Thread: Team Names, Marketing, and Funny Name Stuff
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Re: Team Names, Marketing, and Funny Name Stuff
Team 1504 was known as BIG Spartan Robotics our first year. Our second year, we were known as GEOmotion. Our third year, we picked the Desperate Penguins. Now, the number and the name are pretty much synonyms.

Every time we changed our name, I cringed because, as you said, you have to establish your brand. When we picked the Desperate Penguins, it was really something that the whole team liked, and we pushed hard to stay. We bought a $300 mascot costume, and invested a bit of money into the theme. When the kids wanted to change the name again the next year, we explained to them that since we already had so much invested, we should keep the name.

So yeah, basically same position, but we finally sat on one name and just picked it. So, find one that is going to stick, that will be universal for years to come, and that can continue.
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