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SmokedShroom
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Can someone explain Torrents to me?
#14094342 - 03/09/11 07:01 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I wanted to get a Twilight Princess: Legend of Zelda torrent for my mac cause I don't have a wii. I don't know anything about torrents though, and I don't want a virus or spyware.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14094369 - 03/09/11 07:07 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Go to utorrent, download it Go to demonoid, search for what you want, sort by seeders, get the one with the most seeders. open torrent file with utorrent
It will connect and download
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: hesus321]
#14094447 - 03/09/11 07:23 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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cool thanx. Do you know about torrents though, how they function on your computer, will my computer fuck up, do I have to pay, etc.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14094682 - 03/09/11 08:08 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think about a torrent file like a zip file. So, when you open a zip file, the files that are 'inside' are unpacked by whatever program you are using (winzip etc..) and then you can use them. But when you open the torrent file, the files that are 'inside' are all over the internet, and the program (uTorrent) downloads the files from all over the internet and then you can use them.
I try to pay attention to the torrent size before I download it. If it's a movie or a game it should be pretty big, if it's not so big then it's some type of malicious file.
After you download all the files in the torrent, you can run a virus scanner on them to make sure that there isn't anything fishy in there.
You don't have to pay.
Once you do what hesus said you will get it.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14094725 - 03/09/11 08:14 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Now i dont have much knowledge on the subject, but it is my understanding that torrents (the file you run using utorrent) are composed of a list of other computers that are seeding (allowing you to download) the file you want. utorrent downloads these little file packages from various seeders until you have all of the pieces of the file. torrents themselves are harmless and so is the torrent downloader. the websites however may have viruses. also the torrent you choose could be a downloader for a virus. so try to read comments of any file you get.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: Bambi]
#14096457 - 03/10/11 05:56 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yah, comments, trusted sources, and file size are key.
When my girlfriend moved in a few years ago and I was showing her how I get movies, games, etc., it took me awhile to explain to her that no, the new Harry Potter movie was not a five mb file, and that anyway, the first five comments said it was a malicious worm and not to download.
She fucked up the computer a few times before she understood.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: Madtowntripper]
#14097964 - 03/10/11 01:40 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Just download from Demonoid and you wont have a problem, and always read the comments on the torrent to see if it works and shit
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14098608 - 03/10/11 03:22 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Just a heads up. AFAIK Twilight Princess was only released for Wii and GC, so getting it to run on your mac will be another issue entirely. There are some emulators (Dolphin I think is the big one), but I don't know how well the game will run for you.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: F0SS1L]
#14099023 - 03/10/11 04:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah I'm not going to do it, based on what you guys have said it just sounds like a bad idea. I'm not risking fucking up my computer.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14099446 - 03/10/11 05:39 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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What are you talking about? How does it sound like a bad idea? I just told you as long as you use the good site, Demonoid, you will not get viruses or anything.
As long as you are not a retard, you will not get viruses. I never have
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: hesus321]
#14099731 - 03/10/11 06:28 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah, its pretty safe. you should definitely give it a try. if you want, post the link and we will tell you if we think its safe or not.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: Bambi]
#14099866 - 03/10/11 06:53 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm going to download U torrent, god damnit I hope I don't regret it.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14099938 - 03/10/11 07:07 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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when I search for Twilight princess in the search engine it just takes me to a search page showing other torrent sites. WTF?
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14099959 - 03/10/11 07:11 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Trackers: (aggregated from BitTorrent sites everywhere for reliability and speed) Tracker down, last changed - hours ago ? seeds, ? leechers, ? downloads Original, primary tracker http://inferno.demonoid.com:3393/announce inferno.demonoid.com:3393/announce: ? seeds
Directory: Zelda Twilight Princess Gamecube
Files: Torrent downloaded from Demonoid.com.txt 47 Bytes Zelda Twilight Princess Gamecube.rar 1.2 GB
1.16 GB in 2 files. Torrent created 51.2 weeks ago.
Thats what it says on Isohunt for one of the TW Princess torrents
so if I did get one that worked that means i could play it on my computer right after I downloaded right?
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14100619 - 03/10/11 08:55 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Im not really familiar with playing gamecube games on a mac.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: F0SS1L]
#14101627 - 03/10/11 11:35 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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No, once you download this game you are going to have to find an emulator. I've never done this for Gamecube.
BTW, Foss1l already mentioned this 
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F0SS1L said: Just a heads up. AFAIK Twilight Princess was only released for Wii and GC, so getting it to run on your mac will be another issue entirely. There are some emulators (Dolphin I think is the big one), but I don't know how well the game will run for you.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: eyeplanted]
#14101791 - 03/11/11 12:14 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah its just not worth it. I say fuck it. If I really want to play it again I'll just buy it and the wii. I was just going to do this if it was convenient.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: SmokedShroom]
#14102012 - 03/11/11 01:24 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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You could get an emulator but I believe the software is in an early build, therefore some games don't work and you need a highend PC to run it.
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: Jufin]
#14105875 - 03/11/11 08:33 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: Can someone explain Torrents to me? [Re: Choix Sinaloa]
#14106115 - 03/11/11 09:24 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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