In
Zen-Go there is only one group ("

BW") for all players, so there's no need to build teams and you're done.
To play a game of
Team-Go the
game-master has to define the teams playing with each other.
To do that, on the "game-players"-page the game-master has to follow the bottom-link "
Change color" or "
Change color & handicap" (appears after all players have joined). Teams can be built using the select-box in the "
Set Group"-column setting one of the following group-colors and submitting with "
Save selected settings":
B = black
W = white
G1 = group #1
G2 = group #2
BW = black and white (only used for Zen-Go)
The group-colors '
G1' and '
G2' can be useful to setup a certain team of starting players for Team-Go without setting a particular color of black or white yet.
Setting up teams before
finding other players can be useful to give other users a chance to see against whom they have to play, or they can ask the game-master to be put into a specific team. Though it's optional to setup teams this early.
The game-master can change the teams at any time before the
game is finally started. However, before the game can start, the colors for all players must be set to either '
B' or '
W'.
When all required players have joined the MP-game, the average ratings of the teams are shown as well as "
Group ratings", which can help in choosing a fair team structure with balanced strength distribution. If all players joined, it's also possible to
choose the handicap stones and komi for the MP-game.