Go in channel, ask bot for file, start watching. The only waiting that happens is while watching the content anyway. No need for any elaborate setup or leaving a box on 24/7. But you do you.

Imagine waiting for torrents to finish instead of starting to watch the second your connection is initiated

I prefer xdcc

Use it as your daily driver and get really comfortable with it. After this, complain loudly when you see someone doing anything in a different way. Then say “I use Arch btw”

If Books Could Kill is new my favourite

Why are we still talking about this dead platform?

It is head

Irc, sunxdcc.com has most servers fairly well indexed