Thread: Question: What was the first FIRST competition you attended?
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Re: Question: What was the first FIRST competition you attended?
I'll go first...

The first event I ever attended, was the Long Island Regional in 2000.

It was a fun event, I remember in particular seeing a team from Texas (55 - Texas Torque), and a team from Puerto Rico (15 - Coqui Power) and realizing "Wow... FIRST is everywhere!" These 2 teams had 2 of the best robots at the event. At the time, I was awed. It was cool to compete against them (we had matches against both). It was discouraging to be beaten by them (they had REALLY beautiful machines), but at the same time it inspired us to try harder.

I remember thinking to myself:
"Next year, I want to be better."

That regional was a "close but no cigar" experience for me.
We ended up catching fire in the finals, and losing to the "Texas Alliance".
It was incredible to take the silver, but it left us wanting gold.

Every student on that team was inspired to try harder in 2001.

I was hooked. I've thrown myself into FIRST, and never looked back.

John
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