June 28, 2009 by sharky
There’s an interesting history to PTI - it originally began as a Demonoid-invites forum (called invitestodemonoid.com, then named getdemonoid.com). "Link" - a co-admin at PTI and owner of The Ninja’s Hideout, gave us some history…
I originally knew Pyro (the owner/admin) from a site that gave away Demonoid invitations. I was co-admin there and he was a mod. The owner was a real asshat and always harassed the members and mods. After a while, it became enough. The mods all quit (those that weren’t "sacked" in the owner’s fits). He also came onto my forum and harassed one of my members that was a mod on his previously. Before doing that, he had de-admined my account. What he forgot was that a simple change in the MySQL database (which I had access to) could make me admin again. So I sent out a mass email explaining all of what he’s been doing to various members and what not. Needless to say, his community died and he gave up on the site. I haven’t heard from him since. After that whole fiasco, Pyro and the other previous staff members set this site up…"
PTInvites.com - A Look Inside…
Here’s a quick look at some of PTI’s features:
| Minimum Participation? | YES | Some areas, such as Requests and regular Invite Giveaways require a minimum postcount. An introductory post is mandatory. |
| Credit / Rep System? | NO | Uses a Karma system, but has no secondary rep system in place. |
| Invite Requests? | YES | You’ll require 15 posts to make requests (called Jr Member class). |
| Invite Trading? | NO | Not allowed - trading of tracker invites is forbidden. |
| VIP / Hidden Forums? | NO | No VIP forums found, although PTI accepts donations… |
| Invite Giveaways? | YES | Yes, open to all (but requires 5 posts to access). |
| Tracker Recruitment? | YES | Not many sites represented, but recruitment resides in the Invite GA subforum. |
| PTInvites Stats: | Online since: August 2008. Threads: 1,027 | Posts: 7,444 | Members: 738. |
The Rules, and Accessing the Forums:
While registration to PTI is open, new members are required to make an introductory post in order to be granted access to other forums. Here’s what PTI is looking for in an intro post; just answer these questions to the best of your knowledge:
- — Tell us a bit about yourself.
- — Why do you want to be a part of ptinvites.com, and what can you contribute?
- — What private trackers are you a part of? What private trackers would you want to be a part of someday?
- — How did you find us?
- (Optional…)
- — What’s your favorite torrent tracker?
- — What do you use torrents for (e.g. movies, music, etc.)
- — [Post ratio proof/s]
Forum Access & User Classes — Once a new member makes an intro post they are then they still only have limited access to the forums. Once the intro post has been approved (+1 Thanks), more forums open up. After five posts the user is promoted from Lurker to Semi Poster - then they have access to the giveaways. Once a user reaches the JR Member group (at 15 posts) they have full access to the site including invite requests. If a user donates they get immediate access to the entire site and also are asked from a list of invites on hand which they would like.
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