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AdamsGod	Date: March 9, 2008 @ 11:18 AM so i thought i would upload my music to piratebay.org because well, why not? at this point i'm really uploading my music everywhere online. so i wanted to ask some questions about how to turn an mp3. file into a torrent, since i have no clue.. i go on their forum and ask in the help section. one person was nice enough to direct me to a FAQ page, and thats all i really wanted (for some reason i couldnt find that damn FAQ). other people started replying to my thread saying I'm wasting peoples time by asking stupid questions and how if i really want to find out i should search for the answers myself (WTF?!?!?). Being the person i am, i chewd the lot of them out for being asshats and for not helping someone whos new to this whole torrent thing.. Guess what, my account has be deactivated and the forum thread was deleted. what the hell!?
BlackMage	Date: March 9, 2008 @ 1:22 PM It's fairly standard anywhere, really. Googling stuff isn't that hard even if you can't find the answer from their forums. You're not helping either if you start calling people asshats or whatever you did to provoke an account deactivation. It happens everywhere and it's partly the fault of people who get provoked by newbie questions and partly the fault of newbies who don't understand that these people get these questions all the time and even have created a FAQ about it. Really.
AdamsGod	Date: March 9, 2008 @ 1:53 PM looks like i found another asshat right here. interesting. so youre saying if someone has a question and even tho they tried understanding it, reading about it (and found no explanatory info on the FAQ) and then post a question in the forum, and this person asks for help, you would rather chewing him out for not looking in the right places then actualy help him? yeah, total asshat.
AdamsGod	Date: March 9, 2008 @ 1:56 PM btw.. the info i ended up getting was NOT on the website FAQ's it was a different FAQ from some other type of online community.
Mojosnake	Date: March 9, 2008 @ 2:10 PM yup asshats abound , welcome abourd
moam	Date: March 9, 2008 @ 2:11 PM Don't be surprised dude. I stopped counting on forums to help me out when I began to understand the mindset of the majority of the people who dwell there. Basically, they always want to feel superior in whatever topic is being discussed. It makes them feel better about themselves, in a sad way. Hell, thats the world today...pathetic. Look at everything: these forums, fuckin' youtube (jesus, will you read some of the comments), online gaming. People are always toughest when they can cower behind their computer monitors. Thats just how it is and I've accepted that by just knowing I can't count on anyone to figure out the answer to a simple question. Yes, these people are asshats, but just understand that these forum rats are rarely decent people which is why they spend their lives dwelling in their pathetic forum rather than getting out there and doing shit.
BlackMage	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 12:21 AM It's nice that you give a good image of yourself by calling everyone asshats. What I'm saying is that I can empathize with you and I can empathize with them. You have trouble with doing something and want to ask about it but you have to understand that these people get these questions hundreds of times. They will get sick and tired of people asking about it when the information is easily accessed via Google, for example. And you're not helping either when you start giving an asshole image of yourself by calling everyone asshats. Just quit it, dude. You're not impressing anyone.
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 12:41 AM this is the asshole image i was going for
BlackMage	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 12:48 AM I've seen it all.
BlackMage	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 12:54 AM Also, keywords "create" and "torrent" yielded an extensive tutorial on creating torrents with 3 of the most used BitTorrent clients. First search hit. That's the ten seconds that people want you to take using Google than the ten minutes they want you to take creating a thread and cluttering up the forum with a question that has been asked too many times before. Google is your friends, seriously.
zedsalt	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 3:51 AM Patience is its own reward, and asshats do terrible things to your hair.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 3:53 AM I found out how to create a torrent by reading some articles on Google for uTorrent, although I'm sure there are guides for other torrent applications too. I would love to have seen that forum thread though because I've posted on there many times in the past over things I wasn't sure of and not once did anyone treat me like they seemed to have treated you... And considering how you reacted to BlackMage, you must've acted like a total asshat yourself...
