No one downloads my Karagarga uploads

[Qrazy]

Damn ratio!!!

*weeps*

Gonna get banned again at this rate. I thought I had downloaded some of the more popular ones too based on number of seeders.

I have...

Pulse (Kurosawa)
Safe (Haynes)
A Geisha (Mizoguchi)
Sukiyaki Western Django (Miike)
Osaka Elegy (Mizoguchi)
The Return (Zvyagintsev)
Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul)

[Duncan]

Gonna get banned again at this rate. I thought I had downloaded some of the more popular ones too based on number of seeders. If a film has a lot of seeders the upload is spread over all of them. So like 50 people are uploading Pulse at once, and you're upload contribution is very little. I'm actually downloading ones with very few seeders, but many leechers. It seems to be working, but I have to download the occasional film I don't really want.


I have...

Pulse (Kurosawa)
Safe (Haynes)
A Geisha (Mizoguchi)
Sukiyaki Western Django (Miike)
Osaka Elegy (Mizoguchi)
The Return (Zvyagintsev)
Syndromes and a Century (Weerasethakul)

There are at least a few there that I wouldn't mind downloading.

[Qrazy]

If a film has a lot of seeders the upload is spread over all of them. So like 50 people are uploading Pulse at once, and you're upload contribution is very little. I'm actually downloading ones with very few seeders, but many leechers. It seems to be working, but I have to download the occasional film I don't really want.



There are at least a few there that I wouldn't mind downloading.

Ah OK so I should look for few seeders but lots of leechers then?

[Duncan]

Ah OK so I should look for few seeders but lots of leechers then?

I guess. I'm new, but my ratio seems to be steadily increasing with that strategy.

[Derek]

Ah OK so I should look for few seeders but lots of leechers then?

This is what I've done since I started and I have a solid ratio. The 1 seeder, 9 leechers will work out MUCH better than the 40 seeders, 30 leechers.

[soitgoes...]

If a film has a lot of seeders the upload is spread over all of them. So like 50 people are uploading Pulse at once, and you're upload contribution is very little. I'm actually downloading ones with very few seeders, but many leechers. It seems to be working, but I have to download the occasional film I don't really want.



There are at least a few there that I wouldn't mind downloading.
I wouldn't mind helping out and downloading Syndromes and a Century, but with 46 seeders I doubt it'll help out much at all.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

I don't have a great ratio because I leech too much, but it's ridiculously easy to keep a ratio if I wanted to, just download a MoM or upload or there's also plenty of stuff on netflix you can up to KG as a full DVD-R upload. Sure people will bitch because most like divx rips but you'll get one or two leechers and thats good for 3-5 GB of stats, there is actually a lot of people that want full DVD's but are supressed by the crazy divx peoples....a dude just upped DJ Shadow's IN TUNE AND ON TIME DVD (easily found on netflix) and will get around 8-9 gigs of stats when his upload is finished.

Or wait to download an older torrent you have bookmarked until someone else starts leeching it, that way you'll have someone along for the ride and will be uploading and downloading it at the same time.

In 6 weeks since I've joined I've been able to download 80 films while upping 2 myself as DVD-R and kept a .5 ratio. Good enough not to get warned/banned!

Right now I'm getting tremendous stats from seeding two new MoM films, Cuckor's THE WOMEN and Borzage's MANNEQUIN. You have to jump on them early before there are 50 seeders.

[soitgoes...]

Also, it can be hard, but just let torrent client sit for a few days. Don't download anything new. Just seed. It's amazing what a few days of no leeching can do to your ratio.

[Eleven]

Also, it can be hard, but just let torrent client sit for a few days. Don't download anything new. Just seed. It's amazing what a few days of no leeching can do to your ratio.

Yeah, I've been exploring other torrent sites and so haven't downloaded anything new for a while, and I have a massive ratio. I also find, at other sites, files that are on KG, so I'm effectively uploading to KG without having downloaded from KG.

[Eleven]

Gonna get banned again at this rate.

And I'll be here to keep picking you up until you can walk on your own.

[megladon8]

...I don't know what Karagarga is.

[Qrazy]

Also, it can be hard, but just let torrent client sit for a few days. Don't download anything new. Just seed. It's amazing what a few days of no leeching can do to your ratio.

I leave it on always but still no nibbles but yeah I'll go the high leecher route.

[origami_mustache]

downloading A Geisha

Anyone seen Jules Dassin's Reunion in France...saw it on MoM, is it worth downloading?

[DSNT]

Sometimes the lotsa leechers, few seeders can backfire, because the swarm sometimes finishes around the sametime and there's nobody left to upload to.

Look for smaller files, popular stuff, as they pop. Don't bother with anything more than a couple pages deep from the new page, and think twice about grabbing any bumps. MoM and porn (for reals) are great for boosting ratios. Mine is 1.3 now and I've done some excessive DLing lately.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Anyone seen Jules Dassin's Reunion in France...saw it on MoM, is it worth downloading?

how bout d/l'ing Mannequin or The Women instead and helping a brotha out? (plus you can get Reunion in France on netflix, grab the rare stuff!)

[origami_mustache]

how bout d/l'ing Mannequin or The Women instead and helping a brotha out? (plus you can get Reunion on France on netflix, grab the rare stuff!)

I dled The Women already...didn't realize Reunion...was on Netflix. I'll get Mannequin too...I have plenty of ratio to spare :)

[Derek]

downloading A Geisha

Great call. That's my pick for Mizoguchi's most criminally underseen/discussed film. Hope you enjoy it!

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

anyone of you KG peoples want to help my ratio and download MONTANA MOON? It's a MoM torrent where you get to hear Joan Crawford SING! I'm one of only 2 seeders so it will definitely help me out directly :)

[DSNT]

anyone of you KG peoples want to help my ratio and download MONTANA MOON? It's a MoM torrent where you get to hear Joan Crawford SING! I'm one of only 2 seeders so it will definitely help me out directly :)
Sure, why not?

[soitgoes...]

anyone of you KG peoples want to help my ratio and download MONTANA MOON? It's a MoM torrent where you get to hear Joan Crawford SING! I'm one of only 2 seeders so it will definitely help me out directly :)
I'll help too, but it'll be slow going as I just started up 4 other torrents before this one. Be patient. :)

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/dj1200proof/30montanaguns.jpg

[soitgoes...]

For those interested in helping out their ratios, Naruse's Sudden Rain has just been posted. Jump on it now and you should reap the benefits. Plus its a Naruse film. Two birds. One stone.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

What are your 10 best personal finds (things you had been previously looking for forever) on karagarga? just curious...mine would be:

1. Hour of the Furnaces (Solanas/Gomez)
2. L'Inhumaine (L'Herbier) no subs, but amazing!
3. Hoa Binh (Coutard)
4. Lightning (Naruse)
5. Giliap (Roy Andersson)
6. Man Under the Umbrella (Bergman)
7. India Song (Duras)
8. Providence (Resnais)
9. The Joyless Street (Pabst)
10. Peer Raben: Music for Fassbinder (3 CD Set)

[Stay Puft]

What are your 10 best personal finds (things you had been previously looking for forever) on karagarga?

Haven't explored much of the site yet, and haven't had enough free time to watch much of anything I've downloaded, but for a long time I've been searching for these:

Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
Spring in a Small Town
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

So very excited to finally have them and will be watching them soon.

[Qrazy]

My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Aleksei German) was really a revelation. I downloaded it on a whim perusing the Russian section. I have the guys other few films now and they all look amazing but there aren't any subs :(

[Qrazy]

What are your 10 best personal finds (things you had been previously looking for forever) on karagarga? just curious...mine would be:

2. L'Inhumaine (L'Herbier) no subs, but amazing!


I hear his El Dorado is also terrific, gotta look into him.

[origami_mustache]

(things you had been previously looking for forever) on karagarga?



The Human Condition Trilogy
City of Sadness
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Priest of Darkness
The Connection
Bruce Conner Shorts
Guy Maddin Shorts
The Cameraman's Revenge
Ro.Go.Pa.G
Brighter Summer Day

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

A Brighter Summer Day is a masterpiece.

[soitgoes...]

What are your 10 best personal finds (things you had been previously looking for forever) on karagarga?
The Traveling Players
Napoleon and La Roue
La Vérité plus a handful of other Clouzot films
The Mission
Salo
I'm also excited about all the hard-to-find Mizoguchi, Naruse and Ozu titles available to me now.

There's more as well that I've come across, but haven't been willing to sacrifice a ratio that I've slowly been building up.

[Stay Puft]

The Human Condition Trilogy

Oh my yes. I need to download those at some point. Been wanting to see them for a long time.

[Qrazy]

La Vérité plus a handful of other Clouzot films


I just watched this the other day. It was pretty underwhelming as far as his other efforts go and yet Clouzot is still able to make even the most mundane storyline resonate. I'm not sure what it is about his filmmaking, perhaps he just gives his scenes room to breathe, but whatever it is, there's something special about his storytelling style. His imagery doesn't call direct attention to it's beauty and yet it possesses a functional beauty all it's own.

