don't know if anyone else uses it for torrents but is it down for anyone else??

use extratorrent

i use kickasstorrents that's one of the best ones i kno. iam look into extratorrent never really check that one out but yeah pirate bay works for me

pirate proxy works fine over here. demonoid used to be good, kat.ph is also a big torrent site.
or you can use newsgroups