Suprnova replacement?

December 24, 2004 4:49 PM

I know Suprnova was the absolute best in bit torrent-ing, but now that it's gone, does anyone know of any other sites that are a) anywhere near as extensive and b) not down all the time?

ahem...not that i'd ever...use...something like that...ahem...

posted by Slimemonster to computers & internet (12 comments total)

How do we know you're not an MPAA spy?
posted by namespan at 5:17 PM on December 24, 2004

posting a link here can only increase the likelihood that a given site will have action taken against it.

having said that, there's probably something you could use in the thread in the blue regarding suprnova's demise.
posted by juv3nal at 5:30 PM on December 24, 2004

There's a buncha stuff listed in the, uh *cough*, Fark thread about suprnova's death. There's a pretty good chance they're all shithammered at this point though, considering it's Fark and all.

I'm pretty sure that asking for specific information about P2P servers, torrent seeds, wares, copies of klite++ and such are frowned upon in AskMe at this point.

It just attracts too much attention, is a Google-able index, etc. It'd be better if you found a friendly IRC channel to ask for torrent lists. Or ask a friend on IM, or on an email list, etc.
posted by loquacious at 6:52 PM on December 24, 2004

Good point, guys. I'll look elsewhere.
posted by Slimemonster at 7:25 PM on December 24, 2004

torrentreactor

not sure if its .com or what, just google for it. As far as the "dont let them know" argument goes, well, even the dimmest part-time staffer can find this stuff out. The MPAA/RIAA probably have master lists that would make any file trading kiddie drool in envy.

Its in Russia so that may explain why they're still up.

I do recommend eMule for P2P. Its userbase has grown, it rewards uploaders, has lots of content, is a good spyware free app, etc.

Also, someone at nerdfilter, mentioned "pirate bay." You could give that a try too.
posted by skallas at 7:44 PM on December 24, 2004

A great site is http://www.litezone.com/
While it doesn't host actual bittorrent, it is a ranking system for various bt sites you can search on. Very useful when searching for random stuff.
Hmmm, I, however, cannot currently connect to it. Weird.
posted by jmd82 at 11:12 PM on December 24, 2004

Usenet. IRC. What we old timers used to use for warez before those fancy GUI's came along and openned the floodgate for the unwashed heathens.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 2:17 AM on December 25, 2004

Yotoshi is a search engine for them, and may lead you to other places.
posted by amberglow at 9:23 AM on December 25, 2004

I'm still getting torrents that work from this Supernova mirror.
posted by fuzz at 10:11 AM on December 25, 2004

not sure fuzz, but i'm pretty sure that's not an actual supernova mirror.
posted by puke & cry at 9:53 PM on December 25, 2004

Not anymore, but hey, it works.
posted by fuzz at 5:22 AM on December 26, 2004

bi-torrent.com also is a suprnova mirror.
posted by u.n. owen at 7:50 AM on December 26, 2004