How did you come across D-Addicts?

Post by **xiaryx** » Sep 5th, '05, 04:25

I remember when I started watching jdorama I had very difficult time finding websites to download from. I came across jtv by pure luck and it gave links to other great sites such as JEM and Aznv torrent. Then for some additional luck I found jdorama which has a post about d-addicts. I couldnt imagine how I can find this site without luck.

What about you?

Post by **mizune** » Sep 5th, '05, 04:44

Well, I was lucky enough to hop onboard when it was just the "experimental" project at Jdorama....
My, oh my, have things grown....

bugsie · Post by **bugsie** » Sep 5th, '05, 04:46

i accidentally found this site when i was looking for kmovies i think. but i didn't become a member until i got my broadband internet. and another thing, i thought this forum has AVs.

but i guess it was way better than i thought.

yt_toshi · Post by **yt_toshi** » Sep 5th, '05, 04:59

I pretty much had the same experience as xiaryx when stumbling across D-Addicts. How ironic

jjashik · Post by **jjashik** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:07

I couldn't afford to keep renting the korean videos and since programs like warez allowed me to download hollywood movies, I thought there must be some place to get the korean goods...

I googled for my favorite series like Dae Jang Geum and Yellow Handkerchief (No-ran son-soo-gun) and finally found D-addicts.

I'm still not too clear on exactly how the torrent things works, but I know it's a matter of downloading from others, and letting others do the same with mine. I've got a couple of torrents stuck at 99%. Does anyone know what to do? Reseed (don't even know quite what that is)?

jjash

yt_toshi · Post by **yt_toshi** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:11

jjashik wrote:I'm still not too clear on exactly how the torrent things works, but I know it's a matter of downloading from others, and letting others do the same with mine. I've got a couple of torrents stuck at 99%. Does anyone know what to do? Reseed (don't even know quite what that is)?jjash

You best bet in learning everything about bittorrent would be to read the FAQ because the mods put together a great explanation on how the technology works.

x_XJules · Post by **x_XJules** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:12

i just stumbled upon it while looking up asian dramas. this is where i learned about bittorrent - and instantly fell in love.

ayahirayama · Post by **ayahirayama** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:14

jjashik wrote:I couldn't afford to keep renting the korean videos and since programs like warez allowed me to download hollywood movies, I thought there must be some place to get the korean goods...

I googled for my favorite series like Dae Jang Geum and Yellow Handkerchief (No-ran son-soo-gun) and finally found D-addicts.

I'm still not too clear on exactly how the torrent things works, but I know it's a matter of downloading from others, and letting others do the same with mine. I've got a couple of torrents stuck at 99%. Does anyone know what to do? Reseed (don't even know quite what that is)?

jjash

reseed or seed, is when someone who is done downloading the file, uploading it again for those who are not finished

goygakgoy · Post by **goygakgoy** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:29

First, I saw the movie "Azumi" and loved it. Some gal told me that she was in this drama, I don't remember the name..I just call it by the initials "K.K". I was captivated by her performance on Azumi so I watched KK and it was really good...freaky..but very good. My drama obsession started from there.

I saw this site a million times..but I didn't care...dramas are so dramatic..hehe. I found KK here, then I became obbsess. DEfinitely one of the best siteson the web. Thank u to all that created and help maintain this site. I love you all!

Romance · Post by **Romance** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:33

downloaded gto on dc, blessed, a dramafriend told me about daddicts

kaosrave · Post by **kaosrave** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:43

I was reading the forums in jdorama and s member had been tlakign about d-addicts. before i found out about d-addicts i use to always have a hard time downloading jdrama, but after i read that post lifes been a little easier. lol Thank you D-addicts!

( i feel like im one of those peopel at jenny craig who lost wieght "beforei lost weight my life was a living hell, now thanks to jenny craig i feel great!" LOL.

20centuryboy · Post by **20centuryboy** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:48

saw the link on Jdorama.

crazylife123 · Post by **crazylife123** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:57

Got the link from AnimeSuki.com

crossing_by · Post by **crossing_by** » Sep 5th, '05, 05:58

notice the link from one site
at first never got full attention to have the drama from here
but ... after a while .. try to download one episode ... then got hook up
hehe .. unti present ....

Moenyc2000 · Post by **Moenyc2000** » Sep 5th, '05, 06:24

looking for anime i think

, even though i dont watch anime, lol . but anyways dowloaded 2 episodes of love letter drama, which i didnt watch until months later. But once I watched those 2 episodes I got hooked. Really all by luck, since love letter wasnt a good drama to begin with.

