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Re: Sponsor Communication for Teams with Unusual Names
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Originally Posted by mrnoble
We actually went through a name change for exactly this reason. 2004-2007 we were team GhettoBot. It was entirely a snotty response to misperceptions (or perceived misperceptions) of our school and community. We later saw that all we were doing was perpetuating stereotypes and giving ourselves a reason to be jerks. We adopted our school mascot and changed our name and I'm really glad we did.
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If I were capable of changing the name, I would do so in a heartbeat. However, our three teacher sponsors and principal have an inexplicable attachment to the name, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon. It actually originated as a joke on the way home from competition last year and was intended to be ironic, as we as a team are anything but narcissistic, and have a tendency to underestimate the capabilities of our robot.
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2010: FRC 3043, Build Assistant
2011: FRC 3043, Head of Minibot subteam; FLL 12762, Team Captain
2012: FRC 3043, Electrical; FLL 12762, Team Captain; FTC 5670, Team Captain
2013: FRC 4301, Electrical, Team Co-Captain
2014: FRC 4301, Electrical/Programming, Team Co-Captain
2015: FRC 4301, Electrical/Programming, Team Captain
2016: FRC 4301, Chief Technical Officer; FTC 10860, 10861, and 11004: Mentor. Winner, Hub City Regional (3310 & 4063)
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