You know who I am?!

[Matt Krass]

Just because I'm bored and curious

Have you ever found out somebody in FIRST knew who you were that you didn't expect to know you? Or someone who knew who you were but you didn't expect them to recognize you? I had a few interesting experiences in Atlanta this year with that.

First off, I went to the webhug and I found Brandon Martus and JVN standing together talking, my jaw nearly hit the grass when John greeted me with "Hey it's Matt Krass!", John can attest to me stuttering "Y-you know who I am?". Just wondering if anyone else had an experience like that.

Oh, Andy Baker also recognized me, but he saw me briefly in 2003, so I'm not sure if it counts.

Next on my list, get Dave Lavery to recognize me ;-) *runs off to spam Dave with photos of me in anticipation of next season*.

Me? Goofy?....yep! So?

P.S. How many people on these forums see my posts and go "Oh I know him.." ?

[Bcahn836]

At New Hampshire this year Greg Perkins stops by my team's pit to say hi, it took me a second to realize who it was.

[tiffany34990]

yeah... i was on tv because of an interview @ Palmetto...so ppl were like i know you..you were the S.P.A.M. girl on tv... i didn't know it was aired..so i was at first a bit freaked out...then someone explained it to me

a few ppl on cd have regonized me too and friends on chats that i never met...

it's a crazy but cool world we live in and FIRST just makes it better because of the people we met!!

[sanddrag]

I recognized Kristina Doan a couple years back at either the LA regional or the SCRRF scrimmage, I can't remember which, nonetheless she was quite surprised. And I also recognized Bill Gold and Cory at the SVR regional this past year and said hi.

On a few occassions I've had people come by the pit asking for "sanddrag" because they really wanted to find out who the heck I was.

[Pat McCarthy]

I was surprised at the number of people who recognized me in the pits this year. It was probably about 7 people. Forgive me, I can't remember a single one.

[xzvrw2]

At the web hug i was stading next to Ken Patton and JVN was like so this is The Stevie.

[Joshua May]

Yeah I was very surprised when Andy Baker came to my team's pit and stopped to say hi at the Las Vegas Regional.

And sanddrag, you need to post a WAI pic sometime, you're probably the most well-known person on here without one.

[Katie Reynolds]

My freshman year (2001) I was very surprised when, at Nationals, Joe Ross knew who I was. I'd only been posting on Chief Delphi for 5 months (and not very often, either!)

To this day, I still feel bad not knowing who he was!!

[Arefin Bari]

I would like to share this one story even though there are many more.

... 2005 championship, 3 days passed by and came to the night of social. I was hanging out with my friends (neha, barry, genia, dori, jess, bharat, vishal, team 25, 237, 217, 173 crew). A guy just came up to me and said hi. I was totally confuse. I was carrying on the conversation as well as thinking who this might be. Infact, he wasn't the first one to come up to me and say hi even though I didn't know him. Anyways, we were having a very good conversation about robots in general. and now to this day that guy has been talking to me here and there, giving me ideas and became a good friend of mine. Thank you Ryan Foley.

You can only gain friends in FIRST.

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

My freshman year (2001) I was very surprised when, at Nationals, Joe Ross knew who I was. I'd only been posting on Chief Delphi for 5 months (and not very often, either!)

To this day, I still feel bad not knowing who he was!!

At least you've met him... After 5 years, I still haven't, and we live in the same state! Same with Kristina.

I'm pretty sure Joe was hiding from me at Sacramento

[Bill Gold]

Originally Posted by Cory

I'm pretty sure Joe was hiding from me at Sacramento

Yeah, Joe was sneaking around like the anti-James Bond trying to hide from you at Sacramento

After ~6.5 years in the FIRST community I still find it strange when people say hi to me or recognize me at a competition. I don't think I'm a memorable or meeting-worthy person.

[Dorienne]

I was introduced to Dave Lavery and I explained who I was, and he said 'I know who you are.' I was like O_O really?! It was so cool, 'cause I love Dave Lavery. It was too awesome to bear.

My buddy Franchesca on here (aka Nadia) came to my pit in Atlanta, and I had no idea who she was since I never saw a picture. She had to tell me who she was. I was so embarrassed. But yeah at first I thought she was just another CDer coming up to me that I didn't know. It was so horrid, I felt so bad.

[Lisa Perez]

Originally Posted by Dorienne 007

My buddy Franchesca on here (aka Nadia) came to my pit in Atlanta, and I had no idea who she was since I never saw a picture. She had to tell me who she was. I was so embarrassed. But yeah at first I thought she was just another CDer coming up to me that I didn't know. It was so horrid, I felt so bad.

Don't feel bad Even if I've seen who-am-I's a million times and have talked to friends non-stop online, it still takes me forever to process who comes up to me in the pits... Lol, I think Ary, Mike, and Carli can attest to that, this was me at Championships:

"Hiii... Nice to meet... OH!!! HI!!!"

[Koko Ed]

Thanks to Fantasy FIRST alot of people know me but they get confused and think that Ron is me. Outside of the two bald headed black men thing I don't see the resemblance.

[Amanda Morrison]

Although there were tons of people this year in Atlanta that introduced themselves (I was amazed at the sheer volume of Snickers that were passed out), there's one story that sticks out in my FIRST career.

At the 2004 IRI, I was helping out with the Talent Show. I had asked a crew of wise guys, plus the very sweet Kyle Hughes, to serve as judges... but I got an email back saying that Kyle had to decline, because they weren't attending.

I tried to think of another person whom I could get to serve on my panel, someone who would be a crowd favorite. As I was standing there trying to figure it out, I saw Ken Patton, and knew I had found my judge. I had never spoken to him before, just knew him through WFA and 65 fame, and I was pretty intimidated. I came up and said, 'Hi, Mr. Patton?' to which he said, 'Hey Amanda, what's up?'

Holy knocked off my feet, Batman. Ken Patton knew who I was, and knew my name! (He also jumped up and down, giddy when I told him he could be a judge!) That was probably one of the coolest WOW! moments of mine in FIRST.