When were you first spotted at a FIRST competition?

[Melissa Nute]

First Time I recall it is when ChrisH came up to me at Nationals this year. This is accounting for people I haven't really talked to before coming up to me though.

[dez250]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Never had someone come up to me, but Ive definately had people find out. Well, dez did come up to me at IRI, but that was probably cus I was next to my dad. Alot of peoples first words to me are(after they find out various ways who I am), "ive read your posts on delphi" or "how cool is it to have a father like dave".

Sean, i didnt coe up to you cause your dad, i actually was waiting for you to part his side cause i didnt want to get mobbed by those mobbing your dad, but i origionally came over to you to talk about a random elephant...

[Katie Reynolds]

The first time I was recognized at a FIRST competition was at Nationals 2002. I was walking our robot out to the field and I hear someone yelling, "KATIE! HEY, KATIE!! HI! HOW'S IT GOING?" and I see this guy waving at me. Who I don't recognize. At all. Then, on the way back into the pits, I see him again waving and saying hi ... I still don't recognize him. The engineer I was with was like, "Do you know that guy?" "Uh.. I'm sure I do, I just don't recognize him." ... "Ummm ... so, do we need to get you a bodyguard or something?"

It wasn't until a few hours later, when I met up with Ken Leung, Gui Cavalcanti, some other people and the 'mystery guy' ... who introduced himself to me as Joe Ross.

... And, yes, I still feel bad about not recognizing him then. Or the next time I saw him...

[MissInformation]

I haven't been spotted yet however, I've been told that people were looking and looking for me at Richmond and Annapolis, all for the wanting of a pimp Dave button...

Heidi

[Brandon Martus]

I think it may have been Kate Leach at Epcot in 2000/2001 -ish. I can't remember for sure, really.

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

hehe, the first person to ever spot me was actually the one and only Mr. Baker himself.... .... if I had only known who I was talking too, I don't think I would of been so calm in the presencs of the 2003 TechnoKat floor team including the famous Andy and DJ.

Heh... yes I remember that. Team 84 was right behind team 45 in queing for our field. Our drive teams started talking. I remembered that 84 had a female driver who posted on CD under the name of "weedie" (or something like that), so I asked you if you were her. You had this suprised look on your face, and I realized that you were caught off guard.

Team 84 - Chuck is great. We allied with you (and 111) in '99 and came one match from winning the Championships. Oh, the memories.

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As for when I was first recognized from involvement on these boards, it was probably around the time of '99 Nationals. That was when we had our first webhug. Kate Leach and Colleen Shaver asked me if I was Andy Baker. Also, we had a pit next to team 42, so I met Andy Grady at about the same time.

Andy B.

Andy B.

[Matt Leese]

I think the first time anyone recognized who I was who I hadn't met first was Andy Baker at the 2001 Kickoff. This year I got a lot of "I recognize your name from Chief Delphi." I'm still trying to figure out if that was a good sign.

Matt

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

I don't think that anyone's ever "spotted" me in this sense, as the people I run into most when I go to competitions are people I consider friends. For the most part, I try to avoid being recognized by people and will often have conversations with people I know from the boards here without them ever knowing whom they're talking with.

You've been "spotted" at SBPLI Regional a couple of years in a row.

I was ID'ed at Philly this year by Lucas of MOE.
I know a bunch of CD'ers from Long Island, so I don't really count them.