I Kept Quiet for far too long. This. Is. WAR!!!

[Mr. Pockets]

Originally Posted by ebarker

If there is some sort of lost knowledge or magic from the past that FIRST possessed and doesn't today I'd like to know more about it so we can capture it for posterity.

My best guess can be summarized with this analogy: Think of a family gathering that is held every year. The few years only one family and a few friends take part. As the generations pass however, the children move away, create families of their own, and soon the small gathering has expanded into a hundred person get-together. The guests are all technically still related through the tradition, but the sheer scope that the event makes it feel different. Especially for those family members who took part in years past, this might feel like a horrible shift from the way things used to be.

This is only my second year in FIRST, so I can only speculate. Perhaps though, the lost magic is merely the fact that the "event" has become so large that much of the original "feel" might be gone. Perhaps we no longer know all the party-goers by face, or that there are some new games or foods that we really don't like. The fact remains however, it's still the same party, with the same family, and the same goal. As long as that at least remains the same, then the gathering is still the same.