Name change

[Syncopation]

With all these stories of name-changing being swapped, I guess I have a story of my own.

I've been close to the team since 2005, and fairly involved with the team image since 2006. We've always pushed our theme (tied to the robot) more than the team name, but always with the number fairly prominently displayed. In 2006, our robot was Zeus, with our mascot, robot, and team colors playing into that theme. 2007, we were Team Leviathan - you might have seen our giant squid mascot and neon lime green color scheme in KC or Atlanta.

This year, we had a big team discussion on what to do with our team name. We'd been changing the name by which people knew us around so much, we felt we really weren't building a continuous image for our team. We'd always really been the Circuit Chargers, but that name had kind of been hiding behind our theme. Long story short, we decided to go back to the Circuit Chargers name for our robot name and theme this year. Not quite as eye-catching as a blindingly green squid, but we can tie our theme to our school and to FIRST values - invaluable when talking your team image up to a judge.

So I guess the moral of the story is changing your name should only be done if absolutely necessary, since it disrupts the building of your team reputation.