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adderallrules
10-28-2023, 07:55 PM
Anyone here have a membership to this site??? If so please contact me. I'm looking for something on there and I'm willing to do a trade to get them.

Thanks

cloggedmind
10-29-2023, 12:56 AM
Ooh, when they went to paid "'Emberships" and other forms of extortion, I gave up just like I gave up on The Original Trilogy site which relies so heavily on that scene.

Good stuff to be had if you have an unlimited supply of good stuff to keep The Elite happy. Or, lots of BitCoin to spread around. Rotsa ruck.

The Elite loves to announce collections posted but nevereverever want to share or trade.

Oh, and you should only refer to it as The Organ b/c it's so secret nobody knows it's a private Torrent tracker.

StarrNoise
10-29-2023, 12:06 PM
Ooh, when they went to paid "'Emberships" and other forms of extortion, I gave up just like I gave up on The Original Trilogy site which relies so heavily on that scene.

Good stuff to be had if you have an unlimited supply of good stuff to keep The Elite happy. Or, lots of BitCoin to spread around. Rotsa ruck.

The Elite loves to announce collections posted but nevereverever want to share or trade.

Oh, and you should only refer to it as The Organ b/c it's so secret nobody knows it's a private Torrent tracker.

Paid memberships? Been on it since 2004, never heard of that. It's definitely not a leeching tracker like others, it's a sharing community which is rare. They have been closed for years now but if you have things to offer, You can go to their discord server and talk to an admin about an invite.

adderallrules
10-29-2023, 08:08 PM
Can you give me a link to their server?

jeffcool
10-30-2023, 06:43 PM
howdy https://discord.com/servers

cloggedmind
11-01-2023, 03:09 PM
Paid memberships? Been on it since 2004, never heard of that. It's definitely not a leeching tracker like others, it's a sharing community which is rare. They have been closed for years now but if you have things to offer, You can go to their discord server and talk to an admin about an invite.

Sad, but true. Dyed-in-the-wool members offer "invites" for cold, hard, digital cash.

It's either that or you have to have something so ultra-rare and plentiful to upload and build a share ratio (your entire collection must be documented and submitted for evaluation to see if you're worthy), then (unlike The Elite) you must maintain your share:d/l ratio otherwise they'll kick ya' out in a second.

And, don't DARE ask for anything. "Begging" is verboten.

Used to be a good place.

Used to.

StarrNoise
11-01-2023, 03:19 PM
Sad, but true. Dyed-in-the-wool members offer "invites" for cold, hard, digital cash.

It's either that or you have to have something so ultra-rare and plentiful to upload and build a share ratio (your entire collection must be documented and submitted for evaluation to see if you're worthy), then (unlike The Elite) you must maintain your share:d/l ratio otherwise they'll kick ya' out in a second.

And, don't DARE ask for anything. "Begging" is verboten.

Used to be a good place.

Used to.

Like I said, It's a sharing community, not a "leeching" community. Why is that a bad thing? A lot of people there spend the time and money to hunt down tapes on marketplace, ebay, yard sales, estate sales (such as myself). Spend money on the equipment and time to digitize them and share for free on the tracker, To others that also contribute and do the same thing. Sounds like you think it's "unfair" to join this community if you have nothing to offer, Well how is it fair that people do to all that work, to give to someone that doesn't do anything?

It's the same thing as "trading" on this forum or elsewhere, but instead of 1 person, its multiple.

If the admin is asking for cash for invites, more than likely it's donations for server costs, Running a tracker isn't cheap month to month.

cloggedmind
11-03-2023, 01:49 AM
Like I said, It's a sharing community, not a "leeching" community. Why is that a bad thing? A lot of people there spend the time and money to hunt down tapes on marketplace, ebay, yard sales, estate sales (such as myself). Spend money on the equipment and time to digitize them and share for free on the tracker, To others that also contribute and do the same thing. Sounds like you think it's "unfair" to join this community if you have nothing to offer, Well how is it fair that people do to all that work, to give to someone that doesn't do anything?

It's the same thing as "trading" on this forum or elsewhere, but instead of 1 person, its multiple.

If the admin is asking for cash for invites, more than likely it's donations for server costs, Running a tracker isn't cheap month to month.

Pretty much, yep.

It is a little annoying being left out. Thing is, back in the day I had plenty to share and the Ee-Lites took what they wanted quite freely. Once their collections were satisfied, my presence was no longer required. Getting ousted after fulfilling the Ee-Lites' greedy needs is a bit of Dirty Pool, no?

Fair/unfair..? Whatever. There are members-only share sites on other platforms that I'm now involved with where people can ask for and just post stuff they think others will like without wanting anything in return. No money changes hands. Most files are on decent, free servers or cloud drives that the owners maintain just to store/share their collections on, and so-called members don't get weeded out just because their "ratios" don't please The Ee-Lite.

