MyAnonamouse (MAM) is many people's first introduction to private torrent trackers. The MAM bonus points economy could not be easier, but new users are often intimidated and confused. Here is a simple way to get all the bonus points you will ever need.
It may seem like there are a lot of steps and a lot of information, but this is only because I am breaking down each step as simply as possible to make sure anyone can understand and follow this guide. Once you are done, it will feel easy.
Step 1. On MAM, go to "Preferences" → "Torrent" and set "Torrents per page" to "20". The setting is here: https://www.myanonamouse.net/preferences/index.php?view=torrents
Step 2. Click the "Search" button without typing anything in. In the first drop-down menu on the search page (which by default says "All torrents"), select "Freeleech" from the menu and click the big "Search" button below it. The search results will now all be freeleech torrents. This very long link will do the same thing. (If you are really low on disk space, you can sort the torrents by "Size" from small to large by clicking the yellow or orange up arrow to the left of "[Size]".)
Step 3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the button that says "Download zip of all displayed torrent files". This will download a .zip file of every .torrent file from that page of search results, which if you followed Step 1 should be 20 .torrent files. (Warning: if you try to do more than 20 torrents at a time without knowing what you're doing and being careful, you could end up getting in trouble.)
Step 4. Unzip the .zip file. Open the .torrent files in qBittorrent or your torrent client. Download the torrents and seed them for at least 6 months. (To somewhat streamline this process in qBittorrent, you can tell qBittorrent to automatically open all .torrent files from a folder on your computer. Go to "Tools" → "Options..." → "Downloads", scroll down, and next to "Automatically add torrents from:", click "Add...".)
Step 5. After exactly 72 hours of seeding these first 20 torrents, repeat Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4. When you repeat Step 2, go to the next page of search results so you don't just download the same .torrent files again. Keep repeating these steps every 72 hours until your account is two weeks old.
Step 6. When your account is two weeks old, revisit Step 1. Your limit for unsatisfied torrents (i.e. those torrents which have not yet been seeded for 72 hours) should now be 50. You can confirm this here: https://www.myanonamouse.net/snatch_summary.php Set "Torrents per page" to "50". Follow Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4 again, now downloading a batch of 50 torrents instead of 20.
Step 7. Repeat Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4 every 72 hours, now downloading torrents in batches of 50, until your account is four weeks old.
Step 8. When your account is four weeks old, in the bonus points store (which you can find by clicking on your bonus points balance), buy 25 GB of upload credit: https://www.myanonamouse.net/store.php Within 15 minutes, your account should be upgraded to Power User. (You can confirm this by hovering your mouse over your username, then clicking "My Info" in the drop-down menu, and checking the "Class" field on your profile.)
Step 9. Once you are Power User, buy 4 weeks of VIP Status in the bonus points store for 5,000 points. Power User increases your unsatisfied torrents limit to 100 and VIP increases it to 150.
Step 10. Revisit Step 1 and set "Torrents per page" to "150". Repeat Steps 2 through 4 with batches of 150 torrents. (If you choose, in Step 2, you can now download "VIP" or "Freeleech or VIP" torrents instead of just "Freeleech", since all VIP torrents are always freeleech for VIPs. Classes lower than VIP can't download VIP torrents.)
Step 11. Go to the store and see how many bonus points you are earning. Under the "Points earning" heading, it will say "Last update had ___ satisfied torrents worth ___ per hour". That second number is how many points per hour you are earning. Once you are earning 200 points per hour or more, you can comfortably stop downloading new torrents to earn more points. You will be able to buy everything. Since the minimum amount a satisfied torrent can earn is 0.25 bonus points per hour, the maximum number of satisfied torrents you will need to seed is 800. (This assumes you are seeding 24/7. If you are seeding less than 24/7, you have to adjust these numbers and earn more per hour to make up for it.)
Step 12. Make sure to visit the site at least every 2 weeks and buy "Max GB" from the store. Your points will max out at 99,999, which means you need to spend them before they hit that limit.
Step 13. If you follow all these steps, by the time your account is 6 months old, you should have at least 1 TiB of upload credit. That means you will gain access to the forum where you can get invites to other torrent sites, which specialize in other forms of media such as TV and movies.
Good luck and have fun!
