Connecting to PirateBay Tracker
 

I use BitTornado. Whenever I attempt to download a torrent via piratebay it never connects. I do not have a problem with any other trackers.

Re: Connecting to PirateBay Tracker
 

Does your client give you a yellow light status=unconnectable.
I believe I had this problem several times in the past with TPB tracker
and was unable to resolve it.It can only be resolved by them changing their
tracker config. which they're unlikely to do.
Unconnectable=Your client can initiate a connection to others but they can't
initiate a connection to you.(no remote connections)

Edit: I believe it's caused by the tracker not identifying you as using a transparent proxy and
limiting/blocking multiple connections from the same IP (i.e. the proxy IP)

Re: Connecting to PirateBay Tracker
 

I use Azureus for downloading (legal obviously) Torrents and always have to Right-Click the Torrent and click "Force Start" to get anything off TBP.