Torrent download suggestions for the update.

[LARAGORN]

To try to keep the Update comming thread a little cleaner, post all torrent related suggestions here.
example :
Any tips for faster downloads
Tips for faster uploads
best client......

I for one use Utorrent, and have never had an issue with it.
There are lots of how to's in there FAQ section.
http://www.utorrent.com/

[Mordaan]

One big tip is
seed, seed, seed....

After downloading it, keep seeding it.  Leave it on overnight if you can.  The more people we have seeding, particularly those with phat pipes     (those with high upload speeds), the faster others will be able to download it.

[Laith]

i know im gonna sound like an idiot here but exactly what is seeding? 

[Karyuu]

Seeding is keeping the file available to others, which you can do even after you have it downloaded and finished. By keeping your torrent connection open, you allow others to continue downloading the file from you. That is how torrents work - people share between each other. So the more people there are with completed downloads sharing (seeding), the better it is

[Ryvis]

If i understand it, torrents work by allowing you to d/l different parts of the whole from different sources. Seeding is allowing someone to d/l a part of the file from you. More seeds = faster d/l

[LARAGORN]

Two perfect descriptions.
I ussualy seed three times the size of the file, but with PS, I leave it seeding for weeks

[Laith]

If your the first person to start downloading who do you download the planeshift client off of if no ones downloaded yet?

[Ryvis]

it'll be d/l-able from the server (only one seed)

Edit: it'll also be available on mirror sites, but that's alot slower.

[LARAGORN]

There will be one seed from Dev team once it is available then it will grow each time someone finishes downloading.
I imagine it is gonna be slow for the first while as so many leechers will be trying to download from the 1 seed.

[Ryvis]

And for all you leechers out there, STOP STEALING!
If it's give and take, GIVE!

[Karyuu]

The torrent is first given to the GM team, to begin the seeding. That way when it's posted publically, there should be folks with nearly-completed downloads available to seed.

[Ryvis]

Brilliant plan!

[Myrthe]

so what i ned to do right now is download utorrent and then as soon as it is publicly announced what do i do? download PS all over again?

[Karyuu]

Download a torrent client for now - familiarize yourself with how it works and the like. When the new PS client is made public, you will be given a link to the torrent, which will be a download of the complete PS client.

[Easton]

and don't forget to back up anything you don't want to lose from your old PS folder.. i lots about 5 months of logs forever