14 gigs of survival resource!

Link to torrent on Pirate Bay. If you already have a bit torrent client installed, just click the "Get Torrent File" link.

Link to torrent file on dropbox.

I've never started a torrent from scratch, so let me know if it doesn't work right and I'll try to figure it out. This is seeding from my lower connection speed right now, but I will transfer to a different computer on a much faster upstream later today. I'll keep seeding as long as I can.

If you don't have a bit torrent client, I recommend utorrent. Just google search for it, download and install the client for your OS, then download the torrent at the link above. It is pretty self-explanatory, but if you have trouble I'm sure someone here can help. *Be cautious during the utorrent installation* It is free software, but during installation are about 4 pages of it trying to install additional software. None of this additional software is necessary - I don't think any of it is malware, but you don't need it! Uncheck the boxes and don't install any of it - you only need the torrent client.

This is everything from the site in the OP, including updates and supplements. It's about 13GB after compression. It is broken into numerous .zip files (downloaded directly from the original site); I put all of them into a .rar to compress further. You'll have to extract all the .zip files from the .rar, then extract the individual .zip files.

The uTorrent client gives an error message: "not valid bencoding"

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Originally Posted by sellersm

The uTorrent client gives an error message: "not valid bencoding"

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hmm. . . ok let me troubleshoot.

Make sure you click the link that says "Get Torrent File" (the one in the middle) not "Get This Torrent." The latter throws an error on my PC too.

I installed utorrent on a different PC, over a separate internet connection (two different ISPs) and went through the steps to download the file. I didn't have any trouble; it is all working fine for me so far. Once that one finishes, it will seed at a much faster rate.

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Originally Posted by Teufelhund

hmm. . . ok let me troubleshoot.

Make sure you click the link that says "Get Torrent File" (the one in the middle) not "Get This Torrent." The latter throws an error on my PC too.

I installed utorrent on a different PC, over a separate internet connection (two different ISPs) and went through the steps to download the file. I didn't have any trouble; it is all working fine for me so far. Once that one finishes, it will seed at a much faster rate.

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So for whatever reason ThePirateBay isn't playing nicely and providing the "Get Torrent File" link - just a magnet link and their direct download BS.

If you already have the .torrent file itself, it doesn't need to be distributed directly from TPB - you could attach it as a link here on the forums and people could just drop it into their torrent client. Can you make it available here? Could just share it from a Dropbox link or if the forum will allow you to attach it...

edit: here's what I see when I go to TPB - not sure why it's not allowing for a direct download of the .torrent file...

http://i.imgur.com/oxszmqN.png

In any browser I use, I see the same thing as Tremek posted. And if I try to directly download it via the uTorrent client (Get Torrent from URL...), it gives the "not valid bencoding" error.

If you can send the .torrent via email or what have you, I can share the .torrent via a permalink here and also seed from my seedbox. PM me if I can help. :)

The problem will be the filesize. A 14GB won't fit in Windows SkyDrive, or even Dropbox, or any of the free cloud file-sharing services that I'm aware of.

That's not what I'm saying: the .torrent file is just a pointer - probably 50 kilobytes at most - that tells your torrent client how to get the file from other torrent seeders. If he can give us the .torrent file, our torrent clients can reach out to other people with the file to download the actual content. The .torrent file is what you download from Pirate Bay - TPB is just considered the "tracker" - and then you get all the content/data from the people that actually have the .RAR file, but you need the .torrent file to kick off that process. :)

Distribution of the .torrent file is really the only reason I put it on Pirate Bay at all; sorry it's presenting a problem for you guys. I tried to just attach the torrent here to begin with, but the forum didn't allow the attachment type. I don't have any way to host the .torrent file myself, so I'm open to suggestions. If you can host it and post a link, PM me your email and I'll send it over to you.

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Originally Posted by Teufelhund

Distribution of the .torrent file is really the only reason I put it on Pirate Bay at all; sorry it's presenting a problem for you guys. I tried to just attach the torrent here to begin with, but the forum didn't allow the attachment type. I don't have any way to host the .torrent file myself, so I'm open to suggestions. If you can host it and post a link, PM me your email and I'll send it over to you.

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Put the .torrent file up on Dropbox?

Would renaming the file with a .txt allow attaching it to the forum?