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Re: FIRST Celebrity Status

Being active on Twitter is a plus. I love seeing FIRST robotics people on Twitter. It gives them a little bit more of a personality.

Creators are also really cool. I love scouting out people at events that make cool things to talk about what they're doing, what their plans are, and if they're setting up for anything new.
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Re: FIRST Celebrity Status

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Creators are also really cool. I love scouting out people at events that make cool things to talk about what they're doing, what their plans are, and if they're setting up for anything new.
And some of the stuff can be totally off the wall and weird - which makes it that much better.

Another big part of it, in my opinion, is that a lot of the people that FIRSTers look up to don't take themselves/situations too seriously. They take things easy and kind of 'go with the flow', but they still have a direction/task in mind.
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Re: FIRST Celebrity Status

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Re: FIRST Celebrity Status

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.

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(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.
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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.
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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.
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Re: FIRST Celebrity Status

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.
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I'm pretty sure Ether is a wizard. Arcane magic is another possible path to CD/FIRST stardom.
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I'm pretty sure Ether is a wizard. Arcane magic is another possible path to CD/FIRST stardom.
He is lol.
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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?
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Re: FIRST Celebrity Status

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
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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.
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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.
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I often doctor the nametags myself.
The Championship nametags are much harder to alter being all official and everything.
Why don't you just fill in your VIMS with firstname: Koko, lastname: Ed?

Also, I think we can all agree, Ether is a God. That is all.
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