How do you recognize teams?

[smistthegreat]

Originally Posted by Grim Tuesday

I discuss FIRST teams with lots of people, both on my team and in my family. One thing I have noticed is that everyone recognizes teams by something different--I think with team numbers (ie, Team 1507). A friend of mine recognizes the full names (ie, The Warlocks), and my father recognizes them by location (ie, 'That Lockport team'). I'm kinda curious if there is a predominate method for people recognizing teams (not that there is a right way).

So what is your primary method for recognizing a team?

Hey, I know them. Also, team number for me.

[rsisk]

Being a database person, team number is the obvious choice since it is a primary key. Although a lot of teams I think of their name first, they usually have a pretty good brand identity, Holy Cows, Pink, Thunder Chickens, etc. I have trouble remembering team numbers above 2000 or so. Heck I even mix up my team number sometimes and have to stop and think about it, usually transposing the last two digits.