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He is the founder so really regardless of the reason they have no right to do that.

Jun 16, 2009 7:42 PM

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Making a profit isn't wrong, per se, but off donations that one would assume goes to the site, is.

Jun 16, 2009 7:46 PM

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Amusing mainly.

But when they lost the two big names in anime due to the 'get our stuff off of your site' demands, they lost a lot of content that made them worth it to go there.

And considering Boxtorrents was always to me, a site that supported saying 'screw you' to not distributing licenced anime, which is really counter to the normal attitude of places like Animesuki which only allows anime that is not licensed, I found it hard to care about Boxtorrents.

So I suspect a lot in the anime community are actually likely laughing their asses off over Box having his site essentially stolen right out from under him.

While not technically anime, currently I am a big fan of Hatsune Miku.
At least I can go see her in concert.

Jun 16, 2009 8:01 PM

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It is funny, isn't it? Oh, and animesuki is a great site, by the way.

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Jun 16, 2009 8:19 PM

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What a self-righteous dick move. I seriously doubt they did this shit out of 'good will' for the community. Yeah fucking right lol

When the staff found this out they were "shocked" to see he was actually making profit off of the site so they made BakaBT then transferred everything over saying box actually did very little of the day to day maintenance that keep the site alive anyway.

Douche bags just wanted a piece of the donation pie for the work they agreed to do for free in the first place.

リスト。。

Jun 16, 2009 8:29 PM

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Yea, I suspected the same thing myself. I'd be pretty damn upset though if I knew I was doing the work while Box was getting paid , but they did volunteer freely to begin with so I suppose how it's looked at would be subjective.

I can't say I wouldn't of done the same thing as Box (hell, if given the chance I'd be trying to make a little bit of money, too), but at the same time I can't say I wouldn't of done the same thing as the staff if in the same position.

I've never donated nor do I plan to donate, and I don't even keep a 1:1 ratio (Currently 100Gb behind). But in general Boxtorrents/BakaBT is/was an awesome place to get hard to find unlicensed series, and OST batches so the situation interests me, somewhat.

Jun 16, 2009 8:48 PM

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Sukunai said:
Amusing mainly.

But when they lost the two big names in anime due to the 'get our stuff off of your site' demands, they lost a lot of content that made them worth it to go there.

And considering Boxtorrents was always to me, a site that supported saying 'screw you' to not distributing licenced anime, which is really counter to the normal attitude of places like Animesuki which only allows anime that is not licensed, I found it hard to care about Boxtorrents.

So I suspect a lot in the anime community are actually likely laughing their asses off over Box having his site essentially stolen right out from under him.

Any site that allows licensed material is better than both of the sites anyway.

Jun 16, 2009 9:08 PM

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A tale you hear much too often. Reminds me of a certain private Ragnarok server which encountered much the same fate.

Jun 16, 2009 11:15 PM

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Inb4 lawsuit.

Jun 17, 2009 12:40 AM

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This makes me mad because I hate the word baka.

Jun 17, 2009 1:11 AM

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Damn, I donated a whole $5.00 too. Oh well, *updates bookmarks, ignores drama*.

Jun 17, 2009 5:55 AM

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Drunk_Samurai said:

Any site that allows licensed material is better than both of the sites anyway.

Well I myself am no one's idea of a paragon of virtue.
I am after all a rampant downloader.
When I want something, all I am interested in who has it, and who has it that is the easiest source to get it from with the best quality of content.

I just scored some artbooks from the 'new Box', and I couldn't give a flying fuck what my ratio is. You can get torrent portions off me until I get my file, then it's get the rest from someone else.

While not technically anime, currently I am a big fan of Hatsune Miku.
At least I can go see her in concert.

Jun 17, 2009 6:32 AM

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I don't trust these donation sites... What makes you think they just wanted the piece of the pie therefore stage a coup.

Jun 17, 2009 6:49 AM

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You have to assume the story is true which I think not. I'm starting to think this is a fight for power. I think the new admins are corrupt. All well I have faith in Box to get his site back and delete those power hungry losers. Box was not a bad guy, I once asked if I would need to donate to keep a good ratio and he said no I just needed to seed and I would be fine so he was not craving cash. I really don't believe this story and hope Box goes after these guys.

Jun 17, 2009 7:37 AM

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Kira said:
What a self-righteous dick move. I seriously doubt they did this shit out of 'good will' for the community. Yeah fucking right lol

When the staff found this out they were "shocked" to see he was actually making profit off of the site so they made BakaBT then transferred everything over saying box actually did very little of the day to day maintenance that keep the site alive anyway.

Douche bags just wanted a piece of the donation pie for the work they agreed to do for free in the first place.

