheduled for 30-31 December. Unfortunately, it appears that the downtime got extended unexpectedly – a news post on homepage reads:

Downtime Dec. 30 - Dec. 31
Just a heads-up that we will have some downtime on December 30th, which could possibly go over onto the 31st. Never fear, though! We'll be back 
EDIT: It should be at most one day, not two. Evidently December has 31 days in it, not 30. Who knew!
Update
So, obviously a bit more troubles going on than we originally planned for. We should have them solved soon, but in the mean time:
If you're using the direct-ip method to view the site (https://174.137.63.122/)), please try using this method: http://scihd.randomserver.net/
And tell your friends so they don't think we just disappeared, of course ;)

Note that SHD is only experiencing domain issues. All major site operations including torrent downloads continue to function normally.

If this is the first time you are hearing about this tracker, ScienceHD is a private torrent site specializing in science fiction TV shows, premium documentaries and other related infotainment content. Registrations are currently closed but you can get in if you successfully get through the online invite application. A detailed overview of the online invite application is located here while a full tracker review with screenshots can be found here.

Site Name: ScienceHD (https://174.137.63.122/index.php or http://sciencehd.info/)
Twitter Account: http://twitter.com/sciencehd
Invite Applications URL: https://174.137.63.122/applications.php or http://sciencehd.info/applications.php

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CopyThatFloppy – Software Only Torrent Tracker For Windows, Linux & Mac Apps

It’s a brand new year and here’s news of a brand new private tracker. It’s not everyday you see the launch of a BitTorrent site specializing in software. CopyThatFloppy (CTF) joins the limited number of appz trackers out there alongside the likes of Appz Bitshock and AppzUniverse. After being in beta for about a month, CTF launched to the public a couple of days ago on 31 December 2010. Based on the Gazelle codebase, this is probably the only new software tracker to hit the BitTorrent scene in 2010. CTF tracks all sorts of applications for Windows, Linux, Apple Mac and other operating systems including mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. Don’t expect to find movies or games here as this tracker is all about software and software only. If you are interested in becoming a member, registrations are currently open.

Copy That Floppy

A brief introduction of CTF (originally posted on site homepage), is quoted below:

Welcome to CopyThatFloppy!
We are a software only tracker, plain and simple. With a goal to be organized and build up a community to trade and discuss software. We will not be having video games on here. As the login screen said, "This is an archive, a tribute, to those great applications that many developers have spent countless hours coding."
A quick look around the site will show you we are rather empty right now. There is where you come in. We figured why should we take the easy upload when you can, so make sure to get the software you have lying around up here!
Feel you have knowledge to share? Have a question about something? Check out the Tutorials section! There you can request a tutorial be written, post one, even collect upload for answering people's questions.
Everybody, new and old to trackers, should read the rules and make sure you follow them. We would like to do this site right and not get off to any bad habits.
So welcome, make a few posts on the forums, join the irc, and enjoy the site.
-CTF SysOps (linus & sp)

As of right now, there isn’t a lot of content indexed on CTF. At the time of posting there were only around 25 torrents uploaded to the tracker. However, keep in mind that this site is only 2 days old. Since there are a lot of 0Day Appz releases pre’d by scene groups on a daily basis, CTF most likely will not face a shortage of torrents if they manage to index even half of these releases.

Note that the content on CopyThatFloppy is not limited to Windows software. There are a number of Mac and Linux applications uploaded and the predefined categories list suggests that tracker staff have plans to upload iOS and Android applications as well. All torrents are categorized and tagged for easy searching. Some of the available apps are free software and some are pirated material that come with key generators and cracks. In addition to torrents, there is a separate section for text based tutorials and tech guides.

Registrations for CTF are currently open. There are around 2500 free slots up for the taking so get in while you can.

Site Name: CopyThatFloppy (https://ssl.copythatfloppy.org)

Signup URL: https://ssl.copythatfloppy.org/register.php?lang=

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Awesome-HD Registrations Open For New Year 2011

This is our first post for the year 2011 and it’s good news for fans of high definition video content. Awesome-HD (AHD), a specialized HD tracker based on Gazelle RC2 codebase, has opened registrations for a limited time in celebration of the new year. Despite the loss of one of its main internal encoders (EuReKa) last year, this tracker managed not only to survive through the turbulent times but staff were also able to add many new features and enhancements as planned. AHD v4 now comes with a streamlined user interface, a new bonus system, subtitle and audio track integration for movies, requests, polls, collages and numerous other bug fixes. For those unfamiliar with the content on this tracker, it indexes HD movies, TV shows and documentaries including a lot of internal encodes unique to the site.

Awesome HD Logo

Although not as large as leading HD trackers such as HDBits.Org and Bit-HDTV, Awesome-HD has a strong user base of ~6000 members. As of 15/7/2010 AHD tracked 2700 active torrents which included 1500+ HD movies. These torrents include both scene and non scene releases. In fact, majority of the torrents indexed at AHD are P2P uploads ( a common characteristic of most specialized HD trackers). Video and audio content uploaded to AHD usually meet the following standards:

  • Movies - 720p/1080p x264 encodes + DTS/AC-3 + English subtitles in a Matroska container
  • TV –  Only Blu-Ray / HD DVD sources. Only complete seasons.
  • HD-Audio - DTS-HD, TrueHD, LPCM, FLAC

In addition, material with highest video quality are are tagged as AHD Gold encodes. AHD Gold encodes are usually 720p/1080p video that meet a rigorous set of encoding standards (full details can be found on upload rules page).

