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A million! 5 hours and 1 min ago
On November 14th, 2007 we celebrated having reached the notable milestone of 30,000 torrents. That same day, mere hours earlier, we had announced Gazelle. Still running tbdev, and very much in the shadow of OiNK, we were nonetheless proud of having found our feet and were ready to look forward to the future. That future, whilst optimistic, didn't fully anticipate the dedication and love that has since been shown by staff and users alike. Fifteen days later we had added another 20,000 torrents to the site, and after that we never stopped. The 100,000, 200,000, 300,000, 500,000 and 700,000 torrent milestones all fell in time, with one clear number always in the back of our minds. Could a torrent site, especially one with a focus on music, reach one million torrents? Today, just over three years after the site's conception, we can say conclusively that such an achievement is possible. It's been hard, and has taken thousands of hours work. Friends have been made, arguments resolved, software developed and torrents uploaded all with one goal in mind: to make What.CD the greatest free repository of music on the internet, accessible to as many people as possible.

One million torrents is not the end, that much is obvious. However it is a stop on the way, a marker as to how far this site, and this community, has come. It's a milestone worth celebrating, something real that indicates just how much has been given by each and every member and something that serves to show, even in the light of the RIAAs propaganda, that filesharing can produce something great.

We still have a lot to achieve, but for today we should allow ourselves time to look back over the past three and a bit years. All the staff would like to extend our greatest thanks to you all for supporting the site, for uploading, and for making What.CD into what it is today. The energy and devotion that we've seen is nothing less than humbling.

Powered by -- it's got us this far.


Now, onto some surprises and other business!


The 1,000,001th Torrent

It's only fair to celebrate the straw that broke the camel's back. Well, we were going to celebrate the one before it, but it was a dupe. So you get this one instead. Congratulations puffington, and enjoy this torrent on freeleech


Some Great Users

Since the beginning of the month there has been a stunning push to reach the 1 Million goal. This work is deserving of reward, and we've decided to give the Top 10 uploaders in this period staff picks (PM Theseus for the relevant information), with 999999 also receiving VIP for his stellar efforts. We'd also like to give sjo a pick to thank her for her effort, both in bringing the community together for this and for uploading a great number of perfect FLACS in the last month and lowstrife one for his work in galvanising the community.

The top 10 uploaders of torrents since the beginning of the month are as follows:

+----------------+-------------+

| Username | count(t.ID) |

+----------------+-------------+

| 999999 | 1225 |

| batman4xmen | 581 |

| Nebuchadnezzar | 478 |

| kobe1981 | 469 |

| MRthe | 455 |

| Floodge | 450 |

| j0shmcg | 336 |

| juso250 | 328 |

| Ninjatron | 324 |

| sfxdude | 311 |

+----------------+-------------+





1 Million Bytes!

It's only fair for us to give something back, and so we've decided to go all out. Each and every user's upload total, and all request bounties, have had 1 MILLION BYTES added to them! Truly an act of generosity.



A Request Filling Contest!

1 Million torrents just isn't enough for us, we want more! We've seen a great many new requests as a result of lowering the tax, and also an amazing amount of bounty added. Now is the time to do something about those requests. Starting within the next week will be a substantial request filling contest, so now is a good time to start preparing.

You will be awarded points per accurate fill, as follows:

3 Points for filling a request over 1 year old
2 Points for filling a request between 6 months and 1 year old
1 Point for filling a request under 6 months old

The first 3 winners will all receive some great prizes, as will another 2 selected randomly from the top 10. As well as that, everyone who fills at least one point-earning request during the contest will be entered into a draw, with the 3 users picked also being included in the prize giving!



A CSS creation contest

It's been over a year since we implemented a new CSS, and even longer since there was a concerted effort to get some new ones! As such it's time for a contest to bring some new ones in!

The rules are simple, and as follows

* Stylesheets must be compatible with recent versions of both Chrome and Firefox
* Stylesheets may not be offensive
* Stylesheets must be original work
* Multiple entries may be submitted.
* Submissions must be in by 11:59PM site time on the 22/01/2011



The staff will then select the best 10, and put them to a community vote to find the winner. There will prizes for everyone who makes the final shortlist of 10, additional prizes for the top three after the community vote, and one random prize to another entrant.

Furthermore, anyone who chooses to help maintain or bugfix one of our current selection of stylesheets and provides a finished and complete will also be rewarded. Anyone taking on EyeCandy deserves a medal, but it would be greatly appreciated.

Entries go in this thread - forums.php?action=viewthread&threadid=117420


The Mystery Box

It's still a mystery! But I would recommend putting the link to your favourite album in.


Personal Collages Expansion

Personal Collages have, since their creation, been limited to Elites+ and Donors. However, to express our thanks for all the work that Power Users have put into the site, we're now expanding them to be open to Donors and Power Users+.

Celebratory Stylesheet

karlbright was kind enough to knock us up a quick stylesheet modification to celebrate the occasion.

