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your mom tells you you can't go to practice matches :ahh: in order to meet some high tech guy:confused:
you go to the supermarket and see orange juice priced at $1.48 and buy it immediately
The sign applause was definately one of the best moments I had ever witnessed at a FIRST event.
Who knew silence could be so loud?
You should listen to John Cage 4'33" then determine the significance of silence.
When your youngest child has almost completed his first year of college, and both Mom & Dad are still very involved and fully willing to beat their bodies up by Educator mentoring, and volunteering at FIRST events in a game w/ what seems like 100's of (empty, but still fairly heavy if lifted repetitively), game pcs., both on & off the field, all at the same time. (And then both Mom & Dad text and call him within minutes of each other to update him on the way home while travelling separately...On what he's currently missing out on concerning his former team.
CaptainKirby
29-03-2015, 17:05
When you know more people at one of the regionals than you do at school
When you spend more time fixing your CD signature than your Facebook profile
When you get home from the regional and immediately check the "You know you've overdosed on FIRST when..." thread
captain flubber
29-03-2015, 18:07
... you are part of a thread called "you know you've overdosed on FIRST when..."
...you check this thread when you just got home from robotics
...you check this thread in the middle of an important lesson in one of your college classes
When your youngest child has almost completed his first year of college, and both Mom & Dad are still very involved and fully willing to beat their bodies up by Educator mentoring, and volunteering at FIRST events in a game w/ what seems like 100's of (empty, but still fairly heavy if lifted repetitively), game pcs., both on & off the field, all at the same time. (And then both Mom & Dad text and call him within minutes of each other to update him on the way home while travelling separately...On what he's currently missing out on concerning his former team.
^^^^ This!! (except just mom)
...and then when you get home, you are dead tired but still have to give your husband a long recap of the whole event, and are already thinking about next year as you fall asleep!
...and the highlight of your year is when your team makes the semis, for the first time ever, and you don't even have a kid on the team any more.
...and both Mom & Dad are still very involved and fully willing to beat their bodies up by ... volunteering at FIRST events in a game w/ what seems like 100's of (empty, but still fairly heavy if lifted repetitively), game pcs., both on & off the field...
I got so overdosed at the Championship for the 2003 Stack Attack game, stacking totes for just ONE day, that I just about crawled under my chair when I saw the game pieces for Recycle Rush!
You can't find something in a grocery store and your first instinct is to ask pit admin for it
GreyingJay
29-04-2015, 12:15
You laugh out loud when you're buying robot parts at Lowes and the price comes to $11.14
At the airport when you see someone trying to push their cart through an unmoving crowd, you can't resist yelling "ROBOT!"
Everyone you talk to starts their conversations with two things, (a) "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while!" and (b) "How's your robot doing?"
When you're at dinner with your team after watching Einstein, you wonder what you should have for dessert, and the answer is "Cheesecake, of course!"
(all true)
RoboChair
29-04-2015, 12:31
When the thought of cheesecaking another 2015 robot makes you want to crawl back in bed and whimper.
When you can't find something in a grocery store and your first instinct is to ask pit admin to make an announcement......
pokelogan89
29-04-2015, 16:46
When actually having time after champs feels terrible, and you're counting down the days until the next meeting...
When the 2015 Hurricane name list is released and you realize you know someone in FIRST for every name on the list.
evanperryg
06-05-2015, 22:48
I work at a local pizza place, and get way too excited when someone's total comes to $23.38. Also have had an order of $11.14 and the very next order was $20.56.
ThePancakeMan
07-05-2015, 08:50
The clock makes me send texts out at 2:54, 11:14 , 1:11 , 1:48 , 3:14 ,and 10:23 ... its a curse.
Wayne Doenges
07-05-2015, 09:26
The clock makes me send texts out at 2:54, 11:14 , 1:11 , 1:48 , 3:14 ,and 10:23 ... its a curse.
And if you have a 24 hour clock...1501 :D
GreyingJay
07-05-2015, 10:54
Gas prices are 111.4 cents a liter in Ottawa, but I keep reading it as "eleven fourteen" :p
The other Gabe
07-05-2015, 15:29
You find your self designing a drivetrain for a robot that does not exist and it starts to consume your life. Also ever third Facebook post is FIRST related.
