Spurious ‘PEG Topsite’ Becomes a Tracker Reality

October 23, 09 by sharky   9,817  views  

Nothing sets off the private torrent community into a frenzy quite like the mention of a new l33t secret tracker. Many will probably remember old news about PEG. Supposedly PEG was a topsite in the style of a TBDev tracker, where members received direct web/FTP access to the fastest and latest scene releases - ratio free, naturally. Of course, all of this was just an elaborate hoax. However, the perpetrators of this fabrication have gone on to create the real PEG tracker.

The PEG Topsite Myth

If anything else, at least the scene has a sense of humour. PEG started out as a tongue-in-cheek joke back on New Year’s Day ‘09 to see how much hype could be generated about an elite topsite that resembled a private tracker. Fake screenshots were carefully crafted to add credibility to the bogus site, even a proper scene notice was created to supplement the claim. None of it was true, mind you. But PEG Topsite had been born, and was received with skepticism, desire & debate - integral cogs of the wheel that set PEG in motion. Fictitiously, at least.

PEG Screenshots (Hoax)

The PEG Tracker

The same group responsible for the PEG hoax have gone on to create the actual PEG private tracker. Pioneer Evolution Ground isn’t open for public registration (and we couldn’t tell you if they ever will be), but invites can be requested through their IRC channel #PEG on irc.p2p-network.net (hotlink here).

More information can be found at www.pegworld.com.

NOTE: Be advised that PEG has only been online for a few days, and lists just 92 400 torrents. Don’t shoot the messenger - PEG isn’t great, at least not yet.

Ironically, the PEG tracker possesses some characteristics akin to its non-existent topsite. While users must apply for uploader status, this is probably the first tracker we’ve seen that is offering to pay uploaders so blatantly.

  • • Uploaders: "For all those users that are willing to become uploaders we will pay 0.2$ for each torrent uploaded. So, for 500 torrents you can receive 100$."
  • • Ratio Free: "Don’t worry about your ratio because we don’t care about it. But remember to seed."

PEG… At a Glance

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73 responses for this post

  1. 01   •   Jebus Says: 23.10.09 at 12:21 am

    Must have deep pockets…can’t see that offer lasting too long though, Good Luck!

  2. 02   •   DrGr33N Says: 23.10.09 at 12:39 am

    me me me

  3. 03   •   T3 Says: 23.10.09 at 12:42 am

    Hrmm.. Paying the uploaders on a new tracker? Must have a good bit of spare cash laying around. It would be nice to make a living by uploading… lol. That’s a cool job.

  4. 04   •   KLWA Says: 23.10.09 at 12:54 am

    email sent for invite. hope i can get an invite

  5. 05   •   Mumata Says: 23.10.09 at 1:33 am

    nice place …i have 5 invites :P

  6. 06   •   abdu Says: 23.10.09 at 1:51 am

    i really need a invite! trade for scl

  7. 07   •   abdu Says: 23.10.09 at 1:55 am

    INIVTE MEMEME..HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT?

  8. 08   •   sol Says: 23.10.09 at 2:35 am

    email sent for invite. hope i can get an invite

  9. 09   •   fry Says: 23.10.09 at 2:52 am

    e-mail sent. Hope i can get the invite !

    thank you filesharefreak !

  10. 010   •   plonez Says: 23.10.09 at 2:57 am

    e-mail sent :D

  11. 011   •   red Says: 23.10.09 at 3:17 am

    @ comment number 6 - HA! Enjoy the global ban you twat!