And, Organ Ee-Lites might be upset to know that their precious collections have been leaked and shared without payback, trade or compensation. That fact may rankle them and have them shouting "Unfair! I spent money and traded so much!" and so on.

Whole series' (is that the right plural?) like the A-Team broadcast restoration, the Married.. with Children restored eps that were s'posed to be exclusives? They're out there. I didn't get those by trading or spending money. I just asked in the right place and someone goes, "Oh, that's on this drive here," and sends the link.

One or two 'Spleeners might be upset that I actually have a copy of the long-thought-lost "International Animation Festival".. the one with Jean Marsh, but ain't sharing. Maybe I'll put it on archive dot org one day, but all that exhausting and uber-expensive digitizing and time spent laboring over transferring it from a flash drive.. I don't know how I'll recoup the cost.. [/satire]

I'm just bitter b/c I can be! Lulz!!:lol:

darkrage6
11-04-2023, 10:26 PM
I know some people on the Lost Media Wiki who are on myspleen so I pretty much just have them get stuff from there for me that I can't find on Usenet or TV Vault.

Spiny Norman
11-13-2023, 05:18 AM
And, don't DARE ask for anything. "Begging" is verboten.Don't they have a forum for that?
Oh well: Asking rarely works anyway, just look at this forum section. Pretty much ONLY people posting "ISO" about what they want.

Most torrent sites (not speaking specifically about myspleen that I know of) are sadly run by people who are either a-holes, very dim, or both.

cloggedmind
11-14-2023, 07:31 AM
Most torrent sites (not speaking specifically about myspleen that I know of) are sadly run by people who are either a-holes, very dim, or both.

Fact. And, there are other slightly more user-friendly sharing platforms, but even those are plagued with users who will scour over open collections and d/l any and everything you have available, but have all their files on lockdown and demand only the highest quality mkv, flac or other "lossless" material for access and (just like here) a 20:1 trade.. And they are serious! Like analyzing peak levels and spectrograph images of audio files and if they even think something has been upconverted or ripped "wrong" according to their Ee-lite standards, you in troub-ullll!

Idk, there have been instances here where someone asks for something that I happen to have, usually one missing show or one specific title, and I'll pass it on to them. I don't tend to expect anything in return.

My favorites are the folks who love to watermark the videos they transfer, like saying, "I own this exclusively" or the jerks (one in particular) who ruin videos on purpose with "Not For Broadcast" in one area of the screen AND a timecode in another part. Those are the types who are trying to migrate to Patreon to get people to cover all their transfer costs, but only dole out the "ruined" copies so they're not "de-valued".

And I'm still seeing people here who are generously offering small items for great quantities of cash, despite the """rules""", as they say. S'okay if its rrrrare material, though! Lulz!!

Spiny Norman
11-14-2023, 09:08 AM
Oh I would, if I could, fill requests. Some "new" stuff IS found - just not every day.

Turn-on appearing on youtube for example, or a few episodes of On the rocks.


The other side is that most people expect it all to happen automatically, and won't do legwork or pay money! (When it comes to that, the "not for broadcast" guy that I know scans his own 16mm prints, I think. So that speaks in his favour.)

StarrNoise
11-14-2023, 09:45 AM
A lot of comments I'm seeing from people who have never been to estate sales to buy collections and digitize.

cloggedmind
11-14-2023, 11:39 AM
The other side is that most people expect it all to happen automatically, and won't do legwork or pay money! (When it comes to that, the "not for broadcast" guy that I know scans his own 16mm prints, I think. So that speaks in his favour.)


A lot of comments I'm seeing from people who have never been to estate sales to buy collections and digitize.

I've been one to ask for stuff. I've also shelled out for tape collections (open-reel audio/vhs/beta/laserdisc/u-matic, anything magnetic), film prints, transfers and even the occasional unearthing of quad videotape material to be transferred which ain't cheap!

I've had some help, but never charged for anything, and did get a few swaps of which only 2 are marked Not For Share for reasons.

The stuff that I've put out is, well, still out there. And, I don't own copyright on any and some is actually public domain now. When I posted the stuff, it was with no charge. And without watermark. And no restrictions (yes, I've had threats from people claiming that I had to have their express permission to post still images from "their" films that they did not produce nor do they own copyright, only copied from borrowed prints). The collector-collective is a weird, self-sustaining ecosystem all to its own, where common sense and normalcy take an illogical turn, like an Esher or Dali painting.

And some of those collectors have gladly grabbed some of what I have put out there, slapped some fake Not For Broadcast-type graphics on some and shared/sold/what-have-you on their own terms. Even had one dude desperately and unsuccessfully trying to sell some material to a major video label as an attempt to cajole them into releasing the film with "his" footage, giving him credit and a piece of the profit. Those are the kind of people who ruin (say it Southern: roo-ween!) the whole scene, baby!

Sharers gonna share. Hoarders gonna hoard. Opportunists gonna take advantage.

