Did the news story about ScT hit the news yet ??

[mussolini_linguini]

They bought new cars with donations?

lol, that seems obvious.

ScT stands as a great example of why one should not donate, unless of course you don't mind supporting a site that profits from the efforts of others/the scene. ST is another such example.

Then again, most people donating to ScT were simply doing so for their own benefit, ie buying invites. So, I guess it doesn't really matter where the money went.

[**S**]

+1 :yup:

-1:blink:

[rockchick]

-2

[1233345]

That actually sounds quite good, pretty much ideal, lol. Perhaps, an early April Fool's joke?

My invite application is being processed! Hope to join soon! :happy:

[alexthegreat]

Yet, even when I had an ScT account I never used it, so much in fact that when they closed I missed everyone trading inviites to whatever site they wanted basically.

Fixed. It was a huge farce, if you ask me. Some honest users did get in around the places they asked for, though. I can't believe you didn't enjoy ScT, what did you find wrong with it? Honest question, not getting on your nerves. I honestly couldn't find a fault with it, at all.

[Jek]

My invite application is being processed! Hope to join soon! :happy:

Haha. Who wouldn't want to join a site whose membership boasts 30%+ uploaders, ratio-free, the best pre-times, p2p content, and perfectly ripped FLACs. Lol. It's like ScT/FTN/FSC/E all rolled into one. The Best Tracker Ever.

[Yaneli<3]

As far as i know, ScT wasn't making a penny from donations.
and second, they never forced anyone to donate or what so eva.

if they made some $ from it, so what ? they spended enough hours to code the site/optimize it, running the site is a big risk, 99% uptime. don't they deserve some $ for all these hard works?

You enjoyed what they offered 3+ years and now when they are gone, you are bullshitting about them...

ScT was the best private/scene tracker on the net and everyone knows it.
Everyone thinks SCC replaced ScT but they are wrong.

SCC is a good tracker, i have nothing against SCC but ScT was a pro tracker, high standard releases and very user friendly interface and easy to use.

If ScT comes back, i will gladly donate 100-150$ to join ScT again.

[mephistopheles]

As far as i know, ScT wasn't making a penny from donations.
and second, they never forced anyone to donate or what so eva.

if they made some $ from it, so what ? they spended enough hours to code the site/optimize it, running the site is a big risk, 99% uptime. don't they deserve some $ for all these hard works?

You enjoyed what they offered 3+ years and now when they are gone, you are bullshitting about them...

ScT was the best private/scene tracker on the net and everyone knows it.
Everyone thinks SCC replaced ScT but they are wrong.

SCC is a good tracker, i have nothing against SCC but ScT was a pro tracker, high standard releases and very user friendly interface and easy to use.

If ScT comes back, i will gladly donate 100-150$ to join ScT again.

+1 :yup:

[Twilighter1995]

If you look at it as a business...and work on a certain tracker for like 10h/day I don;t see the reason not to get paid for it.Besides this,Internet is all about money.If you donate you are a little part of that income.It;s your choice.
And let's not forget that there is a major risk to play with RIAA. They have balls, while you stay here and just complain.

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Very well put and I agree that ScT innovated a lot of what are now common practices in BT. ScT does deserve respect. However, I still feel that ScT did lose it's way at one point and changed for the worst, along with the rest of the BT community.

A perfect example of this is merwais' comment:

If ScT comes back, i will gladly donate 100-150$ to join ScT again.

It's this kind of attitude that is killing BT. Since when did it ever become acceptable to buy your way into trackers? I'm going to assume it became acceptable when trackers (ScT) started selling invites to donors.

I have nothing but respect for what ScT once was, the innovations it made and the tight community it inherited from EliteTorrents, but I still feel that it degenerated into something rather unsavoury. In the end, it had become filled with level-seekers, invite sellers and traders.