I've messed with torrents for years and I found it all to be one big pain in the ass!
I don't care if you have a seedbox or not if there's no one leeching you're not seeding and sitting around for days and weeks on end trying to get a ratio back can really suck.
I've always been a Usenet user, it's the only way to go and then go for torrents when you can't find it on Usenet, plus with Usenet you ALWAYS download at the speed of your connection...
Usenet Plan A
Torrents Plan B
I hardly ever run out of Plan A, LOL...
CHEERS