You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

[shyra1353]

you know you're addicted to FIRST when...

...you have two english essays due tomoro, but youre still on cd reading these posts, even though the nationals were almost three weeks ago

[Kiwi_queen]

Originally posted by Jeff Waegelin
[B-When you actually got a date to prom, and it's someone from your FIRST team... [/B]

or someone from another FIRST team.

~when you decide you have to make a body-splitting machine so you can take your placement tests and go to the robotics challenge taking place the same day. (who wants to help me succeed in creating this one? ;) )

[shyra1353]

you know you're addicted to FIRST when...

...this is your third post in one day
...whenever you see a company logo you start thinking of who you have contacts with in that company so they can sponsor you for next year
...you cant stop thinking of how great next years robotics will be because youre starting up a team at your new school next year and you will get to be head

[Redhead Jokes]

Originally posted by shyra771
...whenever you see a company logo you start thinking of who you have contacts with in that company so they can sponsor you for next year


OMG, my eyes watch every building going by with the possibilities of free food, materials, money...

[shyra1353]

you know you're addicted to FIRST when...

...you see the license plate AGHT 771 and you automatically see your team name in it (SWAT 771)

[Hailfire]

...when you look at the time at night and without fail, it's always 10:37. (This already happened 5 nights in a row!!!)

[petek]

... when you decide to do business with a company just down the street, not because they're nearby, but because they sponsor a FIRST team.

... and it isn't even your team.

[shyra1353]

...when u have never used aim before, and u download it to talk to FIRST people

...when u reread posts for the signatures to see if anyone put their sign in names so u can add them

[Hermione692]

...when in the passing time between classes you can hear "heyyyyyyyyy"s in the hall and join in even if they are no where in sight

btw today we did our "heeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyy"s around 15 times, nada actually ran into our physics class screaming it :D LOL,
Hermione

[Marygrace]

When you have no life and spend all your time on Chief Delphi.
(That isn't meant to offend anyone who is like me...no life...only Chief Delphi. LOL ;) )

[Jonathan M.]

...when you have three days of standerdized testing, and the start times for each of the three days is 8:45, by coninsidence, and this has more of your attention more then the test.

(845 = my team number... d'uh)

[Alaina]

When you stare at the clock for nearly five minutes so you won't miss that special time of the day...That one minute when the time contains the same numbers as your team number...

8:10...8:11...8:12...8:13...


8:14!!!!

[shyra1353]

...when you have have already asked a company if they will sponsor you next year

[Hailfire]

...when you have the most posts on this thread and you didn't even start it. :D

[srawls]

You know you're addicted to FIRST when ...

Your sister is getting married, and planning to do it in either January or spring, and you tell her not January because that's build season, and for spring, wait until the schedule of FIRST events is released for 2004.

Stephen

[Kiwi_queen]

~when you watch a movie and people in the movie remind you of people from FIRST (ok..so my friend saw the movie..but she don't post on here..so I'm doin it for her)

[kristen]

When you're taking a practice SAT II and the tests are in the 300s, so you ask your biology teacher to give you the one numbered 365 :D

[shyra1353]

...when you cant see or use the word "first" without automatically thinking of robots

that might have been said already, but o well

[srawls]

Originally posted by kristen
When you're taking a practice SAT II and the tests are in the 300s, so you ask your biology teacher to give you the one numbered 365 :D

Haha ... how 'bout: When you're taking the SAT II writing, and you somehow manage to write completely about FIRST

Stephen

[Jim Giacchi]

... when people around you start hearing the word robot in situations where that is the farthest from what actually was said you could POSSBILY be

[Ryan Dognaux]

When in every school project you somehow manage a way to incorporate FIRST.

Also, when you're sitting in pre-calc class and you look up at the clock and see the time 1:11 almost everyday and think "oh yes, Wildstang", or when you get out of school and hope to see 2:34 on the clock.

[mgreenley]

...when all of your free-choice school themes (essays) happen to have also been newspaper articles and press releases you originally typed for your team.

[Jeff Waegelin]

When you get excited when you get $2.01 in change at Caribou (happened to me today).

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally posted by Ryan Dognaux
... or when you get out of school and hope to see 2:34 on the clock. I'd love to see that on our school clocks because we normally get out of school at 3:10!! ;)

- Katie

[Alaina]

When you're mom "requests" that you don't wear your team shirt for your school picture (more like "you better not wear that shirt or I'll burn the pics") and you're angry for the rest of the evening.

[MisterX]

When you burst out during the middle of CAPT testing when one of the answers included your team name(and prior when it was in your test book number)!

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by srawls
Haha ... how 'bout: When you're taking the SAT II writing, and you somehow manage to write completely about FIRST

Stephen


been there... done that... in addition to three years of state standardized testing essays.... all written about FIRST and your experiences!


Originally posted by Jeff Waegelin


-When you actually got a date to prom, and it's someone from your FIRST team...


*can't remember a time not going to a formal with a FIRSTer! ;)




... When you are very ill, can barely walk... and stay out of the hospital.. and the only thing you can think of is... 'oh man, it's gonna suck trying to get caught up on my reading on Delphi!'..... hehe (me all last week!)

[Marygrace]

...You are the one out of three people on Chief Delphi...

[Amanda Aldridge]

Originally posted by Hermione692
...when in the passing time between classes you can hear "heyyyyyyyyy"s in the hall and join in even if they are no where in sight


~when you actually know why people are shouting "heyyyyyy"
~when you hate it, but you still join in
~whenever you hear the word "hey" you want to yell "heyyyy"
~you and the thunder chickens stole 461's "Go Nuts" cheer (sorry Josh!) and had the entire rollercoaster train at Astroworld yelling it....right up until they started screaming.
~you are moving to Wisconsin for the summer for a job, but are trying to plot a way to get the days off so that you can drive from Kenosha to Indianapolis for IRI
~you know someone plotting to rob a bank so she can come back from Germany for 2 days to go to IRI
~you know what a dongle is
~you have all the storage bins you need to pack up your room :D
~you're on CD at 11:00 the night before a psychology test that you really, really, really, really need a good grade on, so you won't have to take the final
~you actually offer to trade your car for a segway (hey, no insurance costs!!)
~you almost cried when you finally got to ride the segway
~you really, really, really wanted to ride the war wagon down the hill
~you remember the stretcher, and remember sending your 3 roommates down a ramp on it at the 2001 IRI....where they promptly crashed into the side of the bleachers!!! (I have pics)
~you've read this entire post so far
~you re-enact your favorite match from 2002 for a teammate who wasn't there....using different colored napkins for the zones, pop cans for the goals, and plastic flatware for the robots
~you get pulled over, and you really, really, really hope that your team shirt gets you off with just a warning

[ryanspensley]

When you are doing a speech unit in English and all 8 or your speeches relate to FIRST Robotics.

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by angel55



~you know someone plotting to rob a bank so she can come back from Germany for 2 days to go to IRI
~you re-enact your favorite match from 2002 for a teammate who wasn't there....using different colored napkins for the zones, pop cans for the goals, and plastic flatware for the robots
~you get pulled over, and you really, really, really hope that your team shirt gets you off with just a warning


COUGHwonders who that could beCOUGH.... :yikes: maybe i should start a get elyse back to the states for 2 days fund..... hehehe.

and who got the napkin convo started :D... and it was the most beautiful match of all time, next to that would be when robodawgs made us look super weak last year @ IRI, it was amazing even if we did lose... or a certain match involving the same team from the best 2002 match this year at West Michigan.

and OMG! the shirt thing worked.... i was gonna pretend i didn't know you and was some hitchhiker or something because freaking all of Hammond's police force was there for a light....

OH!!!

...when while talking about riding the segway, you begin driving before the light is actually green.

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by goosefrom71
COUGHwonders who that could beCOUGH.... :yikes: maybe i should start a get elyse back to the states for 2 days fund..... hehehe.


While your at it, how bout a "Get Jim to Indiana fund" if theres any money leftover :D

[Alaina]

When you print out the pneumatics manual (or any other manual) for your own personal use.

[Specialagentjim]

...When while sitting in the car with your dad and brother, the song "The boys are back in town" comes on, and you immediatly think of playing that on your robot cart as you walk into the UCF regional next year, you tell your dad and for ONCE he dosent immediatly cut you down by saying how much of a dork you are, but instead names another song that would be good to play for that as well (BTO- Roll on down the highway)

:D

...When you really wish FIRST had two seasons or something so you could attend another midwest regional...for both robotics and its people (okay okay, so maybe really just one person that you REALLY wanna see ;) )

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim

...When you really wish FIRST had two seasons or something so you could attend another midwest regional...for both robotics and its people (okay okay, so maybe really just one person that you REALLY wanna see ;) )

that would be pretty cool.... but we're still unsure of going to IRI, much less another season. (however, i could go WATCH :yikes: that competition since it's only bout an hour or so away) ;)

[Matt Attallah]

You want to go to a off-seasion competition so bad you will do just about anything...

Is anyone going to IRI and is happening to pass through Michigan?! :D

[Stefan]

When you have chiefdelphi.com and usfirst.org shortcut keyed on your comp... :eek:

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally posted by Matt Attallah
You want to go to a off-seasion competition so bad you will do just about anything...

