Giving Thanks!

Okay all, let me start by saying that I am brand spanking new here. After interviewing with ravakk last night, I promised that I would participate and “not be a wallflower”. So, since I have many torrenting experiences to be thankful for, here goes my first real post…

I want to start by thanking Demonoid. Yes, I know… lots of “leet” types turn up their noses at Demonoid, but I truly love that tracker. It’s huge, easy to seed, has tons of torrents, and a really amazing community (if you bother to get involved in the forums). Anyway, before Demonoid had their current problems (and I hope they get them sorted out soon), I was sharing a lot of music (particularly jamband stuff… GD, WSP, Moe, ABB, etc) and there seemed to be a core group of us that were posting similar kinds of things and thanking each other, etc. I got to know several of these posters quite well and we still hang together on forums on some other trackers (at least til Demonoid is back up). So there is my first thanks… thanks to Demonoid for letting me make some amazing friends (we’ve been PM’ing for well over a year now!)

Another thanks to Demonoid for their invite forum. It’s the first place that I learned about other trackers, and proper etiquette, and proper invite technique. I lurked and read on their invite forum until I got the knack of things. Thanks to that forum, I learned how to study for, and take the IRC test for What.CD. I am now an Elite member on What (looking toward TM) and I owe it to my humble start on Demonoid. I also remembered my buds from the last paragraph and they are with me on What as well. Demonoid was also the place I got the opportunity to join RevTT… an outstanding tracker with incredible speed. Hmmm…. did I mention that some people turn up their noses at Demonoid? I don’t think so! Thanks again Demonoid for preparing me for the world of private trackers.

Then I’ll give another thankful shout out to What.CD. This is easily my very favorite tracker. The community there is second to none. I was welcomed with open arms and became a forum fanatic. I have met more great friends there than I can name. And I can’t even count the nights that could have been very lonely, and instead were filled with camaraderie and fun, all thanks to What! I cannot speak highly enough of this tracker. And like all things in the tracker world, What has opened doors for me to a load of other trackers, but more importantly, to the communities behind the trackers. Thanks What!

My last thankful bit goes out to FSF. I was spending a little spare time there recently, reading up on all things torrent, when I happened to notice them discussing a forum called TPS. After being intrigued by what I read, I decided to log into my IRC client and have a chat with ravakk… so here I am! Thanks FSF.