JewpinTheThird · Post by **JewpinTheThird** » Sep 5th, '05, 06:24

I first came to this site via a link from Jdorama, but I didnt find anything I wanted to download.

Three months later I was looking for a Japanese drama I had heard about during my brief homestay in Japan (電車男).

azra · Post by **azra** » Sep 5th, '05, 06:33

my nieces inspired me actually....They always dl anime from somewhwre and that made me thought...hey, maybe there is some where i can dl kdrama for free. So i Googled n here i am.......

canon05 · Post by **canon05** » Sep 5th, '05, 07:26

Edited: I got this link from a friend. I wondered how he gets a lot films from the internet.

jjashik · Post by **jjashik** » Sep 5th, '05, 08:20

yt_toshi wrote:
jjashik wrote:I'm still not too clear on exactly how the torrent things works, but I know it's a matter of downloading from others, and letting others do the same with mine. I've got a couple of torrents stuck at 99%. Does anyone know what to do? Reseed (don't even know quite what that is)?jjash
You best bet in learning everything about bittorrent would be to read the FAQ because the mods put together a great explanation on how the technology works.

Yup, I just read the whole (or at lease most) of the FAQ section. Thanks.

I'll give it a couple days, and if nothing, I'll ask for a seed.

Akiramike · Post by **Akiramike** » Sep 5th, '05, 08:59

You mean there was a time when D-Addicts did not exist?

Scandalous · Post by **Scandalous** » Sep 5th, '05, 09:23

Hmmm...well I was looking for some Japanese and Korean porn for educational purposes

and for some crazy reason or work of God, I stumbled onto this site. Or as I refer it to, the promise land.

ShapeShifta · Post by **ShapeShifta** » Sep 5th, '05, 09:29

I found this site by chance too. While getting my usual anime fix via IRC, I stumble on GTO (which I knew nothign about). Evidently I was exposed to JDrama and was pretty facinated that there was actually more stuff out there than just anime (a whole lot more). I eventually found jtv site and they had a link to here. The rest is history :p. To think, if I hadn't stumbled on GTO then, I would not be here watching such great dramas like densha, slow dance, etc, etc.

groink · Post by **groink** » Sep 5th, '05, 09:31

Akiramike wrote:You mean there was a time when D-Addicts did not exist?

Check out:

http://www.jdorama.com/viewpost.29159.htm
Posted October 27, 2003

This is the very first public posting by Ruroshin, mentioning that he was planning to put up a BT tracker.

--- groink

P0KEY · Post by **P0KEY** » Sep 5th, '05, 09:32

someone gave me the link to "Mars 100minutes behind the scenes" here at d-addicts and at the time i had dial-up, and i couldn`t figure out how bittorent worked.... it took me pretty long to figure everything out, and i`m so glad that i found d-addicts (or it found me

)

EternalCalamari · Post by **EternalCalamari** » Sep 5th, '05, 09:40

after i had finished all batches on jtv-drama.org i became curious where i could get more to satisfy my hunger for j dorama

so i went through all the links on the main page and finally ended up here

Post by **xiaryx** » Sep 5th, '05, 15:30

heh I see a couple of you are first exposed to jdorama by jtv. Maybe that is why Summer Snow has such a high ranking..

yt_toshi · Post by **yt_toshi** » Sep 5th, '05, 15:59

xiaryx wrote:heh I see a couple of you are first exposed to jdorama by jtv. Maybe that is why Summer Snow has such a high ranking..

Not really. I was looking for Long Vacation since it was the first drama that my brother and sister liked and I wanted to check it out myself. Ever since then, things have never been the same.

Post by **xiaryx** » Sep 5th, '05, 17:30

yt_toshi wrote:
xiaryx wrote:heh I see a couple of you are first exposed to jdorama by jtv. Maybe that is why Summer Snow has such a high ranking..
Not really. I was looking for Long Vacation since it was the first drama that my brother and sister liked and I wanted to check it out myself. Ever since then, things have never been the same.

ah.ic.. now I remember..the first drama I saw ws jtv's GTO, which kind of freaked me out at first. Then I saw Summer Snow and Ryoko Hirosue made it all better..

xKiMix · Post by **xKiMix** » Sep 5th, '05, 19:10

I'm not so sure as to how i found out about d-addicts, but i think it was those times when i was still an anime freak, and then i stumbled a BT fansubber site that was subbing stairway to heaven. but when they were taking too long to sub it, i searched for more sites, then the heavens heard my cries and behold----D-addicts appeared!!

neokenzo · Post by **neokenzo** » Sep 5th, '05, 19:29

xiaryx wrote:I remember when I started watching jdorama I had very difficult time finding websites to download from. I came across jtv by pure luck and it gave links to other great sites such as JEM and Aznv torrent. Then for some additional luck I found jdorama which has a post about d-addicts. I couldnt imagine how I can find this site without luck.

