A few of mine:
-Seeing Archimedes 2004, which was stacked deep with teams like 71, 121, 237, 494, 330, and 111 while volunteering alongside folks like Dan Green, Jeff Seaton, David Kelly, and several others I don't quite remember with time. When that's your second FRC event ever, it's great at getting the hooks into you!
-Watching
1396's One-Day Wonder take form that same year.
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Playing catch with Genia.
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Clipboards,
clipboards,
clipboards.
-Watching FVC/FTC grow year after year after year between Half-Pipe Hustle on through to Quad Quandary. (You thought the Simbots built a mean FRC robot...)
-The Ringer of Destiny on Einstein in 2007, where 177 shoved a well-placed ringer up 71's ramp to prevent 179 from making a (Championship-winning) climb. (Say what you will about their camera work,
the big screen feed shows the play
beautifully.)
-Getting the chance to see 217 in between finals matches on Einstein in 2008. I was on the floor in the media corral at the corner closest to Einstein. After Finals 1, 217 parked themselves directly in front of us and started getting to work on pre-flight checks. Their precision under immense pressure was a sight to see--I wish I still had the raw footage. (I personally would've been freaking out, though it also would've been my first rodeo. Not the case with those guys.)
I know I'm easily forgetting several--I'll repost when they come back to me.