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 5:02 AM On 10th Mar 2008, BlackMage said: And you're not helping either when you start giving an asshole image of yourself by calling everyone asshats. Ok, so I guess I worded it wrong when I said that EVERYONE on forums are asshats Did not mean that, though I have had quite a few run ins with the type of person I despise and it sounds to me like thats what adamsgod encountered at that website. On 10th Mar 2008, BlackMage said: you have to understand that these people get these questions hundreds of times. Though I do disagree with this statement. Heh, I know you weren't being literal when you said "hundreds of times" but honestly, these "newbie" questions usually don't come up more than a few times per day. It's like here on DM...you get new users (people like to term them as "newbies") who just want to promote their music. We get that quite often here at DM, but we don't typically act like asshats about it. Usually, we atleast hear them out and if they're being decent about it, we look over their shit. I went to that website because I was curious about the topic that adamsgod was in. I'm not sure if he was being decent or not because I wasn't able to read a locked topic, but if he was being decent about it from the start and some asshat started calling him stupid and shit because he wasn't a geek in the topic he was asking about, I could understand why adamsgod would get on the defensive... Hell, I would. Just because I don't know how to do some specific computer task or just because I have some random question doesn't mean I'm a stupid person. Flip it around and have that dude ask adamsgod something about vocal recording and then let adamsgod talk down to him. Fuck it. Again, I'm not sure how the argument went down. I don't know who acted shitty and who was in the right because I couldn't read the topic. What I do know is from my experience, I have met plenty of asshats on the internet. That is all.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 6:04 AM ^^^^ Definition of asshat...
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 6:05 AM Unfortunately, without seeing the actual thread, you will never know if people instantly reacting negatively to him or whether he kept repeating himself in a truly idiotic n00b fashion, or just couldn't understand how to search using Google. It's not rocket science. How the fuck some of you even worked out how to turn a PC on is beyond me...
BlackMage	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:06 AM I knew, I should have said that I aimed my statements to the OP, not you Moam. Oh, well.
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:07 AM honestly, i was very nice and all i wanted was to be directed in the right direction, when i got a nasty response, i responded back in the same nasty manner. no more, no less.
Distilled1	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:08 AM On 10th Mar 2008, ChillinBuzz said: How the fuck some of you even worked out how to turn a PC on is beyond me... things that make you go hmmm hu?
BlackMage	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:09 AM To be honest, I only glanced at what you said, Moam. Didn't really read it.
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:11 AM On 10th Mar 2008, ChillinBuzz said: Unfortunately, without seeing the actual thread, you will never know if people instantly reacting negatively to him or whether he kept repeating himself in a truly idiotic n00b fashion, or just couldn't understand how to search using Google. It's not rocket science. How the fuck some of you even worked out how to turn a PC on is beyond me... obviously, i searched google, but couldnt come up with anything that was simple for my brain to understand.. big whoop. so what? I'm sorry but anyone that chews you out for asking for help after you clearly mention that you couldnt understand the FAQ or couldnt find something you were comfortable with on google etc, then yes.. this person is an asshat and no, this person shouldnt be an admin, anywhere.
Distilled1	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:13 AM your right AdamsGod its like that on so many tech forums its sad... but I still find Chills comment funny as hell caused I wonder the same things at times and still :rofl : OMG!!!!
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:25 AM people stink.
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:36 AM On 10th Mar 2008, AdamsGod said: honestly, i was very nice and all i wanted was to be directed in the right direction, when i got a nasty response, i responded back in the same nasty manner. no more, no less. hey no sweat, what I said wasn't attacking or anything just stating my point I've seen enough dickholes on the internet to know that people like that DO exist... They're not EVERYONE, but they do lurk the internet, unfortunately.
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:37 AM er...fuck meant to quote THIS: On 10th Mar 2008, BlackMage said: I knew, I should have said that I aimed my statements to the OP, not you Moam. Oh, well. well, I just proved chillinbuzz's point right there, I'm an asshat
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:52 AM On 10th Mar 2008, moam said: [QUOTE info=AdamsGod,March 10, 2008 @ 7:07 AM]honestly, i was very nice and all i wanted was to be directed in the right direction, when i got a nasty response, i responded back in the same nasty manner. no more, no less. hey no sweat, what I said wasn't attacking or anything just stating my point I've seen enough dickholes on the internet to know that people like that DO exist... They're not EVERYONE, but they do lurk the internet, unfortunately.[/QUOTE] its all good, that comment i made was not directed at you.
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:53 AM er...yeah no I know, it was my mistake for quoting the wrong thing See? I'm an asshat
BOWILLIE	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 7:57 AM must be wearing a ten gallon one
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 8:07 AM hey.. 3rd comment up from this one, THATS NOT ME! I never wrote that, MOAM did, isnt that strange?
