[AsimC]

My worst FIRST experience has to be at the 2004 nationals during our chairman's interview. Our team was the last team to be intereviewed, it was around 4 oclock and 24 teams had gone before us. We started to present when half way through one of the judges FELL ASLEEP on us. This judge had their eyes closed and was not writing anything down or never asked us any questions, while the other judges were. I mean, I understand that it was a long day for them, but is it fair to not care at all?? That was a bad experience by itself and what made it worse was the fact that the rest of the judges ripped us apart on very small details that only teams that have alot of money would respond to. I tried to explain to them that we were just an average team, but they didnt seem to care. To me, it seemed like all they cared about was how much money one team could spend. This experience temporarily made me lose my faith in FIRST, but i got over it after a week, mainly b/c im obsessed with FIRST and I love whats its doing around the world.