New Team Name? (Poll)

[M1KRONAUT]

First, feel free to move this if it isn't in the right place.

So, I'm thinking of starting a team next year, and I'm trying to decide on a name. I've narrowed it down to the following six possibilities, and I'm curious to see which ones everyone likes best.

The fourth choice is best when announced by the MC.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by M1KRONAUT

...I'm curious to see which ones everyone likes best.

Don't ask us. Ask the people who will be part of the team.

[M1KRONAUT]

I will do that. I'm doing this just to get some general feedback on the current possibilities.

[Poseidon5817]

Most of those names feel more like robot names than team names. You should probably ask the team members that will be on the team what the name should be.

[M1KRONAUT]

Once again, to be clear, the results here will not at all give a final decision (and I also consulted some potential team members to come up with these). Actually, only one of the choices was my suggestion. We are only trying to see how the results lean, but we are really leaning towards "Unobtainium" now. And, again, I will not make a final decision before discussing with the rest of the team.

[Boltman]

Originally Posted by Poseidon1671

Most of those names feel more like robot names than team names. You should probably ask the team members that will be on the team what the name should be.

^This

If you like really like those names add the word "Team" in front to make it more of a team name than robot sounding name. Or make it plural.

Ex: Team Unobtanium -or- Unobtaniums

I would make whatever you choose, cool sounding to say for the announcer in games.

My favorite is
"WARLords" sounds so cool at competitions.

[ScottM]

A little history on "unobtainium"...

Since the late 1950s,aerospace engineers have used the term "unobtainium" when referring to unusual or costly materials, or when theoretically considering a material perfect for their needs in all respects, except that it does not exist.

[GaryVoshol]

If you can't make up your mind, you could go with one of my favorite FLL teams names from last year:

[insert team name here]

The story is, the kids saw that on a form the mentor was filling in, and one of them asked, "Is that our name now?" They went with it, including the brackets, and designed everything in plain text black and white, like generic groceries.

[M1KRONAUT]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

If you can't make up your mind, you could go with one of my favorite FLL teams names from last year:

[insert team name here]

The story is, the kids saw that on a form the mentor was filling in, and one of them asked, "Is that our name now?" They went with it, including the brackets, and designed everything in plain text black and white, like generic groceries.

True Deadmau5 style!

[Jean Tenca]

I see a lot of teams with interesting team names/branding based on their school or something unique about them. It's best if it is meaningful to the team members. It's also nice to have a straight forward name. A lot of your suggestions are so complicated that you'd end up with a nickname by day 1 at your first event. I may be alone on this, but I dislike team names that are designed to cause confusion and/or frustration (people may laugh once, but then hate the name for the rest of the event).

Shockwave, for example, was created when the team started with the school's mascot (a wave called Tide Guy) and brand (Crimson Tide) and wanted to tie it into robotics and engineering. Thus, the electrical shock was introduced and the Shockwave name and logo was created.

Best of luck to you and your team!

[The other Gabe]

Originally Posted by ScourgeDragon

I see a lot of teams with interesting team names/branding based on their school or something unique about them. It's best if it is meaningful to the team members. It's also nice to have a straight forward name. A lot of your suggestions are so complicated that you'd end up with a nickname by day 1 at your first event. I may be alone on this, but I dislike team names that are designed to cause confusion and/or frustration (people may laugh once, but then hate the name for the rest of the event).

Shockwave, for example, was created when the team started with the school's mascot (a wave called Tide Guy) and brand (Crimson Tide) and wanted to tie it into robotics and engineering. Thus, the electrical shock was introduced and the Shockwave name and logo was created.

Best of luck to you and your team!

my team, Bear Metal is similarly named: Our school is the Tahoma Bears.

also to be kept in mind is that whatever name you pick now could be changed if you so chose: we were TRC (Tahoma Robotics Club) in the first few years of our existence

[M1KRONAUT]

I guess it would be easier if this wasn't a homeschoolers' team. Anyway, we are going to vote on a team name at our first meeting.

[D.Allred]

I recommend you consider the full team branding and imagery, not just the name. You can make a brand from a name or start with a theme and let the name follow. It is important to have a complete brand when selling yourselves to sponsors or game announcers.

Here's a few non-school mascot examples with very strong branding.
- 2655 Flying Playtpi http://team2655.org/
- 2059 The Hitchhikers http://team2059.org/
- 1902 Exploding Bacon http://www.explodingbacon.com/

In our case, we started with a hot rod car theme and the name followed.

Good luck with the new team.

David Allred
Mentor, ROBOTZ Garage

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Boltman

^This

If you like really like those names add the word "Team" in front to make it more of a team name than robot sounding name. Or make it plural.

Ex: Team Unobtanium -or- Unobtaniums

Shouldn't that be Unobtania?

[M1KRONAUT]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

Shouldn't that be Unobtania?

I think that Unobtainium will work in this case, because its plural form is not commonly known (like Titanium, for example).