Team Names

[Carolyn_Grace]

Oh this was a fun game that I played all week at the Championship: think of the best rookie team names! I was actually going to create a thread asking other people to join in on the fun. These are a few that my team came up:

The Metal Manatees
Roadkill Zombies (my personal favorite. You could have raccoon and squirrel mascots with tire tracks across their bellys and the fur kinda dirtied. Would be fun painting faces for this team)
Rabid Bunnies
Team 33 (even though the team number would be something like 4267).
Delusions of Grandeur
Whirley Whales
Spontaneous Combustion
The Polydactyl Cats...would be more fitting once team numbers reach 7777 (credit to Isaac for this one)
The Desperate Ants (with the team logo a magnifying glass held over an ant)
or, The Desperate Wormies (with a worm caught on the sidewalk after a rain).

...silly, I know...but I'm of the opinion that the sillier the team name, the more fun the image.

[MagiChau]

You guys could always use an acronym like we did with BOB

[rogerlsmith]

Personally I like simple names; I think it keeps it easier on the announcers.

Or, if you want to make life difficult on the announcers, go for a tongue twister like:

The Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers

or RB3 - RB(cubed).

[Chris Fultz]

Take your time to think of a name, think of your logo / mascot to go with, and then stick with it.

If it is catchy and unique, people will remember it and you. If you change every year or two, you run the risk of nobody realizing who you are.

Some teams get remembered by their numbers, but most are remembered by their name.

[Enigma's puzzle]

Think about your selling points, giveaways, ridiculous button designs and mascots and things along that line, if you can come up with something unique thats how you get remembered. Our Question mark logo, and clever name (Enigma) gets questions and complements everywhere we go. And it also draws questions (Very punny) on the street, so it helps us tell people about FIRST.

But when you make a design/logo to go with your name, make sure it looks professional and clean.

[delsaner]

Some corny science/math ones I madeup.

Pi-rotechnics
Ionic
Omega-bytes
Team Torque
The sexy team

(others on the way)

[Enigma's puzzle]

Originally Posted by Carolyn_Grace

The Desperate Ants (with the team logo a magnifying glass held over an ant)
or, The Desperate Wormies (with a worm caught on the sidewalk after a rain).

...silly, I know...but I'm of the opinion that the sillier the team name, the more fun the image.

Where can I get my Desperate Aunt Button?

[Joe Ross]

I like the teams that tie their name into their number (eg 1024, 2468). Of course, that's easier for some numbers then others.