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In our rookie year, 1997, the field was a hexagon so our team came up with the name Hyper Hex Offender Team Or H2OT (where the 2 was a subscript). Our robot was called the Offender.

The following year as the game changed we wanted to change our name but really liked HOT so we created a name to fit that...Heroes Of Tomorrow. We thought that was a fitting name since that is what FIRST is all about--inspiring students to become prepared to become the Heroes Of Tomorrow. We use HOT in our cheers since it is much easier to say than Heroes Of Tomorrow. The flames were added and have become our trademark because they imply HOT. Same with the peppers.

We changed the robot name from the Offender to the HOTBOT and that has remained since.

By the way...in our rookie year our team number was 47. (1998 was the first year to assign the numbers and keep them, partially because of our team's request.) And it was Chief Delphi (Dr. Joe Johnson) that we called for assistance after we decided to start our team. So thanks Dr. Joe!!