Starting your own Drift team? [READ HERE FIRST]

Sorry for the delay, Sean - was out of town during the holiday, and hadn't yet got the app installed on the new phone.

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SlipZtrEm
Sorry for the delay, Sean - was out of town during the holiday, and hadn't yet got the app installed on the new phone.

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Thank you so much SlipZtrEm! No worries about the delay, i guess i forgot to take the holiday season into account :D

Hopefully a LOT more people will see this thread now and use the ideas put forward to their advantage. :)

Thanks to everyone in the drifting community, with your help we're able to build a strong enough friendship between us all and help others! Thanks a lot guys! :D
 
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Now it's ******** stickied too??? Bravo this just shows how powerful our community is. :D
 
D-Max
Exactly.. I can be a right dick!
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"**** you zed" It's always funny :)


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SeanWelland
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Good evening folks. Since everyone is complaining about the lack of effort people are putting into newly made drift team threads, i figured i would go ahead and write this. Hopefully this will catch on, get spread around and we can put ideas back and forth to help others who are keen to start their own drift team.

Now to start off with, you need to answer a few questions! Vital questions which will either make YOUR team a contender with the best or a flop like the rest.

First off, can you drift?
This might seem like a silly question but this is by far THE most vital question of all. If you're new to the drifting scene, it is highly recommended that you introduce yourself to teams (preferably within your time zone) and ask for help, possible tutoring and even tuning help. I'm sure i speak for all the teams on GTP when i say that we're more than welcome to help people that are willing to learn! Remember, everyone has their own drifting style and if you're only a beginner it will be frustrating to start with. Give it time and who knows, maybe you'll be able to put together your own tune and party with the big boys!

Ok, so you know the ins and outs of how to drift. You probably have your own set of cars you like to drift. Why not join a team?
Remember when i mentioned joining sessions with other teams? Learning how to drift etc? I'm pretty sure that training didn't happen "overnight". You've probably dug a little niche with the team you've been learning from, half of the team probably know who you are now and there is a good rapport between you and some of the members. So, are they recruiting? Remember that most teams don't recruit, especially the more well known teams. They already have a lot of members and when you have a team with 20+ members, it does get hard to keep track of everybody. But remember this isn't always the case! I was drifting with members of D-Max for a good 4-5 months before they asked me if i wanted to join! Have patience!

After learning to drift and gaining knowledge about teams, you've decided you want to create your own team! But what kind of team do you want to create?
Look at the current "big" teams out there; we have D-Max, Drop5, BURST etc. and they all serve a different purpose. D-Max is a particularly small European team based off of a Japanese drift tuning company with the same name. D-Max are a niche of close friends that originally was a combination of 2 separate teams (Before my time anyway). The opposite of this scale would be a team known as Team RedSuns. RedSuns originally came from Midnight Club and also drift in more games than just GT5 but of course wanted to spread over the whole genre of games. They have 20+ members and practice more than just drifting.

Back to the original question though, do you want to create a small niche of close friends to drift with on occasion or do you want a big team that will challenge anybody they encounter?

Are you sure that owning and running your own team is what you want?
Being in charge of your own team is a BIG responsibility and maintaining a positive reputation with fellow teams and members can be a rough ride; especially for the first couple of weeks. Think back to the previous question, what you want from your team. Is it going to just be a small group? Is it going to be location-biased to reduce lag within lobbies? Do you have a mic to efficiently co-ordinate ideas with other members? Do you have a good internet connection? These are all important factors that a team leader needs to take into consideration!

Probably the 2nd most important thing about your team. Your team name! What is it going to be?
According to recent surveys, 83% of people looking to join a team will be more influenced by the team name than the popularity/reputation of the team; especially new drifters!

Ok, so after ALL of this, you've decided what you're going to go for! What's next? The dreaded creation of your teams GTP thread!
This will be a daunting task for any forum-newbie. The reason for the creation of a thread on GTP is to advertise your team and to ease communication between members and other teams OFF of GT5.
[1]I'd like to note that not all GT5 drift teams actually have threads on GTP! You don't need to have a thread on GTP to have a team either! So if creating a thread isn't your cup of tea then by no means are you forced to make one!
[2]Also, before you actually make the thread - put a LOT of planning into it. Draw up sketches, gather all your information into a word document (Notepad should suffice), get EVERYTHING you need in order before you create your thread. Otherwise you will be met at the hand of not only myself but the drifting community that lives and breathes these forums. We don't take kindly to people making threads willy-nilly because they're the new kid on the block and they think they're the next best thing. If you think you are then by all means, flaunt it with your OP and you will shine through like a double rainbow fart.
Now your first step, you want your teams thread to stand out! You want it to catch the eye of the reader. You don't want it being a big wall of boring text! (This post seems to defeat that purpose...)
Do you have members within your team already? If so, mention them in the OP! Throw a picture in there maybe. Do you have a logo? Throw that up there! Don't know how to deal with pictures and logos? Ask anybody on the forums and you'll be sure to find someone willing to help! Remember, everyone of these forums are more than willing to help you out with any problems you encounter, we're not foul beasts!
If you're having trouble with your initial thread, remember that you can look at threads that the other teams have created! Take some ideas from them (Don't steal of course, we will notice.) and see where it takes you.