Is anyone going to IRI and is happening to pass through Michigan?! :D

Maybe Chief can give you a ride. =)

[Marc P.]

it's been said before, but it actually happened...

My family went out for a Mother's Day dinner, and the final total came to $236. (lots of people)


My dad took the bill, and read it as it was handed to him. Soon as he said "236," I instincively shouted out "Techno Tics"

My family looked at me wierd, I just shrugged.

[Lisa Rodriguez]

-you insist that all of the seniors on your team get prom dates, because you know they need to get out
-3 of the 6 guys prom dates are on FIRST teams
-one of them is you
-your parents ask for the computer, but then proceed to see you on cd, and go "nevermind, i'll come back later" [just happened]
-your parents don't worry about you spending 6 weeks in one room with 15 men between the ages of 17 and 50 until the wee hours of the morning
-you take pieces of the previous year's robot, because you know it will be sacrificed, but you must always have a part of it
-your friends ask you what the big chunk of metal their brother brought home last night is.....and you get either insulted or tell her to steal it
-your father thinks you have an addiction to cd and gets upset when he sees you on [he thinks the seasons is over!!]
-your friends dont know what you are talking about for the 6 weeks of build season, but smile and nod because they know you have too much caffine in your system to shut up
-you know what you are getting the team seniors for graduation presants [DEW CUBE!!!]
-you give people evil stares if they ask you if FIRST is like battlebots
-people have stopped mentioning battlebots in your presance for fear of you freaking out
-your non-FIRST friends know there are large chunks of time in the winter when they will not see you, but you are not hibernating
-your non-FIRST teacher lets you come into his room during study hall to let you sleep [after the build period of course] because your study hall teacher believes in "silent study" but they still won't let you sleep [i dont snore!!]
-your team can taste the difference in shipments of DEW
-your team found walking to FIESTA at nationals to buy DEW was not a option, it was a way of life
-your team figured out the DEW bank can hold 8.3 lieters of DEW, but everyone on the team checked the calculations
-your friends have to sneak you DEW cuz they know you can't go cold turkey and your parents refuse to buy it
-your FIRST seniors bring you dew in the morning after they know you were writing an essay until 3 am [cuz you no longer have an excuse to not fall asleep, build season is OVER :( ]
-you hang out with FIRST people outside of competions and meetings
-your team starts team-dating the team you used to mentor [WOO go 173-571]
-only one person on your team understands your gibberish, however, it always ends with BAH [steve!!]
-you put up an away message to post on CD [darnm those people, always distracting]
-your engineers laugh when you try to find guys at a robotics competion
-your engineers know who you are dating, your parents don't cuz he's at your pits, when he has a break.....maybe

[Mike Schroeder]

your car breaks down the day before PARC, and you are more concerned about getting there, than about the well being of you car

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by Keiko173

-your engineers laugh when you try to find guys at a robotics competion
-your engineers know who you are dating, your parents don't cuz he's at your pits, when he has a break.....maybe

Hehe...sorta similar here..

...your engineers show their acceptance of the girl you've been hanging out with the whole time (They start cracking on her like she was one of our own [Elyse: haha, Z's little comment...lol])

...Yeah, your parents have never even SEEN the girl your dating, they have NO idea what she looks like, and your engineers have seen her enough during those few days of competition (BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN HER ENOUGH!!)

Kay..sorry...had to get those out when I read them, lol. I'm going to go call her now...lol

[shyra1353]

when you are still wearing your FIRST bracelets a month after the competition and when you are asked why, you go into a long description of your robot and the game and everything there is to know about FIRST

[Alaina]

When you have a drawer filled with things you've collected from competitions.

[tatsak42]

When you reread all 544 posts before this. *sigh, why did I spend so much time doing that...*

When you show up to school with your own team's head gear, anotehr team's head gear, huskies' thing they gave out, our team's robotics shirt, and many many pins down your pants (*cough* lauren :D it was good)

When you're at prom and every time the music stops and you're supposed to sing the lyrics, you start screaming "ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!" why? I don't know, because it was fun. People look at you funny. Well, not me, because someone else was yelling louder. But still......ramblerambleramble...

[Hermione692]

..when all the botics ppl do the cha-cha slide at senior ball and amazingly every one else joins in

..when at bowling afterwards u do the colorado jig to any randome song :D heehee, we do that one lots

[Amanda Morrison]

...when you go to work excited for the next 8 hours because you know that one of your favorite FIRSTers will be in town.

...when you still go to your alumni team's awards banquet - because the parents of the team tell you that you have to come and offer to pay for you.

...when you know what the 'unwashed hawk of justice' means!

[shyra1353]

Originally posted by Alaina
When you have a drawer filled with things you've collected from competitions.

im actually putting all of my things onto a huge piece of material (undecided what kind so far) and then hanging it up behind my bed

[MisterX]

When you have done searches online for your team number to see what pops up and in doing so you have learned you team number in barcode

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by MisterX
When you have done searches online for your team number to see what pops up and in doing so you have learned you team number in barcode

hehe, I did this in school today

...When you do a search for 108 Robot and you learn that episode 108 of MST3k (Mystery Science Theater 3000) was "The slime people"...and 107 was "Robot Monster"...Lucky Chrisitan team..lol

...When, on the one day you're positive your not going to motorola, you wear your "other team" shirt. Only to arrive to 3rd hour to discover two engineers have decided to come to school (Which NEVER happens..why they were there, Im still not sure..)...hehe, they weren't happy :D

[Alaina]

Originally posted by shyra771
im actually putting all of my things onto a huge piece of material (undecided what kind so far) and then hanging it up behind my bed I live in California...I don't want to be sleeping and have all the stuff fall on me because of an earthquake. =P

I'll probably put them somewhere where I can see them once I get my own room.

[kristen]

.. I have a MOE arm from their bot this year mounted on my wall above my bed :D

I have my buttons on a corkboard on my wall, along with random hanging things I've aqcuired in FIRST.

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by Keiko173
[B-your engineers know who you are dating, your parents don't cuz he's at your pits, when he has a break.....maybe [/B]


.... so incredibly true.... yet scary!

[i]
..when all the botics ppl do the cha-cha slide at senior ball and amazingly every one else joins in


.... or when the only people who know how to do it are the robotics people, and the entire gymnasium stops dancing and watches you in a daze! :)

[Hailfire]

...when you're selling body lights at your school to non-firsters and yet you sell almost your entire batch the first day.

...when you have a CAD project to do and you decide to model your 2003 robot.

...when you're to write a topic for school and that topic is related to robotics.

...when you're taking the MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) Test and in the english section, it asks you to write about your life long education and you reply with something related to FIRST since it fits the topic anyway.

[Amanda Morrison]

...when you wear your old team shirt to work, and your boss commends you for it!

(btw, I work for Mrs. Beatty at School Stuff in Hammond, Indiana. Maybe that explains it? :) )

[Hermione692]

...when you have a school newspaper senior survey and the whole team puts "join robotics" under what advice to give to incoming frosh :D

[Elyse Holguin]

...when at your annual robotics banquet, you see a picture of your boyfriend's team and jump around and squeal in delight, forgetting it's a formal event.

...your engineers show their acceptance of the girl you've been hanging out with the whole time (They start cracking on her like she was one of our own [Elyse: haha, Z's little comment...lol])
...Yeah, your parents have never even SEEN the girl your dating, they have NO idea what she looks like, and your engineers have seen her enough during those few days of competition (BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN HER ENOUGH!!)

yeah, that was really funny... and wrong on many levels... i totally hear the not seeing enough part. other first couples probably are saying the same thing, except those lucky to have found someone on the same team or pretty close.

..when your parents think you're insane for dating someone 4 states away, yet because of first and so many similar interests and experiences, the relationship works fine because no one else would be as excited talking about old matches and robots as them.
(..when other engineers [i.e., the engineers of boyfriend/girlfriend's team] accept you as part of their team)

[shyra1353]

when you're sitting in math class yesterday (13th) and all of a sudden you shout out that nationals ended exactly a month ago

[SkitzoSmurf]

When you start thinking about getting a FIRST tattoo

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by SkitzoSmurf
When you start thinking about getting a FIRST tattoo

w00t!!! i'm not the only one!!!! hahaha

..when you begin making sub-groups for your buddy list's amount of robotics people...

[Alaina]

When you notice that one of the answers on the exit exam is 192, and you write "GRT!" next to it in the test book

[Specialagentjim]

...When you now have a SigmaC@T engraved silver plated mouse given to you for being "Dr. Animation"

[Jonathan M.]

...when you've gotten at least 10 new people to join the team since the last competition you went to.
...when almost ALL your friends are in FIRST now because the one's that were'nt have mostly joined. And the rest well don't have a team YET but would join If and when they get one.
...when you're taking a survey and it asks "Favorite Month?" And you put January/Febuary. Only because that is when the 6 weeks of building takes place! :D
...when you had to take a second exit exam for research (didn't count) and once again all the starting time's ar 8:45 and you find this extremely cool.
...when you might cancel some summer plans for the team
...when you might cancel some summer plans for another team's team member who might come and visit. (Here's to hoping!!)

