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Re: [FTC]: Best Teams in FTC?

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Wasn't being self serving at all
Perhaps I was just being too sensitive. You listed Gforce first on your BEST list, and you also show them on your profile "(M'Aiken Magic, and GFORCE 3864)" So it seemed a bit bold to me.

Normally I wouldn't have even noticed, but every time I see G-FORCE I say... hey, that's my team their talking about, and then I have to reset when I see OH, it's the "other" Gforce. Makes me grumpy!

I know I'm flogging a dead horse here but PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, if you're a new rookie team thinking about a team name for the first time, make sure you check online to see if you are stepping on the name of an established team.

There are no written rules saying that teams can't have the same name..... but we all know that teams put a lot of effort into establishing their personality at the local, regional and national level. It doesn't take more than a few minutes to do a quick Google/Youtube/Chief Dephi search to see if an FTC/FRC team has the same name. (3864 would have found G-FORCE 2818 in about 2 seconds)

So, please rookies, be a good FIRST citizen and create a unique name/personna for yourselves right from the beginning.

Phil.
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