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[jazzmaniac]

If my QR is 62 (-16), what does the negative number in parenthesis mean? Am I being penalized for something? What is my ACTUAL QR  in the upload queue?

[Kry]

62. Before that, it was 78.

78 - 16 = 62

[jazzmaniac]

Thanks for the reply.  Anyone else care to weigh in on what the number in the parenthesis after the QR mean (e.g. QR: 62 (-16))?

[Kry]

... I just told you.

[jazzmaniac]

So, (-16) after a QR means a downloader has moved UP 16 places on the upload queue for a file? Okay, what does a POSITIVE number in parenthesis (e.g., QR  (16) ) mean then? The numbers in parenthesis are modifiers to correct for (hopefully) inequities which occur in the pursuit of "content", right?

[wuischke]

It works like this: You ask an uploader every 29 minutes if she'll send you a part of a file. The response is either an upload or a position in the waiting queue. This is the QR.

As Kry already said, the number in parenthesis is the difference between the last two requests. Say you asked a first time and you get the QR 62. After 29 minutes you ask again and your QR is now 78. This is a change of 16., i.e. "QR (16)" and means your position in the queue is worse.

This can happen because other clients have a better credit rating (when you upload to someone, you get credits and advance faster in this person's queue) or because the uploader has other files with a higher upload priority.

[jazzmaniac]

wuischke, THANK  YOU for your cogent reply. I finally "get it." (Well, some of "it" anyway.)