[Marygrace]

..when you have eight team shirts from ur team, one from another, and five from raytheon and wear them regularly...lol :p

[Josh Hambright]

... While working and counting the change to open the cash register you notice when the numbers are the same as somones team number. "Wow we have 135 in nickles, thats the same as penn number"

.... When you notice the totals of things you purchase or other people purchase are the same as a certain team number and freak out and save the receipt.

[Katie Reynolds]

... When your family plans a vacation to New York City and you tell your parents, "Yeah, plan on me being gone one day because I have some friends to visit," and your parents say, "Oh, from FIRST? Just let us know when!"

... When you tell a FIRST friend that you're going to New York City instead of New Jersey and, instead of forgetting about seeing you this summer, he says, "Oh, that's too bad - cause I hate driving to the City!" (Mike, you rock! :))

- Katie

[Hailfire]

...when 10 years ago, you dream of something of which you had no idea what it meant and on the day of Nationals, you finally realize what that dream meant. It's interesting that whenever I dream of something, it usually comes true. Other than that, I don't have any dreams at night. So far, every dream I've had came true except one.

[Specialagentjim]

...when you just hafta know if the robot fits in the PT Cruiser. Comments from thinking about it: "I think it will...with the seats up and..yeah...maybe"

...when you prove it really does fit :D
http://payfoo.com/Proof.jpg

[Alaina]

When you have a dream that you lost the pins you've collected.


*attaches pic* Do I even have to say anything? =|

[SkitzoSmurf]

When you consider hack sawing a form of stress relief.:D

[Alaina]

When you can go anywhere and see things that relate to robotics...even a home and garden show...and you love it.

[Ashley Weed]

when you attend a banquet sponsored by your church in honor of your graduation... and everyones paper agenda thing has a number for a later doorprize drawing... and you search for an hour trying to find 84.... or when they draw them, you think of hey, wonder what (team number here) is up to now?

[Krystine T.]

when you carry allen wrenches around in your pockets, and try to convince your non-robotics friends that its normal

[Wetzel]

Originally posted by Marygrace
..when you have eight team shirts from ur team, one from another, and five from raytheon and wear them regularly...lol :p

16ish from your own team, 7ish from other teams, 5ish volunteershirts...

All FIRST shirts, all the time.

{edit}
HAD 16ish shirts, then freaked out when your mom gave 8ish to goodwill.


Wetzel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tri-regional volunteer

[Redhead Jokes]

When your 18yo daughter figures out she'll be working 294 hours at her summer job and you both look at each other with eyes lighting up in delight.

[Amanda Morrison]

...when your list of guests at your birthday party is overwhelmed with FIRSTers, and your outside-of-FIRST friends complain because 'you'll be talking about robots all night'.

Robots all night? yay! ;)

[mgreenley]

...when you delve into the depths of delphi to revive this post
...when you still post on this post
...when you figure you've spent close to 700 hours on FIRST this year
...when that last statistic makes you smile
...when you have more than three reasons your a FIRSTaholic
...when that stastic makes you smile too.
...when you learn trig so you can make better mill patterns for the wheel
...when other team members tell you that you talk about FIRST too much
...when you plan on posting in this fourm again
...when "you" happens to be me.

[shyra1353]

Originally posted by mgreenley
...when other team members tell you that you talk about FIRST too much

i so do that. everyone tells me that i talk about robots and other teams way too much.

[mgreenley]

Originally posted by shyra771
i so do that. everyone tells me that i talk about robots and other teams way too much. Originally posted by mgreenley
...when other team members tell you that you talk about FIRST too much. Me too.

...when you quote someone who's quoting you about being addicted to FIRST just to re-prove your point
...when you check CD enough to see your post with only 1 more reply and feel the need to re-reply:D
...when you edit your own quote to answer a quote of one of your posts that was proving the point of being addicted to FIRST that you are now quoting (this is getting too confusing, i'm logging off now;) , or not.)

[computhief263]

.....when u begin to figure out ur teams control system for next year even though the season doesnt start for 6 months
...when u bring up welding so much that the freshman of the team is convinced ur going to weld him to a desk
....when the sheer thought of battlebots angers u
...when u seriously consider a LAN party as a fundraiser
.... u time the cycle of a ride at astroworld( the Dungen Drop, yes i know i spelt that wrong)
...when gaining full control of the robotics server makes u pyscoticly happy

[shyra1353]

...when as soon as you start talking your brother leaves the room because he knows what you are going to say has something to do with FIRST/anything robotics related and he doesnt care
...when you get mad at your brother and yell at him for almost an hour for not caring about FIRST and anything else robotic related

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by computhief263
.....when u begin to figure out ur teams control system for next year even though the season doesnt start for 6 months

...when u seriously consider a LAN party as a fundraiser



Control system fabrication for next year has already gone under brainstorming, diagrammming, and we're about to order our parts!



...and we ARE having a LAN party fundraiser, 6 days from now! ::laughs manically (sp?)::

[hacksaw692]

When at baccalaureate mass, you represent your robotics team using the regional championship trophy and control board as symbols.

I had to walk down the church aisle carrying that trophy... over my head!! All the while moving at a rather slow pace so that people before me could place their symbols down. We had the biggest display of every other club/team. Most of them brought like a basketball or a t-shirt, generally something small. HaHa we went all out :D Oh! all this while wearing my white gown and my lovely red tips redyed to contrast nicely...

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally posted by mgreenley
...when you quote someone who's quoting you about being addicted to FIRST just to re-prove your point. Yeah, that's what I was thinking! :yikes: ;)

- Katie

[shyra1353]

...when you stop reading in your book at a certain page, and rather than remember the page number that you were on, you remember the team name that corresponds with the number

[Hailfire]

...when 8 people just got added to your 10 member team. Yay!

...when you spend an hour and a half trying to figure out this problem:

(csc^2 x + sec^2 x)(sin 2x) = ?

A. csc^2 x - sec^2 x
B. sec 2x
C. 4 csc 2x

and turns out that the answer is C just because of one little thing I didn't pay attention to.

[Breanne M]

we learned that stuff in precalc/trig a few weeks ago... i hated it!! :p but yeah, anyway...you know you're addicted when...

....you are on the phone long distance with your best friend from chicago and you end up reading him posts from CD because you couldn't tear yourself away from it!! (yes i actually did this:]and i kinda felt bad afterwards for unsing up his phone bill just to bore him with my obsession with FIRST)

[mgreenley]

Originally posted by Hailfire
...when 8 people just got added to your 10 member team. Yay!

...when you spend an hour and a half trying to figure out this problem:

(csc^2 x + sec^2 x)(sin 2x) = ?

A. csc^2 x - sec^2 x
B. sec 2x
C. 4 csc 2x

and turns out that the answer is C just because of one little thing I didn't pay attention to.

...when you learn this type of stuff for fun just so you can mill the hole patterns in the wheels

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by shyra771
...when you stop reading in your book at a certain page, and rather than remember the page number that you were on, you remember the team name that corresponds with the number

yeah! i do that all the time! like, i'll just tell myself to remember that i ended on cyber blue, robodawgs, or whichever team i end on... which my mom finds strange, and will ask me why i just don't stop at the end of a chapter.,, but that's just no fun.

...when you look at problem above and shudder because your precal class learned that while you were away at either a regional or nationals, and you were forced to learn it too quickly and don't like triglike things now because they cut into robot time.

...when you realize you don't like a lot of classes because they cut into robot time.

...when you are sad because nobody on your team is in any of your classes so you pester your friends that don't know anything about robotics 'til a couple decide to join. :D

...when you get REALLY mad for not going to a fundraiser for an off season competition you can't even go to because your mom thinks you're sick. and you insist you aren't. :mad:

...when you KNOW seven weeks is long enough to spark enough interest to start a team in Germany. (hehehe... when there's a team coming out of Krefeld, Germany this year or next you know who to blame.)

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by hacksaw692
When at baccalaureate mass, you represent your robotics team using the regional championship trophy and control board as symbols.

I had to walk down the church aisle carrying that trophy... over my head!! All the while moving at a rather slow pace so that people before me could place their symbols down. We had the biggest display of every other club/team. Most of them brought like a basketball or a t-shirt, generally something small. HaHa we went all out :D Oh! all this while wearing my white gown and my lovely red tips redyed to contrast nicely...

you get to have 'symbols' at your baccalaureate? can you elaborate on that a little bit more for me?????
....hehe... when you are asked to be one of very few who speak at your graduation... and your first thought is 'How can I realte this to Robotics', and end up writing a speech regarding Douglas Adams. [It is entitled 'So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish'.... I will have to post it sometime! ;)]

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by goosefrom71
...when you KNOW seven weeks is long enough to spark enough interest to start a team in Germany. (hehehe... when there's a team coming out of Krefeld, Germany this year or next you know who to blame.)


There's my "get jim to germany while elyse is there" excuse! I need to bring the sigmacat robot for demonstartion..and this will of course take a week...

Okay...ive managed to get teh robot into a PT cruiser...

Next: The Overhead storage bin...muaahahah...

