My best friend told me she'd break my (other) arm, if I didn't join the team. I never found out how serious she was, 'cause I went to the next meeting after that.
Seriously, though, her big sister (who was on the team) used to babysit for my family... and I remember when I was in 5th grade, she came over to babysit and was so excited because they "named the robot TOBOR! Which is 'robot' spelled backwards!" I was intrigued then, and started going to meetings the summer before my freshman year. I was hooked from the beginning.
