FIRST Celebrity Status

[bEdhEd]

I was thinking about how certain people who participate in FIRST attain such great reputations as leaders, mentors, engineers, or overall just fantastic people, and how they gain such a following. Is it their enthusiasm, their knowledge, their availability, or is it something more unique? I'm talking about the people that a majority or a large number of the FIRST or at least FRC community knows of. I would like to know your input on what you think makes a person in FIRST stand out in a sea of already outstanding people!

[Koko Ed]

Posting alot on CD doesn't hurt.

[bEdhEd]

Definitely not. I was surprised that someone at the 2013 championships recognized me on the field when I was coach on the drive team. They said they remembered me from CD! However, they didnt remember my username right and butchered it.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Posting alot on CD doesn't hurt.

Said by the person that leads the CD posting record by a mile!!

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by Foster

Said by the person that leads the CD posting record by a mile!!

And you know what? I certainly recognized him at Championship this year! (Though I was a little confused when his name tag didn't say "Koko Ed")

[Karibou]

Most of the people in FIRST that I highly respect are people whose names I would see frequently on CD (as posters or just being named). If I see someone's name around enough, chances are that they're doing something right somewhere, even if I've never actually met them.

I also respect a lot of the volunteers that I've worked with. Working with someone in a high-stress environment tends to tell you a lot about them.

Originally Posted by MechEng83

(Though I was a little confused when his name tag didn't say "Koko Ed")

That weirds me out too. I also have the inability to call Richard Sisk by anything other than "Rsisk" because his name isn't on his CD profile and I didn't know what else to address him by for the longest time.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

And you know what? I certainly recognized him at Championship this year! (Though I was a little confused when his name tag didn't say "Koko Ed")

I often doctor the nametags myself.
The Championship nametags are much harder to alter being all official and everything.

[JosephC]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

I often doctor the nametags myself.
The Championship nametags are much harder to alter being all official and everything.

I remember you shaking your head when we met at MARC the first time and I called you Koko Ed.

To answer the OP, Pretty much everything that's been said so far is spot on.

[DampRobot]

Fame on CD is easy to come by. Post a lot. If you know the answers, give good advice, otherwise point to past answers of more experienced people. Be a presence. Try to put some voice in your posts, don't make them super dry (well, for an engineer at least).

Of course, some of the very best and most respected mentors out there don't post on CD, or only post very rarely. Those that know the most may not always be those that have posted the most. Being a celebrity (at least on CD) is fairly straightforward. Being a real mover and shaker in FRC is considerably more difficult.

[BigJ]

I'm pretty sure Ether is a wizard. Arcane magic is another possible path to CD/FIRST stardom.

[geomapguy]

Originally Posted by BigJ

I'm pretty sure Ether is a wizard. Arcane magic is another possible path to CD/FIRST stardom.

He is lol.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by BigJ

I'm pretty sure Ether is a wizard. Arcane magic is another possible path to CD/FIRST stardom.

Has anyone actually confirmed that Ether isn't an AI with a fondness for technical problems in high school robotics?

[Austin1018]

Let us all agree....

We are all involved in FIRST because we have a weird thing for science and helping others.

We are all similar, it's just that there are people out there that show it differently. If not differently, they show it with a burning passion of a thousand Mordors

[indubitably]

I would have to say that drive teams and coaches that are very involved in the pre-match strategy sessions are the people I remember most from each season. I could probably pick bomb squad's coach out of a crowded room.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Posting alot on CD doesn't hurt.

Nor does traveling all over the country attending random events. You are pretty much the top of my list Koko Ed.