HQ PICS DOWNLOADS and Status List (MTG) 2013

[Huggybaby]

Thank you! For seeding, and for the nice compliments.

Yes, I'll post the story pretty soon. I've held off until now for a couple of reasons, but why not.

The torrent is incomplete...I need people to tell me what I should put in next. Maybe Mahamoti could tell me what's missing, but he's done enough already. Anyway, future improvement must come from users' suggestions since I'm no database master.

[PsiKoTicK]

I'm putting it up on my seedbox now... gigabit connection.

I'll leave it there a while to help seed

Edit: Keeps telling me can't resolve host for the tracker... what gives?

[Huggybaby]

Dunno, the only tracker in the list not working is fr33dom.h33t.eu, but that leaves six others working, not to mention DHT and PEX.

[Chernobas]

No words for what you all did, guys...
Really, no words.
Thank you for making dreams possible.
I keep opening the files and feeling like a child at christmas....
You are the very best!!!!
Keep the beautiful work.
Thanks again...

[BaconCatBug]

Love the work and I love the new naming scheme. One can only hope Detonator finishes up work on VPT

And as much as I hate to be "that guy", what say you to adding a fancy shmancy magnet link for the torrent in the main post as well? :3

[Huggybaby]

Hmm, I'm not sure how to add

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magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d35cbb070893e41df88c39db99f6cc869e7eb882&dn=CCGHQ+MTG+HQ+Pics+Complete+through+M14+October+27%2C+2013&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A6969&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fopen.demonii.com%3A1337

in a way that's more convenient than attaching a torrent file.

[BaconCatBug]

Ah, good point. The forum doesn't linkify them. Ah well.

[ChromeKaldra]

No offense, but why organize it by set? How often will someone want the whole ZEN set? Aside for MWS...

I know for me, I'd rather just get the 100 or so cards I want and save the bandwidth/time. Is it possible to set up a torrent with just the cards a-z, sans folders? Or is that too intensive?

[Huggybaby]

Most people want sets AFAIK. Also, torrent software does not like dealing with tens of thousands of files.

See http://torrentfreak.com/5-torrent-files ... ds-101107/:

The Most Files
The next record is the one for the most files in a single torrent. This is a tricky one, because we know that there are torrents which link to millions of files, but none of these are indexed by regular torrent sites. With this many files, the size of the torrent alone can go over 10 MB and most torrent indexes have a restriction on the filesize of a torrent file.

The torrent with the most files that we’ve seen on public indexers is a copy of Magic Workstation that was uploaded 8 months ago. The download is only 4.01 GB in total but has 35,256 files in total.

And of course this torrent kills that one.

I can make a sample if you want to see it. But then you might say "well, I don't need the crops, or the XLHQs", so then I need several torrents, which kills the swarm. That's bad torrent strategy. Better to consolidate the files, since in a torrent you don't have to download what you want, unless everything is stuck in one archive, which I haven't done.

[Huggybaby]

You can see how your client handles the attached file. No one will be seeding it though, it's just for you to see how it performs while parsing 85,000 files.

Also note that I used 4MB pieces, so it's possible that your 100 pics could cost you a 400MB download, even if the pics are only 4MB total.

[ChromeKaldra]

Alright, I see what you mean.

[A.R.]

Ok, trying to summarize what is missing (everything from sets which exist in HQ to obvious things like Summer Edition):

1. Exist in token archives but are missing in main archives:

- Dragon's Maze Tokens
- Zendikar Tokens

2. Missing cards (exist in HQ):

- Anthologies
- Battle Royale
- Beatdown
- Coldsnap Theme Decks
- Collectors' Edition
- Commander's Arsenal
- Deckmasters: Garfield vs. Finkel
- Duels of the Planeswalkers
- Multiverse Gift Box
- Planechase (2012 Edition)

- Arabian Nights - 14 alternate cards
- Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth - 1 emblem (Koth of the Hammer)
- Planeshift - 3 alternate foil cards

3. Missing cards (don't exist in HQ yet):

- Magic 2014 Tokens - 13 cards

- From the Vault: Twenty
- Theros

- Pro Tour Collector's Set
- World Championship Decks 1997-2004

- Hachette Magic Encyclopedia Inserts - 60 cards
- Summer Magic Edition - 306 cards
- Tenth Edition Alternate Foil Cards - 125 cards
- Unhinged Alternate Foil Cards - 26 cards (correct me if I'm wrong)

4. Oversized cards (exist in XLHQ already):

- Commander Oversized Cards - 20 cards + back
- Commander's Arsenal Oversized Cards - 10 cards
- Helvault Oversized Cards - 5 cards + back
- Planechase & Promotional Planes - 46 cards + back
- Planechase (2012 Edition) Planes - 40 cards
- Vanguard - 32 cards + back

5. Oversized cards:

- Helvault Oversized Cards - 5 foil cards

- 6x9 Cards - 94 cards + 4 different backs (correct me if I'm wrong)
- Eighth Edition Box Topper Cards - 33 cards and backs + 6 promo cards
- Italian Junior League Oversized Promos - 10 cards + back
- Magic Player Rewards Oversized Promos - 10 cards with backs
- Ninth Edition Box Topper Cards - 13 cards with backs
- Time Spiral Oversized Promos - 3 cards with backs

6. Backs:

- usual back
- Collectors' Edition back
- International Collectors' Edition back

7. All promo cards and tokens

8. All support cards with backs

9. Simplified Chinese and Japanese alternate art cards

10. Misprints

Thanks!

[Huggybaby]

Thanks A.R., I'd give you two thumbs up if I could!

[Huggybaby]

OK, I haven't had time to really look at things yet, but my initial impressions are:

1. Exist in token archives but are missing in main archives:
- Dragon's Maze Tokens
- Zendikar Tokens

My mistake, easy enough to fix.

2. Missing cards (exist in HQ):

I'll get those that I can, including DOTP and whatever other Digital Editions there are.

- Magic 2014 Tokens - 13 cards

Woogerboy released those, so I need to update.
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4. Oversized cards (exist in XLHQ already):

Not sure where those are but if they exist I'll get them, thanks.

6. Backs:

I think I have all those, they'll be added.

7. All promo cards and tokens

8. All support cards with backs

9. Simplified Chinese and Japanese alternate art cards

10. Misprints

7. Not soon, without help.
8. I don't know what a support card is.
9. English cards only for now. Everything not English probably deserves another torrent, and I have no immediate plans for one of those for several reasons.
10. Not sure about misprints right now, can you give an example? Regardless that's a lower priority.
In the previous torrent I included Filler Cards. Now Magic Librarities has them, and there are so many I'm surprised. I think they'll be excluded this time. The torrent is large and I'm just not that excited about them. I'm very glad that they're documented though. When I released the previous torrent, they weren't, so there was a reason to include them.

[A.R.]

> 8. I don't know what a support card is.

Advertisement cards, tips and tricks cards, various rule cards from early box sets, etc. Most of them have been released in HQ.