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I was working at a boycout camp over the summer and i discovered that one of the fellow staff members was from 1089. I was quite surprised! I had also met a kid from 303 while attending another camp in pennsylvania.

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actually for me .. i awalys see people from my youth group in FIRST... at the VCU regional I saw like 3 people and was like OH my g-d!

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Ahhhh this was funny, once I came back from the LI regional and was playing Tribes a first person shooter for those who dont know the game, turns out i mentioned the competition and the driver from the team we were up against in the semi finals, also played and we talked about the game. it was weird cause I had known him for 2-3 years..

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I was at Cedar Point and I saw someone with a first logo on their shirt, I think they were from team 1501... maybe:confused:

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Maybe this isnt too odd of a place. but the fact that it was someone from another team, is pretty random.

We had a LAN party at our school thats open to the public, and i saw this kid with a FIRST shirt on and it happened to be the little brother of a guy on team Duct Tape.

oh and my Godfather's nephew was sitting next to me, and after about 2 hours of talking about none sense, i found out that he was on a robotics team too

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Something similar happened to me actually. I played a game called RuneScape and I was in a clan and I said "Hey guys, long time no see, robotics has been keeping me busy," and so one of the guys on there says, "You in FIRST robotics?" and I said, "Yeah, team 118," and he was like "Dude that is awesome." Apparently him and his two friends who had been my three online buddies that I had known for 2 years were all in robotics and met up at championships last year which was kind of awkward but cool at the same time.

Pavan.

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our team (65) was doing a fundraising event at one of our local battle of the band competition that is help annually while there working the concession stands i met 3 FIRST Judges

also at kick off this year i remit one of my old friends i had no idea that he was interested in robotics he's not of team Hot (67) he moved freshman year and i haven't seen/spoken to him since

another experience i had was meeting 2 of my team mates through a science fair competition - we had no idea that 4 years later we would be on the same robotics team

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At my old job i bagged groceries for the Coach of team 27 a few times...never really got a chance to talk tho...but i recognized her in the team shirt

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im trying to get the NYR web cast at my gift shop here in Orlando, and all of a sudden, two mentors rom Heatwave(312) al in and buy postcards, we talk FIRST for a while, looks like they were here for some Motocross race.

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I happened to see a local FIRST team with their robot at the Plantation Relay for Life this weekend. Unfortunately, when I went over to ask about their robot and team, the whole team boo'd me as soon as they found out that I was from 108. Quite a shocker...:eek: :(

No L

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I've seen FIRSTers in strange places.

In the stands, yelling at a robot (and some roboticists) and/or singing/dancing/etc.


=D

(You have to admit, Regionals are pretty strange places, albiet cool).

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My sister had a job interview at Comcast yesterday.

The guy interviewing her was from the Northeastern University team.

That's 125, NU-TRONS, correct?

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I found out that my Boy Scout Order of the Arrow Representative knew about FIRST.

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I met a mentor and a team member from team BAD ROBOT at a summer camp I attended. I had no idea who they were, until in one of the last days, they did a presentation of sorts of FIRST. It was cool. I'm still keeping in touch with them sometimes.

I saw both of them again in Pittsburgh this year.

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I saw hella's angles (team 650) shirt walking around. I walked up to him to greet him and he wasn't very open as i was to strangers. I should have thought about what to say before hand. basicly our conversation went like this.

Me: "Oh Hey! Your from Hella's angles?! Im from team 1625, Winnovation. We played you in St. Louis!"

Team 650 kid: "Oh yeah.....uh, who are you?"

"Oh im sorry, Names Peter, and you are?"

"(forgot name), so.....uh..what do you want?"

"Um, just to say hi i guess........" (realiseing my mistake)

"Oh...uh...hi i guess." (completly uninterested in me)

"Uh.....see you around i guess..." (walk away in defeat)

"yeah, later."

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A few months ago I realized I share a dentist with Mark Leon, California accouncer. I just happened to have my team shirt on, and as I walked in, he walked out, and we just stared for a moment. Then we talked about FIRST, and then left. Best day of my life (almost).

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A couple students from our team and our mentor ran into a couple students from 2337 at the U of M Flint Math Field Day last week. We got a little chance to talk since they were sitting right behind us at the awards ceremony.

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One of the people I work with is a FIRSTer. He came in one day wearing a FIRST hat and we had a good 10 minute conversation about it until I had to help some customers.

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I never knew this thread existed. I like it.

That's awesome beyond words.

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Hahah, that was me (and a friend)!