[Duncan]

I haven't watched all of these yet, but they're all films I've wanted to see but haven't had the opportunity:

El Sur
The Quince Tree Light
A Movie
Report
Chimes at Midnight
Pather Panchali
Alexandra

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

La Roue (as well as J'Accuse) is coming to DVD, with this exciting cover:frustrated:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/dj1200proof/fa_laroue01_14.jpg


the Human Condition trilogy is coming to Criterion.

[origami_mustache]

I haven't watched all of these yet, but they're all films I've wanted to see but haven't had the opportunity:

A Movie
Report


Love both of these...have you seen some of Bruce Conner's other work?

[Derek]

Love both of these...have you seen some of Bruce Conner's other work?

Oooh yeah, Bruce Conner rocks. Everyone make sure to see America is Waiting, Breakaway and Cosmic Ray if you haven't already.

And thanks for the heads up on Sudden Rain kj. I love me some Naruse and it's getting a great ratio. And if anyone's looking for a slightly off-the-wall Naruse, check out Her Lonely Lane (aka A Wanderer's Notebook, I think). Not only is it a flat-out great film, but it features an absolutely bizarre, occasionaly pure method, performance from the always stunning Hideko Takamine, full of crazy gestures and facial expressions.

[soitgoes...]

I just watched this the other day. It was pretty underwhelming as far as his other efforts go and yet Clouzot is still able to make even the most mundane storyline resonate. I'm not sure what it is about his filmmaking, perhaps he just gives his scenes room to breathe, but whatever it is, there's something special about his storytelling style. His imagery doesn't call direct attention to it's beauty and yet it possesses a functional beauty all it's own.
Bardot was perfect in this. That being said, yeah I was a bit underwhelmed as well. It was still a good solid movie. The premise was kinda unexciting, though Clozout manages to almost pull it off, and he kept my interest throughout. I have Manon and La Prisonniere of his as well. I'll probably be giving both a watch fairly soon.

[Qrazy]

Bardot was perfect in this. That being said, yeah I was a bit underwhelmed as well. It was still a good solid movie. The premise was kinda unexciting, though Clozout manages to almost pull it off, and he kept my interest throughout. I have Manon and La Prisonniere of his as well. I'll probably be giving both a watch fairly soon.

I started Manon but just haven't had time to finish it yet. I used to be a die hard 'must watch the entire film in one sitting' kind of guy (for tonal/emotional reasons) but more and more these days I treat films like books, start and stop when I feel like it and come back to it a few days later. I have a good enough memory that I really feel like I don't lose much compared to what I gain (the ability to squeeze in viewings over a period of disparate free time blocks).

[soitgoes...]

I started Manon but just haven't had time to finish it yet. I used to be a die hard 'must watch the entire film in one sitting' kind of guy (for tonal/emotional reasons) but more and more these days I treat films like books, start and stop when I feel like it and come back to it a few days later. I have a good enough memory that I really feel like I don't lose much compared to what I gain (the ability to squeeze in viewings over a period of disparate free time blocks).
I try to finish a film in one sitting, but honestly it doesn't always happen. Especially if I get home from work late and start something. I'll invariably doze off and have to finish it the next day. I never wait more then a day to finish the movie.

[Qrazy]

I try to finish a film in one sitting, but honestly it doesn't always happen. Especially if I get home from work late and start something. I'll invariably doze off and have to finish it the next day. I never wait more then a day to finish the movie.

Oh so now you think you're better than me? I'll cut you.

[soitgoes...]

Oh so now you think you're better than me? I'll cut you.
No, know is the word you were thinking of. ;)

[Qrazy]

No, know is the word you were thinking of. ;)

Consider yourself cut, cut in the throat.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

fyi, Cinematik is having a free leech week all this week. no d/l stats will be recorded.

[Qrazy]

No, know is the word you were thinking of. ;)

Manon was very weak, the worst I've seen from him.

[Duncan]

Love both of these...have you seen some of Bruce Conner's other work?
I had actually seen Report at a repertory screening a couple years ago. I've also seen American is Waiting, A 10 Second Film, Mongoloid, and a couple others on YouTube that I'm forgetting at the moment.

[soitgoes...]

Manon was very weak, the worst I've seen from him.
That's a shame. Oh well, everyone gets to have a worst film. I guess maybe I'll prioritize La Prisonierre over Manon then. That is if your opinion is worth anything. Your dismissal of The Last Temptation of Christ has me questioning not only your taste, but also your quality as a human being.:P

[Qrazy]

That's a shame. Oh well, everyone gets to have a worst film. I guess maybe I'll prioritize La Prisonierre over Manon then. That is if your opinion is worth anything. Your dismissal of The Last Temptation of Christ has me questioning not only your taste, but also your quality as a human being.:P

Bah, flimshaw. In fifty years we'll see, time will vindicate me!

It doesn't help that the karagarga print of Manon isn't particularly good and the subtitles I got were abysmal, still I tried to ignore both of those elements and I still think it was a fairly weak piece of filmmaking. I have to look into La Prisonierre as well, round out that filmography.

[Duncan]

Anyone know what "Scrape Error: Socket is closed" means in Azureus? It seems to be keeping things from seeding.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

I uploaded Terry Zwigoff's incredibly rare documentary "Louie Bluie" on Karagarga, I know some people will have interest here.

[DrewG]

I got my almost 10 ratio by finding the popular stuff and seeding it to high heaven. When I knew Inland Empire would be leaking soon onto KG I just checked a few times a day and waited for it to come on. When it did, I was one of the first to have it and seeded it for almost 100GB.

If you know any currently popular movies there, or think you know one coming out, stay up and alert on it.

Just a tip.

[origami_mustache]

Paranoid Park got uploaded last night.

[Qrazy]

Paranoid Park got uploaded last night.

Lost my account ages ago, heh. Been finding a fair share of decent torrents on other sites though surprisingly... sumotorrent has a good amount of rare stuff.

[origami_mustache]

Lost my account ages ago, heh. Been finding a fair share of decent torrents on other sites though surprisingly... sumotorrent has a good amount of rare stuff.

I have cinema obscura invites if you want, although it's not half as great as KG.

Oh wait I already gave you one haha.

[Qrazy]

I have cinema obscura invites if you want, although it's not half as great as KG.

Oh wait I already gave you one haha.

Yeah still have that one thanks though.

[Duncan]

My ratio went above 1.0 for the first time a few days ago. Yay.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

My ratio went above 1.0 for the first time a few days ago. Yay.


same here. i cashed in on the 3 GB upload bonus three times. That did the trick.

Now working on transcribing subtitles for Kon Ichikawa's The Key aka Odd Obsession. Finishing that will net me a 10GB bonus.

[DrewG]

Ratio: 8.096 (↑237.85GBw/21.22GB bonus ↓29.38GB)

I only got so high because in the time I wasn't watching/downloading many movie I just left my uTorrent open. Even stuf you don't think people will get they eventually do. Also, if you haven't noticed this: when someone requests a re-seed on something you have downloaded a notification will come up on your front page and you can get all 700MB or whatever if you hop on that and start seeding. This happened to me recently for The Big Heat...I didn't know KG notified its users of this stuff.

[lonesteppenwolf1]

Hello all,

I'm new to this forum, and I know there's tons of people looking for karagarga invites,but i won't give up...if anyone has an invite, i will be forever in your debt. cheers!

sean

[Stay Puft]

I'll put this out there for anybody:

I have KG invites, so if you want one, just send me a PM with your e-mail address (no hotmail or msn accounts).

[DrewG]

I also have a crap ton of invites if the generous Stay Puft happens to run out.

[Sven]

I'm using Azureus and just recently, for a reason unbeknown to myself, my queue will download only one torrent at a time. Does anyone know how that happened/how I can fix it?

Edit: Fixed this, so never mind.

[Sven]

Also, could anyone here direct me to a link that explains, in layman's terms, for that is what I am, how to turn one of my dvds into a torrent, and then how to upload that torrent to KG?

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Also, could anyone here direct me to a link that explains, in layman's terms, for that is what I am, how to turn one of my dvds into a torrent, and then how to upload that torrent to KG?

for making a dvdrip (divx/xvid) or a full DVD-R upload?


let me know which and I'll give you a easy guide.

[Sven]

for making a dvdrip (divx/xvid) or a full DVD-R upload?

Ummm... heh heh *nervous laughter*

I'm not sure. Which is preferred? I have a bunch of stuff on DVD that would be beneficial to those on KG. I know I definitely prefer higher resolution (the Brewster McCloud I got was too pixellated). But I understand that full DVR quality is pretty byte-heavy. Teach me, wise one.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

well if you upload a full DVD-R of a low quality bootleg, no one is going to download it. Full DVD-R's are for high quality retail DVD mostly. They get less interest/shorter lifespan, but if you get at least one person's interest, you'll get upload stats equivelent to the size of the DVD at the minimum. DVD-R's are the easiest to upload.

