trading confessions

(If you want to just ask for advice, send an IM or clarify in an ask message off-anon. I can't reply privately to anonymous messages.) Confessions can be submitted here. I AM NOT LOOKING FOR, NOR DO I HAVE, ANY OF THE CURRENTLY-NFT VIDEOS. DO NOT OFFER THEM TO ME, AND DO NOT ASK ME FOR THEM. (Please read the General Questions before asking me anything.) var sc_project=11352833; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="c6994ebd"; var scJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://secure." : "http://www."); document.write("");

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Are there any guides on trading and etiquette for an absolute beginner? I’m looking to purchase some bootlegs/masters but I don’t know if that’s accepted or if you need to trade exclusively for them? But AFAIK I can’t trade because I have nothing TO trade. I’m almost afraid to ask because I don’t know the unwritten rules of this community and don’t want to offend

If you haven't already, check out the Sassy Guide! A bunch of traders put it together a couple years ago for new traders to read through and help get started.

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Confession #1184:

Once, before I understood why YouTube leaks were hurting the community, I stumbled upon a WATT bootleg (I believe it was SCJ's master) posted, low quality. However, one of the comments complaining about the quality of the video had a reply that linked DIRECTLY TO THE MASTER'S GOOGLE DRIVE LINK. I don't know how this happened but I was shocked when I realized what this could mean for the community if this becomes the norm. I cannot emphasize enough to protect the masters, or this community's gone.

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Confession #1183:

Someone got mad at me once for not listening to every boot in my collection. I have 5k+ boots.

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Confession #1182:

I love when I watch a musical for the first time, and I get that moment of, "oh, that's where that person's trading name comes from!"

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Confession #1181

Even though I have over a thousand total boots now, I still feel like my collection is only a drop in the bucket... I wonder if I will ever be satisfied.

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Because of how long it's been since anything was really sent in, I'm going to be purging a bunch of the confessions currently in the inbox. Specifically, I'll be deleting ones from around the original time of the shutdown.

Feel free to resubmit a confession or send in a new one.

~ R

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Here’s your reminder to back up your list (site, document, or Encora)!

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Encora is removing its trading feature sometime soon. It's not clear if the list function will still work, but please back your collections up just to be safe. It's also best to add contact information that isn't Encora messaging.

(If you don't have an email just for trading, it's easy to make one. Just don't use your real/full name!)

~ R

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Update: Encora itself will be going down at the end of the year. Save your lists, your links, and your contacts.

~ R

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r u alive lol?

In all seriousness, I've been putting this blog off to the backburner. Kind of just got overwhelmed with making the new conf pics. I need to try to figure out a new system that won't drive me nuts, and it might just be text posts. If anyone has any input, it'd be great to hear and also maybe extremely helpful.

~ R

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Will Sunsetblvd79 come back to filming once this pandemic starts to fade away?

That's a good question! I honestly have no idea. Hate to tell you, but I personally don't think he'll be back at all. He might surprise us, though.

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Encora is removing its trading feature sometime soon. It's not clear if the list function will still work, but please back your collections up just to be safe. It's also best to add contact information that isn't Encora messaging.

(If you don't have an email just for trading, it's easy to make one. Just don't use your real/full name!)

~ R

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[Image description: A picture of the Rocktopia cast, with text that reads, “I regret not putting tracking info when I originally made my list because now I’m too lazy to go back and do it.”]

Photograph by Matthew Murphy.

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[Image description: A picture of the 1776 cast, with text that reads, “For sung-through musicals, I prefer my audios untracked, but for musicals with dialogue, I hate it when they're not tracked.”]

Photograph by Phillip Hamer.

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[Image description: A picture of the Anastasia cast, with text that reads, “People keep posting screenshots of bootlegs on Instagram and on Twitter. I wish these people would understand how that hurts this community.”]

Photograph by Matthew Murphy.

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[Image description: A picture of the Hamilton cast, with text that reads, “I always thought VOB had good enough quality and I never minded it that much. That is, until I saw starcuffedjeans' HD Hamilton video. Bless her for bringing out her videos in MP4 format.”]

Photograph by Joan Marcus.

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[Image description: A picture of the My Fair Lady cast, with text that reads, “I wonder how many innocent theatregoers out there are walking around, not knowing that hundreds of people are cursing them for sitting in front of a filmer and moving their head too much.”]

Photograph by Joan Marcus.

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[Image description: A picture of the Girl From The North Country cast, with text that reads, “I'm glad I'm not the person that used to beg for crappy 240p YT rips anymore.”]

Photograph by Joan Marcus.