AlphaOmega is ratioless

[Guest tannersmith]

..:: ALPHAOMEGA IS GOING RATIO FREE ::..

:Can it really be true?:

YES!

:What does this mean!?!?!:

Simply? AO is no longer based on the 1:1 ratio system you have all come to live with. We are now basing our site simply on seed times.

:BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RUUUUULES!?:

Holy shit, spaz much!? sheebus. Relax a lil bit ok turbo? The new rules are simple. We have a thing called a "Hit and Run" system. This means that if you download a torrent, and don't seed for 48 [EDIT: 72hrs] hours out of 168 hours (2 days out of a week) that you will get a warning. AO will give you the opportunity to reseed it again after that. If you have more then 3 infractions a month, you're account will get disabled.

:What happens about promotions!?:

Well, this is the easy part. We're increasing the amount of upload you need for promotion, but removing anything to do with ratio requirements. So, instead of needing a 1.05 ratio to be promoted, you'll just need to have a certain upload requirement and time on site. It's all pretty easy now.

:Is this forever!?:

We're trying something new to help the general user base out. We are trying to make a really nice, and easy site to use for everyone. If this doesn't work out, we have other ideas to try too. But for now, we'll just say we're under a trial system right now. If everyone plays nice and we get a good flow going, then yea, we'll keep this system up and running.

:When will this system be up and running!?:

That's the funny part, you've all actually been using it for the last month;) Yes, freeleech was just a hidden way of testing the system out. It all has been working very well until now actually. So, we've implemented it. As you'll notice your 'download' counter is now gone. Same with the ratio requirements. Sneaky hu?

:Final Notes:

We've been trying to get this site feeling right and looking right. We've hit over 6000 active users and 7000 regs. We're very happy where the site has taken off. As of January 1st you will be on an invite only site. Plus, there will be a lot of new changes coming in January. So, just keep your eyes on this announcement thread and we'll be explaining the rest as they come!

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personally i think this is a great move, but for the tracker, if they want to become a "large general tracker" like tl or revtt, then this completly bars the possibilty. I actually had a suggestion there that was titled "ratioless"

[Guest chang]

they got their first p2p group...Rx...the content is great...:)

they are improving at a rapid speed

btw ur info is bit wrong its 72hrs in a week not 48hrs....:)

[Guest tannersmith]

they got their first p2p group...Rx...the content is great...:)

they are improving at a rapid speed

btw ur info is bit wrong its 72hrs in a week not 48hrs....:)

I copied and pasted so it was 48hrs, then they must have increased it