Maximizing On Your Name

[irishninja]

How do teams with cool numbers use their numbers? Like 716 (wrenches) or 1337, etc?

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by irishninja

How do teams with cool numbers use their numbers? Like 716 (wrenches) or 1337, etc?

I know Team 1337 does not exist, since it was originally given to a German team which didn't make it to competition...

[Billfred]

Really, now that I think about it, the only team that really uses their number as part of their identity (moreso than "I'm on 1293") is team 7, better known to most of us as Team 007.

[irishninja]

Doesn't FIRST reuse numbers of teams who pull out?

[Billfred]

Originally Posted by irishninja

Doesn't FIRST reuse numbers of teams who pull out?

Only on odd occasions. (For example, this season the two schools that made up 64 decided to field separate teams. FIRST retired the 64 number and gave each of the schools new numbers on par with when they joined FIRST. One of the schools was around during the Number Shuffle years, so they received team number 39.)

[Simon Strauss]

Don't know why you're worried about making your team name sound cooler, 694 is more than an intimidating number as far as NYC FIRST is concerned and even if that's not good enough for you, like my school (Bronx Science), Stuy is well respected within and outside of the city.

[Nuttyman54]

If someone on the founding team had realized that our number was prime they might've done something with that. Unfortunatly, it was only realized by myself and the other animator last year. oh well

[Greg Ross]

Originally Posted by irishninja

How do teams with cool numbers use their numbers? Like 716 (wrenches) or 1337, etc?

My favorite is 1024 the Kilabytes.

[Dillon Compton]

My team, 1394, is actually considering a name change from "Juggernaut" to "Firewire" (The firewires, whatever, something like that), at the behest of my self and the team founder; we will also potentially be seeking funding from the Firewire Trade Association.

*grins*

[ScottM]

Originally Posted by Dillon Compton

My team, 1394, is actually considering a name change from "Juggernaut" to "Firewire" (The firewires, whatever, something like that), at the behest of my self and the team founder; we will also potentially be seeking funding from the Firewire Trade Association.

*grins*

That is like....a fantastic idea

[Dan Petrovic]

I'm jealous of team 314.

I'm not sure if their name involves Pi but I can remember one team's name being the Pi-oneers. I can't remember who. GAH!

[Adam Shapiro]

I can't believe our team still hasn't come up with an official name in 6 years. We're known either as 555 or Montclair Robotics, but I'm sure someone could come up with something more creative if they put some thought into it. Sadly, nobody has, at least not much. Every year we say "hey, we should make a name" and every year we end up remaining Montclair Robotics (technically we're the Montclair Mounties - the name of our football team).

If anyone has any ideas as to a nice, creative name for 555 I'd love to hear them! (And I'm sure many of you do!)

We could always be "The Dominos Pizza 555 Deal Team"...

[Gene F]

Well we've played around with our number. If you take our name, Metal in Motion and shorten it to MIM, rotate it 90 degrees to the right and it almost looks like 343 written vertially. Purely an accident though. We have had more discussion about the fact that 343 is 7 cubed. We have had that name in the running for a robot name several times but never used it. The other interesting bit of trivia about our number is that the balls this year have a 7 inch diameter. Therefore a rectangular box to hold one would have a volume of 343 cubic inches. We would love to play a match some day with teams 7 and 49 as our alliance partners. (Team 1 would be a good alternate! Maybe next year there will be a team 2401)

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Adam Shapiro

I can't believe our team still hasn't come up with an official name in 6 years. We're known either as 555 or Montclair Robotics, but I'm sure someone could come up with something more creative if they put some thought into it. Sadly, nobody has, at least not much. Every year we say "hey, we should make a name" and every year we end up remaining Montclair Robotics (technically we're the Montclair Mounties - the name of our football team).

If anyone has any ideas as to a nice, creative name for 555 I'd love to hear them! (And I'm sure many of you do!)

We could always be "The Dominos Pizza 555 Deal Team"...

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your name is Triple Nickel!!!!! Don't name yourself after bad pizza!!!!

LOL There is a story behind this reasoning.
I was in NYC in 2005, and someone said (about your team when we asked about 555) "Oh, Triple Nickel"? And it stuck. You have to use that!!! It makes so much sense, and rolls right off the tongue.
Now, every time we talk about your team, we refer to you as Triple Nickle anyways, so just don't delay the inevitable.. Change it now!!! LOL

[Ben Margolis]

I love 360's name - The Revolution.


How awesome is that?


1024's is pretty sweet too.