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Originally Posted by RoboChair
Citrus Circuits changed our name from EnGen about 6.5 years ago for the same reasons you are mentioning. No regrets.
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Good call. Citrus Circuits is a great name.
So, changing a team name (nickname in TIMS) is really easy and cost-free. It is simply a team marketing/image issue. With a relatively new team, name changing has very limited negative impact (unless you decide on a bad name, of course) because the old name is generally not well known in the community.
It's a tougher decision for established teams with name recognition. Team 303 did this a few years back (from Panther Robotics to Test Team) and I think the end result of this change in name/image has worked very well for them.
Done right, changing a team (nick)name is more than just a name change, but ought to impact the image that a team presents as well. A glance at Citrus Circuits or Test Team's logo/uniform/robot provides great examples.