Kay...im done with the weird evil laughter...back to aim now :D

[shyra1353]

...when you get really excited because you see the doctor on simpson's (i cant remember his name) riding a segway and you run to your computer to post this post

[Matt Attallah]

...When you think of how to make something you have used for years better by slapping a Victor 884 on it...

...When you wish you can see/drive in one last match so badly...

...When you look foward to being a FIRST Mentor... :D ;)

[Alaina]

When you can't stand your current school because it doesn't have a team. And you don't care how short summer is, you just can't wait for school to start again because you'll be at the school with the team...I mean, I've already called it "my school" since building season...

[shyra1353]

....when the background on your computer is a picture of you and your robot

...when nine of the threads on the front page in this section have been last replied to by you

[Meredith Rice]

When you are walking through the mall and you see people's shirts and think to yourself "what team are they from?" or "hey look, its someone from team...." just becuase their shirt looks like a robotics team shirt. I must have thought that at least three times today.

[Hailfire]

...when you made the "Questions Only" Thread and you're surprised by how many replies there are in 3 days while you were gone.

...when you show your relatives what you made in robotics that remain them speechless.

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by Fireboidsgrl
When you are walking through the mall and you see people's shirts and think to yourself "what team are they from?" or "hey look, its someone from team...." just becuase their shirt looks like a robotics team shirt. I must have thought that at least three times today.

I WISH more schools around here would show more interest in robotics....

i want to go to a mall and look at people wearing team shirts.... on mother's day i went to lunch in valpo, indiana, and saw a guy from wheeler's robotics team and i was jumping around b/c it was the first time i'd ever bumped into another FIRSTer outside of competitions or expos and stuff.... the closest teams to us are wheeler, 461, any chicago teams and wildstang, and all of those aren't too close.....

i think i'm going to take over the neighboring school districts and force them to start a team. they'll thank me later.

[Ashley Weed]

hehe... the greatest thing I ever saw... where our team is 'centrally' located in Towanda.... we are near nothing... so we drive into the nearby cities (about 1-1.5 hour drives) for adventures..... a couple of weeks ago, went to Binghamton to go to dinner at Hooters..... I thought I was going to fall off my stool when I saw someone walk through with a Championship Event shirt on!.... I wish I had the guts to ask him where he was from... becuase he sure wasn't from our team.... and there aren't any really close teams around here!

[Alaina]

When you forget your boyfriend's phone number due to the fact you haven't called him in almost 2 months since you saw him at robotics meetings every day.

[Matt Goulart]

-when you con the guy in radio shack to sell you a TI-89 for $5 :D

[Giel121]

But dont realize till later

[Daniel Brim]

When you figure out the factorials of you and your alliance partners at the last regional.

294!= 441,493,343,801,840,397,553,320,608,083,648,101,04 8,992,282,701,131,630,108,201,418,124,844,366,982, 039,501,253,529,236,685,046,359,765,063,766,360,57 0,256,802,662,195,726,065,605,767,917,400,139,944, 281,333,714,651,208,850,625,514,041,997,
320,661,442,269,105,487,703,509,869,279,815,882,21 1,623,379,153,463,877,703,513,438,335,657,024,889, 647,022,219,073,438,364,862,455,013,047,288,694,20 8,443,355,677,454,770,632,983,639,860,331,885,114, 631,816,879,893,215,611,974,836,968,880,
662,246,506,881,085,720,413,142,741,574,885,782,41 7,807,943,553,804,471,999,371,690,150,830,807,771, 623,371,250,563,274,152,117,483,852,853,123,809,79 5,703,858,987,156,664,712,691,544,065,148,877,328, 689,079,597,788,456,550,400,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000

696!=10,174,613,414,092,246,586,090,739,139,771,52 4,508,760,152,012,260,440,036,517,635,493,940,963, 749,981,443,486,385,554,130,569,598,631,775,108,77 1,942,233,401,507,606,579,621,908,275,305,405,155, 000,158,204,755,428,271,962,028,289,890,760,734,03 8,096,000,626,038,533,615,033,210,469,509,053,265, 482,661,885,685,221,364,599,336,802,536,639,825,90 6,074,969,872,257,888,938,493,249,607,801,457,399, 969,869,258,001,892,733,333,348,049,639,071,565,96 9,056,652,866,201,946,001,580,129,979,610,929,581, 804,732,902,824,267,062,535,804,116,286,837,627,58 2,441,323,326,639,262,638,402,964,051,114,121,884, 353,271,736,271,156,418,897,450,154,462,943,919,49 4,842,468,215,295,307,705,874,520,838,846,003,678, 524,181,492,854,996,212,909,227,838,056,646,005,43 7,256,889,881,094,173,433,973,820,963,843,670,995, 230,757,658,435,632,482,500,419,894,897,475,280,75 3,423,490,503,903,121,511,436,363,585,920,618,258, 745,796,017,648,126,375,418,273,976,496,646,985,88 6,204,229,571,951,254,429,801,627,557,396,115,215, 346,611,005,182,941,896,824,578,426,484,816,344,80 9,256,485,076,461,454,269,102,921,804,976,365,768, 326,980,216,957,285,515,904,500,246,372,846,695,88 1,305,046,240,344,746,517,452,866,958,976,603,815, 822,312,833,137,591,350,119,513,113,888,159,617,99 2,174,370,150,513,254,456,467,878,372,617,023,538, 317,587,008,480,725,951,825,752,499,150,540,739,14 3,087,154,830,706,677,072,531,147,861,070,486,422, 426,299,256,694,515,362,519,232,871,561,814,285,41 3,314,152,191,437,023,368,141,354,652,513,385,157, 324,239,454,687,251,335,949,767,673,233,367,866,98 8,474,275,505,900,799,925,049,781,932,060,520,895, 148,293,441,735,587,918,283,422,505,903,709,479,24 5,027,910,295,208,463,311,102,668,955,069,498,514, 179,745,651,975,245,802,949,110,092,706,416,259,64 7,347,362,828,207,672,331,832,538,001,812,837,548, 238,395,853,518,251,991,323,852,541,502,007,682,77 1,194,325,234,778,181,114,324,907,985,221,783,508, 920,135,955,001,534,555,563,137,264,084,438,070,34 2,862,873,595,854,429,627,246,436,384,777,019,242, 901,384,724,480,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

968!=664,281,859,377,706,235,192,276,234,565,735,2 50,298,568,313,080,526,163,562,226,238,075,190,230 ,264,260,968,184,891,752,376,551,055,458,858,868,8 45,802,771,628,998,265,183,359,657,872,849,110,022 ,955,882,655,189,833,013,229,049,439,318,347,811,6 80,355,299,701,904,679,694,647,881,149,111,960,747 ,002,616,558,499,159,930,034,562,656,909,570,044,3 23,303,107,667,613,126,850,702,236,175,933,392,658 ,287,984,267,795,168,869,866,655,546,086,373,961,1 26,640,643,493,002,192,149,149,589,430,599,885,850 ,470,638,761,667,252,980,522,443,755,822,245,696,2 63,607,872,205,631,669,346,321,628,886,572,549,328 ,231,847,211,559,951,826,546,237,412,596,594,227,3 74,267,165,676,091,028,080,773,281,367,997,049,855 ,638,888,289,693,960,776,920,898,443,319,590,886,5 22,505,141,920,372,578,800,743,515,002,232,457,035 ,837,540,322,152,095,005,614,039,813,604,940,244,7 40,322,154,291,989,440,470,969,758,700,664,661,206 ,389,740,639,685,720,542,157,509,260,553,812,351,7 96,372,638,856,443,137,152,445,775,461,105,022,165 ,213,448,780,995,031,143,624,923,972,342,176,598,0 57,489,490,032,310,361,156,551,978,888,682,608,614 ,105,985,955,471,234,328,654,986,436,508,921,031,9 47,491,856,978,125,270,693,505,979,483,833,975,868 ,938,803,000,183,499,601,990,951,768,261,614,953,9 69,456,203,601,790,994,331,224,932,421,694,290,073 ,628,552,184,232,742,758,034,388,762,816,373,139,4 91,535,489,873,471,003,958,890,525,853,918,831,534 ,178,546,689,330,491,330,536,547,725,283,747,803,4 39,836,444,446,686,636,364,959,567,448,398,503,288 ,367,883,690,540,658,265,662,821,767,308,792,812,0 82,252,570,803,466,521,792,843,597,654,003,420,008 ,122,537,336,884,893,013,129,091,158,834,382,300,6 06,656,480,872,235,523,350,294,508,829,733,670,488 ,820,174,822,559,406,868,193,015,100,879,062,889,6 28,448,581,229,840,345,645,893,314,304,232,228,206 ,458,630,258,163,150,562,583,853,136,112,224,332,4 90,697,072,456,997,229,389,058,751,315,238,439,641 ,541,541,620,827,302,400,266,663,488,380,417,676,3 91,944,451,359,847,595,528,565,068,633,223,383,159 ,791,538,709,891,415,420,262,977,834,308,648,078,4 93,095,741,788,601,534,309,143,636,175,862,955,283 ,418,424,715,831,760,243,609,217,052,270,707,883,5 80,084,081,809,212,733,334,375,045,732,533,594,318 ,319,088,178,984,355,011,010,043,779,685,654,814,6 94,511,560,095,464,396,131,045,602,018,897,308,591 ,795,762,650,046,234,954,923,255,043,382,175,979,1 67,812,948,383,373,984,946,306,663,853,569,834,366 ,905,802,758,443,498,159,140,215,108,265,020,134,3 92,390,695,222,990,876,084,873,772,394,232,715,419 ,443,503,472,974,237,462,776,879,829,648,140,005,8 03,152,750,153,482,561,231,977,493,094,790,737,598 ,781,535,881,102,558,770,598,040,372,737,018,562,1 85,088,875,063,368,629,875,191,668,273,801,474,753 ,544,765,169,528,968,047,055,394,726,165,070,658,2 02,074,377,925,031,548,589,573,668,994,437,364,746 ,283,719,197,598,621,980,176,359,865,919,509,098,1 33,211,316,156,147,859,804,034,333,315,519,977,260 ,946,172,624,443,111,086,625,505,843,823,618,065,1 33,882,891,620,807,626,824,089,600,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

I win

[tatsak42]

When you look at the above post and begin calculating 159! by hand. And get past a big number (50!) before you realize a nice thing called Mathcad. And you kick yourself.

