Sharing Team/Past Robot Names With New Bots

[wolfj]

Hey, it happens, right? I mean, my team name "The Gears" is definitely going to be used again eventually, and it could have even been used before we had it. Though I hope not. (Sorry, other Gears! I promise we had no idea!) No one copies a name with malicious intent. There are coincidences, and teams homaging the same thing at the same time. (I wonder how many robots have been named Dean or Woody?)

The above theory that Robocats is the most common name is probably absolutely right. On the other hand, most rookie teams don't go in knowing everything about FIRST. You're not going to know that there's another Tigertron, or SuperBot, or whatever. Life goes on.

[AndyB]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

So no problem if a team wants to change its name to Exploding Hot Chief Rolling Trucktown Thunder Chicken Techno Pink Robo Cats?

Just when you thought alliance acceptance speeches couldn't get any longer...

[Peter Matteson]

I know there is another Bobcats out there and they have a very similar number to us, (a 1_7 i think). I run in to them at the championship every year but I can never remember where they are from. I just think its funny because we both go back to at least 1999, our 4th year, with the same name. Most of the other repeats seem to come from the proliferation of teams after the static numbers hit.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

So no problem if a team wants to change its name to Exploding Hot Chief Rolling Trucktown Thunder Chicken Techno Pink Robo Cats?

Only for the announcer!

[IndySam]

I would worry about anyone who stole our name.

[kristenliz_28]

Well since we use the name of our sponser, and I don't think they sponser anyone else, that's not a problem for my team. They must differentiate between teams w/ the same names somehow.

[tennispro9911]

I'm from tigertronics who have the same name as tigertrons. We had no clue that we were picking a similar name as another team. But we agree that teams will remember teams by their robot and not their name. Our school mascot is a tiger and no one on our team had a better idea.