Changing a team name

[XaulZan11]

I think the first thing you should do is take a step back and ask yourself 'who are we?' and 'what do we want to be known as?' Having a really creative, silly name that provides you with a creative logo, shirts and team cheers won't work very well if your team is filled with shy, reserved students who don't want to stand out and lead cheers. On the flip side, if you have an outgoing team, having a conservative name may not be the best as they cannot express themselves and stand out.

The next question is what do you want to me known as. Do you want to be known as the professional, hard working team ala 148 or 1114 or do you want to be known as the outgoing, full of cheer and team spirit like 33 or 1902? Just because you take the latter, doesn't mean you can't have a competive robot, however.

Once you get a general 'feel' of your team, then you start brainstorming team names. It's easy to pick a cool sounding name, but its more difficult to find a team name that leads to a good logo, motto, shirts, signs, pit designs/displays, robot signs, cheer, mascots, and all other visable aspects of your team. The main thing is to have all these aspects related and tied together. Before you decide on a team name, I would have ideas for all of these aspects.

I would also look at some other teams at your regional(s) and try to be different from them. For example, as a team who goes to 2 regionals with both 111 and 1625 (both of which wear tie-dye), I wouldn't recommend my team switch to tie-dye.