Thread: Question: What was the first FIRST competition you attended?
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Re: Question: What was the first FIRST competition you attended?
My first event was the 1995 Manchester Regional. It was at my highschool so everyone on the team had to be a volunteer. I got field reset, which is just about the sweetest job cuz you get to see all the matches.
I remember so much from it too...like Sunny D, grabbing the big 3 point ball, zipping up the middle ramp, deploying velcro outriggers (hrm..i wonder why there's a rule about velcro) and owning the goal and top scoring spot for the remainder of the match. ChAOS 131 was just as good, it was a shootout as to who was faster.

Our team only managed to launch one shot and we missed. That team later went on to become 238 the Cruisin Crusaders.

It was so different from what it is now. Drivers standing on a platform behind the goal, 2 milwaukee drill batteries powering the robot...battery charging station! back to back fields for non-stop action, and Woody as the emcee

And if I remember correctly a grand total of about 76 teams, not all attended Manchester, some just went straight to nationals.
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