........there have been major issues with the tracker
I run an elderly version of uTorrent (1.8.3) mostly because some other private sites actually ban the later clients. This is one of those instances where the latest version of a bit of software is a retrograde step.As you have all probably noticed, the tracker has been having a lot of issues in the past day. We believe that in addition to the freeleech the problem is partially caused by uTorrent 2.0.4 and 2.03 announcing too often, thus hammering our tracker. Banning these clients would actually make the problem worse, so we're not doing that.
uTorrent is aware of this bug and they released an updated version that fixes it. So if you're using uTorrent 2.03 or 2.04 please upgrade to the latest version which is version 2.0.4 build 21586.
Do not expect the tracker to be working properly for the next few hours, no matter what client you are using. Please be patient - hopefully it will be resolved soon.
lb