It can be frustrating.

jocksinclair
12-16-2023, 01:56 PM
you must maintain your share:d/l ratio otherwise they'll kick ya' out in a second.


Tell me you were never a member without telling me you were never a member.

cloggedmind
12-17-2023, 01:57 PM
Tell me you were never a member without telling me you were never a member.

Claws out, there! Rawr!! New Person who happens to join right about the time another person gets booted for personal attacks.

Was in. Is out. Didn't follow "roo-wals", got slapped on back of hand.

Now, go back to your file hoard and stop trying to be clever. We can bicker all day, I don't mind and I encourage it. But you will not win.

EDIT: Yeah, I creeped yer profile, too. Not much to see in mine either. Not sure what your agenda is, but if you're lookin' for people who were attempting to sell d/l's from and invites to private trackers for $500, I think StarrNoise is a good start. You seem level-headed at the MST3K board, let's try to keep it civil here, too.

jocksinclair
12-17-2023, 07:35 PM
EDIT: Yeah, I creeped yer profile, too. Not much to see in mine either. Not sure what your agenda is, but if you're lookin' for people who were attempting to sell d/l's from and invites to private trackers for $500, I think StarrNoise is a good start. You seem level-headed at the MST3K board, let's try to keep it civil here, too.

Honestly, I checked your profile because I felt like you were overreacting and I was curious to see, is this guy a troll or what? Didn't seem like you are. I just responded because I thought it was funny to say that people get booted from the site for not maintaining ratio, because people on the actual site laugh all the time about how the mods ignore the ratio.

Knowing that somebody just got kicked out over here (for breaking the rules), the reaction makes more sense, but I assure you it's just random timing. I would never defend profiting in any way from these communities. I believe Norman might recognize me and if so would vouch for me that I may be an *******, just not *that* kind of *******.

cloggedmind
12-17-2023, 08:30 PM
This was a number of years ago and, yes, I was actually knocked out for my ratio dropping due to inactivity-- I was moving house and not online much for several weeks.

It's 99.9% just me being bitter about losing access, really. Then when someone like StarrNoise comes on, gets all personal and jumps my case, all the while trying to sell invites and material to other users here for bank I do tend to bristle.


Honestly, I checked your profile because I felt like you were overreacting and I was curious to see, is this guy a troll or what? Didn't seem like you are. I just responded because I thought it was funny to say that people get booted from the site for not maintaining ratio, because people on the actual site laugh all the time about how the mods ignore the ratio.

Knowing that somebody just got kicked out over here (for breaking the rules), the reaction makes more sense, but I assure you it's just random timing. I would never defend profiting in any way from these communities. I believe Norman might recognize me and if so would vouch for me that I may be an *******, just not *that* kind of *******.

StarrNoise
12-22-2023, 09:04 AM
Claws out, there! Rawr!! New Person who happens to join right about the time another person gets booted for personal attacks.

Was in. Is out. Didn't follow "roo-wals", got slapped on back of hand.

Now, go back to your file hoard and stop trying to be clever. We can bicker all day, I don't mind and I encourage it. But you will not win.

EDIT: Yeah, I creeped yer profile, too. Not much to see in mine either. Not sure what your agenda is, but if you're lookin' for people who were attempting to sell d/l's from and invites to private trackers for $500, I think StarrNoise is a good start. You seem level-headed at the MST3K board, let's try to keep it civil here, too.

Are you saying I was booted? I told you I ended the conversation because you weren't smart enough to comprehend what was happening. I don't lower my IQ to appease people like that.

Where was I selling invites for 500? That's a new one, I'm pretty sure I gave away plenty invites to people here. More false acquisitions. Shocker.


"gets all personal and jumps my case"
It's perfectly acceptable for you to be personal but not for others? Cool, nice flex. You simply just stated your sour because you couldn't keep a tracker membership active. Now it's everybody fault, obviously you don't take any accountability for yourself. Then you started critiquing people's grammar/spelling on an internet forum when you start running out of things to say, but couldn't do that correctly either. Bummer

cloggedmind
12-22-2023, 10:52 AM
Are you saying I was booted? I told you I ended the conversation because you weren't smart enough to comprehend what was happening. I don't lower my IQ to appease people like that.

Where was I selling invites for 500? That's a new one, I'm pretty sure I gave away plenty invites to people here. More false acquisitions. Shocker.


"gets all personal and jumps my case"
It's perfectly acceptable for you to be personal but not for others? Cool, nice flex. You simply just stated your sour because you couldn't keep a tracker membership active. Now it's everybody fault, obviously you don't take any accountability for yourself. Then you started critiquing people's grammar/spelling on an internet forum when you start running out of things to say, but couldn't do that correctly either. Bummer

False acquisitions? Heheheheheheh!!

Just enjoy your files, Butch.

Edit/Addendum. Yeah, I know. Looking back on this it is petty. And, our previous posts have been heavily moderated with good reason. It just goes nowhere, and what in hell are we arguing for, anyway?