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Originally Posted by Ashley Weed
ehh... our team originally began as the LITTLES, which stood for the schools that were on the team... which are now three different teams - 84, 222, 284
team 84 became SWATT the first year which stood for the school that brandched of from the LITTLES, and the schools that joined up in that area
the third year of our existence we became WATTNESS, and have been ever since.
W - Waverly, NY
A - Athens, PA
T - Troy, PA
T - Towanda, PA
NE - NorhtEast Bradford, PA
SS - School Systems
our Robot's name was originally the Charminator the year of the LITTLES, because the sponsor was Charmin.
The name evolved into Chuck from the Chuck Taylor All Star shoes. For the first 4 years of team 84, Chuck changed slightly with numbers..... Chuck, ChuckR2, Chuck Pi, Chuck IV. However, the fifth year, the Robot became just Chuck, and it is referred to as Chuck by others....... (within our team, we still give them varying 'number' names to identify them; Chuck the 5th; Chuck N Moose.
...... hmmmm???? wonder what this years 'identification' name will become... only time will tell!
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I guess now we know! The name Wattness has come and gone as High Schools have dropped out, but the name Chuck always remains. Chuck X proudly took the field for our tenth season. The team name has become Chuck 84, seeing as our team number is 84.
There are three urban legends how Division by Zero (229) got its name.
1) In math, dividing by zero is impossible but taking the limit of such a number yields infinity hence a slogan: Infinite Possiblities.
2) One of the students didn't know you can't divid by zero, it became an in house joke and the name stuck.
3) The initial two seasons were a shaky start and the team had the potential of folding. Someone noted that when you divid by zero on a calculator it says ERROR, so the team may have been one big error.
Early seasons the name was Ice Warriors and Northern Styx (since Potsdam is located in the frozen waste lands of New York haha), but for what ever reason the team went with Division by Zero and had a very successful year. Just like brand recognition the name, logo, robot name followed by the Green and Gold colors have stayed so others would know who they are.
It may be extremely nerdy, but I really like this name. Very unique and sticks in my head. Had some fun robot names with it to: Undefined, Denominator, and Irrational.