Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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I am now seeding on 6 servers the following torrents:
wesnoth_1.14.5.dmg.torrent
(36.04 KiB) Downloaded 480 times
wesnoth-1.14.5_src.tar.bz2.torrent
(34.41 KiB) Downloaded 475 times
wesnoth-1.14.5-win32.exe.torrent
(31.25 KiB) Downloaded 501 times
Hope this helps someone out!
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Re: Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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why would such a torrent be necessary?

don't they receive some sort of royalties via adds when using sourceforge.net? hence you support them downloading it from the offical side.
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ghype wrote: November 26th, 2018, 10:42 am don't they receive some sort of royalties via adds when using sourceforge.net?
We do not.
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so why would there be any need for such torrents ?
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To continue download later.
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And for better performance downloading...
--- gameplayer.club port 33333 - The Wesnoth Game Player Club Wesnoth MP server, at the default port
-- https://wesnoth.gameplayer.club - My fan site for the great game Battle for Wesnoth
-- https://wesnoth.gameplayer.club/HostSplash - Get Wesnoth hosting for $14/month & first month free
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Re: Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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fstltna wrote: November 27th, 2018, 3:18 am And for better performance downloading
Yes that is the main factor usually that makes torrent downloads worthwhile. Also the more options for downloading the more players we will attract! :D
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The_Gnat wrote: November 27th, 2018, 6:52 am Yes that is the main factor usually that makes torrent downloads worthwhile. Also the more options for downloading the more players we will attract! :D
Yep! Torrents also have the advantage that one server going down doesn't make the file(s) unaccessable...
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-- https://wesnoth.gameplayer.club - My fan site for the great game Battle for Wesnoth
-- https://wesnoth.gameplayer.club/HostSplash - Get Wesnoth hosting for $14/month & first month free
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Re: Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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Not really. For popular stuff, sure. But there is an awful lot of stuff on Torrent which has only one server announcing, and has a single point of failure just like an FTP or HTTP download site.

Personally, I consider Torrent a security threat and will only use it if there is no other option. But it's such a pain setting up and tearing down a honey-pot for the transfer that I rarely do it and, usually, decide it simply isn't worth the effort.
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Re: Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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Ravana wrote: November 26th, 2018, 4:29 pm To continue download later.
Which can be done by using any download manager: wget, JDownloader, Free Download Manager...
fstltna wrote: November 27th, 2018, 7:00 am Torrents also have the advantage that one server going down doesn't make the file(s) unaccessable...
Actually, Sourceforge has several mirrors all around the world. One of them going down isn't going to make the files suddenly disappear.
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And, with the new owners, the bad ol' days at SF are finally behind us.
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Elvish_Hunter wrote: December 1st, 2018, 1:08 pm Actually, Sourceforge has several mirrors all around the world. One of them going down isn't going to make the files suddenly disappear.
Actually, SourceForge’s front end has gone down for extended periods of time in recent history, and we’re not allowed to post direct links to the mirrors sooo
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Re: Unoffficial torrent for Battle for Wesnoth

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Updated to version 1.14.11...
Added another tracker...
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wesnoth-1.14.11-win32.exe.torrent
(Win32)
(31.71 KiB) Downloaded 271 times
Wesnoth_1.14.11.dmg.torrent
(Mac)
(35.55 KiB) Downloaded 261 times
wesnoth-1.14.11.tar.bz2.torrent
(Source)
(35.05 KiB) Downloaded 264 times
--- wesnoth.gameplayer.club - The Wesnoth Game Player Club Wesnoth MP server, at the default port
-- https://wesnoth.gameplayer.club - My fan site for the great game Battle for Wesnoth
-- https://wesnoth.gameplayer.club/HostSplash - Get Wesnoth hosting for $14/month & first month free
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