One universal characteristic about tokens with teams behind them is that there are actual smart people working behind the scenes to enrich themselves through them. This might sound obvious at first, but it means that even what you might designate as a "scam token" might go up in price, which what you solely care about as some guy who buys and hopes for the best. You don't completely write off a token solely because it is down only or because CT hates on it, you might still make money off of it.