1000+ user network that doesn't have warez?

EviL_SmUrF · Lurker Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 219

Amazing. I was browsing through the network lists, interested in seeing if I can find a large network that doesn't allow warez.

I was unable to. Every single network I found that had over 1000 users had warez channels on them.

The only network I could find that didn't have warez was dalnet!

Do such places exist anymore?

Rob_ · Idler Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 309

if you find one let me know :)

[DiMENSiON] · Eleet Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 621

I would be suprised if you can find one over 500 users with NO WAREZ at all..

http://highdowntime.com/real/ [the real irc project]

radius · Lurker Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 114

magpie · Idler Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 454 Location: Essex, UK

There are several networks with >10k users that are warez free, and not really hard to find in any network indexing service.

radius · Lurker Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 114

katsklaw · Guru Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1122

with notable worth, DALNet currently 7th largest, has 30k users and very little warez for the user base it has. Yes, there is some still there however I think it's commendable for a former top dog to go from 120k users while suffering from huge amounts of DDoS attacks for months on end and abolishing warez/mp3 channels very agressively. still sports an impressive user load.

1 channel of the top 5 is warez, but on a net that size, I'm sure 1 channel with 400 users in it can be ignored.

openglx · none Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Posts: 28

Any f-server channel can be a warez channel, no?

There aren't 100% free warez network, in my thought.

What you can have are networks with "almost none" warez channel. A 400 people channel on a 30k user network is almost nothing, no? :)

Just my $0.02 ...

EviL_SmUrF · Lurker Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 219

wikkedwire still has warez "chat" channels, such as their top channel is the channel for pheonix-torrents.com.

magpie · Idler Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 454 Location: Essex, UK

Willaim · Lurker Joined: 27 Jun 2003 Posts: 242 Location: IRC

katsklaw · Guru Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1122

Well I think the conversation is getting too specific .. anyone with DCC abilities could essentially be warez. However I think the jest of conversation is channels obviously created for that purpose such as the above mentioned #xxxpasswords .. otherwise stating there is warez on all networks wouldn not be inaccurate simply because an Eggdrop with file sharing turned on could essentially serve illegal files.

codemastr · Idler Joined: 05 Feb 2004 Posts: 353

magpie · Idler Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 454 Location: Essex, UK

Well obviously nothing is 100% warez free, but they're pretty close. On a large net there's a never ending stream of users prepared to grass each other up. :)

radius · Lurker Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 114

great responses - but wouldn't it be in the best interest of the admins of the networks they currently run - to make the rounds now and then and make sure the amount of warez is reduced ....

also dalnet does not hide it's warez and neither does Quakenet after i took a tour early this morning. (several servers have no warez magpie?? or a few would be more accurate)

i do not consider torrents warez - the major distros (slackware) use torrents to distribute their ISO's - how would you even categorize that as warez.

when checking servers/networks - i think to stick to the point - the one's actually using huge amounts of bandwidth and sharing massive mp3 and x-rated movies is what i call warez - those are the one's admins should be focusing on.

and that's my 2 cents....