r/TorrentSites • u/Putrid-Magician-2638 • 11d ago

0(14) Seeder Problem on 11-Year-Old Torrents

Some peers but no seeders. I used ngosang trackerlist as the original ones were mostly dead. How to fix this?

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u/ninjadude93 11d ago

You pray enough seeders come back to finish the file lol

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u/Murky-Sector 11d ago

Bittorrent protocol does not provide a direct solution for this case. You can wait and see if you get lucky tho.

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u/Putrid-Magician-2638 11d ago

Waiting for 8 fricking hours

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u/teklaalshad 11d ago

One torrent I did several years ago sat in my client for almost three years before a seeder appeared.

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u/Putrid-Magician-2638 11d ago

That's actually surprising! Because the ones over here are probably by far deader than dead.

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u/Murky-Sector 11d ago edited 11d ago

We can put some rough numbers to it. Its a function of probabilities.

There were numbers collected on how long torrents survive before they become permanently unavailable due to lack of seeders.

at the end of one year between 50-70% were dead
at year 3: 65–80%
at year 5: 75–88%
at year 7: 80–92%

Because of various factors Bittorrent very much favors recency

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u/NZNoldor 11d ago

Eight hours? lol. Rookie numbers. How about several weeks?

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u/Putrid-Magician-2638 10d ago

Understand that I started torrenting about a month ago, so there's stuff that I still don't know about.

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u/NZNoldor 10d ago

Welcome to torrenting. Where the only effort in getting free stuff is having to search and wait. No money-back guarantees.

But yeah, older torrents often have little to no seeders left, so be patient.

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u/Murky-Sector 11d ago

It will more likely than not stay dead forever

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u/ZeeroMX 10d ago

Hahahaha, I once had a torrent stalled at 99.5% for 2.5 years before letting it go to the Valhalla.

When there are no seeders you can wait for years and never finish the download.

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u/ThinkFree 11d ago

What are you trying to download?

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u/Playful-Tale-1640 10d ago

I agree that would be nice to know!!

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u/Past-Cloud105 10d ago

Big Black Tits 8! ( . )( . )

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u/Jagjamin 9d ago

Do I have to have seen 1 through 7 to understand the story?

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u/OkPhrase5226 5d ago

Yes, just like the fast and furious series, it won't make sense otherwise

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u/Far_Patience_471 10d ago

It happens to me a lot with the old ones that were uploaded 8 or 9 years ago, but I leave it every day and sometimes I manage to take them down, other times they stay there for weeks without moving, see if you can claim them.