Why join a team?

[tatep1412]

Do I do any more good by joining a team or is my contribution as a default user sufficient

[7im]

Hello tatep1412, welcome to the forum.

All contributions go to the same place, and have the same value regardless of user name or team affiliation.

However, team membership can have advantages. Comraderie, competitions, additional sources of help and info, etc.

[tatep1412]

Thanks guy- Do I just go to a page to find a team or do you have any suggestions

[P5-133XL]

People are not allowed to advertise or promote teams here, else that would take over the tech support purpose of these forums.

[MtM]

In the past this forum imho has been more for troubleshooting and most new donors would be reqruited through the existing teams so allot of the basics where coverd there. I think this has changed with the additional info in the guides from Xilikon and the valuable info gatherd in the wiki ( though atm you have to know where to look for allot things, navigation is abit difficult imo ) and the biggest influence I think is coming at this moment from the gpu clients. Donors which previously never considert f@h are now met with much greater advertisement of the project through the gpu manufacturers and those donors not always join teams so the amount of new users on this forum increases and the amount of threads about more basic information grows with them.

Most of the people who are old timers here also act as kind off liason's for members which have no account here, as they rely on their guidance for things folding related. There is as much comaraderie here as on any team forum ( even when someone might disagree ) even when sometimes there is strong disagreement we share as much common ground as a team forum member even when the commodity isn't always the same! For competition I might agree, but only since I can't match 99% of the forum's members output I think But, for the other 99%, I'm even quite sure there are allot of people granted not all 99% but allot of them don't have much competition within their own teams and can actually mostly compare with other members here

That's the diffrence between team forums and this forum as I see it, but it's only an opinion and maybe mine is allot diffrent then 'common'.

Forums aside, for the science as said it really has no influence ( other then additional info might get you folding faster but even then, it's available at both places )

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Thanks guy- Do I just go to a page to find a team or do you have any suggestions

I don't have any signature with team names, but this is my User summary. Other then that, as patonB said your favourite forum might have one?! And as 7im would say, if they don't they might need one!

[patonb]

Thanks guy- Do I just go to a page to find a team or do you have any suggestions

I just went to my favorite forum, and seen they had a team, so i changed to them.

As mentioned, a team is just great for nit picking on people who low down, or showing off youre latest addiution to your folding stuff.

[susato]

Teams are also good for swapping Folding lore with people you already know from your favorite forum (like patonb just said), people from your part of the world or your favorite university, people who share your interest in a particular brand of equipment or operating system or way of using equipment.

And not all team forums make a practice of nitpicking on people who are just starting out or who have slower equipment - you are much more likely to be met with a helpful and welcoming attitude.

[patonb]

Okasy... sorry, should clarrify "nit-pick"

I meant that as in the freindly buddy way, you'd joke with a freind... not in a strict military boot camp way..

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[chrisretusn]

Thanks guy- Do I just go to a page to find a team or do you have any suggestions

Whether use join a team or not is up to you. The bottom line is the satisfaction that you are helping to find cures for disease.