Divx/xvid are more preferred/more downloaded but obviously not the quality of a full DVD-R. They also are more time consuming to rip/upload.

Give me an example of a title you have that would benefit KG (your first prospective upload let's say) and I'll tell you which route to go plus a guide.

[Sven]

Alright, Brian De Palma's Home Movies is my selection. It's not a very good DVD at all (despite being completely legit), so I can't imagine the DVDR upload would be worth it.

[Derek]

Alright, Brian De Palma's Home Movies is my selection. It's not a very good DVD at all (despite being completely legit), so I can't imagine the DVDR upload would be worth it.

I'm interested in this one, so let me know when it's up on KG and I'll start downloading.

[Sven]

I'm interested in this one, so let me know when it's up on KG and I'll start downloading.

It's wiggity-whack. Pretty fun.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Are you on a mac or pc?

I have that Home Movies DVD, you will definitely want to rip it to xvid/divx.

1) First you'll need DVD Decryptor to rip it to a VIDEO_TS folder. it is done ripping it to your hard drive you want to create a folder, label it as the film ("Home Movies") and drag the VIDEO_TS folder in it. It is always preferable to put the VIDEO_TS folder inside a parent folder.

Download here (freeware): http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/1011845169/1

2) Then you will use Auto GK to import that VIDEO_TS folder and convert it to divx/xvid.

Download Auto GK (Freeware) here: http://www.autogk.me.uk/

"Very Easy" Tutorial on how to convert : http://forum.karagarga.net/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=731

3) Then you hit the upload tab on KG main page and follow the step-by-step instructions:

Tutorial on creating rip specs: http://forum.karagarga.net/index.php?showtopic=4931

4) The last step of upload is to upload the torrent file that you create using your BT client (Azureus, utorrent, etc.). There should be an option to 'create torrent file' on a dropdown menu of your particular client:

You want to make sure that:
- the tracker announce is: http://karagarga.net/announce.php
- you mark it as a 'private' torrent (so no public leechers can latch on)

At the end of creating the torrent file, the client will ask you to save it to your computer. Save it somewhere you can find it (I usually just save it to my desktop).

Then you will load that torrent file (which represents your data) to KG and when you hit 'upload', it will take you to your newly created torrent page for your upload.

5) The last thing you have to do to make the torrent active and visible on the main page is click/download the torrent file off the page you created (like you do when you start any download) and when it asks for a place to save the torrent, you select your parent folder ("Home Movies") with the VIDEO_TS folder inside it.

Your client should run a hash check on it and start seeding your upload.


It may be a bit difficult your first time, but it is really easy after you do it once. Register with the KG forums if you are not, because every guide, question, answer you can think of is there.

[Sven]

Are those softwares for a PC? Because I only have a Mac, alas.

[Watashi]

Alright, so I'm new to this thing. Is this just like any other torrent site? What I basically do to increase ratio is just download a film and then leave it seeding for a few days before I go on to my next download.

Is there something else I should doing to increase my ratio? I need friends. FRIENDS!

[Kurosawa Fan]

Alright, so I'm new to this thing. Is this just like any other torrent site? What I basically do to increase ratio is just download a film and then leave it seeding for a few days before I go on to my next download.

Is there something else I should doing to increase my ratio? I need friends. FRIENDS!

Download stuff that's brand new (like literally within the hour) and leave it up for as long as people are grabbing it. Even if you don't want the movie, it'll help your ratio. You can just delete it after. This is the best way to improve your ratio and stay on the site.

[soitgoes...]

Alright, so I'm new to this thing. Is this just like any other torrent site? What I basically do to increase ratio is just download a film and then leave it seeding for a few days before I go on to my next download.

Is there something else I should doing to increase my ratio? I need friends. FRIENDS!Yeah, pretty much what KF said. Grab newly posted stuff that you figure will be in high demand. Even if it is something that you might not have an interest in. Also next week they'll be posting new masters of the month. You get a 50% upload bonus if you seed these, so grab those too.

[lwilson85]

Ok, I have a question. I just downloaded Celine and Julie Go Boating and downloaded the srt. subs file... but my vcl player doesn't seem to encode it into the film. How do I go about doing it?

[Watashi]

Oops. Well, I'm dowloading Underworld U.S.A. right now which has no leecher, but a lot of seeders and is kinda new (about two weeks old). I'll wait till that's finished before I move on to the new MoM stuff.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Ok, I have a question. I just downloaded Celine and Julie Go Boating and downloaded the srt. subs file... but my vcl player doesn't seem to encode it into the film. How do I go about doing it?

The video file and the sub file have to have the same name (aside from .avi or .mpeg part) and be located in the exact same folder. That should do the trick.

[soitgoes...]

Oops. Well, I'm dowloading Underworld U.S.A. right now which has no leecher, but a lot of seeders and is kinda new (about two weeks old). I'll wait till that's finished before I move on to the new MoM stuff.
I can DL Underworld USA as well to help you out.

[Watashi]

I can DL Underworld USA as well to help you out.

Nice.

[Stay Puft]

Ok, I have a question. I just downloaded Celine and Julie Go Boating and downloaded the srt. subs file... but my vcl player doesn't seem to encode it into the film. How do I go about doing it?

If you're still having problems, try manually loading them. Use the Open File menu in VLC Player (Ctrl+F). Click the "Use as subtitles" box and select the .srt file from wherever you saved it.

[Qrazy]

My ratio is OK these days, but still not great. I have...

Sult (Carlsen)
The Small Back Room (P and P)
Days of Eclipse (Sokurov)
The Son (Dardennes)
Two Men in Manhattan (Melville)
Michael the Brave (Nicolaescu)
The Parallax View (Pakula)
Rien Ne Va Plus (Chabrol)

... If anyone is interested.

I can't comment on their quality because I like to delete films right after I watch them to free space so I'm watching/deleting non-Karagarga stuff right now and leaving these up.

[Watashi]

I'm leeching something called "Gun Girls", but apparently it has one seeder and 7 leechers, so extra ratio for me!

Plus how come when I finished downloading a torrent and seeding it, nothing pops up in my bonus box when the download is complete?

[Qrazy]

I'm leeching something called "Gun Girls", but apparently it has one seeder and 7 leechers, so extra ratio for me!

Plus how come when I finished downloading a torrent and seeding it, nothing pops up in my bonus box when the download is complete?

Maybe they finished the download off a different seeder.

[Stay Puft]

Plus how come when I finished downloading a torrent and seeding it, nothing pops up in my bonus box when the download is complete?

You only get a bonus for seeding. Only Master of the Month material gives you a bonus for uploading while leeching.

[Derek]

Just a couple quick suggestions for maximizing KG:

-Don't be a sucker and watch films on your laptop, unless it's bigger than your tv. :) I picked up an S-Video chord a couple months ago and it lets me see my laptop screen on my tv. The image isn't only bigger, but brighter and clearer as well. You can get 6-foot chord at Best Buy for $20 (30-35 for the 12-foot). The only downside is that doesn't transfer the sound, but if you don't have a nice pair of speakers you use for the computer, you can get another chord (don't know the name) that'll transfer the sound from laptop to tv.

-Unless you already have a huge harddrive, spend the $80-100 for a 320 or 500 MB External hard drive. This not only gives me the room to DL as much as I want, but to keep everything I get for long periods of time for seeding. It makes it much easier to boost your ratio if you're not deleting films right away, esp. since I've had films that got no leechers for the first couple weeks and then a bunch of action after that.

[Philosophe_rouge]

My ratio is OK these days, but still not great. I have...

Sult (Carlsen)
The Small Back Room (P and P)
Days of Eclipse (Sokurov)
The Son (Dardennes)
Two Men in Manhattan (Melville)
Michael the Brave (Nicolaescu)
The Parallax View (Pakula)
Rien Ne Va Plus (Chabrol)

... If anyone is interested.

I can't comment on their quality because I like to delete films right after I watch them to free space so I'm watching/deleting non-Karagarga stuff right now and leaving these up.
I will say, anyone who hasn't should watch The Small Back Room. Excellent stuff. I'd download something, but my ratio is on the brink right now, and I'm focusing on seeding.

[Silencio]

I've been at the site for more than a year and downloaded/uploaded well over 50gb, why do I still not have invites to give out?

[Qrazy]

Just a couple quick suggestions for maximizing KG:

-Don't be a sucker and watch films on your laptop, unless it's bigger than your tv. :) I picked up an S-Video chord a couple months ago and it lets me see my laptop screen on my tv. The image isn't only bigger, but brighter and clearer as well. You can get 6-foot chord at Best Buy for $20 (30-35 for the 12-foot). The only downside is that doesn't transfer the sound, but if you don't have a nice pair of speakers you use for the computer, you can get another chord (don't know the name) that'll transfer the sound from laptop to tv.

