Help With Robotics Team Name

[panther83]

Our name does not have to include our school name and it doesn't have to include our mascot either. We are waiting on our number but we are expecting high 4000's but we really want the # 5000. So far I like the Washington machines and Illinoids. Our school won't have members from other teams or from around our county. Thanks for all the help though sorry for being so late on the reply I've been busy with school.

I personally like the Washington machines it's very witty and it seems like people will actually get the pun of it.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Joseph Smith

The Washington Machines.

Pick this name and I will send you parts. Washing machine parts.

[Kelly180]

Originally Posted by Richard Wallace

Pick this name and I will send you parts. Washing machine parts.

Too Funny! I thought the same thing when i first saw the suggestion. lol

[Squeakypig]

It should be what the students want. A lot of teams use acronyms as their name (107 Team R.O.B.O.T.I.C.S.) some of them use random name generators to come up with thier name (1902 Exploding Bacon) and then there are some teams with some goofy names (217 Thunderchickens).

But by far, best name ever (in my opinion) is 326 Teamsuperpowermaticultramegasuperlativeawesometast icdelcioushowlingunieagles

Yes that is their name.

[Taylor]

Well, if you're from Washington HS, maybe something presidential?

Robot Commanders-In-Chief
Leaders of the FRC World
ROTUS
The Executives

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Taylor

Well, if you're from Washington HS, maybe something presidential?

Robot Commanders-In-Chief
Leaders of the FRC World
ROTUS
The Executives

But not The FEDS.

[Max Boord]

Washington Washers?
Washers?
According to CowScout there isn't 1 team with washer in there name.
Just make sure you check the name on CowScout ad the blue alliance. Theirs nothing that made me more mad than finding out that some newer team copied our name and claims to be the first.

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Max Boord

Washington Washers?
Washers?
According to CowScout there isn't 1 team with washer in there name.
Just make sure you check the name on CowScout ad the blue alliance. Theirs nothing that made me more mad than finding out that some newer team copied our name and claims to be the first.

Remind me, is "Yooper Troopers" team 3771 (defunct) or team 4988?

[Electronica1]

Originally Posted by Max Boord

Washington Washers?
Washers?

I am just going to add Washerton to the list.

[Link07]

Hmm...maybe something catchy like Washbotics? Or Illonoids?

[JoeWithTheSpecs]

Originally Posted by Joseph Smith

The Washington Machines.

I actually like the Washington Machines

You might want to see if the students on the team want to take a vote on the name you'll use, and whatever name your team chooses you should be sure to stick with it, just to have a consistent image throughout the years. At first we were simply known as Adams Robotics, but instead built our team image on AdamBots for over a decade now (pay no attention to the one year we were called the Golden Eyes).

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by JoeWithTheSpecs

You might want to see if the students on the team want to take a vote on the name you'll use, and whatever name your team chooses you should be sure to stick with it, just to have a consistent image throughout the years.

Agreed. Whatever you end up with, try to get people to committed to it and build a brand around it. Even if you end up going with something relatively "less interesting," build an identity, whether it's with lights or washing machine hats or anything else. Your team's branding is the first thing people notice, to the point of making your name less important (example, my team, Blue Twilight, doesn't use Blue Twilight so much as Team 2220, and most of our branding is LEDs everywhere and stars).

[Christopher149]

A team name should ideally be distinctive, not "bad"*, and something that everyone can really get behind as a brand and team identity. Many are serious, many are humorous.

Is your team only from the one school? Any chance you might have students from elsewhere in the future? An identity separate from the school, however, isn't any better or worse than one tied to it.

One idea might be Tazewell County Tigers, so you could use the school colors, but not be a panther. But don't let the Internet tell you what to do.



*By "bad", I'm generalizing to say that it should be, say, "Washington Community High School Robotics Team"**, something hateful, or the like.
**unless that made a cool acronym, but WCHSRT isn't

[dradel]

Originally Posted by StAxis

Washing machine with a presidential seal anyone?

They aren't from Washington DC

When my team was brainstorming team names for our Rookie year (last year!), we got everyone together and made a giant list. Every suggestion made it onto that list no matter how ridiculous until we had ~6 pages. We narrowed down some obvious no-go's like Scorpion Kickers, Meatloaf, and Brobotics. Omit anything with a copyright- Hobbit or Sonic Screwdrivers- unless you want to go through the process of gaining the rights to use that name. (I just pulled up our old list and had a good laugh about some.) We narrowed it down to four names: 5UP3RN0V4, STEMpunk, Mentally Buoyant, and Laser Shark Commando Squad.
After we couldn't narrow them down by votes, we thought about marketing and image. STEMpunk won at the agreement of all.

Because you'll want to have a team name that lasts, I think it's important to have agreement at the beginning because that consensus will most likely last if you're able to build upon an image.