P.S. FIRST overdosing does not exist.
Is it the design for your 2013 robot? :P
Harman341
07-05-2015, 16:33
When you see a trash can on the sidewalk labeled 223 Hendricks and wonder when xtreme heat changed their team name. Then you realize it's an address.
This one should really start "You know you're drinking the FIRST koolaid when.."
You go to closing ceremonies and make mental notes on Dean's homework assignment. And realize when you go to write them down that all of them were already in next year's plan in some form or another. And most of the things in next year's plan that weren't in the homework are about team development, fundraising, or the robot. And some of his homework was about stuff you thought was team development.
As a college student, you're waking up at 4:00 to drive 2 hours down to an unofficial off season event just to volunteer, especially when your team isn't even competing at said event.
amahoro012688
10-05-2015, 11:11
you look at house addresses and automatically think of team numbers.
bludeath
10-05-2015, 11:26
you are still in the robot shop at 9 at night working on the robot program post comp.:cool:
jajabinx124
10-05-2015, 11:35
The clock makes me send texts out at 2:54, 11:14 , 1:11 , 1:48 , 3:14 ,and 10:23 ... its a curse.
I have to agree with this because this happens to me a lot. A lot of times I stare at the time and it's a team number (2:54, 5:25, 6:24, 6:10, etc.). It's some sort of curse...
pokelogan89
10-05-2015, 18:10
When at Champs, you arranged an inter-divisional cheer with another team(Tesla-4481 Team Rembrandts, Curie-1086 Blue Cheese)
JohnSmooth42
10-05-2015, 20:11
-When you actually start to like the Pirates of the Caribbean dubstep
-When you're on the bus and talk about it like you're the anouncer("And rounding off the yellow alliance we have have bus 119, sponsored by Staten Island Technical High School it's Iiiiisland Charter")
GreyingJay
11-05-2015, 09:40
-When you're on the bus and talk about it like you're the anouncer("And rounding off the yellow alliance we have have bus 119, sponsored by Staten Island Technical High School it's Iiiiisland Charter")
Hah! I'm glad I'm not the only one that does this. :o
Wait, I'm not the only one that does this... right?
hionwind
11-05-2015, 13:47
When your vacuum cleaner cord wraps around the waste basket, dragging it with you, and it reminds you of 254's tether dragging a yellow tote in their second quarter final. This actually happened to me!
logank013
22-05-2015, 19:14
...When you see the score of 135 on family feud and instantly think of Penn Robotics.
...When you send out a tweet and tag simbotics in it. Then get excited the next day because simbotics retweeted it.
...When you can't stop thinking of how your robot should have been able to do better than it did.
...When you make a web map of all the frc games and see how they tie into each other (Still can't figure out how Lunacy fits into anything)
logank013
23-05-2015, 20:32
...When you try to drive the shopping cart in the grocery store like it has a swerve drive. (Yes, I got lots of odd looks)
When you are still a high school freshman and you are already beginning to plan about how to do FIRST during your college years.
logank013
23-05-2015, 20:53
When you are still a high school freshman and you are already beginning to plan about how to do FIRST during your college years.
I am a sophomore and this is my first year on the team. I am doing the same thing so you are not alone. Haha ;)
When you're a sophomore and you are already scouting colleges with FRC teams nearby.
(Looks at WSU)
Zeromonkey
25-05-2015, 17:27
When you're a sophomore and you are already scouting colleges with FRC teams nearby.
(Looks at WSU)
*Ahem*
Look at Seattle... the motherload of FRC Teams in the PNW..?
UW is surrounded by FRC Teams and FTC teams alike. And is MUCH closer to WashingtonFIRST Robotics.
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when, upon looking at your college's robotics website, you find a link to their old college FIRST Robotics team (At UW, it was DawgBytes) and you have a mini freakout session in the middle of class.
*Ahem*
Look at Seattle... the motherload of FRC Teams in the PNW..?
