RIP OiNK, but it looks like a replacement is born. Anyone a member yet? How similar to OiNK is it? I'm a little skeptical, and it doesn't seem like many members are out there, but only time will tell...

I was one of the first 100 members... and it's amazing.

Here's a fairly in depth look at the current stats (first is a comparison, second is an in-depth look at waffles stats by themself)

wafflesfm USERS: 1,848 TORRENTS: 11,262
whatcd USERS: 8,548 TORRENTS: 14,979
libble USERS: 5,532 TORRENTS: 9,887
stmusic USERS: 41,137 TORRENTS: 22,885
funkytorrents USERS: 12,500 TORRENTS: 10,013

Of about 11000 torrents, roughly 9500 is V0, 192, FLAC, 320 or V2.

V0: 2983, 27,1% of total torrents.
192: 1942, 17,7% of total torrents.
FLAC: 1682, 15,3% of total torrents.
320: 1642, 14,9% of total torrents.
V2: 1243, 11,3% of total torrents.

And:

V0: 31% has 1 or less seeders.
192: 44,5% has 1 or less seeders.
FLAC: 48,5% has 1 or less seeders.
320: 43% has 1 or less seeders.
V2: 41% has 1 or less seeders.

So, we got a strong community over here.. and it's only going to get better.

Is there some kind of magical way to get invites to these places? How the hell am I supposed to contribute if I can't get in?

Well, I actually got my Oink invite from someone on these forums a while back.

Then I payed close attention to the talk when Oink went down. Waffles seemed legit because they weren't asking for money or anything, so I started going to their IRC and making friends. That's how I got in.

I currently have 3-4 people that I've promised invites to, but as soon as I have 2 more, one will go to Grabblegarrr (if he would like) and I'll give you one Mike.

If the current invite ystem goes as planned then I should have about 8 invites which means 4 unclaimed ones, so after you two I'd have two extras. So, anyone interested, let me know.

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Originally posted by JGlass:
So, anyone interested, let me know.

Count me in and I'll patiently wait my turn.

Dude I would luv a waffles.fm invite if you get an extra to spare. I was on oink when they shut down and am having a hell of a time trying to get into another good tracker.Thanx!!

I love waffles. Waffles > pancakes IMO.

Btw, someone throw me an invite w/ maple syrup when you have a spare. TY!

I've got a line of at least 10 people waiting for invites.. I feel so bad. Esp. w/ you forum cats because it'd be nice to get you guys in there, but it's proving to be a challenge.

i was going through serious withdrawal with oink being shut down, then demonoid. hopefully i can get an invite to this new site. sounds awesome - thanks for the heads up.

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Originally posted by JGlass:
I've got a line of at least 10 people waiting for invites.. I feel so bad. Esp. w/ you forum cats because it'd be nice to get you guys in there, but it's proving to be a challenge.

It's cool. I can live without waffles.fm. I never used Oink though my friends would always tell me to use it.

That's insane... I've found so many great albums thanks to a combo of OinkPlus and Oink.. and now OinkPlus with #it, Waffles, and What? (not a big fan of What? but they sometimes have albums that I can't find on waffles)

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Originally posted by JGlass:
That's insane... I've found so many great albums thanks to a combo of OinkPlus and Oink.. and now OinkPlus with #it, Waffles, and What? (not a big fan of What? but they sometimes have albums that I can't find on waffles)

any advice on how to go about getting an invite to one of these sites?

Word is they're working on a new invite system at Waffles right now.. I'm a power user which means that I should have some invites coming to me when that happens.

My primary list is taken care of, so now I'm left you guys to get in. If you want an invite, send me a pm with your email addy (not hotmail.. hotmail doesn't like our invites) and tell me a bit about your torrenting experience. I'll get to you guys as the invites come in.

For what.cd invites, just go to their irc.. I've heard they give them out pretty freely.

And if you want an Indietorrents invite then you're SOL because they closed invites shortly after oink went down (due to people flocking to them because they needed an oink replacement.. which #it wasn't/isn't trying to be).

changed my ways since demonoid went down

I've got What, but I really can't figure out this Japanese internet so my ratio's absolute shit. Oh well, I have other sources.

I would really love an invite for Waffles, I am a member of What.cd and will share once i get some invites to give.
Also there is a new site starting up. It will be invite only from the begining. I will let you guys now more when they are up.

What.Cd?



Maximum users 42,000
Registered users 42,786
Torrents 101,660
Seeded Torrents (24h) 88,992
Peers 305,083
Seeders 293,798
Leechers 11,285
Seeder / Leecher Ratio 26

Hey, i just found out about the waffles.fm and i have never been a part of a private tracker and i think it would be pretty badass. i have an already huge music library that i am willing to share and add to.

if someone could hit me up with an invite or an easy way of going about getting one, i would appreciate it.

thanks a lot.

You came to the metacritic forums specifically to get a waffles invite not where I would have gone first.. but interesting nonetheless.

Yeah, seriously. I'm not handing out a random invite...