You know who I am?!

[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.

[Alaina]

At SVR in '04 my team had allied with 258 for the finals. Being "Safety Captain" I was allowed to hang with the drive team...

I forget what the conversation was, but one of the Sea Dawgs said my name to get my attention. This really surprised me since I hadn't introduced myself yet...turns out it was Bill Gold...

[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!!!"