AHD Index

Apart from the usual set of releases you can find on almost any other HD tracker, AHD has some internal encodes released by groups such as FoRM, HiFi, FTW-HD, D-ZON3. These groups actively upload on AHD and this is a good place as any to find their latest encodes.

Registrations for AHD are currently open. The current max user limit of the site is set to 8000 and provided that registrations remain open until this limit is reached, there are around 2000 free slots available for the taking.

Site Name: Awesome-HD (http://awesome-hd.net)

Signup URL: http://awesome-hd.net/register.php

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TorrentLeech Invite Giveaway For 2011 – 30000 Free Signups

This was on the cards ever since the launch of TorrentLeech v3 and it’s finally happened. TL is conducting another mass invite giveaway online and needless to say this is a great opportunity for those of you who still haven’t made it inside this awesome torrent tracker. TL recently underwent a massive site overhaul and now features a brand new AJAX based used interface, advanced search features, detailed torrent description pages and tons of other usability enhancements and speed improvements. Last time this tracker organized a mass invite giveaway was back in September 2010 and that was in celebration of their new PlayStation 3 games category launch. More than 20000 users were recruited through the previous giveaway and this time around they are allowing in even more members – this would be a great new year present for 30000 more BitTorrent fans. Happy 2011!

TorrentLeech

As we have mentioned numerous times before, TorrentLeech is considered by many as the king of General/0Day torrent trackers. It pretty much tracks everything a BitTorrent downloader would ever need, ranging from movies, music, TV shows, games to electronic books. This includes a number of internal releases by P2P groups as well as some kick ass packs you wouldn’t find anywhere else. The site has a massive torrent index with over 41000 active torrents and a huge user base of 180000+ registered members. For a full description of TorrentLeech tracker including screenshots and a detailed overview of TL v3 features, we highly recommend you read our recent review located here. Several features and fixes introduced after v3 launch can be read about here.

Coming back to the invite giveaway, signing up for a new TL account is pretty straightforward. All you have to do is to enter HAPPY2011 as the invitation code, fill in the signup form + captcha and hit submit button.

Site Name: TorrentLeech (http://www.torrentleech.org)
Signup URL: http://www.torrentleech.org/user/account/signup/
Invite Code: HAPPY2011
Notes:

  • Password must include upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters and be at least 6 characters long.
    Example – P4sSw*RD
  • If nothing happens when you press the submit button, wait a couple of minutes until green checkmarks appear next to your username, email and password. Then try again.
  • It’s recommended that you use the latest version of either Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome browser.

This invite code would support up to 30000 new registrations. If you are thinking of creating a new account, you might want to hurry since there is huge demand for this tracker – it didn’t take a lot of time during last giveaway for the 20000 free slots to be taken.
UPDATE: This offer is now over. All 30000 invites have now been sent out.

Special thanks to Bugatti, Orion and Kayhaytha for the heads up.

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List Of Private Torrent Trackers & BitTorrent News Accounts To Follow On Twitter

With around 190 million internet users now having Twitter accounts, it has become a social network that no one can ignore. Twitter’s widespread use has prompted almost every major website to maintain a presence on the service and interact with their fans online. BitTorrent sites are no exception form this phenomenon – many torrent trackers, which usually resort to mediums such as IRC (Internet Relay Chat), forums and E-mail to communicate with their members, can now be seen maintaining official Twitter accounts to update users in real time. These accounts are frequently used to release latest sites updates, downtime news, free leech information, heads up on upcoming open signups and in some cases, even to conduct Twitter based invitation giveaways. This article includes a list of 80+ official Twitter accounts of torrent trackers which you can follow to stay up to date on happenings in the BitTorrent scene.

We published a similar post about a year back which summarized Twitter account details of 25 BitTorrent sites. This is a more complete article which has up to date information on even some of the newly launched trackers. Note that the core list featured on this post was compiled and sent to us by the guy behind @tracker_nfo. @tracker_nfo is a BitTorrent news service which operates solely on Twitter (Follow http://twitter.com/tracker_nfo to preview and receive updates). We have added some accounts to the original list, done some minor edits and linked to tracker reviews where applicable should you need more details on a particular tracker.

Twitter Accounts Of Active Private Torrent Trackers With English Content

Following sites deal with English content and almost all status updates can be expected to be in English language. Twitter accounts of 40+ torrent sites and 2 DDL forums are listed in this section.

Twitter Accounts Of Active Private Torrent Trackers With Regional/Localized Content

Following sites may index non English material specific to certain countries/regions. Status updates may not always be in English language.

Twitter Accounts Of Inactive Private Torrent Trackers

Sites associated with following Twitter accounts are no longer active.

Twitter Accounts Of Public BitTorrent Sites And Semi Private Trackers

Listed below are Twitter feeds of several public and semi private BitTorrent sites.

Unofficial Twitter Accounts That Are Not Operated By Tracker Staff

Following accounts appear to be the official Twitter presence of certain trackers but they actually are not. These are not operated by tracker staff and information relayed through these may not always be reliable.

If you know any other official Twitter feeds of BitTorrent sites not mentioned in this list, feel free to add them below as a comment. We will update the post with new information. And of course, don’t forget to follow @filenetworks – that’s our own Twitter feed which features real time automatic Tweets when new articles are posted, snap open signup updates, news on latest online leaks and more (Follow http://twitter.com/filenetworks to start receiving updates).

Once again, thanks a lot to @Tracker_nfo for the great work with the list.

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