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Re: Old Man Notices A Thing: Lots of Robot Names

I fully disagree. I don't think Arsenal or Scorpion are extremely descriptive of the robot (let alone what team they come from). That would be like FIRST naming one of the previous games "Flame Storm" or "The closest thing you will get to a water game". It doesn't match with the game and they could be interchanged even more easily than Krunch 8 being switched with Krunch 10. With [team phrase]-[number of years in existence] you will at least get close to the right number and there's a good chance you will have the right team.

I personally do not know the name of any robot that isn't some derivative of the team's name and that I haven't worked on. I feel in the situation presented Person One should have a picture or video ready to demonstrate the feature and why it is beneficial.

I especially do not like it when a game announcer uses robot names instead of team names or numbers. I don't understand what teams or alliances are doing well/poorly when I hear this: "Donkey is pinned to the wall by Phoenix while Sasquatch shoots into the high goal. Ge0rge is holding open the Sally Port Door for Medusa's Snakes to drive through."*

There are 127 events this year. If you assume there are two robots at each event that are notable to remember than you need to know 254 robot names. To remember the names of these robots along with any robot that is notable from previous years is a huge ordeal and is near impossible if the name has nothing to relate it to their team or the game.

*These names are made up, I apologize if your robot's name appeared in here.
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