UW is surrounded by FRC Teams and FTC teams alike. And is MUCH closer to WashingtonFIRST Robotics.
.
what if i wanted to stay on the east side? :rolleyes:
...when you pest your friend to join robotics so much he thinks its a cult :yikes:
...when you pest your friend to join robotics so much he thinks its a cult :yikes:
Or when you realize your friend is right.
HolyDollar
26-05-2015, 20:59
Or when you realize your friend is right.
DUN DUN DUUUUUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61L6hB7c1bg
...when you have a bajillion Chief Delphi and Blue Alliance tabs open
...when you constantly reference random FRC Teams that you know when you randomly see their team numbers in your everyday life
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when the playing of YMCA, The Chicken Dance or Cotten Eyed Joe triggers PTSD (Oh God what broke now?).
You are on CD all day instead of paying attention in class.
To busy watching worlds to pay attention.
Working on math problems and see other team numbers as the answer and start freaking out about it.
When you realize you are addicted to CD
Dave_4539
07-06-2015, 16:46
When you freak out because a mountain dew and a kit kat cost $2.54
John Weissman
07-06-2015, 17:40
When you go to Harbor Frieght and try to figure out how to make the shopping carts motorized. They are swerve carts. ( been there, done that) every time!:)
Matthew2468
07-06-2015, 18:04
When you sit in CAD class everyday and wait until 2:54 to shout Poofs!
CaptainKirby
07-06-2015, 20:38
When you get the receipt back at the restaurant, see that your food cost is your team number ($16.19), and then keep it taped to the wall above your desk.
Chelseaa
07-06-2015, 21:50
When you send snapchats at 11:14, 2:54, (2) 6:48, etc. with the clock in the snap!
After the months of March and April, you realized that there are more than $15,000 of team expenses charged to your personal credit card waiting to be reimbursed.::ouch::
Rman1923
07-06-2015, 23:17
- You wonder what your life would be without FIRST. Realize that you can't possibly imagine and go back to working on the next summer project or outreach.
- You set your microwave timer to 1:48, 2:54 or 11:14 realizing that you'll either set the house on fire or burn yourself but in the end it's worth it...
- You buy a VPN to get past the school's web filter to access chief delphi or TBA
- Seriously consider skipping finals to go to NAC
- You write a post about over dosage of FIRST instead of study for Math and Physics tests.
This list could actually go on and on...
jajabinx124
07-06-2015, 23:22
You set your microwave timer to 1:48, 2:54 or 11:14 realizing that you'll either set the house on fire or burn yourself but in the end it's worth it...
Or you can take less of a risk and go for numbers like 0:16, 0:20, 0:27, 0:33 for your microwave timings...
Rman1923
07-06-2015, 23:28
Or you can take less of a risk and go for numbers like 0:16, 0:20, 0:27, 0:33 for your microwave timings...
Safety Award is overrated anyway. Plus, lets be honest, 19:23 is bae
- You buy a VPN to get past the school's web filter to access chief delphi or TBA
Or figuring out the staff login...
and staff wifi password...
London D
08-06-2015, 01:06
You have legitimately lost friends over the fact that you talk about robotics too much..
Your favorite road trip game to play is spot the team number and yell the name
Rman1923
08-06-2015, 08:59
Or figuring out the staff login...
and staff wifi password...
The block extends for everyone. Many have tried and failed. Proxies were created and then block. Winning the war involves investing money...
carpedav000
08-06-2015, 13:31
The block extends for everyone. Many have tried and failed. Proxies were created and then block. Winning the war involves investing money...
Our school doesnt block CD or TBA
Alex Zamora
08-06-2015, 17:54
...when you look at the clock and you see team numbers not time.
BaileyJoseph166
09-06-2015, 18:47
When you are at a school car wash and people are yelling "CAR WASH" but all you hear is "ROBOT"
DWCEagles228
09-06-2015, 23:49
You have legitimately lost friends over the fact that you talk about robotics too much..
