alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm FAQ
alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm
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Welcome to the FAQ for alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm. Please read the information here before asking any questions in the group. If this file does not answer your questions feel free to ask in the group and we may just add your question/s here to help others.
What is a FAQ and why should I read it?
What’s the first thing I should do?
What server should I use? Can you give me one?
What is the best program to use to download all these files?
How do I post in the group, and what am I allowed to post?
So what is this group for if you don’t want me to post?
Why do you people ignore my requests?
What are rar, arj, zip, ace, diz, and nfo files?
How do I request something?
What can and can’t I put in my message?
What happens if I abuse the FAQ?
How do I join your group? I want to post/be a courier/leech/whatever?
What if I have something to offer??
You don’t own usenet, I’ll do what I want
What is a FAQ and why read it?
FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. Reading this FAQ will help you learn about what to do and what not to do in the group alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm. Why do some of these rules seem so strict? We want people in the group to enjoy themselves.
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What’s the first thing I should do?
Simply put, watch and learn. Most people on Usenet are experienced and do not appreciate someone coming into a group and making something enjoyable a living hell. Then read the FAQ and when you’re done read it again. If you have any questions that are not covered by the FAQ feel free to ask them and they may be included in this FAQ.
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What server should I use? Can you give me one?
Any server will do, as long as it’s a GOOD server. This will benefit you in many ways. You will get complete posts, you will get them quickly, and you won’t have to ask constantly for reposts. If you use your iSP’s news server it may not be good enough. Many ISP’s only keep posts on binary groups for 2 days, while some premium servers often guarantee to keep posts for a minimum of 5 or more days.
If you find you are missing about 5 to 10 percent of the posts, or posts are no longer available after 48 hours I would suggest looking into a few of the premium servers.
We do NOT hand out open servers. If you are too cheap to pay 8 dollars a month then it’s your problem. Not ours. You can find information on free server all across the net, and if you look hard enough you might even find some on this site.
A list of servers can be found at http://www.usenetplus.com/browse/usenet-providers/30-1.html
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What is the best program to use to download all these files?
While there are a number of programs to download from usenet (called clients) there are only a few that are worthwhile. Outlook Express is not one of those programs. I would suggest for downloading large amounts of binary files (attachments) that you go with a program called Newsbin Pro. Newsbin Pro mainly downloads binaries and can be used to share bandwidth between news servers and to download parts from multiple servers (great for getting missing pieces). It is the best program for downloading binaries and can be used for posting as well. The next best program would be Agent. Agent is an “all around” type of program which can download binaries as well as read and post text messages.
Newsbin Pro can be downloaded at http://www.usenetplus.com/detail-10-newsbin-pro.html
Agent can be downloaded at http://www.usenetplus.com/detail-1082-agent.html
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How do I post in the group?
We don’t want you to post movies in the group. If you have some urge to post a movie please post it in alt.binaries.movies. Posting fills is of course fine and greatly appreciated.
If you would like to post an older release please post it to alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm.repost.
This news group is intended for Shadowrealm members to distribute movies to the public.
The only format that is permitted for posting in alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm is nAVi (SmR avi), this includes naivme (sounds similar to anime). Posting any other format (mpg, rm, divx (avi), images) is strictly prohibited. Posting warez is also prohibited UNLESS it is specifically for usenet downloading software, uncompression programs, approved SmR Video players (WMP, Winamp) and CRC checking utilities.
File limits are approximately 200 megs per day per person. Please do not post more than this.
Reposts should not be made in this newsgroup, that is what alt.binaries.movies.shadowrealm.repost is for.
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So what is this group for if you don’t want me to post?
This group is intended for 0day releases of SmR (Shadowrealm) movies. it is not for posting movies we have already posted, or releases older than 7 days.
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Why do you people ignore my requests?
If you have spammed for a fill (posted more than one request per day) then you were probably kill filtered. You were stupid to spam in the first place and you deserve to be ignored. if you didn’t spam and your request was ignored you probably didn’t post your request as per the posters 00 file or nfo.
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What are rar, par, nzb, arj, zip, 001, ace, diz, and nfo files?
A .nfo and a .diz file are simply text documents. Open these with notepad or wordpad. These usually contain important information about the file you are downloading.
A .par file and it’s associated files (.p01 .p02 etc) are parity file that are used to repair broken, damaged or missing files. More information is available at http://www.parfiles.net
A .nzb file is a single downloadable file used to download one or more parts of a multipart binary. They are intended to save a user from having to search for articles on usenet. You can find info on nzb files and clients that can use nzb files at http://www.usenetplus.com
A .rar file and it’s associated files (.r01 .r02 etc) are compressed files made with WinRAR. WinRAR is available at http://www.rarsoft.com.
A .arj file and it’s associated files (.a01 .a02 etc) are compressed files made with Winarj. Winarj is available at http://www.jps.net/ilmaestro/Index.html.
A .zip file is compressed files made with Winzip with a .zip extension. Winzip is available at http://www.winzip.com.
A .ace file and it’s associated files (.c01 .c02 etc) are compressed files made with WinAce. WinAce is available at http://www.winace.com.
A .001 file and it’s associated files (.002 .003 etc) are compressed files. These are quite commonly compressed with WinRAR although any compression format could have been used. Ask the poster of the file what format it is in.
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How do I request something?
To request a fill send a normal message to the group in plain text and in the subject type
Name Of Poster - Request File name - thank you
Example - Bob please repost - (smr)up_in_smoke-dvd(1of2).r00 - Thanks
There is no need to put anything in the message body. Try to say please and/or thank you in your post, people don’t like to help others that simply demand. Have patience as some people may have the file you want, but have already posted a large amount recently. Do not post a request more than once a day. Posting more than once in a 24 hour period is considered spam and will be dealt with accordingly.
We do NOT repost movies, we do NOT repost a full half of a movie. We may not even post your fill requests if you are the only user requesting them, or if you are requesting large amounts of fills. If that is the case then get a better news server.
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What can and can’t I put in my post?
There are a number of items with posting and messages. A few of them are no swearing, no racial slurs, no sexism, don’t type in all caps, no funky text (eleet speak as it’s called), no religion, no spam, no advertisements, no banner sites, no forced URL’s, no discrimination, no flooding, no flames and of course NO mpg, rm, divx (avi), images or warez.
Please remember this is a general group, keep it clean for the under 18’s. Also no test posts are permitted. Please use alt.binaries.test for testing.
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What happens if I abuse the rules in this FAQ?
There are a few things that can and/or will happen. Firstly you may get flamed by the others in the group. Secondly you may get reported to your iSP for abuse of the terms and services of your account and/or this FAQ. Most iSP’s state that you must follow the rules set forth in a FAQ for a newsgroup and violating that FAQ is considered abuse and you may lose your account.
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How do I join your group? I want to post/be a courier/leech/whatever?
The simple answer is you don’t. We don’t use couriers, you can leech from usenet, we don’t need posters, and whatever’s can go away.
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What if i have something to offer?
If you truly have something to offer the group you should know how to contact us. We are always looking for hardware suppliers. See above question for posters/couriers. VCD suppliers are not needed at this time. If we ever do have need of any one of the above we will advertise that fact.
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You don’t own usenet, I’ll do what I want
You’re right, we don’t own usenet. But we use this group to post our releases to. We don’t need to do it, and no one deserves these movies anyways. If people insist on abusing the newsgroup we will announce a stop post for a period of time. We have done this already and are willing to do it again.
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Last updated April 12 2007
