Good guide! Thanks! Upvoted.
But, unfortunately, also highlights my biggest complaint with private trackers. Time! I could spend hours fracking with private trackers or an extra hour working and just pay for the couple things I can't get on public trackers. I have always just paid...
I would like to add. Don't use drive/dropbox/etc unless you encrypt your data. Those providers have been node to re-encode/compress/delete content to save space or because of DMCA.