This one is so true, and sometime if you are lucky girlfriends because of FIRST
yomega55
10-06-2015, 01:19
When the word "dursty" has entered everyday use alongside "janky"
Zac Schofield
10-06-2015, 10:49
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
Whenever your non-robotics friend asks about your robot/team, and you get into a really in-depth conversation about every aspect about your robot. To the extent that your friend just walks away from you in the middle of your sentence.
GreyingJay
10-06-2015, 13:08
When the passcode for your phone is your team number (come on, hands up all of you)
RoboChair
10-06-2015, 18:46
When the passcode for your phone is your team number (come on, hands up all of you)
That's just so not secure >_>
When the passcode for your phone is your team number (come on, hands up all of you)
...shhh.
GreyingJay
11-06-2015, 13:15
That's just so not secure >_>
I find that in practice most phone passcodes aren't. A birthday, an obvious favourite 4-digit number like the FRC Team, or just "1111" or "1234".
The Android pattern unlock codes aren't necessarily any better because the mind remembers shapes better than it does random sequences of numbers. Which led to this fun moment during build season:
Student: How come everyone seems to know how to get into my phone?
Me (mentor): You mean this? *picks up his phone, enters his pattern unlock code*
Student: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Other students: *all laugh*
chamingflicken
11-06-2015, 14:34
when you mentally cheer everytime it's your team number in tennis, even if you're serving (15-40)
CaptainKirby
11-06-2015, 19:43
When the passcode for your phone is your team number (come on, hands up all of you)
When one of your friends from robotics is disappointed that you don't know his phone's passcode.
... you start reading a long chief delphi thread that started when you were five years old and it's still going on almost ten years later.
... you use the words tote or goat in every sentence.
... your robotics shirts start to outnumber all the other shirts you have combined
... you sit at your computer for 20 min. just to think of something funny to say on chief delphi.
... you compete in FLL, FTC, and FRC all in one year just because you can.
... you spend all of build season perfecting a paper airplane just so it can make it to the stage at Worlds. (You know who you are):D
tindleroot
12-06-2015, 00:19
A birthday, an obvious favourite 4-digit number like the FRC Team, or just "1111" or "1234".
Or all 3 :)
A student on 1111 whose birthday is November 11...
Rman1923
13-06-2015, 23:32
... you start reading a long chief delphi thread that started when you were five years old and it's still going on almost ten years later.
... you use the words tote or goat in every sentence.
... your robotics shirts start to outnumber all the other shirts you have combined
... you sit at your computer for 20 min. just to think of something funny to say on chief delphi.
... you compete in FLL, FTC, and FRC all in one year just because you can.
... you spend all of build season perfecting a paper airplane just so it can make it to the stage at Worlds. (You know who you are):D
This is actually my life though. Except for the first and last points
Picitigris
11-08-2015, 17:45
When all you really want on your birthday is to be in the build room.
When your college calendar comes out and the first thing you investigate is the week of your local competition.
(I discovered my area's regional is during an end-of-term study period. An excuse to skip studying and check out robots?!? Awesome.)
hectorcastillo
11-08-2015, 19:13
When your CAD rendering of a slice of cheesecake gets 24 replies on CD.
John Retkowski
19-08-2015, 09:03
When you leave for college in half an hour, and you realize nothing will ever be the same.
logank013
19-08-2015, 13:52
When the passcode for your phone is your team number (come on, hands up all of you)
or if you are like me and you choose another team near yo to be your passcode....
carpedav000
19-08-2015, 16:03
or if you are like me and you choose another team near yo to be your passcode....
Is it 1741? Because we are in neighboring school districts.
Darkseer54
19-08-2015, 16:16
Is it 1741? Because we are in neighboring school districts.
I thought we aren't supposed to give out passwords and such :rolleyes:.
carpedav000
19-08-2015, 21:05
I thought we aren't supposed to give out passwords and such :rolleyes:.
I havent given it away. Its just an extremely educated guess. :yikes:
When you're at a regional, and the announcers comfortably use a term that you coined and were the first to post on CD.
When you make a prediction about a specific defense, and not only is it proven true on the field, but the only time the defense is ever used is against your own team, and the prediction is spot-on.