I also keep on seeing red sweatshirts and thinking they're our rbotics team sweatshirts....

[Kel D]

...when your shopping with a team mate for something completly unrelated to robotics and you see an article of clothing and immediatly say.."Wouldnt that be a cool robotics uniform for next year?"

[Meredith Rice]

Originally posted by Hottie Robottie
...when your shopping with a team mate for something completly unrelated to robotics and you see an article of clothing and immediatly say.."Wouldnt that be a cool robotics uniform for next year?"

Especially when that article of clothing is an outrageous denim jump suit. BTW, has anyone noticed how sunglasses are becoming increasingly more like safety glasses? It was uncanny how similar the two look. I'm thinking, be a trend setter and just wear my safety glasses all the time!;)

[Amanda Morrison]

...when you rush to go buy Newsweek because a fellow FIRST team is featured. :)

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by Fireboidsgrl
Especially when that article of clothing is an outrageous denim jump suit. BTW, has anyone noticed how sunglasses are becoming increasingly more like safety glasses? It was uncanny how similar the two look. I'm thinking, be a trend setter and just wear my safety glasses all the time!;)

Heh, our Teacher actually did this all throughout chicago. Even while he was driving...we're like "Why...?"

NOTE: Our saftey glasses were the cool tinted ones. When you first see them you're like "Okay...this is cool...sorta". Then you realize how bad they are when you're trying to see that spot on the robot in the dark UCF pits and can't quite see it, and begin ripping the safety glasses off of your head :p

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim
Heh, our Teacher actually did this all throughout chicago. Even while he was driving...we're like "Why...?"

NOTE: Our saftey glasses were the cool tinted ones. When you first see them you're like "Okay...this is cool...sorta". Then you realize how bad they are when you're trying to see that spot on the robot in the dark UCF pits and can't quite see it, and begin ripping the safety glasses off of your head :p

what ARE you talking about? i had to leave midwest regional early this year for indiana's state science olympiad competition, (which i DID NOT want to go to- but since i was team captian, i kind of had to....) and i wore my goggles all the way there- 5 hour drive, and all the time i was at state... except on my head, because they aren't osha approved splash goggles and i'm a chemistry freak... and i was also wearing my wildstang bandanna AND because those stupid SOAP stamps i let Happy and Mike from 108 put on me apparently used permanent ink, dark blue soap and wash stamps, even though we really didn't use the programs, only because they were my friends and i let them stamp me... but at least they had he cute "WASH with SOAP" saying.....

[Specialagentjim]

...when you realize that the approximate atomic mass of Sulfer Tetrafloride is your team number ;)

...when your mad because SPAM got a better compound (Glucose!)

[SarahB]

-You think you’ve failed in life because one of the freshmen on the team thought of compact disc when you said CD
-You wake up earlier/later than you need to just so it aligns with one of your favorite FIRST teams(I’m currently waking up 3 minutes earlier than usual in honor of 527, who picked us at SBPLI even though we didn’t work most of Thursday and Friday :D)
-You’re making a fake driver’s license for your MOEstix
-You plan to use it for FIRST related purposes(take that NJ driving laws!)
-You refer to your teams supply of Sterilite containers as your babies
-You cry when you see stupid non-FIRST Frosh using them (they still haven’t returned the bottom of one of them :yikes:!)
-You made up your own results for nationals even though you weren’t there
-You’re still convinced they really happened
-You almost have a heart attack when you see someone wearing a FIRST shirt, or carrying a FURY bag(even though everyone in the school has gotten at least two)

[Firewolf]

... when all the sr. girls in robotix each take guys from other robotics teams each from different states ;)

...and when the guys get 2gather, they forget about the dates, and start talking about their robots :p

[shyra1353]

im surprised no one has said this yet, because i know some people are doing it, but

...when you have already started counting down to next years kickoff

[Kyle]

Originally posted by Firewolf
... when all the sr. girls in robotix each take guys from other robotics teams each from different states ;)

...and when the guys get 2gather, they forget about the dates, and start talking about their robots :p



The girls joined in on the conversation to, I think...;)

[utishpenguin]

-When people dont know who Woodie Flower and//or Dean Kamen is you start freaking out
-When you having a 10 min on FIRST and your team
-Guys: thinking of witty and nerdy pick up lines
-Girls: forget the prince on a white horse, fantasize abotu the nerd in front of his computer
-robotics is anonymously superior

[chellyzee93]

When your with another firstee and when you realize that you just connected something completely random to First and say. "You know your addicted to FIRST when.... " :P

[Mike Schroeder]

you know your addicted to first.... when you have nothing robotics related and you are thinking of a way to reply to this thread :p

[Jeff Waegelin]

When your social schedule for the week consists of this:

Monday: Have party with 3 friends from your team, and go watch a movie.
Wednesday: Have party with other 2 Rochester teams, followed by a movie with a teammate.
Thursday: Go see a movie with a friend from another team.
All Week: Check CD hourly, Tigerbolt occasionally, and AIM with robotics people all day

[Firewolf]

when u miss ur last chance to take a pic w/ Dean Kamen, so you take his name tag after he has left, smuggle it under ur shirt out of LSC, and wear it at home for a day pretending ur on a segway... um, ok, i didn't do the last part - :: clear throat::
if i had a way to put it up here I'd show you, but i really got his name tag!
its w/ all my first medels and such
<3
but i really am upset i missed my so close chance to take a picture w/ him

[Victim of Fate]

Dean sees you and mutters "Dang it, not this kid again"

[Specialagentjim]

When, on your first day back to work at the state attorney's office, you start talking to one of your co-workers who attends the University of Florida. Your other co-workers ask ya how robotic's has been, and he says something about the robotics at UF. Needless to say, no work gets done for another 20-30 minutes and a convo on robotics proceeds, lol. (It's good to be in I.T. ;) )

[Amanda Morrison]

...when 60 Minutes II shows coverage of you walking across stage last year at Championships, and they focus in when you go to hug Dean and he yells, "You're too hot and SWEATY!"

(For those of you who are going to review the tapes after this, my best friend Shane - 71, 1020 - is the guy that Dean is revolted by. How's that for a FIRST reputation? :) )

[Nelly51987]

when your sister starts calling you and your friends robots.


it's kind of funny

[Mike Schroeder]

you know when your addicted to FIRST, when someone calles you an Oaf, Goon, Dork, Geek,etc and you dont care

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim
When, on your first day back to work at the state attorney's office, you start talking to one of your co-workers who attends the University of Florida. Your other co-workers ask ya how robotic's has been, and he says something about the robotics at UF. Needless to say, no work gets done for another 20-30 minutes and a convo on robotics proceeds, lol. (It's good to be in I.T. ;) )

when you read that and were like, but you're going to be on 461 jim!!

and when you're EXTREMELY mad about this whole onlce or twice a week internet thing because you can't keep up with CD

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by goosefrom71
when you read that and were like, but you're going to be on 461 jim!!

and when you're EXTREMELY mad about this whole onlce or twice a week internet thing because you can't keep up with CD

For those of you confused, she's currently in a study abroad program over in Germany for 7 weeks, where they allow her internet one to two times a week.

...and yeah, all I'm saying is I talked to a UF guy, didnt say where I was going ;)

[Firewolf]

... you find out your new roommates for college, and notice ur box# is the same as ur current team (25!!)... and you know that it's an omen ... even though you have no clue what the heck a box # is for

... when you exclaim while watching The Matrix for the nth time that the room neo walks into in the end is 303 - and you scream out 'PANTHER ROBOTIC' making everyone around you jump w/o a clue of what's going on

[Nelly51987]

when you pass someone in school and they shout "ROBOTS" at you trying to make you cry, instead you think.... "I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE ROBOTICS MEETING TODAY!"

not that that happened to me or anything...:rolleyes:

[utishpenguin]

after yrou euthusiasm about robotics you dread the question:

"what do you do in robtoics"

you have two possible answers:

1)"we build robots"
2) 3 horus speech on gracious professionalism

[Marc P.]