-Unless you already have a huge harddrive, spend the $80-100 for a 320 or 500 MB External hard drive. This not only gives me the room to DL as much as I want, but to keep everything I get for long periods of time for seeding. It makes it much easier to boost your ratio if you're not deleting films right away, esp. since I've had films that got no leechers for the first couple weeks and then a bunch of action after that.

Stupid friends borrowed external harddrive without asking and now it has a virus and doesn't work, could probably get it fixed but it's such a hassle... watch films on projector mostly.

[Derek]

I've been at the site for more than a year and downloaded/uploaded well over 50gb, why do I still not have invites to give out?

I think you have to upload over 50GB and have a ratio over 1.0 to be a Power User. But I have several invites and I know a few others here do too, so if you need any for friends, all you have to do is ask.

[Sven]

Just a couple quick suggestions for maximizing KG:

-Don't be a sucker and watch films on your laptop, unless it's bigger than your tv. :) I picked up an S-Video chord a couple months ago and it lets me see my laptop screen on my tv. The image isn't only bigger, but brighter and clearer as well. You can get 6-foot chord at Best Buy for $20 (30-35 for the 12-foot). The only downside is that doesn't transfer the sound, but if you don't have a nice pair of speakers you use for the computer, you can get another chord (don't know the name) that'll transfer the sound from laptop to tv.

What kind of TV do you have? I've been wanting to do this, but my TV is an HDTV, so I'm not sure if what you suggest will work.

[Derek]

Stupid friends borrowed external harddrive without asking and now it has a virus and doesn't work, could probably get it fixed but it's such a hassle... watch films on projector mostly.

Who the hell borrows someone external harddrive without asking!?? [/rhetorical since you already answered it...stupid friends]

*sigh* I've gotta get a projector one of these days. Watched a few films on my friends 125 incher when I visited him last winter and it was amazing.

[Derek]

What kind of TV do you have? I've been wanting to do this, but my TV is an HDTV, so I'm not sure if what you suggest will work.

It's a Toshiba from '03, not a flatscreen. I don't see why it wouldn't work on a newer tv since I think most of them come with an S-Video input. If you're not sure, look here (http://www.coloredhome.com/video/s-video_PC.JPG) and see if that's somewhere on the back/side of your tv.

I have a PC, but I'm sure it's just as easy with a Mac. I hit Shift-F8, change a setting and switch the set to Video1 and I'm good to go.

[Silencio]

I think you have to upload over 50GB and have a ratio over 1.0 to be a Power User. But I have several invites and I know a few others here do too, so if you need any for friends, all you have to do is ask.I was just wondering, but thanks anyway!

[soitgoes...]

I usually just burn the films to a DVD-RW. It takes a half hour-ish to do so which isn't bad. I only have a desktop, so I can't really run a cable from one room to another easily.

[Winston*]

Managed to upload a movie. Clearly I am a genius.

[Spinal]

Criminal. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTbX1aMajow)

[Qrazy]

Been about a month I've been waiting for my ratio to get better... at about .369 now, can't download another until .4 *waits, bites finger nails*

[Philosophe_rouge]

I'm getting desperate, I'm uncomfortably close to having another warning, and I can't bear the pressure :( If any of you are so kind or interested in the following, it would be much appreciated if you would download it soon. Help a sista!

Stalker
Shock of the New
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant
Viridiana
Love Streams
The Heartbreak Kid
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Make Way for Tomorrow
Under Capricorn
Artists and Models
Man's Castle
Chelsea Girls
The Little Foxes
Othello (Orson Welles )
Broken Lullaby
Les disparus de St. Agil
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Possession
Kahnesatake 270 Years of Resistance
Ms. 45
Tobacco Road

Yes, I have a problem :/

[Sven]

Artists and Models

Which one?

Edit: Nevermind

[Sven]

Grabbing a couple from you, Rougey. Hope it helps.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Grabbing a couple from you, Rougey. Hope it helps.
Thanks a million !

[Qrazy]

I think I may have lost my account again, not sure haven't been on in about 2 months but might have downloaded one film more than my ratio allowed and haven't seen any movement on my uploads. Dem's da breaks.

[Qrazy]

How do I reseed films? I have some old ones that got moved to my external harddrive and the torrent was deleted from my client but I still have the film and I'd like to reseed.

I'm using Azureus as a client.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

How do I reseed films? I have some old ones that got moved to my external harddrive and the torrent was deleted from my client but I still have the film and I'd like to reseed.

I'm using Azureus as a client.

Azureus? I don't know exactly since I have never used it but basically with other clients you will click the link at the top of the torrent page and when it asks where you want to save the file to you instead find and select the file you have (whatever drive it may be on). It will hash check the file and start seeding it once that is complete.


In other torrenting news, I got a seedbox and uploaded 1.5 TB in 3 days. Zoooooooooooooommmmm! No ratio problems anymore

[Qrazy]

What's a seedbox?

[soitgoes...]

What's a seedbox?
http://seedboxhosting.com/seedbox/

[Qrazy]

Is there anything cheaper than 47 dollars a month?

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Is there anything cheaper than 47 dollars a month?

That site is a ripoff. The speeds on seedboxhosting would also suck since they jam alot of people on their servers (they allow you to sell parts of your seedbox to your friends to split the costs)

I am on a seedbox run by a fellow user on Cinematik. It costs 35 dollars a month and you get 200gb of hard disk space and unlimited traffic. Seedboxhosting would probably charge you 150 a month for that if they had that size option. The only drawback is the client interface is linux based so you have to be proficient with typing in commands and what not.

Also if you just use karagarga it probably wont do you much good because it is alot harder to seed or get stats because there are no golden or freebie torrents to run up your upload stats. The 1.5 TB I uploaded was at Cinematik, a full size DVD torrent site with weekly free leech torrents.

Ive just started working on my KG ratio with the seedbox last night and I've uploaded 30 GB overnite on the MoM torrents and my own upload.

[soitgoes...]

I just don't see any reason to spend money every month to increase your ratio. If you just have a little patience your ratio at most of these sites will be fine. The problem is when you're new to these sites, its like the kid in the candy store syndrome. You just have to download all this stuff you've only read about, never dreaming of getting the opportunity to finally watch it yourself.

[Qrazy]

I dunno I find that even when I'm patient... leave the computer on and wait a week or two... and have stuff with lots of seeders or MoM it still just doesn't upload that often. But I probably just need to devote more energy to MoM and lots of seeder stuff rather than a few of those and mostly obscure titles. If anyone feels like grabbing The Devils, Rien Ne Va Plus, Finnegans Wake, The Flame and Citron, Pierrot le Fou, White Mane, These are the Damned, Silent Light or Letters from a Dead Man definitely go for it though.

My ratio is stable but it doesn't seem to be moving in the right direction.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

I just don't see any reason to spend money every month to increase your ratio. If you just have a little patience your ratio at most of these sites will be fine. The problem is when you're new to these sites, its like the kid in the candy store syndrome. You just have to download all this stuff you've only read about, never dreaming of getting the opportunity to finally watch it yourself.

Not necessarily, if it's a full DVD site, things go dead suddenly and its harder to reseed them. KG is alot easier to bookmark and be patient with, but other sites you have to grab what you can because on certain things you may never get a chance again (such as massive box sets). I was 300 GB under a 1.00 ratio before my seedbox and now I have more buffer than I will ever need.

One month of a paid seedbox was certianly worth it because I was able to drain my bookmarks and not worry about having to make a strategy of what I'm going to download and when, I have it all now in terms of bookmarks and now can just wait for new stuff.

I understand your argument about shelling out money every month, but one month was enough for me.

The problem is that I have Henri Langlois syndrome and want to acquire and archive every film imaginable. I'm pretty sure most aren't like that.

[Qrazy]

Not necessarily, if it's a full DVD site, things go dead suddenly and its harder to reseed them. KG is alot easier to bookmark and be patient with, but other sites you have to grab what you can because on certain things you may never get a chance again (such as massive box sets). I was 300 GB under a 1.00 ratio before my seedbox and now I have more buffer than I will ever need.

One month of a paid seedbox was certianly worth it because I was able to drain my bookmarks and not worry about having to make a strategy of what I'm going to download and when, I have it all now in terms of bookmarks and now can just wait for new stuff.

I understand your argument about shelling out money every month, but one month was enough for me.

Since you have such a good ratio I think you ought to download all the films I'm uploading. ;)

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Since you have such a good ratio I think you ought to download all the films I'm uploading. ;)

well, KG is the last site I need to repair and buffer my ratio. If I get a ridiculous buffer in the last couple weeks of my seedbox, I will send you a 20 GB gift.

I already have most of the films your seeding.

[soitgoes...]

Not necessarily, if it's a full DVD site, things go dead suddenly and its harder to reseed them. KG is alot easier to bookmark and be patient with, but other sites you have to grab what you can because on certain things you may never get a chance again (such as massive box sets). I was 300 GB under a 1.00 ratio before my seedbox and now I have more buffer than I will ever need.

