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[Lulu_Jane]

Actually, torrents aren't my idea, they've been brought up by other users in the past, but now could be a great time to look seriously into it again

EDIT: Also, I am really up for the idea of celebrating user/member accomplishments via frontpage newsposts. I think it's a great way to foster community spirit, and it's way more of a tangible reward than poe's. Besides, I'd have a heap of fun writing them

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Lulu_Jane

Actually, torrents aren't my idea, they've been brought up by other users in the past, but now could be a great time to look seriously into it again

Not really doable with our current access to AB, but we can have a tracker operating in 15 minutes from gaining access to a server with a mySQL database and PHP support.
In the most basic form, it's literally just the announce script, two database tables, plus a cleanup script running every now and then to remove "dead" peers (ie ones which have not connected to the tracker's announce URL for a certain period after their last expected communication).
Not pretty or convenient to manage, just serviceable.

[Lulu_Jane]

is the 100mb limit current? I thought this was instated years ago.

[Paco]

Originally Posted by Lulu_Jane

is the 100mb limit current? I thought this was instated years ago.

For Games on Site the Limit is about 150 MB.

[The Fifth Horseman]

It was slowly increased over time. Used to be 75 MB at first.

[Lulu_Jane]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

It was slowly increased over time. Used to be 75 MB at first.

So the limit is arbitrary or we actually have a set figure we can't go above?

EDIT: Idea 3, amazon cloud servers are pretty cheap nowadays.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Lulu_Jane

So the limit is arbitrary or we actually have a set figure we can't go above?

Arbitrary, altough last time I had access to the traffic stats the file server was already exceeding 3 TB of monthly traffic.