...when you look for a linux kernel revision to compile that contains your team number, e.g. 2.5.38, despite the bugs associated with such early versions.

[shyra1353]

... when you are at the mall and you see a shirt that says "get lei'd island style" and you automatically think of all the teams at nats asking you if you wanted to be leid be them

[Pat McCarthy]

...When you've tried to read every one of the responses to this thread. ;)

[chellyzee93]

when you start traveling *without* your team :P

[Ashley Weed]

.... when you fall into a state of depression, because the only robotics or FIRST you have is talking to CD friends and reading CD all day long! :(

[utishpenguin]

makes me deeply wish that there are more first-ers~!

[Elyse Holguin]

while on vacation in foreign lands you sneak onto computer and read CD to fight homesickness

[shyra1353]

Originally posted by PCPat
...When you've tried to read every one of the responses to this thread. ;)

when you HAVE read all of the responses in this thread

[Ashley Weed]

It's Friday night.. you are 18.. and you have your first weekend night off since the Championship.... but beause your life used to evolve around Robotics... now that you have graduated.... there is nothing to do!!!! :(

[shyra1353]

...when you skip classes that are important for you to pass your exam so you can watch IRI on the web

[Matt Krass]

Originally posted by goosefrom71
[B
..when you begin making sub-groups for your buddy list's amount of robotics people...[/B]

When you've done that and realize there's nobody left in the original group :-D

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by Matt Krass
When you've done that and realize there's nobody left in the original group :-D


....when you have to create a 2nd screenname beacuse the 200 buddy limit has you stuck..

[Yan Wang]

when you don't use AIM but some better client which allows you to store buddies on your computer so you have as many as you want :)

[Matt Krass]

When you try to get this topic back on track before it derails

and when you find yourself dreaming about meeting Dean Kamen and borrowing his Segway

What? it could happen....

[Amanda Aldridge]

I know I already posted this in chit chat, but I can't resist...


....when talking about FIRST gets you 3 free months of AOL.

[Josh Hambright]

...when you feel that something has been missing from your life but once again start posting on chiefdelphi after a month of being away and WABAAM your happy again

...you make plans to drive 1000 miles for something robotics related

[Aaron Lussier]

When you sit on a bus for over 24 hours to go to an Off-Season FIRST competion

When at the competition you can remember everybodys CD pic that they had up last year and what was in the Discription

[AlbertW]

when, at 02:54, you IM the only FIRST person on your buddy list and say how the time is BCP's team number :D

unfortunately, it never gets to 10:72

cause... well... yeah. =(

[BandChick]

...when you have more people on your buddy list involved in FIRST than in any other category
...when you drive 13 hours to go to an off-season competition just to go
...when you own 10 different FIRST related shirts
...when you wear 10 different FIRST related shirts
...when you talk about FIRST wherever you go
...when you spend all your time planning for your next build season
...when you can make a purple monkey relate to a robot and building one.
...when you want to do everything FIRST all the time.



...when while driving you notice mile markers and road signs and recognize the team with the same number

("Big Mike": I saw county road 25 and I was happy)
(Me: (passing mile marker 180.9) well. that's dyslexic 1089)

[Firewolf]

...when you see Tom Green on a segway and wonder if that's puts technology back a notch...

[BandChick]

forgive the tangent, but

TOM GREEN RODE A SEGWAY!? AND STAYED ON!? AND BUSH COULDN'T?? LOOK AT THE MAN RUNNING OUR COUNTRY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

*steps off soap box*

[mgreenley]

forgiven.

you're addicted to FIRST when you see this dredged up from the depths of Delphi and you feel the need to reply to it one more time...

[Matt Krass]

...When you've tolerated the MTV music awards or whatever they were and exposed yourself to "the real world" as your non FIRST friends refer to it just because you heard there were Segways at the end.

[Beth Sweet]

Originally posted by Matt Krass
...When you've tolerated the MTV music awards or whatever they were and exposed yourself to "the real world" as your non FIRST friends refer to it just because you heard there were Segways at the end.

The worst part is that I actually did that the other day on CNN or something with the I-Bot.

You know you're addicted to FIRST when you spend part of your summer vacation designing the new team website.
You know you're addicted to FIRST when the background of your computer has a robot on it.
You know you're addicted to FIRST when you write your MEAP essay on Dean Kamen. (and yes, I really did)

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by cutiebethy

You know you're addicted to FIRST when you spend part of your summer vacation designing the new team website.


Yep, Im working on ours too... so far coming along horribly. Im much worse at design than I thought I was, lol

[Alaina]

When you even incorporate dates with FIRST team numbers...

Last Thursday was 8/14/03 ...

[Joe Matt]

When the first thought to come across your head on Mission:Space is "I LOVE THIS RIDE. Oh, wait, what's going on on CD... never mind... I LOVE THIS RIDE!"

My devotion is endless.

[wildcatsfive]

When your brother's dorm room number is the same as your team number and your first thought is the robotics connection.

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by wildcatsfive
When your brother's dorm room number is the same as your team number and your first thought is the robotics connection.

..when you become disgruntled, because there are two complexes on campus one is 48 Nittany.. and the other is "42" Nittany.... and you receive notice that you were put in 48 ....
:( would of been a perfect address!

[Jeff Waegelin]

When you watch "A Word Association Here" for 4 days, just so you can snag the 5000th post...

[cbudrecki]

...you have an e-mail folder dedicated to Robotics...


...and another for CD!:ahh:

[Kevin A]

When your at an off roading compitition, and say "my robot can do that" and all the people in theyre cars looks mad at the thought of a little robot being able to traverse a steeper hill then theyre car.

[Katie Reynolds]

When the breakdown of your computer folders is as such:

----------------------------
FIRST

FIRST Magazine
...........Meeting Logs

FLL
........... 2001
........... 2002
........... 2003
........... 2004

Projects

Kaukauna FIRST
........... Sponsorship Letters
........... How to start a team info

Letters
........... 2001
................ To mentors
........... 2002
................ To mentors
........... 2003
................ To mentors
................ To students

NEW Apple Corps
........... Apparel
........... Banquet
................ Certificates
........... Carwash
........... Logo
........... Newsletter
................ 2002
................ 2003
........... Plaques
........... Programming
................ Programs
........... Other
................ Phone lists
........... BOM
................ 2001
................ 2002
................ 2003

Pictures
........... DJ
........... IRI
................ 2002
................ 2003
........... MMR
................ 2001
................ 2002
................ 2003
........... NAC
................ 2001
................ 2002
................ 2003
........... New Year's
........... Other
........... Ricky
........... Team Logo

State Fair

Transmission

WI FIRST teams
----------------------------


Yikes! :yikes:

- Katie

[Matt Krass]

....when you ask your dad for a hydraulic press for christmas and you're not joking.

[Fredo]

When you keep wondering about why your car has a steering wheel intead of joysticks.....

[Victim of Fate]

When the sport totaly consumes your life to the point where you sell your soul to the elder gods to learn next years game

[shyra1353]

when all your notes from classes are written in programming language

[Ashley Weed]

When you go to campus, find out class is canceled... grab your driving partner, and go back to your apartment to watch your old matches together.

[Alaina]

When you are willing to be at school at 5:30AM on a Saturday to go to a competition.

[BandChick]

when you offer to chaperone a FIRST Lego League team just for a ride to an off-season competition

[Mike Rush]

You go through 45 pages of replies to this question....

[Kiwi_queen]

You spend a whole week working on designing buttons for your team instead of writing a very important paper due in your English class...that you end up working on for only a halfhour the night before it's due because you spent so much time working on buttons for which you needed two computers to completely get done.

[shyra1353]

when your binders are covered in pictures that have all have some relation to FIRST (ie. FIRST logo..robots...team logos..people from FIRST)

[BandChick]

.When you beg a friend, a graduate of a FIRST team to take you to her meeting, even though you were never on her team.

.When you spend all Wednesday night updating the website to prepare for the 2003-2004 season and miss your grad fellow meeting.

.When you spend more time on chiefdelphi than you do doing your homework.

[Kiwi_queen]

when 99% of the time, you're talking online to people from FIRST (on or off your buddylist) and hardly ever (sometimes never) talk to the other 103 people on your buddy list.

[Specialagentjim]

...When you along with two other submanagers of your team go "hop-ing" (Skipping quickly while giving small leaps and bounds throughout) through the multimedia lab to get to the robotics lab, and the multimedia teacher says to you on the way though "Oh, the C&C machines are here?"

...When you've now got three of the school's teachers coming to the meetings (Robotics teacher, Programming Teacher, and Physics Teacher)

...When you keep asking your magnet coordinator* for things and increasing in the amount of money you spend with it.
"Can we have 500 dollars at Home Depot to spend on parts?...We can?...Can I get a drill press?....I can?...Can we buy a lathe?....but Ely got one!....YAY....Can we get it with a C&C attachement?"


You know you your SCHOOL's addicted to FIRST when...
...It agrees to buy whatever you ask for if it relates to robotics
...It's currently in the process of buying a segway
...It kicks the yearbook class/committee out of their room because that room is more suitable for a machine shop.



