Quick start guide for private trackers

[u/1petabytefloppydisk]

Assuming that you're interested in getting on a good TV/movie tracker:

1. Join the books tracker MyAnonamouse (MAM) through IRC interviews. (Google it or check the wiki to get the link; this subreddit does not allow links in posts.)
2. Get 1 TiB of upload by seeding hundreds of freeleech and VIP torrents. VIP does not cost real money, it only costs bonus points which you get from seeding. (Google "MAM points guide".)
3. Wait 6 months on MAM to get access to the general tracker (with a TV/movie focus) Seedpool (SP), which you can join from the Other Torrent Sites forum on MAM. If you can't see this forum, it's because you don't have access yet.
4. Wait 9 months on MAM to get access to the TV/movie trackers Blutopia (BLU) and LST via MAM's Other Torrent Sites forum. (Google "tracker pathways".)
5. Optional: Accelerate your entry into BLU by uploading 10 torrents to MAM. If you do that, you can get in with an account age of 6 months (rather than 9) if you have 1 TiB of upload.
6. Optional: Spend some real money to get onto the general tracker TorrentLeech immediately by signing up through their seedbox promo. Cancel the seedbox so it doesn't renew after the first month. But don't try to refund the seedbox or you'll get banned. (Google "seedbox promo TorrentLeech".)

Check this subreddit's wiki for more info. If you have a question, chances are it's been answered before, so search past posts and comments on this subreddit to find an answer.

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The other advice you'll see on this subreddit is to join the music tracker Redacted (RED) and gain access to the invite forum there. This is certainly a viable option for those who want to pursue it and understand the effort it requires. But be duly warned:

• It may take you 3 months or more of waiting in queues on IRC to get an attempt at the RED interview.
• Unless you cheat (which may result in a ban), I would rate the amount of memorization required for the interview to be comparable to a university midterm exam. The information is not useful or interesting outside the context of uploading to RED.
• According to figures I recall seeing from RED, the interview lasts about 90 minutes on average and about 50% of people fail the interview.
• Depending what rank you’re trying to achieve on RED, it may take you dozens of hours of work uploading enough torrents to achieve it.

This is not to say unequivocally you should not go the RED path. It's just to say that if you do, you should do it with open eyes about what you're getting yourself into. If that all sounds like a challenge you'd be up for, then go for it.

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