  12. 012   •   Pomeshnue Says: 23.10.09 at 3:18 am

    ADDU, Trading will pretty much get you permabanned from a lot of places…

  13. 013   •   Coder Says: 23.10.09 at 4:24 am

    mail sent

    waiting for the invite

    thanks

  14. 014   •   ichthy Says: 23.10.09 at 4:27 am

    I need a invite. plz give me one :)

  15. 015   •   casscade Says: 23.10.09 at 4:28 am

    587 views this top

    Not really to receive the invitation.
    Bad =(

  16. 016   •   kand Says: 23.10.09 at 5:24 am

    I hope I also invite
    I can image of different torrent sites for you if you want to upload
    Thank you

  17. 017   •   Kush420 Says: 23.10.09 at 5:25 am

    im chillin in the irc channel its gonna be a good while :\

  18. 018   •   snail Says: 23.10.09 at 6:06 am

    PEG hoax, round 2

    tbh I dont see any reason to join the site, they dont have uploaders or axx yet, just one more new site

    kinda suprised you would go along with this

  19. 019   •   fluffyclouds Says: 23.10.09 at 9:18 am

    What is the point of this site - do we need more scene trackers?

    Will anyone wanting to join this site not already have access to other scene trackers which serve ones needs well enough? I doubt it.

    I’m skeptical of the success of this site. It looks like a joke right now.

  20. 020   •   rodrigo Says: 23.10.09 at 10:32 am

    uhull, a bunch of noobs trying to get in!
    don’t cum on yourselves

  21. 021   •   DizitalNovice Says: 23.10.09 at 11:56 am

    The irc address in the article is wrong, the correct irc address is irc://irc.p2p-network.net/peg. I’d also love an invite if you please!

  22. 022   •   Pyro Says: 23.10.09 at 11:57 am

    Looks scammy to me. Who pays people to upload content? Sounds like their a crappy nockoff trying to make a quick buck.

  23. 023   •   Klad Says: 23.10.09 at 12:56 pm

    Huh I received one of the invites from filesharefreak, but when I click the signup link in the email it says “sorry pal” :’(

  24. 024   •   @rm@geddon Says: 23.10.09 at 12:58 pm

    Damn, this seems like an awesome site brah!

    I got mad trade offers like ipt, torrentzilla, fo realz! If this site is really good, I get some crazy buffered bitsoup account for it too. I offer these best sites on the net for a PEG topsite invite seriously, no fakes :D

    Hit me up at my email at cockmuncher@thepiratesociety.org ONLY SERIOUS TRADE OFFERS! :D xoxo

  25. 025   •   king Says: 23.10.09 at 1:03 pm

    lolololololol @ 24..

    sweeeet post braah

  26. 026   •   RAAWWWRRRRR Says: 23.10.09 at 1:25 pm

    I received one of the FSF invites. Thanks, however, like KLAD said, the signup link seems to be broken and I can’t register. Did anyone have luck with IRC?

  27. 027   •   Mumata Says: 23.10.09 at 1:27 pm

    who whant inviets on PEG …my yahoo id naste_cs_player

  28. 028   •   Sharky Says: 23.10.09 at 1:34 pm

    Invites have now been sent to everyone who requested one. Many of you have chosen to use msn, yahoo, hotmail & live email addresses - be sure to check your spam folder.

    If anyone else is having trouble confirming the signup link, leave a comment or email me at peg_invites[at]filesharefreak[dot]com and I’ll see what I can do.

  29. 029   •   NONAME Says: 23.10.09 at 1:37 pm

    Hy, i have 30 invites on PEG if you want one please add the yahoo messenger id: joulan_andrew and in the message boux write that you are from here and want an PEG invite :)

    Goodluck !

  30. 030   •   Klad Says: 23.10.09 at 3:13 pm

    Thanks Sharky, invite works great :)

  31. 031   •   man Says: 23.10.09 at 3:19 pm

    thank you sharky :)

  32. 032   •   Thank you Says: 23.10.09 at 3:26 pm

    an invite please :)

  33. 033   •   Astones Says: 23.10.09 at 4:04 pm

    Can I get an Invite Please?

  34. 034   •   Bert Says: 23.10.09 at 4:25 pm

    Sent you a mail Sharky !

