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Kazaa "Participation Level" Sucks!!

Ranger BrianRanger Brian The Anti-Scrooge
I have Kazaa (Lite) running most of the and upload a hell of a lot more than I download, hense my Level had hit the top (1000).

So I try and download some Jeremiah and Enterprise 2nd season episodes, and after a few hours I return to my PC, and low and behold my level has droped to [b]148![/b] [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/mad.gif[/img]

But this is the really annoying part, in the same time I had tried to download these files, I had upload at least 3 times as many files, most of which are complete episodes of Jeremiah and 1st season Enterprise, but can you guess what my level is...? Yep it's still 148.

It sucks I hadn't downloaded anything for over 2 weeks and had uploaded shed loads, but it doesn't take that into account. It looks like once you hit the top level it stops counting, and as soon as you download anything [b]BAM[/b] your level drops to a point where you can no longer download, because you're pushed to the bottom of the que as you've too low a participation level.

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[This message has been edited by Ranger Brian (edited 12-09-2002).]

Comments

  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    I'd give up on Kazaa... we've just discovered eMule at work... its got the search power of Kazaa and is like eDonkey, but its much much faster. You can set it to auto update the server list aswell which eDonkey never did, which is a great tool. Kazaa just installs spyware on your pc. And it defrags your hard drive to hell aswell.

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  • Kazaa Lite comes spyware free and there is a participation level Hack if you choose to use it.
  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    is the hack something you have to download or is it in there?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I never bothered upgrading to 2. I still use Kazaa lite 1.7.2. No participation crap there. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

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  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    Someone fill me in here... what does the "Participation Level" thing do? Mine tends to be around Zero, seeing as I've got a lousy upload speed...

    EDIT: NM, I figured it out [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

    The hack, however, comes with certain versions of Kazaa Lite. Upgrade yourself to 2.0.0, build 2 ([b]NOT[/b] 2.0.2). It comes with a program called KL Cheater. What this does is upload files in your own shared directory to yourself. As the files don't have to go anywhere, it takes VERY little time. You can go from Zero to 1000 in about a minute or so.

    [This message has been edited by Vlad (edited 12-09-2002).]
  • Here is my question:

    Who on earth CARES?!?

    it doesn't DO anything. My current participation level is 0

    I can still Download, no problems. As far as I can tell, perticipation level has NO effect on how kazaa runs. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

    soo, I don't give a hoot as to what my participation level is. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

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  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    Well, supposedly people with higher participation levels get better spots in file queues, so someone with a participation level of 500 will bump a 0 out of line.

    Don't know how true that is, but I have noticed that I don't have to sift through as many "more sources needed" or "remotely queued" before I can download a file, now.
  • Bah, darned companies bastardizing gnutella.
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    Just use the cheat, go to 1000. Save, run KL for a while, come back, reload the save (with 1000 participation), rinse and repeat.
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