Our team strategy was to work the landfil, figuring the powerhouses would go for the HP stations. By mid-January, I was regularly referring to this as "mining" the landfill at our build sessions, and finally posted the term in February (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1447983&postcount=12). I heard it used by the announcers at Bayou (week 4) as casually as if it were an official term from the rule book.
I predicted that a "noodle net" would be an ineffective defense, because noodles tend to "hang high" then quickly drop. I have only found evidence of one "noodle net" ever deployed. It was against us at Bayou, in match two of semis. While I do not have enough video to explicitly confirm this, it appears that the HPs of both 3946 (my team) and 3937 (Breakaway) put at least one noodle over that net. Here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=18715&d=1427283531)'s Robin's (3946's human player) noodle.
When you pay three bills on a Sunday afternoon, and recognize that two FRC teams have numbers in this range, and that you have cheered for, chatted with, and applauded them both as they received blue banners.
3337: Panthrobotics in Baton Rouge, Bayou Chairman's winner this year
3339: BumbleB, part of the winning alliance on Carson division at CMP this year
Then, later that same afternoon, you notice that the four missing numbers in the bottom central box of the newspaper's sudoku is missing your team's number. (It was yesterday's Conceptis puzzle, in today's Times Picayune.)
When you know the FRC Rhapsody lyrics better than the original lyrics.
I'm not there, but then A Night at the Opera is one of the dozen CDs attached to the visor in my car.
Poseidon5817
11-10-2015, 15:32
When you know the FRC Rhapsody lyrics better than the original lyrics.
MishraArtificer
11-10-2015, 20:52
When you know the FRC Rhapsody lyrics better than the original lyrics....please explain this. I'm not familiar with it.
...please explain this. I'm not familiar with it.
That video that played at many regionals, AND the group that did a combined video and live performance at championship... guess it didn't make it to your neck of the woods. Link (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134540&highlight=rhapsody) via the CD thread discussing it.
Short version: An FRC team did a parody of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and it went viral (within FRC, at least).
When your phone passcode alternates between 1114, 2056, 1241 and 1477...
SoulianPride
11-10-2015, 23:00
You find yourself writing parody lyrics to EVERY SONG that pops on the radio in order to fit a FIRST theme.
natejo99
12-10-2015, 08:04
You have nightmares about your robot breaking on a nightly basis
...When you try to drive the shopping cart in the grocery store like it has a swerve drive. (Yes, I got lots of odd looks)
when you explain swerve drive to non-robotics people by saying "it's like a shopping cart, but a little different"
BBray_T1296
13-10-2015, 21:57
...When you try to drive the shopping cart in the grocery store like it has a swerve drive. (Yes, I got lots of odd looks)
That's why I LOVE going to IKEA! The carts have rotating castors on all 4 wheels
when you explain swerve drive to non-robotics people by saying "it's like a shopping cart, but a little different"
When you read the above and double-facepalm, and wish you had two more hands...
That's why I LOVE going to IKEA! The carts have rotating castors on all 4 wheels
I guess that's one way of making you keep both hands on the wheel cart handle.
logank013
17-10-2015, 00:19
...you don't even care that you have to wake up earlier than you would for school to go to an offseason event during the middle of your 2 week fall break.
Arron1999
20-10-2015, 22:59
When you and your friend have a contest to see who can post something first on page 254 #ItShouldWork
CadetGizmo
22-10-2015, 09:28
I got genuinely disappointed with myself yesterday because I showed up 20 minutes early to a meeting. That's the latest I've ever arrived.
apache8080
22-10-2015, 22:48
When you rewatch matches on theblue alliance from three years ago for the 10th time.
Zac Schofield
23-10-2015, 07:26
You prioritize Chief Delphi and TBA over 90% of your school assignments.
marcusbernstein
26-10-2015, 00:43
You prioritize Chief Delphi and TBA over 90% of your school assignments.
Dont you mean 100%?
Zac Schofield
26-10-2015, 06:30
Dont you mean 100%?
Yes. Yes I do.
