I dont understand how people can still use torrents, i used to use it, but only with private trackers like demonoid, supertorrents ect...
Direct downloading from rapidshare/megaupload is seriously the way to go, no wait, full speed, heaps of forums that act like catalogs to all the links, and really $10 a month (or $20 3 months, $100 lifetime) is worth it, in conjunction with IDM, downloading really doesn't get easier.( i also blow 250gb a month hording the internet)