I first found out about the existence of combat robotics in 7th grade when I saw a commercial for Season 1 of Battlebots. At the time, I had a good collection of Lego parts accumulated, and I played around with non-functional combat robot designs. Later that year, I found a video online of Lego combat robots fighting at the Great Western Brick Show (GWBS) in Europe. I self-taught myself which electronics were used by pausing the video when a robot would take damage that exposed the motors. At that point, I zoomed in and saw what those were, and I searched online until I found their names. For about 3 years I built Lego combat robots on my own and mainly kept this to myself as I didn't know of any other builders or events in the US. In 2021 I created the Lego Goated YouTube channel, later renamed Outwork Robotics, entirely to save footage from the fights I recorded. The channel quickly grew a large subscriber base that I did not at all expect to see, and I learned from the feedback in the comments that there is a community of builders as well as Lego combat robot events in the US. After joining a discord server filled with like-minded builders, I learned faster than ever and spoke with great people that I would eventually meet and become friends with. Even still, there were no events nearby for me to compete in. After an entire year of watching events and not being able to travel, I established the CRBL to host Lego fights in Virginia and invite other builders to compete. Just like the YouTube channel, the CRBL grew way larger than I anticipated, and I made many connections with others. I got so much help from the community after starting; it's just incredible. I would've never gotten the CRBL to be what it is now on my own. From that point onwards, combat robotics continued as my favorite hobby, and gradually grew into a big part of my life. I went on to compete at the Battle Bricks event hosted in Seattle in 2023, and I have been invited by multiple events to mail in designs to compete. I also expanded to build 1lb and 3lb combat robots not made from Lego, and I have competed in several events. My Lego designs have been rebuilt all over the world, and it fills my heart to see what this hobby has become. I started off with no clue of what I was doing, thinking that I was all alone... but man was I wrong.