How to change a team name?

[RoboChair]

Citrus Circuits changed our name from EnGen about 6.5 years ago for the same reasons you are mentioning. No regrets.

[Abhishek R]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

Citrus Circuits changed our name from EnGen about 6.5 years ago for the same reasons you are mentioning. No regrets.

What did EnGen mean?

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by Abhishek R

What did EnGen mean?

Engineering Generation...

[DessertDuel319]

Thanks for all the responses. I'm pretty sure the locked-in team name is some kind of local myth.

However... my Coach has never seen the option to change it and nobody else has access to TIMS. Could somebody give me a step-by-step of how to do it so we know how and that it's definitely possible? Thanks.

EDIT: The image posted above was pretty much what I needed. Thanks.

[Clem1640]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

Citrus Circuits changed our name from EnGen about 6.5 years ago for the same reasons you are mentioning. No regrets.

Good call. Citrus Circuits is a great name.

So, changing a team name (nickname in TIMS) is really easy and cost-free. It is simply a team marketing/image issue. With a relatively new team, name changing has very limited negative impact (unless you decide on a bad name, of course) because the old name is generally not well known in the community.

It's a tougher decision for established teams with name recognition. Team 303 did this a few years back (from Panther Robotics to Test Team) and I think the end result of this change in name/image has worked very well for them.

Done right, changing a team (nick)name is more than just a name change, but ought to impact the image that a team presents as well. A glance at Citrus Circuits or Test Team's logo/uniform/robot provides great examples.

[Abhishek R]

Yeah, we also changed our name to CRyptonite from C.R.E.W. (Cinco Ranch Engineering Wizards) a while back. It definitely helped our image be a bit more cohesive.