One month of a paid seedbox was certianly worth it because I was able to drain my bookmarks and not worry about having to make a strategy of what I'm going to download and when, I have it all now in terms of bookmarks and now can just wait for new stuff.

I understand your argument about shelling out money every month, but one month was enough for me.
One month I can see, but if it is monthly, then no.

I haven't figured out the merits of a full DVD site yet (I am a member at Cinematik, but I've only downloaded one film from there). I guess if you want to save everything you download onto a disc then it makes sense, but I usually only download, seed until I watch and then delete. Having a file, that is in some cases, 5 times greater in size makes no sense when my greatest concern is hard drive space. I guess I'm a quantity over quality guy.

[Qrazy]

well, KG is the last site I need to repair and buffer my ratio. If I get a ridiculous buffer in the last couple weeks of my seedbox, I will send you a 20 GB gift.

I already have most of the films your seeding.

Do you download and then store tons of stuff on external HDDs?

[soitgoes...]

I dunno I find that even when I'm patient... leave the computer on and wait a week or two... and have stuff with lots of seeders or MoM it still just doesn't upload that often. But I probably just need to devote more energy to MoM and lots of seeder stuff rather than a few of those and mostly obscure titles. If anyone feels like grabbing The Devils, Rien Ne Va Plus, Finnegans Wake, The Flame and Citron, Pierrot le Fou, White Mane, These are the Damned, Silent Light or Letters from a Dead Man definitely go for it though.

My ratio is stable but it doesn't seem to be moving in the right direction.
Yeah, obscurity is not a friend when initially joining the site, unless you jump on it when it first gets posted as new.

I've seen or have already downloaded what I want from those listed, but I did gift you some GB to help you out some. Not much, but it gives you some breathing room. :)

[Qrazy]

Yeah, obscurity is not a friend when initially joining the site, unless you jump on it when it first gets posted as new.

I've seen or have already downloaded what I want from those listed, but I did gift you some GB to help you out some. Not much, but it gives you some breathing room. :)

Sweet glorious Jesus you sir are a God amongst men... I didn't even know gifting GB was an option. So is this one of those Godfather type deals where someday down the road I'll need to bury your son for you?

And what have you downloaded and/or seen out of those and how would you rate them?

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Do you download and then store tons of stuff on external HDDs?

I try to archive everything. You can get a 500 GB external HD for as low as 79 bucks, so why not? A 500 GB HD lasts me about 3 months until its filled. It's almost the equivalent of 3 months of paying for netflix cost wise (except torrent sites have a far better selection).

[Qrazy]

I try to archive everything. You can get a 500 GB external HD for as low as 79 bucks, so why not? A 500 GB HD lasts me about 3 months until its filled. It's almost the equivalent of 3 months of paying for netflix cost wise (except torrent sites have a far better selection).

How many of those do you have i.e. how many movies do you have?

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

How many of those do you have i.e. how many movies do you have?

I only have one HD and I flush it to discs when it gets filled. I have over 10,000 films on DVD probably (maybe 1/4 of them watched). I hope to go into teaching film and want an arsenal of films to unleash upon my future students :P

I probably get the obsessive collecting gene from my dad. He collects history books (though I don't think he intends on reading most of them, they are just for show.)

[Derek]

Do you download and then store tons of stuff on external HDDs?

This is what I do. I paid $80 for a 320 GB external drive and I usually leave it on when my computer's on. My ratio is around 2.0 and I almost always have something uploading, usually more than one at a time in the 50-100 KB/sec range.

[soitgoes...]

So is this one of those Godfather type deals where someday down the road I'll need to bury your son for you?
Do not think about such things now. A time may come...


And what have you downloaded and/or seen out of those and how would you rate them?
I liked White Mane more than The Red Balloon. These are the Damned was good as well. Both are 7.5/10. I have three others, but haven't watched them yet. Flame & Citron kinda interests me, but I'm not sure I'm ready to download it. It will probably get lost in all the other torrents I've downloaded, and never watched.

[soitgoes...]

This is what I do. I paid $80 for a 320 GB external drive and I usually leave it on when my computer's on. My ratio is around 2.0 and I almost always have something uploading, usually more than one at a time in the 50-100 KB/sec range.
This is what I need to do. My computer has plenty of room for storage, but it fills up quick if I just go willy nilly on the downloading. With me downloading isn't as much of a question of ratio, but rather space and need. "Am I really going to get around to watching that in the next year, or ever?"

[Qrazy]

I only have one HD and I flush it to discs when it gets filled. I have over 10,000 films on DVD probably (maybe 1/4 of them watched). I hope to go into teaching film and want an arsenal of films to unleash upon my future students :P

I probably get the obsessive collecting gene from my dad. He collects history books (though I don't think he intends on reading most of them, they are just for show.)

Doesn't it take a long time to burn all those films to discs? I'm thinking of buying a second HD but more so for film editing.

[Qrazy]

This is what I do. I paid $80 for a 320 GB external drive and I usually leave it on when my computer's on. My ratio is around 2.0 and I almost always have something uploading, usually more than one at a time in the 50-100 KB/sec range.

Another problem I have is that my internet has become shit. I used to have a great package but I moved that package to another location and now if I even open my client the internet dies (on wireless)... when I go hardline the internet doesn't die but I don't seem to be able to download more than 50K/sec and uploads seem even lower. Right now I'm at my parents so I'm taking advantage of the better connection.

[Qrazy]

This is what I need to do. My computer has plenty of room for storage, but it fills up quick if I just go willy nilly on the downloading. With me downloading isn't as much of a question of ratio, but rather space and need. "Am I really going to get around to watching that in the next year, or ever?"

Yeah man get an external. Aside from film downloading it's just really nice to have the extra storage space to have a clean harddrive and to have backups of most of your files.

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Doesn't it take a long time to burn all those films to discs? I'm thinking of buying a second HD but more so for film editing.

Not really. 8-15 minutes per DVD including data verification after the burn is done. I'm talking about full size DVD's, I leave .avi files on my HD and just plug my laptop into my TV with an HDMI cable and watch the divx files on my TV that way.

[Milky Joe]

Hey does anyone have any invites to KG they're willing to part with? I've got an invite to Waffles if someone wants to trade.

Also, I bought an internal harddrive along with an external enclosure for it. Works like a charm and is cheaper than a purely external drive.

[Derek]

Hey does anyone have any invites to KG they're willing to part with? I've got an invite to Waffles if someone wants to trade.

Also, I bought an internal harddrive along with an external enclosure for it. Works like a charm and is cheaper than a purely external drive.

I've got plenty. What's your e-mail address?

[Milky Joe]

PM'd. Thanks.

[baby doll]

I have a question: can some one who's been banned (i.e., me) be re-invited? And furthermore, would anyone be willing to do that?

[Qrazy]

Alright well here's what I"m currently offering and that no one has been downloading.

Portrait of Jennie
Flame and Citron
Distant
Pierrot le Fou
Michael the Brave
Ceddo
Devil and Daniel Webster
Devil's Backbone
Silent Light
The Cyclist
Little Girl Who Sold the Sun
Britannia Hospital
Seven Beauties
Marooned in Iraq
Morning Patrol
The Pied Piper
Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny
The Stolen Airship
The Organizer
America, America
Cairo Station
Never on Sunday
Les Espions
La Chienne
The Cloud-Capped Star
Yaaba
Moolaade
White Dove
A Time for Drunken Horses
The Devils
Rien Ne Va Plus
Finnegans Wake
Whirlwind
These are the Damned
Letters from a Dead Man

[Raiders]

I will uh, selfishly say that anyone very interested in seeing John Paizs's Crime Wave (and why wouldn't you be?), now is the time to go and get it.

[B-side]

And I will say that anyone interested in seeing any of these should download them immediately:

Days and Nights in the Forest
Eternity and a Day
The Beekeeper
Juliet of the Spirits
Tale of Tales
L'ange
Puffball
Inn of Evil
That Most Important Thing: Love
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

[BuffaloWilder]

I had a Karagarga account a while back, but I haven't used it in aaaages. Perhaps I should try and remember what my password was.

[Llopin]

Same here. I believe I was kicked out. If anyone has any invites, I'd be grateful.

[Gerbier]

I'm bumping this to say someone should download:

Damnation
Yi Yi
The Phantom Carriage
Il Desserto Rosso
Mikey and Nicky
Deep End

They're real good...

[BuffaloWilder]

Qrazy, I'll make you a ripper of a deal. You find a copy of Sandy Harbutt's Stone, and you've got my business all up in it.

[Qrazy]

Qrazy, I'll make you a ripper of a deal. You find a copy of Sandy Harbutt's Stone, and you've got my business all up in it.

Erm... ok?

[B-side]

Erm... ok?

I hooked him up.

[Qrazy]

Has anyone else found the KG moderators to be fairly anal retentive or just generally assholeish?

[soitgoes...]

Has anyone else found the KG moderators to be fairly anal retentive or just generally assholeish?
I've never had to deal with them directly. How do you mean?