Brian Maher
26-10-2015, 12:36
You prioritize Chief Delphi and TBA over 90% of your school assignments.
I have a test in five hours. And here I am :p
JoshWilson
26-10-2015, 12:56
You prioritize Chief Delphi and TBA over 90% of your school assignments.
I think we can all agree to this:D
logank013
02-12-2015, 23:12
When you mold your "bed time" (Doesn't exist in build season) around surfing chief delphi and looking at old scouting data.
When you realize it's apparently not normal to have two screwdrivers, and a USB SD card reader constantly in your backpack.
When you clean your room and discover five pairs of missing safety glasses.
GreyingJay
03-12-2015, 16:12
When you realize it's apparently not normal to have two screwdrivers, and a USB SD card reader constantly in your backpack.
Nope. Should be one screwdriver and one 7/16" nut driver. :D
Nope. Should be one screwdriver and one 7/16" nut driver. :D
Honestly I really need to get a short ethernet cord for myself, just in case I need to program something in an emergency :D
logank013
03-12-2015, 22:03
When you clean your room and discover five pairs of missing safety glasses.
This is ridiculously true. Every time I find a pair, I hang them on a tack on my bulletin board.
When you realize it's apparently not normal to have two screwdrivers, and a USB SD card reader constantly in your backpack.
Every day, I have a flashlight (3@AAA), magnifying glass, swiss army knife (with corkscrew and saw blade), Slip'n'snip scissors, 10' tape measure, reversible phillips/flat head screw driver, lint free cloth in a pill bottle (for glasses, magnifier, or optical disks), and a comb in my left pocket; they're all on my morning checklist along with wallet, keys, and cell phone. I have to dump my pockets before I fly, go to court, or enter a psych ward.
I have kept a tiny multimeter in my brief case for many years, and another in the toolbag in the car. When people ask why I keep a multimeter in my brief case, my stock answer is "because I don't need it often enough to justify keeping it in my pocket". At FRC events, it's usually in an old cell phone case on the left side of my belt. It even came in handy at the FLL tournament at Fountainbleu a couple of years ago when an electrical outlet serving a snack machine began releasing magic smoke.
When people ask why I keep a multimeter in my brief case, my stock answer is "because I don't need it often enough to justify keeping it in my pocket".
That is a beautiful response! My standard response is "you don't?!"
RoboChair
05-12-2015, 02:35
Every day, I have a flashlight (3@AAA), magnifying glass, swiss army knife (with corkscrew and saw blade), Slip'n'snip scissors, 10' tape measure, reversible phillips/flat head screw driver, lint free cloth in a pill bottle (for glasses, magnifier, or optical disks), and a comb in my left pocket; they're all on my morning checklist along with wallet, keys, and cell phone. I have to dump my pockets before I fly, go to court, or enter a psych ward.
You sir need one of these Swiss Tech Utili-keys. I have made it past security check points well over a dozen times with mine(I do have a fat key chain to help hid it to be fair) and it is so cheap at $10 that even if they DO find it I can just buy a new one without caring. You can use it as your knife/saw, scissors, and screwdriver when you can't have the real ones. They are fantastic!
http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Tech-ST66676-Utili-Key-Multi-Function/dp/B0001EFSTI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449300611&sr=8-1&keywords=swiss+tech+utili-key+6-in-1
You sir need one of these Swiss Tech Utili-keys. I have made it past security check points well over a dozen times with mine(I do have a fat key chain to help hid it to be fair) and it is so cheap at $10 that even if they DO find it I can just buy a new one without caring. You can use it as your knife/saw, scissors, and screwdriver when you can't have the real ones. They are fantastic!
http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Tech-ST66676-Utili-Key-Multi-Function/dp/B0001EFSTI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449300611&sr=8-1&keywords=swiss+tech+utili-key+6-in-1
Looks like an easy way to lose a finger to me; I keep my tools in the left pocket and keys (two sets; one for the car, trailer,and bicycle locks on the car fob, and the other for the house, office, church, team workshop, and P.O. Boxes on a garage door opener fob) in the right pocket.
