I just don't have the money to put into Usenet, and I don't think that one should have to pay for better access. I like using RS or MU with jdownloader, but my school blocks almost every downloading site whatsoever. Thus no torrents, RS, or anything! It's not like I download commercially available titles! All I've ever grabbed are fan edits, OOP titles, or things never released.
I'd go for Usenet in a heartbeat just for the fantastic projects on this site, but I just can't afford it now. I'll definitely do the Giganews free trial when a good 97SE set is finished.
Thanks, AvP for the posts to tehparadox, will have to wait though since RS is blocked for me :(