*Staff applications 2013*

Posted by Duki3003 at 15:15 pm on May 4^th 2013

With the new server working relatively smoothly for the past few weeks, time has come to accept some new blood for our staff roster.
Secondly, a few of our staff members decided on retiring from their staff positions, so we're also saying farewell to Arveene, Arc Da Rat, der_richter, Enzedder and Wintereise. Of course they're not leaving us forever, rather moving away from active staff positions to Former Staff.

So without further delay, moving on to requirements:
If you believe you're up to the task leave us a comment here telling us a bit about yourself and why you feel you would make an excellent contributing staff member. A résumé of sorts. We won't hire randomly, your application will be reviewed and we will do a background check on ya!
The more you were involved in the community, and the offer process, the better your chances of being accepted are.

What we're looking for:
- Familiar with our Wiki info*
- Familiar with our torrent offer system*
- Knows the difference between audio/video formats
- Knows how to make a comparison of releases
- Respectable, not a douche.
- Must know how to use IRC. This is our main form of contact.
- As always, can speak coherent English...

*very important~!

Not as important, but a plus:
- Knows HTML/php coding
- Offered/Adopted a torrent before
- Has a fast/respectable connection (For quickly obtaining different releases for comparison purposes)

We get a lot of new torrent submissions on a daily basis and currently don't have enough staff members to look after them. This will be your main objective! If hired of course...

Any questions you can find me on IRC, or consult with a staff member.
Submit your applications here. All applications sent through PM will be automatically rejected!

-Duki3003

Server Upgrade

Posted by Duki3003 at 0:52 am on April 15^th 2013

During the last couple of hours we were in the process of moving the site to new, faster rig.
The new rig should preform better, but occasional downtimes are still to be expected, considering we're still in the process of optimising it.
If you happen to encounter some bugs resulting from the move, please report them here.

More updates to follow.

- Duki3003

Update
Currently the site/forum/tracker are over on the new server, as the dns can take up to 24 hours and some users might end up on the other server that shows a maintenance notification..

Goals:

● Instant page load times..
● No downtime during backup any more..

Todo:

● Migrate the remaining sites.. blog/wiki/*
● More tweaking..
● Fix the message system.. somehow I broke it.. :x


So yeah, expect some hiccups in the coming days..

BakaBT ad revenue

Posted by Duki3003 at 1:30 am on April 1^st 2013

With our ever growing memberbase, our old server has became unable to cope with the amount of traffic thrust upon it.
The ongoing number of request prompted upgrading to a new faster box, however the current donation service has closed our account so we're unable to accept additional funds in this manner.

Therefore we've decided on making BakaBT ad supported once again, but the only ad company that allowed us to use their services laid out that we must remove all adult content from our tracker. To comply with their demand and continue being the greatest high quality anime tracker we have banned all hentai from BakaBT.

DNU list is going to be updated shortly.

- BakaBT staff


Update:
Turns out we managed to procure a decent enough alternative to fund raising that does not involve removing all hentai.
Therefore to the joy of some users, we're unbanning hentai~

BakaSHOTS updates II

Posted by Duki3003 at 15:17 pm on March 16^th 2013

Our new dev brings you some more updates for the BakaSHOTS interface.

Some updates include:
- Index
- My Uploads
- Upload page

Index and My uploads page have been restyled and upgraded while Upload has been completely overhauled.
Former upload limitation of 8MB of combined files has been lifted, and now you can upload multiple large files all at once.
However old method is also kept in case you experience problems with the new one.

Keep in mind, the site is still in BETA, so some bugs may still appear.
If you encounter any, you can report them here as well as any new features you'd like us to consider.

Edit: I forgot to mention that the new page design was staff collaboration, mostly coming from der_richter considering bruno's designs gave me eye cancer, and he's now subject to paying for my future therapy sessions.

-Duki3003

newy EDIT: Don't doublepo... errr... please report any errors you encounter > http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=14438.0

Happy Chinese New Year 2013

Posted by Duki3003 at 15:37 pm on February 10^th 2013

Today, February 10. 2013, we welcome the Year of the Water Snake.

According to the Chinese Five Element Astrology Calendar, 2013 is the Year of Water Snake. The colour of Water in Five Elements system is related to Black.

The Chinese Zodiac associates the Snake sign to important virtues: wisdom, culture, reflection, creativity,  self-knowledge, seduction and elegance...
Of course the Snake also has weaknesses like laziness, extravagance and infidelity. They are also known to be very competitive, meaning... sore losers.

2013 Prediction for Snake

Snake can expect good fortune in relationships and look forward to a time when they personally or professionally shine. It will be a year when Snake can easily overcome recent setbacks or obstacles experienced in 2012. Even though Snake may not have the income desired in the first half year, financial fortune comes in the second half.

To sum up, BakaBT staff wishes you Good luck and Prosperity in this New Year of the Snake!!!

-Duki3003

Happy New Years

Posted by Duki3003 at 21:57 pm on December 31^st 2012

While some of us are still on the countdown to New Year, part of the globe already went ahead and stepped into 2013. so I'm going to use this chance to wish you all Happy New Years while I'm still, somewhat, able to type in English.

So in behalf of myself and entire BakaBT staff I wish you all a very Srećnu Novu godinu (Happy New Year) and to have a blast this last remaining hours/minutes left till the end of 2012 and even more so in the years to come~


-Duki3003

Holiday Banner Contest Winners

Posted by Duki3003 at 14:38 pm on December 26^th 2012

Congratulations to all Holiday Banner contest winners -

8000 Points: iRock707
6400 Points: Gummixx, PT-Desu
4800 Points: laoa
3200 Points: N2O, hitogiri, zerosaver
1600 Points: Den0va, madara90, vexation, thinadan, Hrimaly, meesha, Villsson, TheOnlyMFG, Milks, Amerikaner, Glitterbomb.

Additionally, here are some staff picks that will receive additional 5000 points:

● laoa's banner featuring Mizuno Kaede from Nyan Koi! [Entry]
● Milks' banner featuring Gasai Yuno from Mirai Nikki. [Entry]
● hitogiri's banner featuring Nagi, Masaki, Rikuo, Sammy and Chie from Eve no Jikan [Entry]

Everyone else gets to enjoy some Freeleech~
Happy Holidays.

- Duki3003