How do you recognize teams?

[LeelandS]

I usually bounce between number and name/nickname, depending on context and who I'm talking to. Sometimes it's just a preference.

For example, if I'm talking with someone who will recognize the team either way, I stick with preference.

Examples:
-Did you see Code Red triple at FLR?!
-1507 is a shooting machine!
-Stang' (Wildstang) is on fire
-Congratulations to Simbotics for winning the Chairman's Award

If I'm talking with someone who is less in tune with FIRST teams, I use strictly team numbers. Occasionally, I will use the school or location if the person is even less in tune with the teams (i.e. The Ithaca Team, McQuaid (for 3173), Nazareth (for 2340 before the Academy closed)).

I know too many teams, so I can't keep a set way of referring to them.

[JonathanZur1836]

Team name, number, colors, and logo are really important. The number is the first thing that people see, but after that, the team name, colors, and logo help create a memorable image.

[KelliV]

Numbers all the way.

When I first started I remembered team names, I hated numbers, I remember coming home to my mom and telling her "thank god my team number is 111, it's so much easier to remember than 217". I spent the first year I was on 'Stang learning team names, and then the next year everyone changed their names on me and I had no idea which team was which. Now I just remember the team numbers, followed by their locations.

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Most teams are numbers to me- mostly because when I'm in school and spewing random numbers, I feel like I'm talking in some secret code

[Jay O'Donnell]

Originally Posted by Flak-Bait

Most teams are numbers to me- mostly because when I'm in school and spewing random numbers, I feel like I'm talking in some secret code

And we wonder why the football team thinks we're weird...

[Brandon Zalinsky]

Originally Posted by Jay Money 1058

And we wonder why the football team thinks we're weird...

well then, I guess they're just another set...



of tools.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

[EllaElectrical]

For me, I normally use the numbers. It depends though because lately I've been looking at team websites so I know them by that. At competitions I remember them sometimes by mascot, and uniform or their chant.

[kiasam111]

When it comes to Australian teams, its much easier to memories their location, compared to their team location, or (for most of them) their non existent team number (nearly all the teams only attended our off-season event, the Duel Down Under and didn't register with FIRST). So we know them as "Team Melbourne" or "Team Tasmania" or "The St Mary's Team" or "The Adelaide Team."

When it comes to regionals that our team attends in the US, it's usually team colours that stand out for me. As for teams recognising us, we're usually just "the Aussies" =P