Changing a team name

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by Borobo

I don't know about you, but I generally feel that the whole theme of pirates, ninjas, chickens, etc. has been entirely played out, not just in a first setting, but just in general. I like ohms, it feels more original of a use, and the resistor code thing is really cool. I would caution you not to change to something like ninjineers, because in a few years, it's just going to feel dated. if you really want to change something, keep the ohms part, but I really think you have a good name already.

Agreed. I absolutely love my team name, Westside Boiler Invasion, because its kind of hard to say what it is. You can't hold a boiler invasion, and you can't really visualize it. But it definitely sticks out more than the usual "tech-gear-guys" or the "Ninja-monkey-chicken-bots".
I like a name that has some incorporation of Ohms, OP, but if you really want to change it, nows the time. You could do something with the region you're in, ex. Westside is the "slang" name of our school west lafayette high school, and we are right next to Purdue University, the Boilermakers.
If you want some inspiration, run through the team list on the blue alliance.Try to go for something unique, like 16 (Bomb squad), 449 (The Blair Robot Project) or 51 (wings of fire). As great as teams are like 148 and 118, team names with "robo", no offense, are getting quite old. (But obviously at the time of creation of their team, "robo" wasnt too old yet.)
Good Luck,
-Duke
P.S. If i got to choose your team name, i'd go "Electromotive Force". Its got a cool ring to it.

[James Tonthat]

When we were changing our team name, we were looking at lot at how our team would grow from being recognized on a local level to a national level. Our name before the change was "Northside Roboteers" which didn't make sense once we got to Champs. "Texas Torque" is our new name and at least places us on a geographic area.

We had a lot of good and bad history with Northside Roboteers, a couple bad years, then a couple good years but we decided that our team would be a lot more recognizable with a name change. At first there was a bit of "I remember you being called something else last year" from other teams but this year, I haven't heard anything about it. Our team is actually a lot more united, a lot more team pride, alumni support is higher since they identify with it more.

A lot comes with a name and I think what made a successful name change for us was a good name, cool logo, and some good performance.

Good luck with your name change, I hope I was helpful.