    Now lets pray :D

  35. 035   •   Bert Says: 23.10.09 at 4:59 pm

    That is quick!
    Thanks Sharky and FSF :D

  36. 036   •   bezzy Says: 23.10.09 at 5:04 pm

    Thanks Sharky!

  37. 037   •   Astones Says: 23.10.09 at 5:24 pm

    Thanks !!!

  38. 038   •   JR Says: 23.10.09 at 5:55 pm

    Can I have invite, please.

  39. 039   •   JR Says: 23.10.09 at 6:11 pm

    thnks Sharky for invite ;)

  40. 040   •   johnnybee Says: 23.10.09 at 7:12 pm

    Hello!
    Can i have an invite?
    Sounds great this new tracker.
    thhks in advice

  41. 041   •   sbhacker Says: 23.10.09 at 8:28 pm

    thnx sharky

  42. 042   •   Cruz Says: 23.10.09 at 8:55 pm

    Can I get an Invite Please?

  43. 043   •   DRS Says: 23.10.09 at 10:12 pm

    HI, there………can i get an invite plz?

  44. 044   •   jO Says: 24.10.09 at 12:10 am

    Can i have an invite Sharky?

    thx

  45. 045   •   Aby Says: 24.10.09 at 2:14 am

    .On clicking the Invite link,I get “404 Page not found”.Some error with the Invite code I assume? hmmm.

  46. 046   •   MEDO Says: 24.10.09 at 3:01 am

    HI ALL
    IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE SITE HAVE LOW SECURITY SO CHECK IT BY YOUR SELF

    http://www.pegworld.com/torrents/

    HOW CAN A SITE HOW LOW SECURITY BE ONE OF THE BEST

  47. 047   •   Xponential Says: 24.10.09 at 3:31 am

    Thx for invite!!

  48. 048   •   bugup Says: 24.10.09 at 3:33 am

    wat kind off site is that is it scam or only to get famous ??

  49. 049   •   Thank you Says: 24.10.09 at 4:15 am

    this site is pure shit

  50. 050   •   jradxtreme Says: 24.10.09 at 4:28 am

    can i have an invite pls

  51. 051   •   Red Says: 24.10.09 at 7:00 am

    Oh god, look at this. ANother UBER sekret tracker, that all of a sudden isnt to uber sekret, more equivalent to that of Lockerz and those retarded invites that are going around town.

    Seriously folks, this has got to be a sting. Think about it. What is one of the core rules in the File Sharing Scene. THis is a non profir business, now who the fuck would pau their uploaders? For one, this surpases downloading illegal material. It is a bull blown crime. And when this tracker gets noticed (which no doubt it already has), I dont wanna be around when the shit hits the fan. By the looks of it, these guys dont know a fucking thing about privacy (http://www.pegworld.com/torrents/), and dont give a shit about their members.

    As someone who has seen their fair share of shit go down, this is not the kind of place that seems to be legit. I smell a sting, but that is just me.

  52. 052   •   Red Says: 24.10.09 at 7:14 am

    AND not only that, but their servers seem to be located in Kansas as well, which is like putting your hands up and saying “Come catch me!”.

    This all sounds too suspicious. I am staying clear of this place, I dont wanna be there if/when I am proven correct.

  53. 053   •   Publicity Says: 24.10.09 at 7:19 am

    This must be a new l33t tracker after the login page ? My god=)))

    Hahahahaha this is the biggest bullshit of tracker that i seen in the last time, last one was a site called ITN but obviously this is much big.=)))
    They want to create a tracker just because the real PEG have a name between p2p members and this is don’t even real.=))))

    I’m curious how much they will stay up 1-2 months ?

    Stupid kids ( i’m sure back of this tracker are kids ) , better take a book and read…

    You must be very stupid to join here=))

  54. 054   •   RandomGuy Says: 24.10.09 at 9:27 am

    Hahaha i wonder how many of the real ‘elite’ are members there.. i guess 0

  55. 055   •   Dasher25000 Says: 24.10.09 at 10:49 am

    Filesharefreak.com is a site having reputation. A few more articles like this one and you would surely bring down that reputation considerably. Come on guys you can’t be serious.

