QUOTE(allsorts111 @ Jan 11 2007, 07:29 PM)

Before you download, you should click the peer tab; this allows you to see the progress of everyones download progress. If no one is at 100% or if lots of leechers are at the same % mark its not worth the download!
Yep, also you need to check the number of seeders overall, and the S/L ratio (seeder-to-leecher ratio).
The more seeders there are to leechers, the more likely (and faster) you will get your file.
So if a file has: 2 seeders and 300 leechers; that's going to take ages if you get it at all.
But if it has: 200 seeders and 300 leechers (or even 2 seeders and 3 leechers); you'll get it much faster.
And Dark_Andrew, you're getting a game for free so I wouldn't complain.