weinabena Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hey, I', new to this whole thing (UTORRENT)and being a leecher doesn't sound like a good thing to be. SO... What is a leecher and how can avoid being one? :/Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadek Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 A leecher by definition is someone who does not have the complete copy of the torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weinabena Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 So why is that bad? isn't a torrent a program like a movie or music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurahashi Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 No, leecher is a person who is not uploading enough (usually - at least 1.0 ratio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weinabena Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I need to know how to share then. How can i upload? I don't want to be a leecher. at the moment my ratio changed by it's self.(1.6 to 1.8) all by it's self, i have no idea why. how can i share too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 When you download a torrent, you also upload the pieces you already have to others.In order to seed, you need to have the full file, so when your done with your download, you'll begin to seed automaticley. Just let it run for a while.Note: A ratio number over 1.000 means that you've given more then you've taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weinabena Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 is there anyway i can get a better ratio faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
µtorrent-Guest Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 "is there anyway i can get a better ratio faster?"if you would buy yourself a faster internet upload link you could have a better ratio faster ;-)just let the files seed as long as it is possible for you to do so. and your ratio wil be fine and you will be a good fellow for the p2p comunity.BTW: My stats:UL 86.8 GBDL 122 GBAnd this on an 2000/200 asyncronous DSL line ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miffo Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 The name derives from the leech, an animal which sucks blood and then tries to leave unnoticed. On peer to peer networks, a leecher shares nothing (or very little of little worth) for upload.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech_(computing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Eh, true, but a leecher can simply refer to someone who's downloading the torrent, as opposed to a seeder who's sharing the file, so being a leecher isen't always meant as something negative or an insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 But "leech" has a negative connotation to it, usually when people download (and contribute worthy amounts) they're referred to as a "peer"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Indeed I never liked how people refer to peers as leechers, and call downloading a torrent "leeching" a torrent. Sounds odd -- I still don't understand why someone would want to call themselves leeches when a more appropriate (and less negatively connotated) word can be used. Now there's almost a dual-meaning for leecher (both of which were already brought up in this thread), and it doesn't really help...A: "Stop being a leecher and seed more!"B: "But I don't have the full file, so how can I seed?"Obviously, person A was talking about person B's ratio, but person B took it as meaning downloading... What a stupid example xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooter Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 as for sharing,is there a way to see what another uploader has to share?thanks! what a great program this is! better than any other!pooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 The uploader is sharing whatever you're downloading in the torrent contents. BitTorrent is NOT your traditional P2P protocol, so no, you can't see any other files on another peer's drive other than what's in the torrent you're downloading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joakim_A Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Whats a Leecher?Well when you start to download a Torrent file you are a leecher untill you have the complete copy of the file and you turns into a Seeder. But remember that as a leecher you are also a Peer which means that you contribute your bandwidth to the others in the swarm.So why is Leecher a bad thing?One has to differ a Leecher as a function and Leecher as a status. As a function all Peers except the seeders are leechers. The individuals who dont give back enough data to the swarms they participate in though gets the status Leecher which is a really bad thing and they are very hated amongst us good Pirates:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Wouldn't it be simpler to say that a peer is someone in the swarm, a seed is a peer with 100% of the data, and a leecher is someone who doesn't share back?As I've said several posts before, it doesn't help new users by mixing the terminology up for them. All they're going to be wondering is "How can I not be a leecher [person who doesn't share back] while being a leecher [person who doesn't have 100% of the data]?" Obviously, someone's going to get confused, and unnecessarily at that (seeing as how there are clearer terms available to be used). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zachary Landgraf Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Is there an exact ratio to be considered a leecher? Thanks,Zach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collingwood Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 I'm not a leecher.I have used uTorrent for quite a while - I have super fast internet20mb/sec down4mb/s upSo I went and I downloaded a few movies (i.e. 50gb) then realised that I had left them running over night = equating to 16gb of upload as well - one productive day 66gb in a day Now I limit my upload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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