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Welcome to BL Torrents!
Our goal is to introduce lesser known Japanese products, particularly boy's love games and dramas, to
the general public. It is our hope that this heightened interest will draw greater attention to the
potentially large Western market, convincing foreign companies to expand their borders.
This is a private tracker, and you must register before you can have full access to the site.
We actively enforce our rules and
user agreement. Claiming ignorance is no excuse.
This FAQ is a very condensed version of the original FAQ distributed in the TorrentBits.org source code.
If you are having firewall, NAT, proxy or connection issues, it is beyond the scope of this FAQ. Please search
online for your solution, or contact us for help.
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Site information
Where does the donated money go?
BL Torrents is situated on a shared server in Asia. The donated money will be used to pay for hosting.
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User information
Help! I cannot login!? (a.k.a. Login of Death)
This problem sometimes occurs with MSIE. Close all Internet Explorer windows
and open Internet Options in the control panel. Click the Delete Cookies button.
You should now be able to login.
My IP address is dynamic. How do I stay logged in?
You do not have to anymore. All you have to do is make sure you are logged in with your actual
IP when starting a torrent session. After that, even if the IP changes mid-session,
the seeding or leeching will continue and the statistics will update without any problem.
Why am I listed as not connectable? (And why should I care?)
The tracker has determined that you are firewalled or NATed and cannot accept incoming connections.
This means that other peers in the swarm will be unable to connect to you, only you to them. Even worse,
if two peers are both in this state they will not be able to connect at all. This has obviously a
detrimental effect on the overall speed.
The way to solve the problem involves opening the ports used for incoming connections
(the same range you defined in your client) on the firewall and/or configuring your
NAT server to use a basic form of NAT
for that range instead of NAPT (the actual process differs widely between different router models.
Check your router documentation and/or support forum. You will also find lots of information on the
subject at PortForward).
What are the different user classes?
| User |
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The default class of new members.
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| Power User |
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A higher user level
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Has donated money to BL Torrents
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| VIP |
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Same privileges as Power User and is considered an Elite Member of BL Torrents. Immune to automatic demotion.
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| Other |
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Customised title given to special users only.
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| Uploader |
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Same as PU except with upload rights and immune to automatic demotion
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| Moderator |
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Can edit and delete any uploaded torrents. Can also moderate user comments and disable accounts.
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| Administrator |
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Can do just about anything.
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| SysOp |
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maradori (site owner).
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How does this promotion thing work anyway?
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The MD5 Hash-Checksum
What is the MD5 Hash?
The MD5 hash, like many other hashing algorithms, is a one-way function that uses mathematical operations
to convert a given input to an output of a specific length, known as the "digest" or "fingerprint" of the
input. It has many practical uses, including being put on tests and exams in university, encryption, and
file integrity checking.
What program does BL Torrents recommend?
Please use FileCheckMD5 for your hashing needs on BL Torrents, downloadable from http://www.brandonstaggs.com/filecheckmd5.html
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Stats
Most common reason for stats not updating
- The user is cheating. (a.k.a. "Summary Ban")
- The server is overloaded and unresponsive. Just try to keep the session open
until the server responds again. (Flooding the server with consecutive manual updates is not recommended.)
- You are using a faulty client. If you want to use an experimental or CVS version you do it at your own risk.
Best practices
- If a torrent you are currently leeching/seeding is not listed on your profile, just wait or force a manual update.
- Make sure you exit your client properly, so that the tracker receives "event=completed".
- If the tracker is down, do not stop seeding. As long as the tracker is back up before you exit the client the stats
should update properly.
May I use any bittorrent client?
Yes. The tracker now updates the stats correctly for all bittorrent clients. However, we still recommend
that you avoid the following clients:
- BitTorrent++
- Nova Torrent
- TorrentStorm
These clients do not report correctly to the tracker when canceling/finishing a torrent session.
If you use them then a few MB may not be counted towards
the stats near the end, and torrents may still be listed in your profile for some time after you have closed the client.
Also, clients in alpha or beta version should be avoided.
Multiple IPs (Can I login from different computers?)
Yes, the tracker is now capable of following sessions from different IPs for the same user. A torrent is associated with
the user when it starts, and only at that moment is the IP relevant. So if you want to seed/leech from computer A
and computer B with the same account you should access the site from computer A, start the torrent there, and then repeat both
steps from computer B (not limited to two computers or to a single torrent on each, this is just the simplest example).
You do not need to login again when closing the torrent.
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Uploading
What criteria must I meet before I can join the Uploader team?
Please send a message to FireStorm717 to enquire further.
Write your application carefully! Be sure to include your UL speed and what kind of stuff you're planning to upload.
Only well written letters with serious intent will be considered.
What category should I put my torrent in?
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Description |
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Anime
| | Unlicensed anime posted with the permission of the fansubbing group
| | Fujimi Orchestra, Ai no Kusabi
| | PC Games - BxB
| | Boy x Boy games for the personal computer
| | Silver Chaos, Enzai, Teikoku Sensenki
| | PC Games - GxB
| | Girl x Boy games for the personal computer
| | Angelique, Hoshi no Oujo
| | Audio - Drama CD
| | Audio soundtracks with voice actors performing live-action dramas
| | Endless Rain, Wagamama Purizuna, Seikai Houretsuden Voice Disc
| | Audio - Music CD
| | Audio soundtracks for yaoi games or anime
| | Silver Chaos OST, Fanatica Music CD
| | PC Games - Misc
| | Additional value-added software included with games for the personal computer
| | Silver Chaos Fanbox, Gakuen Heaven Official Data CD-ROM
| | PSX/PS2 Games
| | Playstation games
| | unknown at the moment
| | Manga - BL
| | BL manga posted with permission of the scanlation group
| | After School in the Teacher's Lounge
| | Doujin Games
| | Games produced by fans for fans
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Can I upload your torrents to other trackers?
Yes and No.
No because only registered users can use the tracker. Posting our torrents elsewhere will result in others
not being able to connect and generates bad publicity against us. We will not tolerate this - any complaints
from other sites' administration about our torrents being posted on their sites will result in the banning
of the users responsible.
Yes because once you finish downloading the file, you can do what you please with it. If you are going to
create another torrent file that points to another tracker, we kindly ask for a link back to us (see General Rules)
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Downloading
Why do I get a "Not authorized (xx h) - READ THE FAQ!" error?
You should not be receiving this message, wait times have been temporarily disabled
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What if I can't find the answer to my problem here?
Your can visit us in our IRC chat room.
Post in the Forums, by all means. You'll find they
are usually a friendly and helpful place,
provided you follow a few basic guidelines:
- Before posting read the sticky topics (the ones at the top). Many times new information that
still hasn't been incorporated in the FAQ can be found there.
- Help us in helping you. Do not just say "it doesn't work!". Provide details so that we don't
have to guess or waste time asking. What client do you use? What's your OS? What's your network setup? What's the exact
error message you get, if any? What are the torrents you are having problems with? The more
you tell the easiest it will be for us, and the more probable your post will get a reply.
- And needless to say: be polite. Demanding help rarely works, asking for it usually does
the trick.
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FAQ edited 2004-12-28 (11:18 GMT)
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