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We have 234,120 registered users (72,704 power users). We are tracking 11,231 torrents of which only 1 is unseeded.
We currently service 265,439 peers (4,831 anonymous). 252,647 seeders and 12,792 leechers. Overall ratio of our pooled peers is 19.750.
Latest Blog Posts
- So you have a suggestion for BBT by kureshii 4 months and 5 days ago
- Mod work. by Chiyachan 6 months and 5 days ago
- BakaBT Staff by Jarudin 7 months and 25 days ago
- Meeting the Plebians - BakaBT Official Meet-Up. September 2011. by Chiyachan 7 months and 25 days ago
- BakaBT Meet - September 2011 by Jarudin 7 months and 25 days ago
Immediate staff changes
Posted by Duki3003 at 23:53 pm on March 31st 2012
In the past few months, I have received numerous complaints regarding the handling of torrents and also general staff behaviour. As time has passed, I've been getting more and more complaints. Not only have they failed to keep the number of offers low, on more than one occasion, their troll efforts have resulted in permanent damage to our database that still has yet to be repaired, almost ruining the tracker and site entirely! The combined severity of their incompetence and trollness has lead me to do this:
Effective immediately, ALL staff members are fired. Even BBT, because he's too fat and lazy now. Stop feeding him cookies. Instead, I would like to welcome the following members as our new staff: Takeshi, neo1024, xgraphy, Cuan, Mirgond and Reesebiz.
-Duki3003
Update: Oddly enough replacement staff turned up to be just as lazy as their predecessors, so being a kind spirit and receiving plenty of apology letters, cookies and a few promises that they'll behave, I decided to offer them a second chance. So most of the old crew is back.
Donations part III
Posted by Duki3003 at 0:40 am on March 10th 2012
As some of you may be aware our secure payment processor has been having difficulties for the past couple of months, and is still unable to process credit card transactions which has generally brought donations almost to a stand still.
With the next bill creeping up on us, if you are financially able and your country is supported, please consider making a local bank transfer via AlertPay and then donating directly from your balance otherwise we risk our server going offline.
Do note that during this time, we will not be closing donations even if we reach the amount required due to these circumstances.
For the past weeks I have also received a lot of questions of type: "Why not PayPal?"
Unfortunately we do not have the luxury of using other payment processors at the moment. We have indeed used PayPal and MoneyBookers in the past but they have, on multiple occasions, terminated our accounts, with and without reason. In the meantime we are looking into other payment processors, but with little luck as far mostly due to the nature of our site, region lock/unavailability or simply unacceptable fees.
-Duki3003
10-bit video policy update
Posted by Duki3003 at 14:42 pm on February 23rd 2012
After careful deliberation and number of discussions we have decided to treat all 10-bit encodes equally.
Staying true to our goal of accepting only the best releases regardless of the way it's encoded all releases will have to be compared before the best one is accepted for every group we accept.
So what does this mean? Well, usually where we already accepted 10-bit version where as 8-bit was kept it was because the newer encode was in some way deemed better, and the 8-bit will be removed. However we may allow some exceptions in group D if there is reason for it. New releases will be compared like normal.
You should also bear in mind that this does not mean all BakaBT content is now going to be replaced, only the stuff that gets reworked, and that a number of fansubbers have already embraced 10-bit and most newer stuff will usually be released in 10-bit.
As far as compatibility is concerned disregarding hardware players, which are usually incapable of playing HD encodes, most PCs that were able to process HD encodes and high bitrates with proper codec/video player.
-Duki3003
Help the ACTA and TPP protests this Saturday
Posted by Duki3003 at 22:30 pm on February 9th 2012
SOPA's supporters are pushing two agreements: ACTA and TPP. ACTA would criminalize users, encourage internet providers to spy on you, and make it easier for media companies to sue sites out of existence and jail their founders. Sound familiar? That's right, ACTA is from the same playbook as SOPA, but global. Plus it didn't even have to pass through Congress.
TPP goes even farther than ACTA, and the process has been even more secretive and corrupt. Last weekend (we wish this was a joke) trade negotiators partied with MPAA (pro-SOPA) lobbyists before secret negotiations in a Hollywood hotel, while public interest groups were barred from meeting in the same building.
Trade agreements are a gaping loophole, a secretive backdoor track that--even though it creates new laws--is miles removed from democracy. Trade negotiators are unelected and unaccountable, so these agreements have been very hard for internet rights groups to stop.
But now the tide is turning. Fueled by the movement to stop SOPA, anti-ACTA protests are breaking out across the EU, which hasn't ratified ACTA. The protests are having an impact: leaders in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia have backtracked on ACTA. Now a massive round of street protests in over 200 cities is planned for this Saturday February 11th.
Sources:
1. For more information on ACTA, read these excellent articles from Techdirt and La Quadrature du Net. For information on TPP, read this Ars Technica piece. For video, watch this.
2. Obama's signing of ACTA may have been unconstitutional. See Anti-counterfeiting agreement raises constitutional concerns and Techdirt.
3. Hollywood gets to party with TPP negotiators, public interest groups get thrown out of the hotel.
4. Ars Technica: Czech, Slovak governments backing away from ACTA, too.
BakaBT joins the internet strike!
Posted by Duki3003 at 21:16 pm on January 17th 2012
On January 18th BakaBT will join the strike against internet censorship. Our services as well as the tracker will be unavailable from 8AM-8PM EST. Only our forum will remain open to allow discussion for all interested - topic.
On Jan 24th, Congress will vote to pass internet censorship in the Senate, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed. We need to kill the bill - PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House - to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity. We need internet companies to follow Reddit's lead and stand up for the web, as we internet users are doing every day.
Take action:
http://americancensorship.org/
http://sopastrike.com/
Update: SOPA and PIPA have both been shelved indefinitely! See here for more details!
Thanks for participating again!!
Posted by Southrop at 0:39 am on January 15th 2012
Once again, the BakaBT mahjong tournament finally draws to a close! Thanks to the many people who participated in the tournament this year. Unfortunately, the tournament wasn't as big or exciting as last year, but I think we still got to see quite a lot of fun matches this year! It's a bit of a shame that the matches dragged on for a bit and we had to play the final after the Winter Holidays though.
Many congratulations to fenet for taking first place in the competition this year, defeating last year's champion, vuzedome, in the final match!
Prizes should have been awarded already.
Enjoy the following freeleech mahjong-related titles for now: Saki, Akagi, Tetsuya, Ten - Tenna Toori no Kaidanji, and the the OVA and manga for Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku. I'll be disabling freeleech for those titles in about a day from now, so grab them while you can!
BakaBT merchandise at CafePress
Posted by Duki3003 at 15:19 pm on April 3rd 2012Get an official BakaBT mug or mouse pad featuring what's now an official BakaBT mascot.
Small proceeds from every sale go to help cover our future server bills.
We're currently in experimental stage, no idea how successful this project will be.
Official BakaBT shop is open for business.
Note: CafePress is available internationally: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States & Worldwide.
Update: Help us design BakaBT T-Shirt - here.
Update 2: We moved the shop to CafePress.
-Duki3003