Who knows, maybe you could be the creator of the next best contending team on GTP.

Good luck!

I made this thread in focus for it to become a Sticky Thread for the less-knowledgeable to learn more from us! If you agree then suggest it to a moderator and hopefully we can make a difference to the Drifting Teams & Meets forum and clean this place up a bit!

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- SeanWelland from D-Max
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I just drift with friends and have our own little team just to mess around no need to go big :)
 
SketchyDrifters
I just drift with friends and have our own little team just to mess around no need to go big :)
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Its not just for you, its aimed at those who are looking for a competitive team. Its basically aimed at anyone who wishes to start a team thread. Go and post a 1 line OP thread and see how much interest that gets you. Its good to go big, whether you believe you need it or not.
 
I want to create a new drift and racing team, called the Powerhouse Racing Team.
The Body Colour is a dark blue metallic/pearlescent, such as the "Europa Blau" from VW, or the "Blue Pearlescent" from TVR.
And the flourescence orange from gran turismo as colour for the rims.
Got already three friends who want to join.
 
MonGnoM
I want to create a new drift and racing team, called the Powerhouse Racing Team.
The Body Colour is a dark blue metallic/pearlescent, such as the "Europa Blau" from VW, or the "Blue Pearlescent" from TVR.
And the flourescence orange from gran turismo as colour for the rims.
Got already three friends who want to join.
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then make the op...
 
MonGnoM
I want to create a new drift and racing team, called the Powerhouse Racing Team.
The Body Colour is a dark blue metallic/pearlescent, such as the "Europa Blau" from VW, or the "Blue Pearlescent" from TVR.
And the flourescence orange from gran turismo as colour for the rims.
Got already three friends who want to join.
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This is not how you make a team. :irked:
 
Crisp
Make the OP? Also, please don't double post.
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Sorry, the double post is because of the iphone app. There are always some problems, sometimes, it says sending failed, so i resend it.
Maybe a stupid question: i'm driving a long time gran turismo, but i'm new here, on the gtplanet forums. I often read "OP", but what does that mean?
 
I just read all of your intro to this thread an amazingly, i've match everything i've prepared for creating Alpine! We are still in the mence of our journey but i have to say we've been a team for approx. 18 days, and were very fortunate with our great drifters, and were successful being very organized, we had 1 bad egg so far it hurt me to cutt but it was discussed and we let him go. But what i'm starting. *excuse me* With the help of the team i really hope we become a well known, organized, most loved team on GT5, and the drifters have showed me that they have what it takes to do just that :)
 
AlpineAnonEmuS
I just read all of your intro to this thread an amazingly, i've match everything i've prepared for creating Alpine! We are still in the mence of our journey but i have to say we've been a team for approx. 18 days, and were very fortunate with our great drifters, and were successful being very organized, we had 1 bad egg so far it hurt me to cutt but it was discussed and we let him go. But what i'm starting. *excuse me* With the help of the team i really hope we become a well known, organized, most loved team on GT5, and the drifters have showed me that they have what it takes to do just that :)
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Wish you guys the best of luck !!! :sly:
 
SeanWelland
Thanks a lot guys! Hopefully the mods will Sticky the thread for more people to notice! It'd be a lot nicer for new teams to know what their doing before they start a thread on GTP. That way we can help them!
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great post man! im looking to create a drift team and hopefully get good drift/tandem reviews from different team members and local GT5 drifters as well, but it seems that most teams use CH tires to drift and i use CM. Will my tire selection have a impact on what other teams think of me as a drifter? (ex: most ppl say you are PRO or ELITE drifter if you can drift on CH tires and they believe that anything else other than CH tires is noob.) CM tires are my tire of choice, but idk if CM tires are widely accepted in the drift scene by the teams that do drift comps on GT5. any suggestions or input? if so please tell let me know bro.
 
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