[Qrazy]

I've never had to deal with them directly. How do you mean?

Oh every once in a while I just go into the chat room to ask a question and they're always very uptight, power trippy and pedantic.

For instance I uploaded a file, couldn't get the specs for it (mac program wasn't working) and the mod was like... try harder or we'll take down the file. Why not just be happy that I uploaded a film no one else had? Who gives a shit about the audio/video specifications.

But just based on their prior attitude I already knew they'd have that reaction.

[Qrazy]

Wow, the assholery just keeps on coming.

[Philosophe_rouge]

That sounds pretty assholish :/

[Qrazy]

That sounds pretty assholish :/

Well now I figured out how to do the specs but some new mod is complaining because I haven't synced the subs or fixed the aspect ratio on the file. I don't know how to do that shit.

[Mysterious Dude]

This is not related to Karagarga, but I thought maybe you nice folks could help me with this: I think I finally learned how to use torrents. It seems to be some kind of gentleman's game -- you download, and then allow others to download from you. How long should I wait for someone to download from me before I can believe I've done my duty as a gentleman? I downloaded four silent Japanese movies, and I don't think there's much demand for them.

[soitgoes...]

This is not related to Karagarga, but I thought maybe you nice folks could help me with this: I think I finally learned how to use torrents. It seems to be some kind of gentleman's game -- you download, and then allow others to download from you. How long should I wait for someone to download from me before I can believe I've done my duty as a gentleman? I downloaded four silent Japanese movies, and I don't think there's much demand for them.I don't look at it on an individual film basis. As long as on the whole I'm seeding as much as I'm leeching, then I feel like I'm doing my duty. Eventually every film will get someone to bite, but after awhile it becomes a space issue. It doesn't make sense to seed a film for 3 months after you've watched it if you're HD is close to full.

[soitgoes...]

And most private trackers take away the "gentlemanly" part of torrenting. They require you, and others, to keep your ratio over a certain limit. It becomes more of a selfish requirement.

[Qrazy]

Ehh personally I don't think it's worth the risk to maintain uploads to public trackers. Here it's legal to download, illegal to upload, and my internet is capped. So I only upload when I have to i.e. Karagarga. I've seen moved on from torrents to megaupload and rapidshare though. It's much, much faster and at no point are you uploading.

[balmakboor]

I can imagine the mods at a site like KG to be assholes. I've been to lots of places on the Internet that seemed to be run by 12-year-olds who've been hackers since the crib. Ask'em any question and they digitally stare at you like you're a moron. Try programming in php (an open source language) sometime and be amazed by how childish some of the error messages are.

In my experience though, the height of Internet assholery were the arrogant SOBs at the alt.movies.kubrick newsgroup.

[TripZone]

Well now I figured out how to do the specs but some new mod is complaining because I haven't synced the subs or fixed the aspect ratio on the file. I don't know how to do that shit.

AVI ReComp is a useful program.

[Qrazy]

AVI ReComp is a useful program.

Thanks for the rec, I figured out the specs stuff around the time I wrote the post though, was just annoyed at the time by the mods attitude.

[TripZone]

Thanks for the rec, I figured out the specs stuff around the time I wrote the post though, was just annoyed at the time by the mods attitude.

I haven't dealt with the mods, but I often find just the KG users incredibly pedantic. In comments.

[balmakboor]

I haven't dealt with the mods, but I often find just the KG users incredibly pedantic. In comments.

Is your avatar from Querelle?

[Qrazy]

I haven't dealt with the mods, but I often find just the KG users incredibly pedantic. In comments.

Agreed.

[TripZone]

Is your avatar from Querelle?

It is.

[balmakboor]

It is.

Nice. I do think it is one of Fassbinder's most interesting and probably most underrated films. Too bad the DVD is no great shakes.

[TripZone]

Nice. I do think it is one of Fassbinder's most interesting and probably most underrated films. Too bad the DVD is no great shakes.

I just think it's incredibly sexy. And the sets are ridiculous. It could do with a HD upgrade.

[balmakboor]

I just think it's incredibly sexy. And the sets are ridiculous. It could do with a HD upgrade.

Yeah, the Fassbinder Foundation is getting around to a restoration on this one about as quickly as with Despair.

[balmakboor]

I just think it's incredibly sexy. And the sets are ridiculous. It could do with a HD upgrade.

I was at a movie poster auction in Seattle once and they had a Querelle poster. I remember everyone sitting there, having no idea what the film was, and mumbling "That sailer is leaning against a ten foot penis."

[TripZone]

I was at a movie poster auction in Seattle once and they had a Querelle poster. I remember everyone sitting there, having no idea what the film was, and mumbling "That sailer is leaning against a ten foot penis."

As sailors are wont to do.

[baby doll]

Hey guys, Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch is up with English subtitles!

[Derek]

Hey guys, Bruno Dumont's Hadewijch is up with English subtitles!

Hadn't heard about this one yet, but the 5 Imdb key words sound pretty good: Explosion | Christian | Female Nudity | Terrorist Bombing | Long Take. Not a big Dumont fan, but I always find him interesting. Still really want to see Life of Jesus, which I know Boner loves.

[soitgoes...]

For those of you who don't visit the site often, be aware that there is a week long free leach starting May 9th. A good chance to grab whatever, and not have to worry about ratio constraints.

[soitgoes...]

For those of you who don't visit the site often, be aware that there is a week long free leach starting May 9th. A good chance to grab whatever, and not have to worry about ratio constraints.Bump, because this has started. Grab as much as you can!

[Megiddo]

Bump, because this has started. Grab as much as you can!
That shit is crazy. I've already gone up 30 gigs in upload since it started.

[kopello]

Has everyone been taking advantage of the freeleech? So far I've got:

Farewell to the Ark
City of Sadness
Angel's Egg
The Lost Domain

My internet speed is awful so this is the best I can do unfortunately. I may be able to get one or two more.

[Stay Puft]

Gah, something else I forgot about. I had stuff bookmarked, too. And I'm going to be away all weekend.

Fingers crossed that another leechfest ends up happening soon (I read that they would have another one if they reach a certain peer milestone?).

[Ezee E]

Downloaded Mind Game. Couldn't figure out other ones.

[Derek]

I have gone apeshit these past few days:

Mother (Naruse, 1952)
Like You Know It All (Hong, 2009)
Norwegian Wood (Tran, 2010)
I Come With the Rain (Tran, 2008)
Cockfighter (Hellman, 1974)
Third Part of the Night, The (Zulawski, 1971)
Match Factory Girl, The (Kaurismaki, 1990)
Ulysses' Gaze (Angelopoulos, 1995)
Scene at the Sea, A (Kitano, 1991)
Man of Marble (Wajda, 1977)
Black Test Car (Masumura, 1962)
To Parsifal (Baillie, 1963)
Corpus Callosum (Snow, 2002)
Wavelength (Snow, 1967)

Plus:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j94/DSmith724/Freeleech.jpg

And I'm still going... :)

[Derek]

Downloaded Mind Game. Couldn't figure out other ones.

A good place to look for ideas is everything in your "Saved" queue on Netflix. A lot of those are probably OOP titles they won't restock any time soon.

[Ezee E]

A good place to look for ideas is everything in your "Saved" queue on Netflix. A lot of those are probably OOP titles they won't restock any time soon.
Fantastic idea.

Here we go:
36 filette
The Blade
Body and Soul
City of Hope
Frat House
The Harder they Fall
Matewan
Ms. 45
Posession
Rec 2
Shallow Grave
Soldier of Orange

[Ezee E]

Fantastic idea.

Here we go:
36 filette
The Blade
Body and Soul
City of Hope
Frat House
The Harder they Fall
Matewan
Ms. 45
Posession
Rec 2
Shallow Grave
Soldier of Orange
Elvis
The Magnificent Ambersons...

[Derek]

The Blade
Soldier of Orange

And two more I wanted to see, so it worked out for both of us.

[Ezee E]

And two more I wanted to see, so it worked out for both of us.
I added Boxer From Shangtung.

I've seen Cockfighter. Didn't really care for it.

[Derek]

I've seen Cockfighter. Didn't really care for it.

Heard it's pretty raw and essentially Two Lane Blacktop with roosters instead of cars. Sounds pretty great, but with the potential for disaster.

[soitgoes...]

I've downloaded a ton:

Days of Youth
Varieté
I Graduated But...
The Covered Wagon
Go West
Wild Oranges
The Inhuman Woman
A Mother Should Be Loved
A Story of Floating Weeds
Dragnet Girl
The Grand Illusion
Make Way for Tomorrow
An Inn in Tokyo
What Did the Lady Forget?
Passing Fancy
Where Are the Dreams of Youth?
The Lady and the Beard
Walk Cheerfully
The Only Son 720p
L'Amore
There Was a Father
Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
Flesh Will Surrender
Late Spring 720p
Bellissima
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
Two Acres of Land
Kapo
The Munekate Sisters
Hell in the City
Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Susana
The Hand of Fate
The Roof
He Who Must Die
Early Spring
Early Summer 720p
Equinox Flower 720p
Tokyo Stpry 720p
The Burmese Harp 720p
Il Bidone
Il Generale della Rovere 720p
Good Morning 720p
Mouchette
The Milky Way
Winter Light
Cartesius
Edvard Munch
Age of Medici
Mauvais Sang
Mishima 720p
Fallen Angels 720p
The Holy Girl
Marseille
Twentynine Palms
Blue Valentine 720p
Innocence

[Mysterious Dude]

I have roughly 8% of free space on my computer.

