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P2P giant Suprnova returns

21 August 2007 19:16 by Dave "Davedough" Horvath | 28 comments

With lawsuits flying around from every angle, the owner of the once famed Suprnova.org, sloncek was forced to deliver a huge blow to the BitTorrent P2P scene by shutting down the website. Once viewed as a one stop shop for all your P2P needs, Suprnova's loss to the scene made a significant impact on file-sharing everywhere.

Such is the way of the Internet, many other sites that were similar in construction sprang up and many others gained valuable regular visitors, but few were able to rise to the notoriety that was held by Suprnova. A short time ago, rumors had flown around the Internet of those P2P rebels ThePirateBay acquiring the rights to Suprnova. Today, those rumors and early leaks have been confirmed. Suprnova.org has opened to the public in the form of an open public beta.

The new owners request that its visitors keep in mind that they are still in the growing stage and there just may be some issues from the initial startup, but they offer a rather interesting tongue-in-cheek reply to those who forced the site down in the first place.

"This is how it works. Whatever you sink, we build back up. Whomever you sue, ten new pirates are recruited. Wherever you go, we are already ahead of you. You are the past and the forgotten, we are the internet and the future. y'arr!"

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thekingo7 (Senior Member) 21 August 2007 22:49
Stuff isn't quite a well seeded as of yet, but that will soon change. [ + quote]
Unfocused (Member) 21 August 2007 23:16
@webe123 Couldn't check. I clicked a few things and then had to leave for work. It will take some time for it to return all the way back to its former greatness, but I have faith. [ + quote]
kingy1213 (Member) 22 August 2007 1:05
"This is how it works. Whatever you sink, we build back up. Whomever you sue, ten new pirates are recruited. Wherever you go, we are already ahead of you. You are the past and the forgotten, we are the internet and the future. y'arr!" who ever said that i love them :-) [ + quote]
OhCrap (Inactive) 22 August 2007 6:26
You have to pay for it? What kind of crap is that? The old supernova.org was free! WTF?!? If I wanted to pay for something I'd just go buy whatever I wanted. No thanks, I'll just keep using torrentspy and isohunt. [ + quote]
tucker001 (Member) 22 August 2007 6:40
wut now mafiaa [ + quote]
vtowner (Member) 22 August 2007 7:14
*Quote:* You have to pay for it? What kind of crap is that? The old supernova.org was free! WTF?!? If I wanted to pay for something I'd just go buy whatever I wanted. No thanks, I'll just keep using torrentspy and isohunt. No retard, you went to supernova. The site is suprnova. [ + quote]
OhCrap (Inactive) 22 August 2007 7:41
*Quote:* *Quote:* You have to pay for it? What kind of crap is that? The old supernova.org was free! WTF?!? If I wanted to pay for something I'd just go buy whatever I wanted. No thanks, I'll just keep using torrentspy and isohunt. No retard, you went to supernova. The site is suprnova. Oops. I guess I got all fired up over nothing. I had always remembered it being free in the past. Thanks for pointing that out and not being a douche about it. [ + quote]
webe123 (Inactive) 22 August 2007 7:42
*Quote:* *Quote:* You have to pay for it? What kind of crap is that? The old supernova.org was free! WTF?!? If I wanted to pay for something I'd just go buy whatever I wanted. No thanks, I'll just keep using torrentspy and isohunt. No retard, you went to supernova. The site is suprnova. LOL! [ + quote]
CloudX77 (Inactive) 22 August 2007 12:14
*Quote:* *Quote:* *Quote:* You have to pay for it? What kind of crap is that? The old supernova.org was free! WTF?!? If I wanted to pay for something I'd just go buy whatever I wanted. No thanks, I'll just keep using torrentspy and isohunt. No retard, you went to supernova. The site is suprnova. LOL! you really shouldn't be using Torrentspy.... [ + quote]
finjetsu (Member) 22 August 2007 12:26