Once you're tired of this stylesheet, you can change it back to what you had before by clicking on the edit profile button.

And finally...

Staff Picks:

As we reach the end of 2010, we have put together a list of themed staff picks. All these picks are albums released this year. While they may not be the staff member's favourite album, they are something special from a great year in music. Enjoy!

bionicsocks' pick

Various Artists - The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume One

Genre: New Wave, Industrial, Synth-pop

Torrents: torrents.php?id=686691

Reason for Selection - Excellent 2010 introduction to minimalistic electronic, industrial, and experimental music from little-known independent bands from the late 70's and early 80's.


Marienbad's pick

Faust - Faust is Last

Genre: Krautrock, ambient

Torrents: torrents.php?id=765829

Reason for Selection - While not my favorite album of the year by any stretch, this double album of krautrock curios has been criminally ignored.


padutch's pick

Devo - Something for Everybody

Genre: new.wave, synth.pop, electronic

Torrents: torrents.php?id=791488

Reason for Selection - This is easily my most listened to album of 2010. This album may be new, but this is Devo at their best. If you like New Wave you can't miss with this.


WithTiredEyes' pick

Ben Folds & Nick Hornby - Lonely Avenue

Genre: indie, pop, rock, piano

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71802634

Reason for Selection - Best collaboration of 2010!


harad's pick

The Flashbulb - Arboreal

Genre: ambient, electronic, idm, breaks

Torrents: torrents.php?id=789441


clapton's pick

The Walkmen - Lisbon

Genre: Indie rock, Surf rock

Torrents: torrents.php?id=842871

Reason for Selection - One of the better rock albums of 2010, Lisbon reminds listeners why The Walkmen are among the most consistently impressive bands of the past ten years.


Trico's pick

Carla Morrison - Mientras Tú Dormías

Genre: Indie, Singer-Songwriter

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71839504

Reason for Selection - It so happens that I discovered this gem through doing torrent reports, and it struck me immediately as very beautiful and true. Her voice is magnificent and sings lovely in Spanish. Get it now. PS, if anyone has the FLAC, it's well needed.


jowa's pick

Sei A - White Rainbow

Genre: Electronic, Techno

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71846712


PainTrain's pick

Maps & Atlases - Perch Patchwork

Genre: Math Rock, Experimental, Indie

Torrents: torrents.php?id=785092

Reason for Selection - Despite what other staffers may claim, this is the single best album released in MMX.


sickofjesus' pick

How to Destroy Angels - A Drowning

Genre: electronic, ambient, downtempo, alternative

Torrents: torrents.php?id=760648

Reason for Selection - Easily the best what.cd-exclusive leak of 2010.


babygoat's pick

Dan Reeder - This New Century

Genre: Folk

Torrents: torrents.php?id=705670

Reason for Selection - Picks are hard. It turns out there was a lot of good stuff in 2010. Limit it just to things I discovered this year only because of What.CD? Still a long list. In the end I went with Dan Reeder because I think it will be a new discovery for most people, and because he's the only one I remember immediately going and telling someone else to download right after first hearing him here. I don't know if this is necessarily the album of his to start with, but it's the 2010 one!


oinkmeup's pick

AfroCubism - AfroCubism

Genre: Afro-cuban

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71822182

Reason for Selection - It might not be the best album of 2010 (though it's for me in the Top10), but at least it's most certainly the longest awaited album of this year: it took fourteen years for the malian musicians who were originally planned to feature on the Buena Vista Social Club classic album to reach Cuba (learn more in the torrent description).


5terling's pick

Daan - Simple

Genre: Electronic, Accoustic

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71860342

Reason for Selection: A result of their accoustic tour in 2010 with the best songs in an alternative version and two new songs.


Kopitiam's pick

Ghostland Observatory - Codename: Rondo

Genre: Dance, Electronic, Indie, Dance.rock

Torrents: torrents.php?id=71831165

Review - http://austinme2000.wordpress.com/2010/ ... ame-rondo/


Theseus' pick

Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone

Genre: Soul

Torrents: torrents.php?id=849004

Reason for Selection - It's a beautiful album, one that should be heard by as many people as possible. The titular song is a personal favourite.


Marigolds' pick

Hype Williams - Hype Williams

Genre: Hypnagogic Pop, Electronic, Psychadelic, Pop

Torrents: torrents.php?id=845802

Reason for Selection - Wonderfully blissed-out hypnagogia from this London/Berlin duo. Sorry for choosing something which doesn't have a FLAC yet (hint hint community!) but this is one of my favourite releases of the year, and I feel that it has to be shared.

Seraphiel's pick

Sleigh Bells - Treats

Genre: dream.crunk, noise.pop, indie, new.age

Torrents: torrents.php?torrentid=1619772

Reason for Selection - By far my favorite band/album of 2010

nando's pick

Sunchase - Static Nitro

Genre: drum.and.bass

Torrents: torrents.php?id=781609

Reason for Selection - It made my time pleasant during the nights of 2010

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