PWNAGE 2451 New Number

[pwnageNick]

PWNAGE would like to notify the FRC community that we have a new team number. We used to be #2949 but are now 2451.

We have entered an exciting new chapter in our team's history and cannot wait for the 2013 season to begin!

Here are some updated links for our team with updated infromation (-YouTube, still working on that)

Team Website:http://pwnagerobotics.org/

Team Facebook Page:http://www.facebook.com/PWNAGE2451

Team Twitter: @PWNAGE_2451 or https://twitter.com/PWNAGE_2451

Team YouTube Channel: Until it is updated- http://www.youtube.com/user/FIRSTTeam2949PWNAGE

Please feel free to ask any questions.

-Nick & FRC Team 2451 PWNAGE

[ehochstein]

I'm curious, what is the reason for the switch?

[dodar]

Me too. How does a team just change their number?

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by dodar

Me too. How does a team just change their number?

To borrow a phrase from online gaming: Hax.

But seriously, there's got to be a back story for this. Inquiring minds want to know!

[Camren]

I think they seized the former 2451 at their robotics workshop and after weeks of starvation 2451 finally gave in and surrendered their number. But aside my creative mind i'm sure there is a real reason for the switch

[CalTran]

Did they absorb another team sometime between last season and now, with this being the compromise they came to on numbering? Last well known example of this that comes to mind is 47+65=51.

[pwnageNick]

The team separated from the organization they were part of, the organization had rights to the number and chose to keep it as part of the organization.

-Nick

[dodar]

Originally Posted by pwnageNick

The team separated from the organization they were part of, the organization had rights to the number and chose to keep it as part of the organization.

-Nick

Huh?

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by dodar

Huh?

If a veteran team splits from their parent organization, they can recycle an old number because technically they are not classified as a real rookie.

See #3 http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...-team-criteria and I believe also #6?

[pwnageNick]

The organization holds rights to the number 2949, so we had to be given a new number, and as Akash said, instead of giving us a rookie # (5000+) they recycle or use a number that was never given. FIRST has many numbers along the way that they never used exactly for this purpose.

-Nick

[dodar]

If you are giving up the number, how are you able to keep the name then? Since you are branching off, why doesnt the organization want to keep the name?