Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2003 3:48 am Post subject: How to get files to complete more often
The Ancient One Joined: Sun Feb 23, 2003 10:03 am Posts: 5034 Location: Norway - Where the polar bears roam the streets
I don't know if everybody knows this allready, but I'll write it here nonetheless.
Very often I have a file that has only very few segments missing with no full sources availible. There are alot of people waiting for it to complete, but then suddenly a full source pops up, and then shortly leaves again.
Hastely righ-click the source and send him a message like this:
Hey man. You're the only full source for 'FILETITLE'. Would you please set the upload priority to Release? There are alot of ppl waiting for just the last two segments... Thank you.
Sometimes they reply and it works. I've managed to complete several files that I've waited ages for this way.
I keep a sepperate .txt file with lot's of messages like this in. One for each uncomplete file. And when I see a source it's just a matter of cut-and-paste.
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The Devil, Probably Joined: Mon Jun 09, 2003 1:04 pm Posts: 2497 Location: In the darkest spot of your soul.
Polityk wrote:
That's a very good idea, but usually they don't reply.
Of course not. Who is reading his messages? Ususally my donkey runs for days unattended. When I finally see a message, it is very possible that the sender died in the mean time of old age.
The Devil, Probably Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2003 6:21 pm Posts: 1676
A bit too pessimistic there wargand,
I read them( some of you might wanna remember that someday) and I know for fact that some others are.....It's just indeed the response time...
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hehe,
i think anyone who's ever messaged me knows they are more then likely going to be drawn into a conversation(sometimes for hours), with no polite means of escape.
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