  56. 056   •   goretastic Says: 24.10.09 at 10:56 am

    Just go to their IRC. I entered the room, said hello, someone posted to PM them my email for an invite. I pmed him my email, invite in a matter of seconds. I think they are just trying to build up their users first. lol

  57. 057   •   henda Says: 24.10.09 at 2:03 pm

    Haha looks like someone just uploaded tbdev and hoped that was all they needed…
    Staff there have no clue, neither do they care about your privacy/security…
    Not be long before someone takes this site down then i’ll let out a giant LOL
    If your dumb enough to join this tracker then more fool you, you deserve to be there. Anybody with an ounce of sense will have nothing to do with this..

  58. 058   •   Lenin Says: 24.10.09 at 3:14 pm

    Confirm invite link leads to a page saying: Not found. Sorry pal.

  59. 059   •   casscade Says: 24.10.09 at 3:16 pm

    Lenin

    At me too =(

  60. 060   •   you guys are dumb Says: 24.10.09 at 4:14 pm

    are some of you seriously in such a need for a private tracker that you’d join a site that has ZERO reputation, ZERO content, ZERO security, and is based off of a joke? I’m literally shaking my head in disappointment at some of these posts.

    Saying many of you are complete n00bs would be an understatement.

  61. 061   •   you guys are dumb Says: 24.10.09 at 4:17 pm

    and epic lolz at their uber 1337 log-in screen

  62. 062   •   TehDude Says: 24.10.09 at 9:23 pm

    One invite to go pls and tks.

  63. 063   •   nnnnnn Says: 24.10.09 at 10:53 pm

    I went on their IRC, they have good and friendly users. Nice article!

  64. 064   •   Blaah! Says: 24.10.09 at 11:42 pm

    I checked it out. The site is trash! Not at all worth looking at.

  65. 065   •   Fail Says: 25.10.09 at 9:26 am

    Looks like the same people behind Trancebits.com,

    http://www.pegworld.com/pic/trancebits147.gif

    Same favicon as Trancebits as well http://www.trancebits.com

    Site is very unsecure and even the most basic things are there for all to see

    http://www.pegworld.com/pic/

  66. 066   •   soldier Says: 25.10.09 at 2:12 pm

    Use http://www.pegworld.com/delacct.php to delete your account.

  67. 067   •   Paul Says: 25.10.09 at 11:16 pm

    Invite me pls

  68. 068   •   TI.Sucks Says: 25.10.09 at 11:28 pm

    This site sucks ass…

  69. 069   •   me Says: 26.10.09 at 1:30 pm

    Their invite system seems to be suffering. My latest invitees all get this message when they follow the invite url:
    Not Found

    Sorry pal :(

    Anyone know the reason?

  70. 070   •   EPIC FAIL Says: 26.10.09 at 3:43 pm

    /phpmyadmin ROFLMAO

    hope you all used some random password that you never use… I even shouldn’t bother telling u that this db isn’t encrypted…

  71. 071   •   SuperSeeder Says: 29.10.09 at 7:22 pm

    Another thing u can see the torrents page and download them without being a member, what a top site lol. A top site with less security than demonoid!!!!

    Quality!

    I sure won’t be signing up yet.. Maybe things will improve..

  72. 072   •   Torr3nt Says: 30.10.09 at 6:07 pm

    I’d appreciate an invite.

  73. 073   •   Fred Says: 09.11.09 at 8:12 pm

    I think FSF needs to get their facts straight before making articles like this.
    I am 100% sure that the fake screenshots from January of last year were not created by anyone on this current site…
    The screenshots last year that surfaced were made by me and a friend as a joke to ridicule the n00bs on FST who kept asking about PEG.
    That’s how I am sure your facts are not correct cause neither me nor him are staff on this wannabe site.

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