*Magnet Coordinator: Broward County schools created a magnet program system, in which certain schools are deemed to have specialties. Dillard High School has both the Performing arts magnet and the Emerging Computer Technology Magnet. So, our school, in theory, gets all of the high technology students from around the third largest school district in the country. Each magnet program has a coordinator, in charge of running that program from all ends. Ours is amazing, and great at her job. Thus, we get everything that we're allowed to, and some things we're not ;)

[Frank(Aflak)]

You know your school is warming to FIRST when they set their fundraiser on the job to raise money for the robotics team.


Backstory: I go to SLUH, a Jesuit institution, and much of the schools cash flow comes from alumni and local business. Last year wasn't an issue because we got the NASA grant, but to get the NASA grant again this year, we need to show 6K of our own funding. When the administration got word of this, the told us not to try to do it ourselves. There reasoning is this: Say we (the robotics team) manages to procure a few thousand dollers from a local business. When the school's guy calls that same business to push for, say, 20K in donations, the business can say "we already donated to your team etc." and the school has lost that valualble source of $$. On the other hand, if the school's guy calls the same business without our having called them, he can say: I need a whole lotta money and lots will goto our robotics team. then the business will say: We will sell our company to our competitors and give you all the proceeds. And everyone is happy.

So we have professionals doing our fundraising. How awesome.

[Alaina]

When you know your principal doesn't want to deal with the team anymore, and you know that no teacher wants to mentor the team either, yet you still get a mentor from elesewhere and get[/i] a workspace and are still the most spirited, craziest team at competitions.

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by Alaina
When you know your principal doesn't want to deal with the team anymore, and you know that no teacher wants to mentor the team either, yet you still get a mentor from elesewhere and get[/i] a workspace and are still the most spirited, craziest team at competitions.

With a slogan like "Feel the burn of the spicey mustard" and with a robot that, if I do recall correctly, was made of couch material, how could you NOT be the craziest team at competitions?

...Well...Combbat does get a bit pysched about competition too, but its definetly a close call between the two.

[shyra1353]

when you are in the process of convincing your parents to let you go to the nationals if your team doesnt qualify... and in return you are giving up a two week trip to india where you have only been once will see people you havent in five years as well as a sweet sixteen birthday party

[Alaina]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim
With a slogan like "Feel the burn of the spicey mustard" and with a robot that, if I do recall correctly, was made of couch material, how could you NOT be the craziest team at competitions? Yes, Spicy is wooden (stained wood, of course...to be pretty) and has upholstered bumpers. :]

[Kevin Casper]

News of a new controller comes out and you get so excited that you can't do anything for the afternoon.

[cbudrecki]

...when you realize this is post 682, and you haven't skipped one reply.

...when thinking 682, you grab your FIRST booklet to look up what team that is.

[Da SPAMinatress]

when your parents are coming up to visit you for the weekend and you're going to try and convince them to take you to the robot rodeo in Orlando... they have a car, i need a ride... ultimately i'll be spending time with them while doing something i want to do...

::crosses fingers and hopes her parents are in a good mood::

[Firewolf]

...when u move out of ur house and and ur dad takes ur old nonfunctional computer and starts fiddling w/ it (replacing drives... chips ... boards) b/c there is no one else in the house is being so mechanical

... when u move out away from ur beloved team and ur mother still wants to sell the bright Hawaiian shirts for your team; becuase the people she works with are so addicted to them (?!)

ok, so that 'splains y my parents are addicted...

[MissInformation]

When to help keep the team going (due to lack of teacher involvement) you volunteer to be one of the adults in charge of the room and have to go through a security check which involves a TB test (needles, yuck!) and fingerprinting (and getting lost trying to find the fingerprinting place, sigh) and then, after you watch the room as the only adult (well there was one engineer there who shall remain nameless who is absolutely horrible at keeping order) in the room and you find out just how bratty the kids can be when they write rude and obscene things on the dry erase board, swing chairs at each other, and you catch one of the new kids getting ready to shove a paper clip into a wall socket while two of the returning members look on laughing... all this, and yet it's still not enough to make you run screaming in the opposite direction...

Heidi

<==========>
addiction or stupidity?

[shyra1353]

when your big dilemma in life is related to FIRST

[Firewolf]

... when ur talking to this guy who's trying to mak it w/ u w/ all the perfect lines and u start talking about robotix, and he says that he can build robots and ur reply is 'o can u? well, now u've got me aroused'

:p ;) :yikes:

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by Firewolf
... when ur talking to this guy who's trying to mak it w/ u w/ all the perfect lines and u start talking about robotix, and he says that he can build robots and ur reply is 'o can u? well, now u've got me aroused'

:p ;) :yikes:

haha... gotta remember that for future use! :p

... when you are so desperate to get to a Regional in 2004.... instead of going to one about an hour and a half from school, I'm gonna travel 8 hours to one.. so I can stay overnight, and go more than one day!!!

[generalbrando]

When you use a quote from the top of the CD page in class in a discussion of Plato's republic. (Thanks Andy Baker!):)

[Beth Sweet]

when you bring in an entire page of chief delphi replys to your science teacher, and are able to explain them all!

[BandChick]

...when you walk into a restaurant and say "ooh, i want one of THOSE shirts"

...and then ask for one

...when you realize you should post about your addiction while sitting at the dinner table in said restaurant.

[Amanda Morrison]

When someone awesome (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=46) sends you a U.S. FIRST shirt from 1995, and you are jumping up and down your dorm hallway with excitement. :)

[Hailfire]

...when every other team is asking if you have extras of your own team t-shirts.

[anna~marie]

you call your boyfriend sprocket man:D :D ~luv yas~

the local pizza shop has premade pizzas for your nightly mtgs

you find yourself in the middle of a biolgoy midterm, arguing with yourself wether about a new chassis and drive train deisn is worth while

you scream in your sleep some incohent cry about the robot losing

[Kiwi_queen]

When you skip a mandatory college choir rehearsal (which is doubly bad 'cuz 1 - you could get kicked out of choir and 2- you're the section leader and it sets a really bad example) to help set up for Final Bin Bash the next day...and you're doing this all while dressed in drag because right after you have to run to a costume contest and you have no time to change in between.

Yeah...I got some strange looks from students for that one.

[BandChick]

when you beg the above poster for a ride to Final Bin Bash because you don't want to walk the 5 miles to the competition and she has to be there anyway.

[MisterX]

When u ask ur firends dad to pull over his new Audi so u can get a picture of the mileage being ur team number.

[Specialagentjim]

...When you wake up at 3am to get to the robot rodeo

...When you already know who your alliance partner will be if you get to choose in the first round of seeding at robot rodeo (108 and 180 just seem to work well together ;) ) before you even leave that morning

...When you're running a local competition remotley by phone because your at robot rodeo.

[shyra1353]

when when someone asks you what you would do with a million dollars, you automatically reply without even thinking : use it for FIRST somehow

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally posted by BaysianLogik
For the only ones that can truely say they are addicts, because they keep doing it after HS...

You have an AIM away message specifically saved for each phase of the 6 week deadline.

You are on a first name basis with one of your professors because she is also the advisor for the college students on the robotics team.

You go to spring break, and go to a robotics competition with your old team

You plan to fly back to your college early during winter break so you can help out in the strategy phase of the competition.

Whatsup Matt?
Long time no see
Why dont you tell them what your old team is

[Tytus Gerrish]

When you make shure the day you take the SAT's isin't during build season

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by Tytus Gerrish
When you make shure the day you take the SAT's isin't during build season

haha.. that's nothing.... last fall...
SAT's in October - weekend of the Duel
SAT's in November - weekend of Ramp Riot
SAT's in December - weekend of my Lego kids tournament in Pittsburgh

I needed to fit in two testing Days... but was in desperate need of driving my robot one last time that year...
in result - I worked for months on trying to get one of my advisors (a guidance counselor) to get myself and my driving partner a special testing thing that atheletes can get... however, we were denied.... well, then I found out that a qualified tester can get permission to test you during the 24 hours of the day of testing, and not the standard 9-12... well, I was on the phone until midnight, trying to set up that plan, until I failed.....
Afterall.. I ended up on the phone almost the whole day outside of the testing time, following the progress of the robot.

...that's Obsessed with FIRST!:D

[anna~marie]

when uve read every post on this thread, and whenver ur on, ur parents automatically assume that ur reading it again

when u bbrag to ur non-robotics friends about how u read just about 1000 posts and can relate to about 670 of them!

when u decide, just for fun, what comes up on a google search when u type "team 67"

when u do and are deeply distressed that only 4450 results appear

when ur dream car is a segway

when u cry bc ur team's number corresponds with the stupidest sounding element~~ holmium....

when u post this much and are only a first year

[BandChick]

when you IM everyone on your buddy list to tell them you got your custom chiefdelphi title

when you have a contest with another poster to see who will get their title first

when you spend more time on chiefdelphi each day than you do in class

[Firewolf]

when a team member from anther team wears UR team shirt to their college in hopes of finding a FIRSTer, but is found by a friend of a FIRSTer who tells this FIRSTer, who tries to find the FRISTer that wore the shirt on CD...

er, yeah, if John of team 1## is reading this, n u go to RUNB, n u know Sarah ... I'm the connection there:D



(if ur not confused by this, you definitely build robots :p )

[BandChick]

Originally posted by Firewolf
when a team member from anther team wears UR team shirt to their college in hopes of finding a FIRSTer, but is found by a friend of a FIRSTer who tells this FIRSTer, who tries to find the FRISTer that wore the shirt on CD...

er, yeah, if John of team 1## is reading this, n u go to RUNB, n u know Sarah ... I'm the connection there:D

(if ur not confused by this, you definitely build robots :p )

gah! no H! no H!

and is it john on 102?

