Who did you get to meet/want to meet at nationals?

[jessjank.]

Ok, so I started making a list of everyone I met at Championships in Word and ended up realizing by the time I had continued on to a third page and still had tons more to add that I had met far too many people to list in this thread. I had a simply fantastic time. I was given the opportunity to talk and hang out with so many fantastic people and made some great friendships along the way. The fact that I had the chance to converse with so uncountable members, mentors, advisors, volunteers, judges, ambassadors, company heads, heads of FIRST, and so many others was truly amazing. Being able to meet some of you who I talk to practically everyday over AIM and phone for the first time and who I consider to be family was such a significant experience. It was great finally getting to be with my "Indian children" (love you all!) and having our "family" together for the first time with a few new additions as well. Of course, it was also awesome getting the chance to talk with my soon-to-be classmates at Carnegie Mellon from a number of teams. I loved being able to get together with all of my FIRST sisters and brothers, some of my closest friends. I miss you all terribly and truly hope that I will get to see you all again sometime, hopefully soon.
To all those I met (you know who you are), thank you all for making Championships such an awesome event for me, perhaps one of the best ever! Please make sure to keep in touch with me!

[DarkJedi613]

Originally Posted by Dorienne Plait

Growl on you, I met you!! I was with Bridgette and Genia yesterday when they approached you. >_<

lol right, except I had no idea who you were.

Yeah that was weird, I was going over to talk to some team mates and the three of you like appeared in front of me...(o_O)

Originally Posted by Bridgette

DarkJedi613 (365)

358! not 365!

[Pballer829]

503 flew to and from ATL on the same plane as team Rush (27), i met the drivers from every team that 503 had a match with for those all important strategy sessions, and saw too many teams to even remember on the subway and in the airport. We caught up with 330 at some MARTA station after the party, and the next day while we were going through security at the airport. And i met andy baker while we were leaving centennial park. it was pretty cool to meet the guy behind the transmissions we used.

[AndyB]

I spent a long portion of Thursday talking to 1577, the Lion of Judeah. It was very interesting, talking to the Isreali team and learned a lot. Some of them were a bit looney but all were still fun to talk to them.

[iamericam]

This year I was sad to not be traveling to nats with a team, and then I realized I was traveling with many teams. A special thanks to MOE 365 for adopting me at the comp this year!

! ! !!! !!!! GO MOE!

For reference, I was doing field re-set on Galileo Friday and Saturday, then was the crazy girl dancing on the Galileo side of Einstein during the finals/awards. Yeah the one who was on the big screen like 5 times And no, I am not a cheerleader and will never be one, I'm just a geek like the rest of you. I definitely would have loved being in the pit working on a robot instead, but hey, getting people to be spirited was fun too.

I really wanted to meet all the people in the stands who got up and danced (too bad they didn't come down and join me! but I guess it's a bit scary dancing in front of thousands of people). I'm still trying to figure out how I did it... I had a triple mocha Saturday morning, then after that started to wear off I was running on pure adrenaline. I especially want to meet the people who were video taping me... can I have a copy please?

The new people I met (because listing everyone I saw again that I knew would take too long) were:
- All the drivers of teams on Galileo, especially Titian robotics from WA (with their "killer" autonomous mode) and St. Joe's from NJ
- My stepbrother's teacher from BG in NH (he was wondering why I was cheering for their team lol although I was cheering for everyone)
- The refs and other volunteers on Galileo
- A bunch of random people I said "hhhheeeeeyyyyy" to, but I don't think I caught their names
- A few guys from 1038 in Ohio
- And of course, the few people with the guts to come down and join me dancing! You guys rocked!

If I met you and/or you want to say hi, please feel free to IM me.

Congrats to everyone! And I'll just leave it with "GALI---"

[Ellery]

Yes, one of the best things at competitions is actually getting to know more of you folks face to face.

I was able to chit chat with just a few with the little free time I had:

Andy Baker and Mark Koors
Joe Johnson
Dave Lavery
Dave Verbrugge (at Embassy Suites)
Dean Kamen (at Embassy Suites)
Paul Copioli
John Neun
John V.Neun

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by AndyB

I spent a long portion of Thursday talking to 1577, the Lion of Judeah. It was very interesting, talking to the Isreali team and learned a lot. Some of them were a bit looney but all were still fun to talk to them.

It was great talking to them. I truly wish them the best in their future FIRST endevors.

