Fame is something inevitable as you get more and more involved with this program, whether you like it or not. I’ve experienced some of it in the past, people like JVN, Andy Baker, Dave Lavery are among many who got the community’s full attention right now.
Just want to know what you think… Do you want to be famous in FIRST? Why or why not? Do you think there are any prices you have you pay for being famous? Maybe some day you will wish to go to a competition without being recognized and just walk around the pit area quietly looking at robots?
All I know is there’s no turning back after you’ve turned famous, nothing short of quitting this wonderful community can get rid of all the attention ;-).
Maybe fame isn’t the best thing you can get from this program ;-).
The only fame in FIRST I would want would be to be recognized as being a significant contributor to FIRST. And even then the fame is not for my own personal value but just knowing that I have affected the lives of so many people.
And if anyone ever writes my name on their backpack or in their avatar, you’ll know the Apocalypse is coming.
I’d want to be famous, but not for the fame. I know that if I ever were famous, it would mean I had done something significant. The fame would be a side-effect that would tell me people appreciate whatever it was I did that made me famous. So I want to be famous simply because it means I have made a difference, not because I want fame. If that makes any sense.
Considering that FIRST stands For the Inspiration and RECOGNITION of Science and Technology, I think fame is a naturally occuring thing for every one in FIRST. At my school, people just plain love our team and know very well who we are and what we do. Recently we had an honors assembly and we got recognized for what we did this year in front of the entire school. The speaker called our names, we stood up, and stood out in the huge crowd of our classmates. It was a pretty amazing sight.
I remember seeing “I am Jay H 237” underneath everyone’s name on here…but then the alarm clock went off!
Actually having a little bit of fame is good, when people at least see you and know who you are. The only thing is I wouldn’t want fame to the point of where you’re followed around all the time.
On second thought, maybe I should go ahead and copyright the phrase “I am Jay H 237” just in case I do wind up becoming real popular like John or Dave. I can just think of the royalties already. I can buy my own island and be just like Dean!
I want to become famous and known as the best person ever in FIRST. I want all of this for my own personal gain. I want to be as greedy as possible, and live in glory while all my fellow FIRSTers bow at my feet
It is kinda creepy, weird and flattering all at once having my name having a pair of posters proclaim my as thier idol. All for making up a game. Imagine if I did something that was actually useful to FIRST.
For me if fame occurs, it occurs. The reason I am part of this program is to learn and contribute to technology and to expand the limits of FIRST and create a highly competive machine to raise the level play. In the process fame can occur. Let it…Thankgod I just joined CD a year ago…Fame is far away.
Y’know, the fact that first names like ‘Andy’, ‘Dave’, and ‘Dean’ are automatically associated with one specific person puts those people on a level of fame within the FIRST community equivalent to that of ‘Madonna’, and ‘Britney’, and so on and so forth, which is a frightening thought unto itself… The day I walk down the street and overhear a conversation like “Hey, did you check out Andy’s new gearbox design yet?”…
personally, i would rather be famous for my writing. i write in a county paper now, but i hope to become widely known later in life. if i ever become famous with the general public, i will no doubt use that to promote FIRST and it’s ideals. i mean, just imagine if somebody like Vin Diesel encouraged all the girls to get into robotics. that would have a big effect. people follow those who are famous, and it is a responsibility of fame to be a good person to follow. that’s why we are all so lucky to have dean and dave and all those other people as role models, because they are really people to follow.
I dont think its Fame, I think its more along the lines of the Recognition,
in today’s society the bad is always emphisized, in the news reports on TV, on the front page of every paper, but with FIRST, individuals are Recognized for their oustanding efforts in somthing that is Good, i think that its not wrong to hold Dave Lavery or Andy Baker or even That FIRST legend himself, Tom Schindler at a higher level than anyone else, They are Doing Good, they are the ones you find in the little box, on the last page of almost every newspaper.
Just as long as people dont go obsessing over me everything will be okay
and if i ever see I am Mike Schroeder written on peoples backpacks i will probobly freak out and go hide under a table and cry
Honestly, I wouldn’t want to be famous in FIRST. I would like to be known by people, but not famous per se. Reason being it is kind of like being a celebrity. No privacy, and you’re never left alone. I don’t think I would be able to stand that.
You have many prices you need to pay. Some of which are:
a) no more privacy
b) no time to yourself
c) can’t keep anything to yourself; someone always seems to know
d) you’re always ambushed.
Fame isn’t necessarily the most blissful thing. I mean, yes you finally get the attention you’ve wanted, but it really does become the top spot on your list of regrets.
So, as I said, I would rather be known by a few people, like close friends in FIRST, than become a big celebrity in FIRST.
–d0ri
Just to toss my $0.02 in, one of the things I happen to like about the Chief Delphi community is that at every competition I go to, someone recognises me and comes over to say hi (must be the long, green hair ;)). I meet someone new, they meet someone new, and it’s win/win. Also, if I find someone I recognise, I’ll go over and introduce myself. It’s one of, IMO, the greatest aspects of FIRST. And I’m sure I’m not the only one who meets new people in this manner.
