Well, there are A LOT of those "FIRST moments", for sure!
I remember awesome things I'll never forget, things that made me freeze and stare, things that made me scream in a crazy way and some emotions I couldn't explain.
Ok, you want me to tell THE BEST moment.
When we won the 2001 Nasa Langley Regional in VCU was the greatest moment for me (and maybe to some people in my team too). To be precise, the time when the final score appeared on the screen. I liked that year specially because I participated more on the robot design and was the human player. That was the first time we won a regional, and to do that we went through so many difficult situations, and we were representing ourselves, our team, our school, our state and our country.
Maybe after that some people lost that "underdog" idea about us. We were so excited. I lost my voice in few minutes, called home to tell my mother (there was a problem with the internet connection just before the finals) and after that so many good things happened.
I admit participating is MUCH more important that winning, but you asked for ONE moment only.
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Rodrigo Ribeiro
Team #383 - The Brazilian Machine
Mechanical Engineering student at UFRGS - Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil
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