The new site's donations are already closed after less than a day. People had donated enough for 3-4 months of server upkeep. It costs about $105 a month.

They haven't given any figures how much Box was making off it but if even 1% of users donated $5 each, with 180k registered users that's 9 grand.

Jun 17, 2009 7:51 AM

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Loraen said:

Douche bags just wanted a piece of the donation pie for the work they agreed to do for free in the first place.

There is no proof of those numbers being true. They could be lying easily.

Jun 17, 2009 7:56 AM

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Hraesvelgr said:
Moral of the story: There's no such thing as a non-profit organization.

fixed

Jun 17, 2009 9:28 AM

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As a member of BxT which has hung around for a while now (coming up on 4 years), I'll throw in my chip and say that I highly, highly doubt this was a power thing. Box himself was absent for the vast majority of those years, with all the work being done by the current admins.

The "new" admins aren't new. They've had total control of the site for the last 3-4 years. Box only popped in and out on very rare occasions. This can't be a power struggle simply because they have had power the entire time.

As for wanting a piece of the pie, I doubt that as well. They're all pretty honest people who have done nothing but vastly improve the site in one way or another.

And really, I don't blame them for not carrying licensed titles. Try setting up mass distribution of FuNi titles yourself and see how well that goes.

Jun 17, 2009 9:40 AM

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I've been asked to pass on a message from one of the BakaBT staff, here goes:

psyren said:
Nice to see lots of moral high horse posts by retards who know absolutely nothing.

Also tell them about this page. Since they're retards, please explain to them that in the space of one day, we have had enough donations to last 6 months, which is why our donations are closed.
http://www.bakabt.com/donate_chart.php

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Jun 17, 2009 11:19 AM

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iindigo said:
And really, I don't blame them for not carrying licensed titles. Try setting up mass distribution of FuNi titles yourself and see how well that goes.

Really now? You can find their licensed crap on some torrent sites if you look.

deadskin said:
I've been asked to pass on a message from one of the BakaBT staff, here goes:

I don't really care about the donations. I really doubt they have any reply about the site not being theirs.

Jun 17, 2009 11:24 AM

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Vagabond said:

Hraesvelgr said:
Moral of the story: There's no such thing as a non-profit organization.

fixed

Well, fine. That's true, too.

deadskin said:
I've been asked to pass on a message from one of the BakaBT staff, here goes:

Hey, I'm glad to see they were mature about it!...oh wait.

Jun 17, 2009 11:29 AM

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hay guys hw come my tracker isn't responding plz help quick.

Poor guys. It's a rough story. I can't believe what Box was doing. Seems pretty scummy.

Jun 17, 2009 11:37 AM

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iindigo said:
And really, I don't blame them for not carrying licensed titles. Try setting up mass distribution of FuNi titles yourself and see how well that goes.

Really now? You can find their licensed crap on some torrent sites if you look.

You'll also notice that for the most part, it's pretty scattered, which makes the sites that do host it a more difficult target for companies to go after. If they were hosted on BxT/BkT and C&D letters were ignored, it'd give Funi and others plenty to go after in court.

Jun 17, 2009 12:12 PM

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deadskin said:
I've been asked to pass on a message from one of the BakaBT staff, here goes:

Ahhh, the defensive grade school approach. Gotta love it.

Quite frankly, I'm not believing anyone in this situaition. Why? It's a he said, she said situation. I see no proof other than a few people saying there was something shady. Box hasn't come out to say anything that I could find. I see no stats, no numbers, no bills and no statements.

As someone who works with money and all the legalities that go along with it, I see how important information is. I can understand why the staff might not want to share actual proof, but if it can't be shared, you can't expect everyone to blindly come to your defense, and believe everything you are saying.

So to the staff member that can't come and post their own 'defense' . If you can't prove beyond a shadow of a doubt what you are saying is true, you can't expect everyone to automatically believe your story. You just can't. And to get upset over people discussing the possibility that maybe what YOU guys are doing shady is just silly. I've been reading the threads on the new site, and I see some of the staff members talking about it intelligantly, and answering the concerns of the members instead of attacking them. I really hope you didn't expect everyone to fawn over this new site and accept everything that you are saying.

Could it be true? Most definitely. But could it not be true? Yup. I reserve judgement till I see some hard proof. Too bad, I liked BoxTorrents.

Jun 17, 2009 1:18 PM

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Yea, I suspected the same thing myself. I'd be pretty damn upset though if I knew I was doing the work while Box was getting paid , but they did volunteer freely to begin with so I suppose how it's looked at would be subjective.