[MissInformation]

It's funny, but the people who came by our pit area looking for me impressed some of my teammates (most of our team does not post on CD) and made me seem much more important than I am... hee hee... And of course, everyone who was there highly enjoyed it when Big Mike sneaked up behind me and bear hugged me... But that's okay... Big Mike is just the kind of guy that you don't mind being an arm rest for. From the rest of my list I also met:

Amanda Morrison, and if the picture is any indication, her legs are as nice as Dave's...
Billfred, who I forgot to swat, darn it!
Gary Dillard, who should also worry since I now have a picture of him...
Andy Baker, a person everyone should try to meet!
Koko Ed, got his picture too...
Brandon, and I forgot to thank him in person because he showed up with Amanda and Big Mike and I got distracted by all of the excitement!
JVN, DCA Fan, gwross, Barry, Kevin Watson, ChrisH and KarenH, Matt Leese, and I'm forgetting some names here, especially the names of the people I met at the party on Saturday.

Oh, and I met Woodie Flowers at the Vex semi-finals where I gave him one of the Dave buttons, and Dean Kamen was in the bar at the Embassy Suites after the party on Saturday night, and I wouldn't really so much as say I met him as I just approached him and said "I know you're busy, and probably don't want to be mobbed, but I thought you may want one of these" and handed him a Dave button.

Heidi

[Brian Lesser]

Special thanks to Courtney, I managed to meet Kyle (from 45) and Arefin (from 108). Both guys were awsome and I'm hoping to see more CD people in the future.

Funny thing is that I was known as "the guy who made 'The Person Above Me ' thread"

[Masterfork]

Originally Posted by Brian Lesser

Special thanks to Courtney, I managed to meet Kyle (from 45) and Arefin (from 108). Both guys were awsome and I'm hoping to see more CD people in the future.

Funny thing is that I was known as "the guy who made 'The Person Above Me ' thread"

YEAH I WAS TOO BUSY DRIVING AND ALL TO MEET ALOT OF PEOPLE but i met alot of drivers and that was cool but i lost my fork pin so everyone could have recognized but noo, but its ok next year and i will get a picture of me in my profile soon so you guys probably saw or met me

[xzvrw2]

I managed to meet Greg Needel, JVN, and Ashley from team 1511. thats about it.

[Mike33]

I met John V Neun by accident, we were waiting for our que when i noticed his name tag.

[looneylin]

I <3 meeting ppl! My list includes

Bridgette (121)
Eddie (168)
Tony! (56)
Adrian (254)
C. Roberts (1089)
Conor
Barry
Corey (25)
Bharat (25)
Arefin (108)
James (384)
Patrick (358)
Steve (365)
Kyle (365)
Juice (365)
Dorienne (7)
Brandon (364)
Billfred
::n a bunch of random ppl, namely those who hugged me n i have no clue who u are ::

YAY! It was fun! I think I had 50 hugs by the time Thursday was over

[mtaman02]

I met a couple of people at nationals


Bandchick (000?)
iAmericam - Spunky lil gal she is =) (0192)
Andrea Tribo (0365)
Coco - well not really he just happened to jump in the middle and take a picture of me and the above names which Bandchick has yet to post =(. ) =)
Wetzel - Saw him doing his refereeing thing
Big Mike - Same as above ^^
Shanequa ? Spelling - The Queen of Cool and Announcer for Newton and the NYC Regionals - She was on the same airplane with me and an old team that I was a guest of =)

And the Usual Dave Lavery, Woodie and Before I could get Dean well he just dissappeared =(.

btw I have all the field announcers and Dave and Woodies Autographs on my Volunteer Badge - Yippie =)

And I'm sure I came across alot more CD people that I have yet to realize

[lindsayq]

Gah, I overloaded on new-people-meeting at Nationals! So many to mention!

I hung out a lot with my twin from 1022, Jill. As she stated earlier in this thread, we met at an Arby's at the Boilermaker Regional, and ever since then, it's been nothing short of awesome. I spent so much time with her at Nationals, that some of her fellow Archer GEeks nicknamed me Jill 2.0! They have a picture of me helping out in their pits, too.

Nil, Noam, Tomer, Dor, and Or from Team 1574 were (and still continue to be) extremely awesome to hang out with during the competition. They taught Jill and I some "useful" Hebrew words, and we all continue to stay in touch.

Gabe and I didn't get to meet Dean, though. That was our mission, and it wasn't accomplished! Oh well. Does anyone have any tips on how to meet Dean next year? Like, where would someone have a better chance of seeing him?