Same here

[oa.NET]Youkai · Post by **[oa.NET]Youkai** » Sep 5th, '05, 19:40

Romance wrote:downloaded gto on dc, blessed, a dramafriend told me about daddicts

that sounds kinda like me

i do that about 1-2 times a week ;) ( @ the dc hubs i am ( OAN, Otaku Anime Network ) are very few people sharing drama, they all dl. from me and ask 4 more

)

but i dont remember how i got here o_O
but i guess it was trough google

gellie_bean · Post by **gellie_bean** » Sep 6th, '05, 07:47

I used to be an anime download hoarder and I accidentally DLed Gokusen, thinking it was the anime and was like "what the heck," because it was "live action" (ATM, jdorama was a foreign term to me) and I kept putting off watching those 3 episodes I downloaded off animesuki.com and when I finally did, WHAM! I got addicted and started googling it like crazy so I could DL the other episodes, and I finally (thank God for SARS-fansubs!) found other torrents here on d-addicts! (At the time, I think it was only up to ep 05 or something) HEH! Lucky me.

The first jdorama I saw was GTO and I didn't really think of them as such, more as "live action dramas" and what not, and eventually I learned more about other dramas and the site. At first I didn't understand the whole fansubbing process and all that and fell into the ebay buying crap (which i will NEVER do again if it's not a yesasia version or something!). And then it resulted in me finally registering as a member on this site and devoting my entire bandwidth to DLing dramas all day. Hahaha. But I think the one who most benefits from this site in my family is my mom because she watches WAYYY more dramas than I do and is always bugging me about them and stuff. (She even steals my laptop away from me so that she can watch them since it has all the necessary codecs and stuff). D-addicts has taken my life!! haha. J/k And I'm passing on the disease! Huh, but then.. d-addicts is more like a cure than a disease.. soooo...

nikeg · Post by **nikeg** » Sep 6th, '05, 07:52

damn did i get lucky that i found this site... and this site helped me find others like jems and fsc

yumechan · Post by **yumechan** » Sep 6th, '05, 09:51

definitely luck ^_ ^ searching for jdorama torrents made me stumble upon this page. luckiest i have been in a long time^^

kelfon · Post by **kelfon** » Sep 6th, '05, 09:55

Yeah I found this by luck too. I forgot what I was looking for...but ended up finding some dramas that I liked and hence I am here.

Post by **Jannah** » Sep 6th, '05, 10:17

I can't remember how exactly I stumbled across D-A, but I was looking for English-subbed K-dramas. Couldn't believe my luck.

ThangDiengXD · Post by **ThangDiengXD** » Sep 6th, '05, 10:34

i got it from hmmm...HMMMM...not rly sure..
guess...i ..HMMM...i was looking for info and got dropped on the wiki of d addicts and suddenly came 2 the forums..sumthing like that:P

Post by **jholic** » Sep 6th, '05, 10:46

find d-addicts? heck, i was born and raised here!

just kidding. i have groink to thank for leading me here. i first checked out kikutv.com (in late 2003), hoping they'd re-play one of the jdramas i had missed. i contacted groink about his trading list, but instead of taking my money (which he could have easily done), he directed me to a brand new site called 'd-addicts'. i actually joined in nov or dec 2003, but i used a different username.

through the experiences i've had with groink and d-addicts, it's taught me that not everyone is an ebay rip-off artist, and sharing keeps the bt community alive.

seraphiney · Post by **seraphiney** » Sep 6th, '05, 11:37

in msia kdramas shown here r subbed in malay or chinese. it's not very good. or worse still...dubbed in mandarin which i have no comprehension of! same goes to the vcds sold here. it was alwiz easy to download american serials so thought i'd just try my luck searching for asian dramas with english subtitles. think it was my search for summer scent downloads which led me to this site...

