#LA isn’t in any sort of trouble, it’s just that things are starting to get a little overwhelming sometimes. Please take time to read the situation we are in, and consider helping out if you can.

BitTorrent Issues.
I’m sure many of you are aware of the current torrent situation of our releases. The torrents just don’t get seeded well at all. Sure, for 24 hours or so after release there is 3+ seeds for awhile, but after that it’s all back to just me. It is very difficult to seed 40+ torrents on my own and still get the episodes to the fans at a decent rate. Many times I’m sending less than 1kB/s on the torrents because there are so many active at one time.

This is my first request of help: Reliable Seeders.
We are in need of seeders who have the time and bandwidth to be able to leave many torrents seeding at the same time for long durations. For example, I have been seeding MAR 01 ever since it came out 20+ weeks ago. We need dedication, maybe not quite to the extreme as I have done, but someone to help share the burden.

If you can help with this position, please email me at the.sok.master@gmail.com or visit #LA@irc.rizon.net and PM Spirit_of_Knight so we can work something out. Thanks.

Direct Download Issues.
As many of you know, the MegaUpload service that we have been using has its setbacks. For example, there is a download limit that limits you to only about 2 downloads before waiting a fixed amount of time before you can download again. I am aware of this, and the fact that there are a few workarounds to this. I have tried, and will continue to try using MediaFire as a better alternative, but sometimes even MediaFire isn’t reliable. I believe the only way to get reliability without drawback or circumstance would be paid file hosting.

This is my second request of help: Dedicated file-hosting.
A dedicated file hosting service would be an excellent way for people to obtain our releases at high speeds all the time. The only downside would of course be, it is not free. So this request goes out to people with spare hosting they are not using, or some really generous people that wouldn’t mind paying for hosting for us. This isn’t as important as the other 2 requests.

If you have some spare hosting space and or are willing to buy, please email me at the.sok.master@gmail.com or visit #LA@irc.rizon.net and PM Spirit_of_Knight so we can work something out. Thanks.

Fileserving in Channel Issues.
Some people actually do prefer IRC over BT and a hosting service, but unfortunately when they try to look for our releases in our very own channel, it is hard for them to obtain at reasonable speeds. As of this writing, only 1 other person serves our releases. It is kind of frustrating when people come in looking to obtain the episodes that we release, only to say to get it somewhere else (via BT or the MU/MF link).

This is our third request for help: Serve in the channel / Donate XDCC bot.
Now I’d be extremely happy if we had another 1 or 2 people in our channel that served all our releases like Meteora and I do, but a dedicated XDCC bot in channel would probably benefit everyone alot more. For a channel of our size, we by no means need a 100mbit bot, but something with the very least a dedicated 50-100kB/s would be spectacular.

If you can donate a XDCC bot or your time and bandwidth to share our files in our channel, please email the.sok.master@gmail.com or visit #LA@irc.rizon.net and PM Spirit_of_Knight so we can work something out. Thanks.

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Maybe there is a way that you think you can help us that wasn’t mentioned above. If there is, do not hesitate to contact me, we are open to all kinds of help, from all kinds of people. This is a friendly sharing community after all.

I try really hard to bring these episodes to the fans as fast and freely as possible. I sincerely thank you all for the kind comments people have been saying about us. We will continue to try our hardest and do our best for a solution to these problems as the releases keep coming.

Thanks for taking the time and reading the situation we are in. We are grateful for what resources we have now, and appreciate everyone’s help and support thus far. Thank you.