[Kurosawa Fan]

So far I'm grabbing/have grabbed:

The Blade
A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake
City of Hope
After Life
The Boxer From Shantung
Executioners from Shaolin
Morocco
Shanghai Express
Signs of Life
The Truth
The Tenant

That'll do it for me, I think.

[Derek]

I have roughly 8% of free space on my computer.

Haha. You may wanna get it up to at least 10-15% asap or everything's gonna run super slow.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Added Frat House and Possession as well, after looking into them.

[soitgoes...]

I have roughly 8% of free space on my computer.Ha. Lucky for me my computer crashed last month, and I had to by a whole new one. Now I have all this space. Yeah, lucky. :|

[Rowland]

I should try to get back in on this again. But I already have so much to watch as it is, do I really need to occupy more of my time and PC space downloading movies I probably won't have time for in the near future? It's tempting though. Man, I wish I could pull off what soitgoes does and watch what appears to be an average of two movies a day, I haven't been able to do that since my early college days.
PossessionOhh good choice.

[Derek]

But imagine the possibilities. You could set yourself up with enough 1981 films to last you until the end of the year! ;)

[Ezee E]

All worked out for me except Shallow Grave. Whoo hoo.

[ledfloyd]

i got:

5 Centimeters per Second
Beau Travail
A Brighter Summer Day
A City of Sadness
Disorder
Fat Girl
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
L'Argent
Love Streams
MindGame
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
Mysteries of Lisbon
The Puppetmaster
The State of Things
The Terrorizers
A Time to Live and a Time to Die

and i think i'm good.

[Ezee E]

And my ratio is awesome now. I figured that wouldn't be accounted for in this case.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Grabbed MindGame as well. Seriously, I'm done now.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I lied. Grabbed Certified Copy.

[B-side]

My ratio is 2.492, so I didn't need, nor want, to splurge during this.

[Kurosawa Fan]

What does a ratio have to be in order to be banned? What is the goal for the ratio?

[B-side]

What does a ratio have to be in order to be banned? What is the goal for the ratio?


Download amount: 10-20 Gb. Minimum share ratio: 0.1. Warning period: 2 weeks.
Download amount: 20-30 Gb. Minimum share ratio: 0.2. Warning period: 2 weeks.
Download amount: 30-40 Gb. Minimum share ratio: 0.3. Warning period: 3 weeks.
Download amount: 40-50 Gb. Minimum share ratio: 0.4. Warning period: 1 month.
Download amount: 50-75 Gb. Minimum share ratio: 0.5. Warning period: 1 month.
Download amount: 75-100 Gb. Minimum share ratio: 0.6. Warning period: 6 weeks.
Download amount: 100 Gb or more. Minimum share ratio: 0.7. Warning period: 2 months.

If you drop below these ratio requirements at any time, you will receive a warning for a certain time. You need to use this warning period to improve your ratio. When the warning period has ended, the system checks if you meet the ratio requirements. If you do, the warning is removed. If you don not, you will be placed on probation.

You will not be banned from the tracker due to poor share ratio, but if your ratio stays below the minimum requirements long enough (like explained above), you will be placed on probation. During the probation you cannot download any new torrents except Featured Torrents. You can only seed the torrents you have already downloaded or uploaded yourself..

[soitgoes...]

What does a ratio have to be in order to be banned? What is the goal for the ratio?
Brightside labelled what your ratio needs to be, but to your second question, the reason why they have the ratio is so that people continue to seed the films they grab, at least giving back the bytes they took. It seems like a fair deal, one most struggle with when they're just getting going. After awhile people like myself, Brightside and Derek probably don't pay too much attention to what they download because they are ratio rich. I know Brightside and myself could probably download without seeding a few hundred films without fear of being banned.

[soitgoes...]

i got:

5 Centimeters per Second
Beau Travail
A Brighter Summer Day
A City of Sadness
Disorder
Fat Girl
HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
L'Argent
Love Streams
MindGame
My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days
Mysteries of Lisbon
The Puppetmaster
The State of Things
The Terrorizers
A Time to Live and a Time to Die

and i think i'm good.There's a lot of good here.

I hope all you people that grabbed Mind Game post your thoughts on it.

[Raiders]

All I got so far is:

Eureka (Aoyama)
Takeshis' (Kitano)
Air Doll (Koreeda)

Now that ledfloyd has mentioned it, this afternoon I will be sure to grab Love Streams. If I have time, I guess Mind Game as well.

[Russ]

I hope all you people that grabbed Mind Game post your thoughts on it.
It's my all-time favorite animated film, and as a long-time connoisseur of animation, that's saying something.

A crime that it still hasn't gotten a legitimate U.S. release yet.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Brightside labelled what your ratio needs to be, but to your second question, the reason why they have the ratio is so that people continue to seed the films they grab, at least giving back the bytes they took. It seems like a fair deal, one most struggle with when they're just getting going. After awhile people like myself, Brightside and Derek probably don't pay too much attention to what they download because they are ratio rich. I know Brightside and myself could probably download without seeding a few hundred films without fear of being banned.

Oh, I understand the policy and agree with it. I've actually been a member of the site since 2007, though I very rarely use it anymore. I just couldn't find the actual ratio requirements on the site. I've downloaded about 8 gb and my ratio is almost .6, so I'm not worried about it. When I saw my profile though, the ratio is accompanied by a :|, so I wondered if their goal for every member was to be at a ratio of at least 1.0, or something along those lines.

[soitgoes...]

Oh, I understand the policy and agree with it. I've actually been a member of the site since 2007, though I very rarely use it anymore. I just couldn't find the actual ratio requirements on the site. I've downloaded about 8 gb and my ratio is almost .6, so I'm not worried about it. When I saw my profile though, the ratio is accompanied by a :|, so I wondered if their goal for every member was to be at a ratio of at least 1.0, or something along those lines.
Oh. I think ideally a 1.0 ratio is what they want, but obviously it's not necessary. I think the :| is more for encouragement than disappointment.

[baby doll]

I don't know if anybody's mentioned this yet, but there's a five-hour "workprint" version of Apocalypse Now on KG. Even though it's far from my favorite movie, the idea of a five-hour rough cut is too intriguing for me not to want to watch it.

[Dukefrukem]

I see.

How come I've never signed up for this?

[Derek]

I see.

How come I've never signed up for this?

It's invite only, but PM me your e-mail address (can't be hotmail, I think) and I'll send you one.

[Ezee E]

With my awesome ratio, I'm downloading the Collected Shorts of Buster Keaton.

[soitgoes...]

With my awesome ratio, I'm downloading the Collected Shorts of Buster Keaton.Cool. Lots of good stuff on there (obviously). There's goes your awesome ratio though. Everything on that set is available in rip form, which would have been a lot less of a ratio strain.

[Ezee E]

Cool. Lots of good stuff on there (obviously). There's goes your awesome ratio though. Everything on that set is available in rip form, which would have been a lot less of a ratio strain.
It looks like they'll have another freeleech day session soon.

[soitgoes...]

I don't think so. They never made it to the peer level they were aiming for.

[Ezee E]

I don't think so. They never made it to the peer level they were aiming for.
Dang then.

[balmakboor]

Anybody have any invites handy? Not for me but for one of my facebook friends who is dying to give it a try.

[Derek]

Anybody have any invites handy? Not for me but for one of my facebook friends who is dying to give it a try.

Yeah, PM the e-mail address and I'll send one his/her way.

[balmakboor]

Yeah, PM the e-mail address and I'll send one his/her way.

Thanks.

[elixir]

Anyone think they can send me an invite to this? Thanks :)

[B-side]

Anyone think they can send me an invite to this? Thanks :)

If you haven't gotten one yet, just send me a non-hotmail email address and I'll hook you up.

[elixir]

If you haven't gotten one yet, just send me a non-hotmail email address and I'll hook you up.

I already got one, but thanks anyways. Feel free--you and anyone else--to friend me though...my username is the same as here (elixir).

[kopello]

This is probably a stupid question, but is there somewhere on KG that has a list of all of the recently added torrents? I'm finally living someplace that has great internet and I'm trying to get my ratio to not suck. I'm assuming the best way to do this is to download recently added films that need seeding?

[B-side]

This is probably a stupid question, but is there somewhere on KG that has a list of all of the recently added torrents? I'm finally living someplace that has great internet and I'm trying to get my ratio to not suck. I'm assuming the best way to do this is to download recently added films that need seeding?