Lolli · Post by **Lolli** » Sep 6th, '05, 21:42

My friend told me where she got most of her doramas and so I was visiting this site ^^

orionredwing · Post by **orionredwing** » Sep 6th, '05, 22:23

I am a hardcore anime d/er and stumbled across The Live Action version of The Condor Heroes. Up to then, I've been unsuccessful in finding sites, despite watching Cdramas since the 80s.

Well, the first episode of Full House (kdrama) aired last night in the Bay Area (in Mandarin), and I decided to give it a shot. I used google instead of yahoo this time, got redirected to torrentspy (only a few movies there), clicked a few more links, and stumbled here. Wow, what a find.

This site's definitely a gem! Thank you.

beer · Post by **beer** » Sep 6th, '05, 22:56

Deja vu? I think we already had a thread for this. Then again, I'm an old drunk - what I think I remember doesn't count.

I was looking for the missing episode of Wedding Planner [jem], so I Googled for it, and... somehow ended up here. Never left either.

P.S. Though thanks to GTO my first contact with drama arena was [jtv] as well I swear I never did anything to raise the raiting of Summer Snow. It's sooo not my cup of tea that I couldn't give an honest rating anyway.

stupoh · Post by **stupoh** » Sep 6th, '05, 23:14

xKiMix wrote:I'm not so sure as to how i found out about d-addicts, but i think it was those times when i was still an anime freak, and then i stumbled a BT fansubber site that was subbing stairway to heaven. but when they were taking too long to sub it, i searched for more sites, then the heavens heard my cries and behold----D-addicts appeared!!

A ha ha ha, same like me ! From some anime sites, then to FoB (Fansubbers On Board) and Kdrama.com (both have Stairway To Heaven drama). Then from Kdrama forum IIRC, someone mentioned D-Addicts and now here i am

usyagitntn · Post by **usyagitntn** » Sep 7th, '05, 00:39

It was actually a little bit of luck in it as I don't usually go in to the forum of Jdorama but somehow I looked over some topics in the forum and found this great site

Dhenshu · Post by **Dhenshu** » Sep 7th, '05, 00:46

I found Studio Oto on AnimeSuki.com when SO first started releasing H2 Live Action

I found d-addicts through Studio Oto

Life has been much more interesting ever since

mangosteen · Post by **mangosteen** » Sep 7th, '05, 00:47

Got to know d-addicts through Soompi ;)

mikomi · Post by **mikomi** » Sep 8th, '05, 00:20

I was looking for a place to download Jdrama and I came across this thread at Tvseriesfans and this one girl gave the link to D-addicts. When I clicked to this site, I remember I saw the drama Under the same Roof posted and my heart almost exploded with happiness, LOL. Ever since that one fateful day, I have been a regular member of this website. D-addicts rocks B)

groink · Post by **groink** » Sep 8th, '05, 00:37

I came across D-Addicts after Ruroshin PM'd me at JDorama.com in late November 2003. He asked if I'd be interested in becoming a moderator at his new site. I told him, "Sure!" and that was the beginning. When I joined, I think I was member #4 or 5 (only Ruroshin and a few others signed up before me).

Just before D-Addicts opened up for business, I was looking for a way to get my video captures out there to the masses (HOTMAN, Say Hello to Blackjack, and Hitotsu Yane no Shita were three series I was working on at the time.) So it was great timing when the D-Addicts tracker was created. For the first few days, the torrent listing fit on a single page. Amazing!

--- groink

chitato_80 · Post by **chitato_80** » Sep 8th, '05, 01:17

I don't remember where I got the link to d-addicts. Probably one of the forums about Asian entertainment ( music, movies, etc ) that I was browsing.

I have been downloading music. movies, and animes from the net for years from various sources, mirc, DirectConnect, bittorrent, eMule.. but I didn't know that I could get drama series too !!! I've always been a fan of all kinds of dramas ( mainly C-dramas, but also some Jdorama and K-drama)

Well I'm glad I found d-addicts.. this is truly the best thing on the net ! I am officially an addict now

This is also the first forum that I actually feel comfortable posting and enjoy reading other posts

Gyopo · Post by **Gyopo** » Sep 8th, '05, 09:05

My friend instant messaged me about this site about how great it was so I registered just today.

Teapot · Post by **Teapot** » Sep 10th, '05, 00:54

i was looking for hk movies to download like "the new heaven sword and dragon sabre (86)" and asian torrents in general and when i almost gave up i found torrents on this website :o)

cuteangelika · Post by **cuteangelika** » Sep 10th, '05, 01:23

I was one of the products of the F4 heat wave and I became hooked on Chinese series, then discovered Korean series which I find even better... I think I was a member of an f4fanatic website which had a link to this site... Thanks to F4, I got to know d addicts as well..

