Originally Posted by thefro526

Hello everyone I spoke with my teacher and robotics team mentor and he said our vex number was changed from 68 to 3036 I highly doubt that their are that many teams so i don't know the reason

Originally Posted by the link

Team Number Changes

Q. Can I get my Vex team number the same as my FRC team number?
A. Yes, but not during the registration process. Just complete the registration process and you will be given the next available number (numbering started at 3000). After you have completed the registration, just send us an email, (Info@VexRobotics.com) requesting a team number change and reference both team numbers. After verification we will issue a team number change. You can only do this change if you already have a previous years FRC team number. Example: If your previous years FRC team number is 148, your vex team number can be 148.

Q. Can I get my Vex team number the same as my previous Vex team number?
A. No. You can get a team number in the 2000s though but not during the registration process. Just complete the registration process and you will be given the next available number (numbering started at 3000). After you have completed the registration, just send us an email, (Info@VexRobotics.com) requesting a team number change and reference both team numbers. After verification we will issue a team number change. You can only do this change if you already have a previous years Vex team number. Example: If your previous years Vex team number is 148, your Vex team number can be 2148. Your Vex team number can not be 148 because 148 is reserved for the FRC team 148. A team number in the 2000s will signify your team was a part of the initial FIRST Vex Challenge.

Originally Posted by M. Krass

This is a bit confusing.

If they're assigning Vex teams numbers like 2148 because they're trying to avoid confusion with FRC teams, what numbering scheme are they going to use for rookie FRC teams? Aren't we at about the time when the FRC numbering ought to begin at 2000?

Originally Posted by KathieK

I might be wrong, but I thought the two-thousand series would indicate that you were a Vex team from season two (2005-2006); the three-thousand series is being assigned to rookie FVC teams because this is technically the third season. And they are offering the option of having the same number as your FRC team because teams asked for it last year. But that's just speculation on my part. And once we hit 1000 FVC teams, the numbering scheme falls apart anyway! (Let's aim for that THIS year!)

Originally Posted by M. Krass

Yes, that's correct -- it's just that the reasoning presented, that FVC 148 may be confused with FRC 148 and thus will be assigned as FVC 2148 doesn't make too much sense when there's a pretty good chance there will be an FRC 2148 this season.

Originally Posted by Billfred

I don't know if it's so much confusion as folks wanting to keep their numbers the same. I can think of two FVC teams in Atlanta that were switched to their FRC numbers, 935 and 148 (who, as there already was an FVC 148, were dubbed 1148). I can only imagine that there were others over the season that either wanted it or asked about it who didn't come to Atlanta.

Personally, I don't care one way or the other, but I hope that these numbers stick.

Originally Posted by Billfred

I don't know if it's so much confusion as folks wanting to keep their numbers the same. I can think of two FVC teams in Atlanta that were switched to their FRC numbers, 935 and 148 (who, as there already was an FVC 148, were dubbed 1148). I can only imagine that there were others over the season that either wanted it or asked about it who didn't come to Atlanta.

Personally, I don't care one way or the other, but I hope that these numbers stick.

Originally Posted by skimoose

I just received a change to our FVC team number this year. So instead of being 3031, we're now (2 or 3)228. Keeping the numbers the same will help a lot.

Originally Posted by thefro526

Thanks everyone it still kinda stinks though cause now we're gonna have to design new shirts. The General assuption is that my team number will be changed to 2816