I can't say I wouldn't of done the same thing as Box (hell, if given the chance I'd be trying to make a little bit of money, too), but at the same time I can't say I wouldn't of done the same thing as the staff if in the same position.

I feel the same way too, BUT there oughta be a limit of what you're taking. After all, the donations are intended to keep the site up and running. I don't recall seeing there "AND ALSO FOR MY PERSONAL USES/LUXURIES/ADDICTIONS. And also when asked regarding the donations, box allegedly told them "that it was enough to pay the bills every month with a little extra over". He wasn't transparent enough to tell them that the money was actually more than enough to pay the monthly mortgage of his car and that he didn't even bothered to give each of his staff a ps3 as a gift last Christmas.

So apparently the staff (who is doing all the work) felt betrayed and exploited. The BoxTorrents community was also betrayed as well, but their opinions and feelings varies since, well, only a small fraction donates but still results to a staggering amount? omg xD Well in my opinion it's okay to profit off that. But you have to maintain a level of integrity. The staff and the donators, nevermiind the useless community of leechers, have the right or at least deserve to know where their good money and hard work goes.

Anyone here knows of the Hentairu/Nihonomaru Scandal? xD

Jun 17, 2009 1:43 PM

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cL0ud777 said:

Anyone here knows of the Hentairu/Nihonomaru Scandal? xD

Nope, and I couldn't find anything on Google either.

Quite frankly, it's the admin's word against his.

Its like a judge and jury situation. Both parties are going to come in claiming their innocence in the matter. Its up to the judge and jury to make their own opinions based on both sides of the story. I mean, eventually the judge has to create a mistrial or automatic guilt if the defendant doesn't appear...however it has only been a day and his GF Holy has made a few attempts at contact and the staff deleted those comments, so I don't think he is going to go about this quietly.

I'd like to hear his side before I make an opinion. But to insult people because their opionions don't match? Childish.

Go ahead, quote this too deadskin. Getting interesting enough for you -_-

Jun 17, 2009 1:59 PM

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Don't you have an account yourself?

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Jun 17, 2009 2:04 PM

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That I do, and I have posted already. I felt that since you quoted me over there already, I may as well post there myself.

Jun 17, 2009 2:41 PM

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He delivers: http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?topic=18656.msg430331#msg430331

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Jun 17, 2009 3:02 PM

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deadskin said:
He delivers: [url=http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?topic=18656.msg430331#msg430331]http://forums.bakabt.com/index.php?topic=18656.msg430331#msg430331

Excellant! I can't wait to read it! :)

Jun 17, 2009 3:14 PM

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TBH if the admins did all the work, and Box next to zero, they i dont blame them.
How piss taking is it when you do your bosses work most days, and get next to nothing to show for it. If people don't agree with what they did, then dont go to the site and it will die, simple as.

Jun 17, 2009 3:22 PM

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bio-boosted-kite said:
TBH if the admins did all the work, and Box next to zero, they i dont blame them.
How piss taking is it when you do your bosses work most days, and get next to nothing to show for it. If people don't agree with what they did, then dont go to the site and it will die, simple as.

In general I find that most of the people at the top have enough 'power' to hire the people to do all the work for them. My bf is a Project Manager, and he just deligates the work. He finds himself bored :) However, he still gets credit for the work being done. There are the owners, and the workers. I could own a resteraunt, delegate people to run it and reap the benefits. Fair? Not really....but life.

That being said, Im happy with Box's answer. He was very mature about it. Im glad the admin's aren't going to get into a flame war about it publicly ^^;

Jun 17, 2009 3:30 PM

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Well, he did get to reap the profits for who knows how long. It should be nNo suprise that he'd try to bail himself out and avoid more trouble.

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Jun 17, 2009 3:58 PM

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I am glad to hear he was innocent. They were the wrong ones and should give the site back but whatever box has better things to do I suppose. BXT was going downhill anyways no licensed or dual audio except a few series.

Jun 17, 2009 4:12 PM

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shugo2540 said:
I am glad to hear he was innocent. They were the wrong ones and should give the site back but whatever box has better things to do I suppose. BXT was going downhill anyways no licensed or dual audio except a few series.

Well, it really isn't "innocent" vs "guilty" just because he responded, doesn't automatically make him innocent.

That being said, I did some research on the seedboxes he was talking about. You can get some good ones for 100$ a month, or as low as 10$ a month. So he could have been spending up to 70$ or 700$ a month on dedicated servers, not to mention the cost for the site itself. Really, it wouldn't be known unless someone shares bills and things of that sort, and both parties won't share any of that...so its really up to them at this point.

Jun 17, 2009 5:23 PM

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Titty Bar?

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