Tomi · Post by **Tomi** » Sep 10th, '05, 03:10

I was downloading Densha Otoko from an anime fansubbing site and they had a bunch of websites listed that had relations with Densha. D-Addicts happened to be one of them.

Katsandrya · Post by **Katsandrya** » Sep 11th, '05, 06:59

Well, as I have a streamload account, with tons of asian movies and dramas, I was wondering what I could watch, and after some research I found J-dorama database website, there was a link..... =^.^= Lucky !

That was really good to find because even if I have tons of dramas, not all were complete so I could download the ends of several of them here

Thanx to all of you

Kats

shilah · Post by **shilah** » Sep 11th, '05, 11:15

i get it from soompi

hentai · Post by **hentai** » Sep 14th, '05, 13:08

got from some other forum
ops i dontknow which forum because i have been to many forum

vietchic · Post by **vietchic** » Sep 14th, '05, 16:26

I was looking for bittorrent files and google led me here! But I didn't register as a member until just very recently. I know...shame on me

huds_n · Post by **huds_n** » Sep 16th, '05, 05:04

found this site accidentally when i google for 'densha otoko' and the rest they said after that is history ..

~Adam~ · Post by **~Adam~** » Sep 17th, '05, 04:37

I had been here on and off, but the first time I found this place was from a link, it was at the FSC.

kazuki · Post by **kazuki** » Sep 17th, '05, 07:06

i'st been so long.. but i think i googled it

Anrui · Post by **Anrui** » Sep 18th, '05, 02:51

I googled something and found it....that was...a while ago lol I just recelty googled something else and found it all over again!

Rhocake · Post by **Rhocake** » Sep 18th, '05, 21:08

I first ran into d addicts a little while back when I was desperately trying to find a bit torrent sourse for Trick. And what a great show that was.

ht5 · Post by **ht5** » Sep 20th, '05, 00:17

i found d addicts from another forum, this guy recommended it

cetok · Post by **cetok** » Sep 24th, '05, 06:28

i got it from soompi..if i'm not wrong..too long time ago

Post by **lilswtangel** » Sep 29th, '05, 02:45

i came across D-A on aznV's and KDrama's sites~ lucky!!!

abisan · Post by **abisan** » Sep 29th, '05, 07:38

i did know about jdorama earlier to find info on jap stars, but stumbled across this site via google instead.. so lucky.. can't believe it.. a great site indeed..

gunjourui · Post by **gunjourui** » Sep 29th, '05, 22:55

Friend's recommendation.

apples · Post by **apples** » Oct 1st, '05, 14:49

like many ppl, i got to d-addicts after searching anything related to the anime Hana Yori Dango. Actually, I got to Jem and Jtv's sites first, then I found out about d-addicts. If not for that anime, I would have never discovered the asian drama world.

aznanimegurl · Post by **aznanimegurl** » Oct 2nd, '05, 09:10

Wow... I can't remember when or how I found D-Addicts. I think it was when I was looking for a drama and I found D-Addicts. I'm glad I did though =) I love this site! Lol. I'll consider this 'luck' =P

swtginbug · Post by **swtginbug** » Oct 3rd, '05, 10:22

i actually googled, " korean drama bittorrent" and this site came up.. i was relived that there was a site. Thanks!!!

garnet07 · Post by **garnet07** » Oct 3rd, '05, 23:18

For me, I was first exposed to watching and downloading anime, then jdramas from jtv. And jtv led me to other sites like jem and here d-addicts. After that, I got hooked to Asian Media. Luv this site. Don't know what to do without it.

smellybeans · Post by **smellybeans** » Oct 4th, '05, 04:17

Another forumer from another singapore forum was watching Densha otoko and i asked him where i could download, and here i am ^_^

ryuusei ex · Post by **ryuusei ex** » Oct 4th, '05, 05:12

I think I was googling subs for Densha Otoko because I had the RAWs just no subs... and now here I am!

calibretto · Post by **calibretto** » Oct 4th, '05, 12:09

i found gto live action waaay back on sharereactor.

from there i got to jtv's tracker and stumbled upon a link to d-addicts. and here i am now

sadotsu · Post by **sadotsu** » Oct 19th, '05, 07:25

Me and the head editor of one of my scan groups were talking on IRC at 2 am, we got onto dramas, and she told me about it. Now she's always bombarded with my non-stop drama talk. ^^;

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