I was thinking of getting a vps and starting a site similar to this, but not on anime.  Oh well.... One last question and I'll stop bugging you :) : I suspect the script is curl based, would you have a few resources/tips to  help me interact with the api/interface of uploading sites?

Thanks for the compliment.
If you can't torrent, then you can't really fetch the files in the first place to actually be able to upload them, so I'm not entirely sure what you're asking for.
We don't use plowshare here for uploading; it's a completely custom script.

Hello admin, I'd like to thank you for making this site,  because I myself cannot torrent at the uni.
If you could help a noob like me with some tips regarding the way you upload files. I know about plowshare for
instance, just curious what you use and how you set up the upload script.
Thanks a bunch.

I'm not sure about when you made the comment, but yeah, if the server goes down, it can take a while to sync things back up.

Host thought it was a good idea to turn everything off to transfer us to a new server.
They did actually give 6 hours' advance notice, which would've been useful if I checked my email every hour or so.
Apologies for the downtime.

Anyway, the server's back on, and it hasn't seemed to have moved anywhere from what I can tell, so perhaps they temporarily lacked the capacity to mine enough Bitcoins.
Update: okay, it looks like they've actually provisioned a new server, which means that I'll have to transfer things over... Well, since I'm clearly a positive thinker, we'll see how this new server goes.