RoboChair
05-12-2015, 23:44
Looks like an easy way to lose a finger to me; I keep my tools in the left pocket and keys (two sets; one for the car, trailer,and bicycle locks on the car fob, and the other for the house, office, church, team workshop, and P.O. Boxes on a garage door opener fob) in the right pocket.
The key folds open to expose the blade and it isn't super sharp, if your key is open and exposing the blade it is most definitely no longer on your key chain. It's just like having a key chain pocket knife.
When you're filling out your STIMS info again and:
http://i.imgur.com/647WeWj.png
*Rachelle*
14-12-2015, 13:15
When you are reading about the Apollo-Soyuz Program and keep reading "Coopertition" instead of cooperation. ::rtm:: :ahh:
Zac Schofield
18-12-2015, 13:50
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when the vast majority of your phone and PC's search history consists of Chief Delphi, The Blue Alliance, and various teams' websites.
GreyingJay
18-12-2015, 14:52
When you visit a craft fair and instead of buying anything you spend all your time examining each exhibitor's 10x10 booth space and looking for ideas for your pit!
When you visit a craft fair and instead of buying anything you spend all your time examining each exhibitor's 10x10 booth space and looking for ideas for your pit!
Don't use so many ideas from the craft fair that you forget to leave room to work on the robot, or to get it in and out of the pit!
LittleJoe
20-12-2015, 23:34
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
-You make up seasons worth of hours before pre-season even starts :ahh:
you get more excited for kickoff then christmas.
This thread is almost 10 years old, $@#$@#$@#$@#.
You haven't seen a certain friend for years, but you're hyped over kickoff and think that everything else is WAY less awesome. :]
OMG: Less than 48 hours until kickoff. :yikes:
...When you try to drive the shopping cart in the grocery store like it has a swerve drive. (Yes, I got lots of odd looks)
I do that all the time! :]
OMG: Less than FOURTY EIGHT hours until kickoff! :yikes:
I feel like if I repeat this over and over, then I will finally believe it
When you don't believe that there is less than FOURTY EIGHT hours until kickoff, and this is your fourth year! :ahh:
I do that all the time!
OMG: Less than FOURTY EIGHT hours until kickoff! :yikes:
I feel like if I repeat this over and over, then I will finally believe it
36 hours now.
...When you blow off a R2D2 robot that was made for the schools spirit game next week to hype for the kickoff.
When you wish that College Board recognizes FRC as an AP course... :]
Sperkowsky
08-01-2016, 09:10
When you wish that College Board recognizes FRC as an AP course... :]
AP Robotics? Sounds like a cool class to me. They added AP comp Sci principals this year and our school is getting it next year so I guess it's a step in the right direction.
When you have the encrypted game manual up on your computer even though you don't have the password, because you want to be ready when the password is revealed.
orangemoore
08-01-2016, 09:43
When you have the encrypted game manual up on your computer even though you don't have the password, because you want to be ready when the password is revealed.
To be clear that is the whole point of the encrypted manual. They are trying to avoid too many people accessing the website during kickoff.
To be clear that is the whole point of the encrypted manual. They are trying to avoid too many people accessing the website during kickoff.
Yep, otherwise the website gets super slow. I'm just waiting to get the password for the manual!
Sperkowsky
08-01-2016, 09:47
To be clear that is the whole point of the encrypted manual. They are trying to avoid too many people accessing the website during kickoff.
Was thinking the same thing. Got used to the offseason Cd not used to people not knowing everything. I fear for Sunday night football though....
kyle_hamblett
08-01-2016, 11:09
You get safety glasses envy when one of your friends gets a new pair and they aren't all scratched up or broken.
You stare at the timer all-day-long. :]
http://frccountdown.hosthorde.net/
when you add Stronghold to Wikipedia's Stronghold Disambiguation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stronghold_(disambiguation)) page
gracieboo
09-01-2016, 00:01
...you start talking about how excited you are for robotics at work and are using terms like "build season" "kick off" "kit of parts" "bag day" "Chairmans" "Dean Kamen" "regionals" "Recycle Rush" and "Stronghold", and then you look up at your co-workers faces and realized you basically could have been speaking Swahili and they would have understood about the same amount.
