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Re: Acceptable Name?
All this is true,
But some of my favorite FRC names are dangerous-sounding. For example, Exploding Bacon is a name that I particularly like. The team will often feature a cartoon of a pig riding a rocket (which implies the idea of "when pigs fly"). Which, in my humble opinion, is totally awesome!
Its a good idea to include something visual in your name so that the artistic students can explore their abilities too. The Gear Heads come to mind as an example here. They have hats with the teeth of a gear attached to the top of the hat. So when they wear the hats they literally become "gear-heads".
An example of a less viable name would be something like "Moments of Inertia". Its sounds great, its harmless, implies techo -- but what would your mascot look like? What would you draw a picture of to represent your team's name? Its abstract and maybe too techno to appeal to a wider audience for team identification
If you do pick a potentially non-PC word, its probably a good idea to pair it up with something that ensures that the overall meaning is meant to be funny. Blasting Fireworks, Manic Mechanics, Swingin’ Miss’s (my favorite for women's softball team) , are just some ideas to get you started brainstorming.
Have fun, and be sure to post what your team has decided.
Keith Hall
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