*Quote:* *Quote:* *Quote:* *Quote:* You have to pay for it? What kind of crap is that? The old supernova.org was free! WTF?!? If I wanted to pay for something I'd just go buy whatever I wanted. No thanks, I'll just keep using torrentspy and isohunt. No retard, you went to supernova. The site is suprnova. LOL! you really shouldn't be using Torrentspy.... agreed [ + quote]
spydah (Junior Member) 22 August 2007 12:46
I will wait and see what happens with this site. Normally public trackers only good for multiple sources of files and some hard to found files but i will wait. [ + quote]
Unfocused (Member) 22 August 2007 21:17
Suprnova was THE site back in the day. There are a good many of us who remember this site from long before it was shut down. No reason to think that it will fade away into the wind. [ + quote]
BIGnewb (Inactive) 23 August 2007 10:54
wow i just checked it out and it is AMAZING.wow this is a torrentspy and mininova killer right here.quoting the late borat: IT IS NICE! [ + quote]
john107 (Newbie) 24 August 2007 9:31
aw.......brings a tear to my eye.......and a warm glow in my belly..... [ + quote]
Stevel024 (Newbie) 24 August 2007 19:05
whats wrong with torrentspy? [ + quote]
rdmercer1 (Senior Member) 26 August 2007 2:35
was just wondering why would anyone pay for belonging to one of theese sites when there so many free sites out there? [ + quote]
feliixtc (Newbie) 26 August 2007 3:39
did i misunderstand? thought u said 'suprnova' was free tis not free to join i checked the website on that note 'filecroc' is a nice little p2p program [ + quote]
vtowner (Member) 26 August 2007 5:53
*Quote:* was just wondering why would anyone pay for belonging to one of theese sites when there so many free sites out there? *Quote:* did i misunderstand? thought u said 'suprnova' was free tis not free to join i checked the website OMG are you serious! Have you guys even read the posts? We've discussed this already. You went to supernova. The site we are talking about is suprnova. Jesus. Oh and regarding torrentspy read this [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26 August 2007 6:02
Unfocused (Member) 26 August 2007 6:07
*Originally posted by feliixtc:* did i misunderstand? thought u said 'suprnova' was free tis not free to join i checked the website Try DOT ORG, not DOT COM. There is a link dirrectly under the article... [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26 August 2007 6:09
Stevel024 (Newbie) 26 August 2007 15:51
Oh and regarding torrentspy read this thanks for that. But I read that Torrentspy is hosted in Holland? If that is the case, then wouldn't it just be in the same boat as the Pirate Bay? Also, if you look up on wikipedia, it says Torrentspy has been blocked for US users but I still managed to visit the website. [ + quote]
vtowner (Member) 26 August 2007 16:51
In Holland it's most likely illegal to have a site like The Pirate Bay, but not in Sweden(where Pirate Bay hosts it's servers) because in Sweden it isn't illegal to link to copyrighted material. And the mafiaa will never shut it down because the Pirate Bay's servers don't have any copyrighted material on them. All they have is .torrent files which contain only a hash of numbers and letters. [ + quote]
Stevel024 (Newbie) 26 August 2007 16:53
Doh! Thought pirate bay was in holland... And yeah all the torrent sites only host the torrent file not the copyrighted files [ + quote]
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 28 August 2007 4:29
In a matter of time this site will be back to its old glory days. It is great to see the new owners bring life to it again. [ + quote]
feliixtc (Newbie) 1 October 2007 5:57
actually I went to 'suprnova' not 'supervova' stop shouting & try being polite some of u so called smart ones are sooooooooooooo rude also perhaps u shouldn't use the lord's name in vain [ + quote]
vtowner (Member) 6 October 2007 12:46
*Quote:* also perhaps u shouldn't use the lord's name in vain Well, since I don't believe in god, and since i think all religion is a crock, then it doesn't bother me that i say "the lord's" name in vain. [ + quote]
feliixtc (Newbie) 7 October 2007 4:28
regardless u are still plain ignorant [ + quote]