How do to become a trusted member on TPB?

[gaowenhuo]

I was wondering if anyone could instruct me and anyone else interested on how to become a trusted member on TPB? Thanks.

[Moe]

The smart ones read the FAQ first.

[RobertX]

Asking these kinds of questions is like asking, "how to be a great guy."

The answer is simple; be one.

[Q91]

The first rule of Trusted Members Cclub: Never talk about Trusted Members Club

[LZA]

from FAQ section #3 User Accts:

"...Don't ask - applications are not accepted and will reduce your chances. Just carry on uploading quality torrents and one day your skull will come. For further information, read this thread..."

Oops, looks like you reduced your chances...

Can your chances be affected by your post status here? Meaning, if your trusted by everyone here, will that make your chances of being VIP or trusted come quicker? I'm sure that'll have something to do with it, as I've seen people without a skull upload a lot more than those with a skull.

PS: Just a general question... I know when I find something worthy of uploading, you guys will probably create a "untrusted" yellow skull...
I mean, I have stuff I could upload, but when I search, it's already there... Aren't redundant uploads frowned upon???

[Spud17]

Can your chances be affected by your post status here?

No. If you're well known to staff/crew on the forum, it doesn't necessarily mean you'd be a good uploader, but I do know what you're getting at.

When considering an uploader for promotion to skulled status, crew take a number of factors into account. For reasons of common sense, we don't, and won't divulge what those factors are outside our inner circle. If we did, those with malevolent intentions would make sure they tick all the right boxes in their bid for promotion, then go on to upload malware-infected torrents etc.

I mean, I have stuff I could upload, but when I search, it's already there... Aren't redundant uploads frowned upon?

No, members are free to upload whatever they want. If you have something to share, the existing torrent might be unseeded or completely dead, so a new upload of the same content may bring it a lease of life, plus you might be providing it in a different format. You shouldn't worry too much about that anyway, and if you really want to upload something, go ahead and do it for the sheer fun of it,  and for the buzz of having uploaded something to TPB. If you have crappy innernets, start off with a small file such as an ebook or an album, it'll help you gauge the best times of day for uploading stuff (many will upload larger files before going to bed knowing their upload speed will be faster once all their other apps have been shut down for the day).

Uploading btw, is surprisingly straight forward. See this tut for how to upload using utorrent, which I know you use:

https://pirates-forum.org/Thread-2010-Ho...g-uTorrent

[LZA]

Uploading btw, is surprisingly straight forward. See this tut for how to upload using utorrent, which I know you use:

https://pirates-forum.org/Thread-2010-Ho...g-uTorrent

Yes, I downgraded actually to 2.2.4 as the advice of the superior minds here

Thanks for the info and the link Spud, I'll give it a shot... God knows I've downloaded enough...Time to reciprocate!