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bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 01:31 PM

Ah well, it was good while it lasted. I'm sure some of you know what I'm talking about.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Dec 19, 2004, 01:33 PM

Greetings everybody,

As you have probably noticed, we have often had downtimes. This was because it was so hard to keep this site up!
But now we are sorry to inform you all, that ******** is closing down for good in the way that we all know it.
We do not know if ******** is going to return, but it is certainly not going to be hosting any more torrent links.
We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything.

Thank you all that helped us, by donating mirrors or something else, by uploading and seeding files, by helping people out on IRC and on forum, by spreading the word about ********.org.
It is a sad day for all of us!

Please visit ********.org every once in a while to get the latest news on what is happening and if there is anything new to report on.

As we wish to maintain the nice comunity that we created, we are keppig forums and irc servers open.

Thank you all and Goodbye!
sloncek & the rest of the ******** Team

SafariX · Dec 19, 2004, 01:33 PM

****.

bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 01:34 PM

Pretty crappy they've gone, you could find some really obscure movies on there, especially Asian ones.

Twilly Spree · Dec 19, 2004, 01:36 PM

www.torrentreactor.com

did P2P music stop after Napster was neutered?

There are many comparable sites to ********.org

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Dec 19, 2004, 01:36 PM

I thought they were even creating their own Torrent software?

And it is totally retarded the way Supernova is censored around here.

d0ubled0wn · Dec 19, 2004, 01:38 PM

That's ok. *********** is better.

bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 01:39 PM

The other torrent sites are ok, but Supernova had the best stuff, always good turn around of material, plus the categorie search was excellent.

Yeah, the supernova censorship thing is daft.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 19, 2004, 01:40 PM

Kinda sad. I can get all my torrents from other places but they were really good.

PacHead · Dec 19, 2004, 01:58 PM

**** *********.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 19, 2004, 02:01 PM

Originally posted by PacHead:
**** *********.

I couldn't have said it better myself

bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 02:02 PM

/. has picked up on the story. Torrentbits has also closed up shop.

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...12258&from=rss

ambush · Dec 19, 2004, 02:21 PM

Loki Torrent!

long live supr nova dot org

ae77 · Dec 19, 2004, 03:34 PM

sad. it was an awesome place to get tv shows i missed.

bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 03:57 PM

Check out lokitorrent's sister site, mufftorrents, lol, man, I bet some of you reprobates will be divin in there.

Jaey · Dec 19, 2004, 04:01 PM

Dammit.

I loved ********.

bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 04:23 PM

wtf is going on? It's not just supernova, tvtorrents has gone, youceff has gone (one of the other good ones), and now I hear loki might be closing up.

weird.

bamburg dunes · Dec 19, 2004, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:

And it is totally retarded the way Supernova is censored around here. [/B]

I just add the extra 'e', nothing better than breaking the rules

Xeo · Dec 19, 2004, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by bamburg dunes:
wtf is going on? It's not just supernova, tvtorrents has gone, youceff has gone (one of the other good ones), and now I hear loki might be closing up.

weird.

tvtorrents was just working the other day. At least, the net version. com has been down a while. Now it's a redirect. Weird. demonoid still works though.

Peter · Dec 19, 2004, 04:43 PM

DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO BUY OUR FILMS/GAMES/APPLCIATIONS/MUSIC ???!???

Wiskedjak · Dec 19, 2004, 04:48 PM

Originally posted by Peter:

DOES THAT MEAN WE HAVE TO BUY OUR FILMS/GAMES/APPLCIATIONS/MUSIC ???!???

Don't be silly. Something else will replace Bittorrent eventually.

lil'babykitten · Dec 19, 2004, 05:09 PM

Where am I gonna get Due South eps from now?!!?!?!?!

ambush · Dec 19, 2004, 05:20 PM

so what's the logical evolution?

distributed search + bittorrent + encryption

**** the mpaa, **** the riaa, **** em all dirty capitalist bastards.

Goldfinger · Dec 19, 2004, 06:07 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
so what's the logical evolution?

distributed search + bittorrent + encryption

**** the mpaa, **** the riaa, **** em all dirty capitalist bastards.

Bring on the revolution !

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 19, 2004, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
Where am I gonna get Due South eps from now?!!?!?!?!

I think its better that you can't actually.

Peter · Dec 19, 2004, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by ambush:
distributed search + bittorrent + encryption

bingo

ironknee · Dec 19, 2004, 06:45 PM

god damnit! i mean ********! where's the next place?

nooon · Dec 19, 2004, 08:13 PM

crap!
what am I supposed to do now?!

