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Private trackers are not worth it at all. Getting into main stuff is way too hard and open signups are pure luck. Even people who used top tier private trackers for over a decade now openly admit they wouldn't bother with it if they were starting from scratch today.
I've been on Torrentday for 12 years. It's been worth my time, in fact I get most of my content there. These days I have it set up with the *arrs, it's the main source of torrents, alongside usenet as well. Guess it all depends. General trackers can be great.
Quite the contrary, I'd redo the tests for RED or OPS in a heartbeat. The fact that require potential invitees to put forth a bit of effort to join generally weeds out the people who aren't going to put in the effort to maintain their account or ratio.
Spent maybe 1 hour reading the training material for both sites. Passed OPS first time, RED second. Maintaining a good standing on either will generally be enough to get you into anything else.
I was a denier for a few years too until I just sucked it up and made an attempt. Couldn't pay me enough to switch back now.