I also entered a Mindstorms competition at my school and it had a similar impact on me. To this day I look back on that competition as one of my best childhood

I also entered a Mindstorms competition at my school and it had a similar impact on me. To this day I look back on that competition as one of my best childhood memories and I think it was a large part of why I went on to eventually study computer science. I suspect there are many of us out there... A very sad day indeed.