Super Nova · Dec 19, 2004, 08:14 PM

oh wow, i thought you were talking about me, I got scared there for a second....

yeah, tis a shame

SuperNova

Superchicken · Dec 19, 2004, 09:57 PM

This really sucks, just when I was getting into TV piracy.

thesearcher · Dec 19, 2004, 10:00 PM

I have to ask: Are all the ***'s some sort of running gag?

Cadaver · Dec 19, 2004, 10:30 PM

Well, ***** you.

Mafia · Dec 19, 2004, 10:40 PM

irc > torrent, but torrent was great for finding obscure stuff and also older stuff.

Super Nova · Dec 19, 2004, 11:29 PM

*** ** *** *** ***

so ha

SuperNova

t6hawk · Dec 19, 2004, 11:48 PM

You guys do realize that ********.org was only a MIRROR. The other ones are still online and are working. I'm staring at another mirror right now. visually the site is a bit different but the torrents are identical / same listing

ambush · Dec 20, 2004, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by t6hawk:
You guys do realize that ********.org was only a MIRROR. The other ones are still online and are working. I'm staring at another mirror right now. visually the site is a bit different but the torrents are identical / same listing

yes but they won't be updated anyways... and search is gone, etc.

t6hawk · Dec 20, 2004, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by ambush:
yes but they won't be updated anyways... and search is gone, etc.

True

moonmonkey · Dec 20, 2004, 01:37 AM

Originally posted by lil'babykitten:
Where am I gonna get Due South eps from now?!!?!?!?!

From http://www.lando.co.uk/.

Edit: I read that as South Park, Sorry.

phantomdragonz · Dec 20, 2004, 03:12 AM

you know, I never got into the whole torrent thing, but I did visit the suprnova
website once, I also went to the tubgirl website, and I will never go there again!!!!

Zach

blackbird_1.0 · Dec 20, 2004, 03:35 AM

********'s making some program called exeem (?), which makes a person's computer its own tracker. Hope for a mac version.

Disgruntled Head of C-3PO · Dec 20, 2004, 03:35 AM

Originally posted by Superchicken:
This really sucks, just when I was getting into TV piracy.

Call me crazy but isn't stealing a sin?

blackbird_1.0 · Dec 20, 2004, 03:37 AM

The only stuff I downloaded was things not available on dvd.

TheBadgerHunter · Dec 20, 2004, 03:44 AM

Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
Call me crazy but isn't stealing a sin?

It's not stealing.

It is however violating a law (copyright) which is a sin.

Randman · Dec 20, 2004, 03:55 AM

What's a good one to start out with? I've not done it before but I'd like to be able to watch shows when travelling without having to wait and but the entire season on DVD.

Mafia · Dec 20, 2004, 04:54 AM

Originally posted by Randman:
What's a good one to start out with? I've not done it before but I'd like to be able to watch shows when travelling without having to wait and but the entire season on DVD.

same, and id on't want to buy a 50 dollar box set if i only like to rewatch one or two episodes. and with movies if i download it and don't buy it, i wouldn't have boughten it anyway so they aren't losing any money from me.

iOliverC · Dec 20, 2004, 09:01 AM

Where the hell do I get my Joey episodes now, TorrentBits and ******** have now both disappeared in one day.

Someone on /. came up with a theory that this closure could be a publicity stunt, and they will return when Exeem is released.

A sad day....

starman · Dec 20, 2004, 09:31 AM

*** ... ***

ReggieX · Dec 20, 2004, 09:42 AM

voodoo · Dec 20, 2004, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by Mafia:
irc > torrent, but torrent was great for finding obscure stuff and also older stuff.

I usually leave the IRC alone except when I need to find incredibly rare or obscure stuff.

Everything is on the IRC. It has never failed me. It is a lot more difficult to find things there though. It takes time and research. It's the human contact that gives IRC its immense depth. You have to chat a bit to find things.

BitTorrent is neat for the new and big stuff IMO. DVD rips, huge audiobook collections - in fact everything bigger than a GB is what BitTorrent is good for. The old (as in good) stuff sometimes creeps in but completely at random like the rest of the stuff available on the trackers.

To be a pirate on the seas of the net you have to wield the IRC sword, the BT cannons, the Newsgroup navigation and the FTP treasure maps. Arr.

Luca Rescigno · Dec 20, 2004, 10:09 AM