Name change

[Branden Ghena]

Team 240 changed its name from MachV (mach-vee) mach for the speed of sound and V for Visteon after we lost our Visteon sponsorship.

We decided to change our team name to TEMPEST (To Excite More People about Engineering, Science, and Technology) because it was more neutral and non-sponsor oriented.

We initially had a few problems with teams not recognizing us, but soon we were back to normal.

[KTorak]

We kinda circumvented the problem by thinking of a neutral name when our team was created. We don't even put sponsors on our shirt because we don't want to have issues with that type of stuff.

[hipsterjr]

342 is thinking about changing from "the burning magnetos" to "the inferno penguins"

[SL8]

Originally Posted by KTorak

We kinda circumvented the problem by thinking of a neutral name when our team was created. We don't even put sponsors on our shirt because we don't want to have issues with that type of stuff.

Same here ( besides the shirt).
We are the Cyber Wolf Corps., which has more to do with our location,(military children) and our school mascot, the grey wolves.

[647techangel]

Originally Posted by KTorak

We don't even put sponsors on our shirt because we don't want to have issues with that type of stuff.

i wish we didnt have to put sponsors on our shirts because were having issues with it.(sl8 knows what im talking about)

[AndyH]

Team 1098 changed our name from "The GI's" (not sure where that originally came from) to "Rockwood Robotics" (our school district) this year to help increase PR within our district and local community. We may modify it again next year if a team member can come up with a clever way to incorporate our district mascots. We had a couple of people ask, but it wasn't a problem at all. I would just recommend keeping your team number in a visible place on everything. The change can be fun, and it's nice for current team members to have a chance to design shirts and other public relations items

[Rick TYler]

We called ourselves "LexisNexis Robotics" last year when they were our only sponsor. This year, we changed it to "Exothermic Robotics" so we didn't have to worry about supporter jealousy. We still put everyone on the back of our shirts, though. And the more money you give, the bigger your name and the closer to the top of the shirt... As it turned out, LexisNexis doesn't care what we name the team.

[ReaperGoat]

On 1735, we decided to call ourselves the "Green Reapers" due to the fact that the school's colors are green and white, and the gym is referred to as the Green Graveyard. (The school mascot is a patriot)

There are quite a few teams who know us better by the green lattice on our robot that by our reaper suits, though.

[DarkFlame145]

yeah, people know us by our T-Rex suit. Mostly because the Arctic Warrior's Mascot likes to play fight with our mascot at the FLR