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 8:08 AM oh wait.. never mind. dmusic is being weird, thats all.
BOWILLIE	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 8:09 AM On 10th Mar 2008, AdamsGod said: oh wait.. never mind. dmusic is being weird, thats all. oh no!..it happened again!
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 9:08 AM it could've been worse, we could've directed you to a chicken porn site that Moam set up and owns...
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 9:29 AM oh whats wrong with that???
Cryxan	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 9:35 AM Whatever level of asshatishness was displayed by either party, deactivating his account for this was excessive and inappropriate, as far as business practice goes.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 10:33 AM not really, since it's TPB's forum they make the rules and i'm sure we don't know the full story, since the evidence has been "deleted"... and i guess that's how some torrent users are. anyhow, AdamsGod, what torrent application are you using? i recommend uTorrent personally but that's just me. creating a torrent on that is fairly straightforward if you want a hand. just note me. Moam. Asshat Pickler.
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 10:35 AM aleast I'm not a blow up doll raping incest supporting cock ramming jizz bucket
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 10:39 AM that's good... for a monkey gobbling ass tapping chicken stuffing wannabe musician who ate his dad for breakfast.
moam	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 10:41 AM no..THAT was good
Cryxan	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 10:48 AM That's why I said, "as far as business practice goes."
AdamsGod	Date: March 10, 2008 @ 1:42 PM ChillinBuzz.. I decided not to to walk down the path of torrent. shrugs no worries.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 3:09 AM I'd say you are missing out then, if you wanted to use it for promoting your own music. As for anything else, that's a matter of choice, since we all know what the p2p network is used for, regardless of our stance on it. If you get over your n00b-drubbing at one of the best torrent sites on the net, get yourself PeerGuardian2, uTorrent and send a note my way.
zedsalt	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 4:41 AM I usually test somewhere in the 99.9th percentile on standardized tests of general intelligence; I've been a stupid newbie before, and I have every intention of being one in the future on a variety of websites. I like websites that have a "New to Our Site?" page. Almost without exception, every FAQ page I've seen is devoid of questions one would assume would be freqently asked. I have some suggestions, but I think I'll post them later in the Suggestions forum.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 4:47 AM This is true. However, it's always better to go to the torrent program's site and check for answers, they are usually more responsive since they want you to use their software. A torrent uploading site like TPB is absolutely stuffed full of n00bs, experts, p2p poisoners and the like. Thing is, when does it become one site's responsibility to sort out the problems of a site or application they don't own or maintain?
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 4:48 AM I lead with an example: Someone with a MySpace problem posts here, when MySpace have a much larger forum and userbase, many of which have superior knowledge of the workings of that site.
zedsalt	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 4:56 AM But what happened in this thread was somebody did a search, did check the FAQs at another site, posted a question in that site's forum, got chewed up for no good goddamn reason, then came here to complain about it...which turned out to be a pretty good idea, as someone kindly, eventually, offered some assistance.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 5:10 AM If I had seen the thread in question before it was deleted, I would 100% agree with you on that. Since I didn't (and you didn't I gather) then we are never to know exactly what was said. Did I mention thread deletion? looks around for Kingo I think using p2p and the BitTorrent network in particular, for our own music especially, is one of the best ideas going. Unfortunately, going to a site that's been continuously bashed by all manner of people and corporations and rising to the bait of someone there who was having a bad hair day (and it wasn't me for once!) is not the best way to get a result. Trust me, I'm an expert on this Maybe it's something we should bring up more often here (torrent applications and stuff) and perhaps devote some space for it. Hey, Larry, how about a p2p/torrent download page?
AdamsGod	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 6:04 AM ^^^ no disrespect bro, but youre comment there almost suggests that i'm making my story up.. why would I? i came here to tell it like it is, not to make shit up bro.. just sayin.
ChillinBuzz	Date: March 11, 2008 @ 7:29 AM Look at it from the other side, if I believed everything I was told then the moon would be made of cheese, I am a pirate who steals from poor struggling artists, penis enlargement pills really do work, the gas companies care about their customers and my government are the best politicians on earth. You get the idea. With only one side, things become unbalanced. The issue of believing everything we are told is a thorny one. That aside, I'm not bothered - I was stating the obvious fact. Either way, you know where to come if you want help getting those mp3 files turned into torrents.