[anna~marie]

when u watch the new matrix and your b/f and u have a nice conversations on the graphics and "wouldnt it be cool if our robot could do that????"
..pathetic...

[Elgin Clock]

When you see a cracked and broken sky blue storage tote on the side of the highway and laugh out loud..

[Scott Shaw 237]

When you wonder why Elgin didnt pick it up like he does for anything else FIRST related? LOL. sorry Elgin.

[shyra1353]

when you and someone else compare how close important FIRST dates are to your birthday

when you are slightly upset that her birthday is four days from kickoff while yours is five days after ship and you realize youve been beaten out

[shyra1353]

... when you post in this thread to keep it from dying because it is your favourite thread and you do not want it to be forgotten ... even though you had the last post too ...

[Brm789]

When you already have all the competitions date written down on your calender and colored in with Lime Green crayon so you wont forget. (and kick-off hasn't even happened yet!)

When you tell your dad that fifty bucks is nice and all but you'd rather still go to competition instead of work that day.

Your school bands you from wearing your lime green socks anymore.

[henryBsick]

I'm not sure if this was already posted but,

'when you can no longer see the letters-F, I, R, S, and T on your keyboard'

[BandChick]

when you take the train home and pass a sign that says "DELPHI" (automotives) in big letters and you immediately wonder who's responded to your posts on here.

when you get sad that you won't be able to read cd while brandon improves it

[shyra1353]

.. when there are only 50 days left until kickoff!!!! and you are going insane ( okay .. even more insane ) waiting ...

[anna~marie]

actually 53..i think:yikes:

[Redhead Jokes]

Originally posted by anna~marie
actually 53..i think:yikes:

49 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes, and 53, 52, 51, 50, 47 Aughhh!

...when you keep watching the countdown on your team's webpage

[shyra1353]

Originally posted by Redhead Jokes
49 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes, and 53, 52, 51, 50, 47 Aughhh!

...when you keep watching the countdown on your team's webpage

when i posted that ... i was including january 10th as a date ...

[anna~marie]

too long..too long

[Alaina]

When you stop dating your paper with the date, but with how many days left until kick off.

[BandChick]

when you start planning out a possible trip to new hampshire with other obsessed FIRST alumni

[shyra1353]

when your days without these forums went by a lot slower ...

[BandChick]

when you're first impression was "oh my god, those are so not chiefdelphi colors!"

[Pierson]

When you came to CD and only saw 404 errors and panicked.

(When you are really glad that Brandon put a Read Me First at the top (in red) so that everything made sense quickly.)

[anna~marie]

when you're first impression was "oh my god, those are so not chiefdelphi colors!"
[FONT=Arial]

*shakes head vigirously up and down*

[Elgin Clock]

You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

You do get bored and decide to do this to your car...

A FIRST inspired system... (http://forums.chiefdelphi.com/showthread.php?t=22904)

or you allow yourself and a couple students to do this to your car during a mini-comp road trip..

Madness.. pure madness I tell ya' (http://forums.chiefdelphi.com/showpost.php?p=198220&postcount=33)

[Scott Duhaime]

When you plan your classes so you have enough time to drive back from school everyday to help your old FIRST team

[shyra1353]

... when you play hangman in class with friends on a day when the teacher doesnt show, and all your words are robotics related ... and then i wasnt allowed to choose the words anymore ... :(

[Arefin Bari]

...when all you talk about is robotics... and some of your friends who are not really into robotics gets pissed....

[BandChick]

...when all you talk about is robotics... and some of your friends who are not really into robotics gets pissed....

haha, i do that! i think my roomate knows more about the program than i realize. :) she even associated chiefdelphi with FIRST the other day when i was checking my email! crazy.

[anna~marie]

what non robotic friends? :rolleyes:

[shyra1353]

... when for a summer program one of the questions is "who is your mentor and why?" and you are in the process of writing a full page essay on Dean Kamen

... when in a time of complete boredom you go back and re-read all 49 pages of this thread

[Arefin Bari]

... when you are sitting down on chiefdelphi for hours to guess what the game would be like... :(

[BandChick]

...when you have an hour long discussion with another FIRSTer (dez250) about how the chiefdelphi forums aren't home-y like they used to be
...when you almost cry because they are orange again!
...when you attempt to make fun of another FIRSTers AIM profile (reads: FIRST Robotics Rules!) and then realize you can't because your profile contains something similar
...when you stop considering FIRST work, but more along the lines of free time put to good use

[shyra1353]

...when you almost cry because they are orange again!

im hoping these are happy tears .. im loving the orange being back... !!

.. when you havent worn your contacts today because your eyes are sore from being on your computer, and therefore on CD, for too long ...

[wun]

... people stop bother asking where they can find you, because the answer is always "the robotics room"

[Matt Adams]

You know that you're Passionate about FIRST when:
(All of which I've seen from one or more of the college advisors on Team 461)

1. You come back from Winter vacation early to prepare for the kickoff.
2. You make a choice after your sophomore year that you'd be best off spending at extra year at college (and paying the out of state tuition) so that you can lighten your load and be more accessible FIRST mentor.
3. You spend time in professors office hours getting ahead on material so that you can apply it to a design.
4. You realize that your 21st birthday will occur during the last week of the build season this year, and it doesn't annoy or bother you.
5. When you put into your weekly schedule two all-nighters per week.
6. You take as a loss some future job opportunities by taking a .4 or .5 lower GPA than you're capable of in hopes that you're practical design and leadership experience will shimmer in your resume brighter than the magic number.

Matt

[dez250]

...when you have an hour long discussion with another FIRSTer (dez250) about how the chiefdelphi forums aren't home-y like they used to be
...when you almost cry because they are orange again!
...when you attempt to make fun of another FIRSTers AIM profile (reads: FIRST Robotics Rules!) and then realize you can't because your profile contains something similar
...when you stop considering FIRST work, but more along the lines of free time put to good use

hehe...

...when you get yelled at school for stealing bandwidth while trying to load some who-am-i pics...

...when you check cd.pubarso.com every 20 mins to see if Brandon had updated it, even though its like 4am...

...When the school board is confused at where all the reams of paper went, cause you had to print up some rule books...

...when your english teacher yells at you cause you capitalize the word FIRST everytime you write it, even when its not robotics related...

...when you talk to sarah about how CD doesnt feel the same with out the colors being orange and black, and listen to each other for an hour on why we want our who-am-i pics back...

Thats all for now
~Mike

[Aaron Knight]

......when you read through all fifty pages of these (in one sitting, mind) and STILL have something to write....

......when you note a lack of teachers to continue the team, go to a local college and become a mentor for the team, schedule your classes so that you can be available seven days a week for robotics......and spend the first day of your winter break at said school planning robotics........

......when you design your team's shirt with 15000 digits of pi on it, because your team number appears three times in those digits......

......when you realize that you've been staring at CD for hours and haven't gotten up - or eaten - or anything else - and it isn't even the build season yet.....

......when you make up an AIM screen name with both your robot name AND number in it.....and use it.......

[Elissa]

-When you pass up a chance to go to Italy with your school because you wouldn't be able to go to Nationals.

-When you get in trouble in class for turning around every 5 minutes to the fellow team member behind you when you see a 3/4 digit number to ask...wait what team is that??

-When you completley ignore a review for finals to read this entire list.

[Arefin Bari]

... when you are on chiefdelphi... trying to find out stuff about the 2004 game... when you suppose to be doing german worksheets.....

[shyra1353]

.. when you come up with an extremely awesome response to this thread that no one has said before and then when you come home to post it you cant remember and you are disappointed with yourself

[Jeff Waegelin]

...when you schedule all your classes so you have Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons off and can do FIRST stuff.

[Arefin Bari]

... when you come back home after all day and start working on the bot that you are making...

[anna~marie]

when you daily ask your boyfriend, sprocketman, to check his palm pilot to check the days left until kickoff (31 days) :ahh:

[BandChick]

...when you're not surprised to read Jeff Waegelin's response to this thread, and then realize that wait, you've done similar as well

[Joe Matt]

Everytime someone comes out with a 'What's Next Year's Game' topic, I can create an equallly odd, interesting, and totally different game for each thread.

[IMDWalrus]

There's a possibility it's been said and I've missed it (this thread is huge), but...

-When you actually understand this thread and laugh at it. :D

[Matt Adams]

...when you schedule all your classes so you have Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons off and can do FIRST stuff.
Worse yet, when you schedule your classes so you have Tuesday and Thursday off COMPLETELY! :ahh:

[Arefin Bari]

... when you are very happy about just coming to the class that you will be able to play with the transmission....