Depends on how popular that torrent is gonna be, but you can see all the recently added stuff by going to Browse and sorting by upload date.

I just gave you 5GB to help you out.

[kopello]

Awesome! Thanks for the hint and the bonus as well.

[Thirdmango]

I should probably get in on this. I don't think I'll use it a lot but looking at some older things people have posted I'm interested. Who wants to send me an invite? Thirdmango at gmail

[Mysterious Dude]

I have roughly 8% of free space on my computer.
Dammit, I finally got it up to 29% and in the last three days it has plummeted to 24%. I swear to God, I didn't even download any movies in that time! I even deleted some! Why are you doing this to me, computer?!

[Thirdmango]

Can someone see if "Aburakurasu no matsuri" is on this site. If it is I really do need an invite cause I just can't find this movie right now and I need it. It's too good.

[elixir]

Can someone see if "Aburakurasu no matsuri" is on this site. If it is I really do need an invite cause I just can't find this movie right now and I need it. It's too good.

I don't see it on there.

[Qrazy]

Can someone see if "Aburakurasu no matsuri" is on this site. If it is I really do need an invite cause I just can't find this movie right now and I need it. It's too good.

They don't usually upload content that came out that recently. There's another private asian torrent site though although I can't remember it's name. They might have it.

[soitgoes...]

They don't usually upload content that came out that recently. There's another private asian torrent site though although I can't remember it's name. They might have it.

Asian DVD Club.

[kopello]

I use uTorrent as my torrent client, and a lot of the time when it says I have a torrent seeding under the ETA it just gives me the infinity symbol "∞". In fact, that's what it usually shows. Is this something normal or is their something I can do to fix it and actually have my KG torrents seeding? I feel like I'm missing seeding stuff here.

[Mysterious Dude]

I think that just means no one is downloading it at the time. The number to watch, I think, is "ratio." If it's 0.0, that means no one has downloaded it.

Edit: I am not a user of uTorrent, so I didn't know they apparently don't have a "ratio" column. My research informs me that this data can be found in "help" and "show statistics" after that.

[EyesWideOpen]

I just relogged in to my karaguga account and my ratio is low. How can I make sure that I'm seeding properly?

[Derek]

I just relogged in to my karaguga account and my ratio is low. How can I make sure that I'm seeding properly?

As long as you don't move the files from where they downloaded to or delete the entry in your torrent client (UTorrent, etc.), the files will continue to seed. If you do need to move the files in the future, like from your laptop to an external HD or something, you just have to click the redownload button for that torrent on KG and select the new file path where the file lives.

[EyesWideOpen]

My ratio is .183. Not good.

I downloaded a movie I don't care about because it had 1 seeder and 14 leechers. Now it has 17 seeders and no leechers.

[ThePlashyBubbler]

Always been curious about this - if anybody has any invites handy I'd love to give it a chance.

[B-side]

Always been curious about this - if anybody has any invites handy I'd love to give it a chance.

I need a non-hotmail email address.

[kopello]

Anybody here have a Surreal Moviez invite laying around they wouldn't mind sharing?

[EyesWideOpen]

As long as you don't move the files from where they downloaded to or delete the entry in your torrent client (UTorrent, etc.), the files will continue to seed. If you do need to move the files in the future, like from your laptop to an external HD or something, you just have to click the redownload button for that torrent on KG and select the new file path where the file lives.

All that is good but I'm not even sure if my seeds are being blocked. My ratio has never moved up except for the bonuses.

I have:
The Education of Sonny Carson
Everyone Says I Love You
Go Go Second Time Virgin
Shirin Neshat Women Without Men

[Qrazy]

Anybody here have a Surreal Moviez invite laying around they wouldn't mind sharing?

Are you sure this is invite only? It didn't used to be.

[B-side]

Are you sure this is invite only? It didn't used to be.

It is now.

[Qrazy]

It is now.

Haha late to the table suckers. :P

[kopello]

:cry:

[B-side]

I tried to see if I could invite someone and it said I couldn't. Sorry, kopello.

[baby doll]

I got thirty days to get my rating over .5 or I'm out. If anyone's interested in helping me (UkuleleHobbyist), here's a list of movies I've got:

Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915)
Ballet mécanique (Fernand Léger / Dudley Murphy, 1924)
Greed (Erich von Stroheim, 1924) [1999 restoration]
The Iron Horse (John Ford, 1924)
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange (Jean Renoir, 1936)
When Strangers Marry (William Castle, 1943)
The Cobweb (Vincente Minnelli, 1955)
A Movie (Bruce Conner, 1958) (s)
BÃ*lá PanÃ* (Zdenek Podskalsky, 1965)
L'Amour fou (Jacques Rivette, 1969)
Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton, 1970)
Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) [289 min. workprint]
En râchachant (Danièle Huillet / Jean-Marie Straub, 1982) (s)
Point de fruite Raùl Ruiz, 1984)
Standard Gauge (Morgan Fischer, 1984) (s)
La Ville des pirates (Raùl Ruiz, 1984)
Yeelen (Souleymane Cisse, 1987)
Rouge (Stanley Kwan, 1988)
Nouvelle vague (Jean-Luc Godard, 1990)
Yumeji (Seijun Suzuki, 1991)
La Naissance de l'amour (Philippe Garrel, 1993)
Les Voleurs (André Téchiné, 1996)
() (Morgan Fisher, 2003) (s)
Track Projections (Raya Martin, 2007) (s)
Hadewijch (Bruno Dumont, 2009)
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2009) (s)
To Die Like a Man (João Pedro Rodrigues, 2009)
Kaboom (Gregg Araki, 2010)
O somma luce (Jean-Marie Straub, 2010) (s)
Oki's Movie (Hong Sang-soo, 2010)
Post Mortem (Pablo LarraÃ*n, 2010)
The Strange Case of Angelica (Manoel de Oliveira, 2010)
Tuesday, After Christmas (Radu Muntean, 2010)
Un homme qui crie (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2010)
Miss Bala (Gerardo Naranjo, 2011)
Le Gamin au vélo (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2011)
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr, 2011)

[B-side]

I gave you 5GB to help you out. I'm more than happy to help anyone out if they need it. Just ask. I've got plenty to spare.

[Qrazy]

I gave you 5GB to help you out. I'm more than happy to help anyone out if they need it. Just ask. I've got plenty to spare.

I could use a pittance, I'm at .693.

[B-side]

I could use a pittance, I'm at .693.

Done.

[soitgoes...]

I could use a pittance, I'm at .693.I hooked you up so hard, that if we ever meet IRL I expect fellating, and this time I want to be on the receiving end.

[B-side]

soitgoes stealing my thunder again.

[soitgoes...]

soitgoes stealing my thunder again.You're just butt hurt that you don't get to be a part of the action Qrazy's gonna owe me.

You can always give more of that 2TB surplus you've got. ;)

[B-side]

You're just butt hurt that you don't get to be a part of the action Qrazy's gonna owe me.

You can always give more of that 2TB surplus you've got. ;)

I give out so much and have my hand in so many subtitle pots that I try and spread things out a bit more evenly. Granted, I may be a bit reticent with it, though.

[soitgoes...]

I give out so much and have my hand in so many subtitle pots that I try and spread things out a bit more evenly. Granted, I may be a bit reticent with it, though.I'm just giving you some shit. I have ratio offered in a number of pots that I'll likely never have to pay up on because there doesn't seem to be a lot of Japanese translators on the site. I'm usually stingy with my ratio too. I remember how hard it was to get my ratio up, and it still plays in the back of mind that I never want to have to deal with that again. But let's be honest, I would have to work really hard to fuck up my KG account at this point.

[Thirdmango]

do you have any invites? I've been wanting in on this shit. I've got a damn good ratio on my wrestling torrent site. :cool:

[soitgoes...]

do you have any invites? I've been wanting in on this shit. I've got a damn good ratio on my wrestling torrent site. :cool:PM me your email.

[Thirdmango]

danke good sir. Does Karagarga ever have free leeches or giant torrents which are free leeches? Those are how I've usually been able to start on ratio demanding sites.

[Qrazy]

All I can say is whip it out soitgoes. Whip it out.

And also thanks B.

[soitgoes...]

danke good sir. Does Karagarga ever have free leeches or giant torrents which are free leeches? Those are how I've usually been able to start on ratio demanding sites.
There's a Master of the Month which gives a ratio bonus. They also do featured torrents which are basically free leach, but there's only 4 or so at a time. They have only ever had one site wide free leach since I've been a member, and that was last May.

[Stay Puft]

They have only ever had one site wide free leach since I've been a member, and that was last May.

Yeah, that was the only one, and they're probably not doing another.

And I missed it because I was out of town. FML.

[baby doll]

I gave you 5GB to help you out. I'm more than happy to help anyone out if they need it. Just ask. I've got plenty to spare.I'm a little touched that you and soitgoes would help me out. It seems just like yesterday that I was carrying my own weight.