Rebel888
12-01-2016, 15:10
This is my FIRST (hehe did I make a funny? Can I be an elite now?) year doing FIRST (our school just calls it robotics) and I got most of these jokes
The Doctor
12-01-2016, 20:14
You stare at the timer all-day-long. :]
http://frccountdown.hosthorde.net/
...you simply build your entire robot for the sole purpose of counting down. Giant mechanical clock, anyone?
SirLAX(5436)
18-01-2016, 13:59
--When CAD crashes are a part of life
--When you wanna bang your head in disappointment when people think mecanums are a great idea for 2016 game.
Sperkowsky
18-01-2016, 14:33
--When CAD crashes are a part of life
--When you wanna bang your head in disappointment when people think mecanums are a great idea for 2016 game.
2016 year of broken Mecanum and omni wheels.
Solidworks 2015 year of disorienting views.
SirLAX(5436)
18-01-2016, 15:36
2016 year of broken Mecanum and omni wheels.
Solidworks 2015 year of disorienting views.
But inventor though.
also,
--when you try constraining the ball and realize the person who CADed one for you did it with free form.
when its the day where you are supposed to wear a shirt for your college of choice and you wear a stronghold volunteer shirt.
when you come home disappointed that nobody commented on said shirt.
When you send this email to college board begging for AP Robotics, even though you are a senior and you would not benefit from this class:
Hello College Board,
My name is Gal Egozi, and I am a senior in high school.
I have been participating in robotics for the past four years, and I would like to suggest that it be added as a new AP course.
I feel that there should be robotics in every school in the nation, but the school does not have a reason to fund robotics; I see this problem on my team as well.
I would personally like to see FIRST Robotics incorporated into this course, but there are other programs, such as VEX that are also good.
Even though I cannot benefit from this course, I would like to see an AP Robotics course for future students.
Please consider adding a robotics course to the AP curriculum.
Thanks,
Gal
daliberator
26-04-2016, 22:48
--When you wanna bang your head in disappointment when people think mecanums are a great idea for 2016 game.
I think 118 (https://youtu.be/sWHwDfpeYjo?t=17s), 254 (https://youtu.be/VkLAOBxb9dk?t=33s), and 2052 (https://youtu.be/EExZtMKMvs0?t=44s) would like to have a word with you.
Thayer McCollum
27-04-2016, 11:33
When you read TBA as The Blue Alliance instead of To Be Announced.
Zuelu562
28-04-2016, 14:05
When you realize this thread is old enough to be an FLL student.
When you spend more time thinking about robotics projects for the upcoming offseason than on your college classes (and Finals are two weeks away :ahh: )
When you've realized you've been a mentor of an FRC Team longer than you were in high school.
When Chief Delphi is my FIRST (/groan) refresh when I log into my school laptop.
I think 118 (https://youtu.be/sWHwDfpeYjo?t=17s), 254 (https://youtu.be/VkLAOBxb9dk?t=33s), and 2052 (https://youtu.be/EExZtMKMvs0?t=44s) would like to have a word with you.
Don't forget 971 (https://youtu.be/CMX4ynSQsyI?t=20s) and everyone else in this thread. (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128685)
dirtbikerxz
28-04-2016, 20:22
When you are still at Champs, but already thinking about what needs to be done to the build area before kickoff next year, and already have a countdown running.
When you're sitting in gym class freaking out because you want to see how a team is doing but TBA won't load.
When you get TBA to load and screech when that team wins, scaring your friends and making your teacher fear for your sanity.
techhelpbb
29-04-2016, 20:48
When you've realized you've been a mentor of an FRC Team longer than you were in high school.
When students said you were too young to be a mentor in 1996 and getting old in 2016.
WARNING: when someone tells you they need you to mentor for just one year good luck with that :D it is going to be a LONG year. Like 20x longer than you might think.
TheDoctor_1
30-04-2016, 00:00
-You see a group of teenagers, one with a helmet, and you ask if that one is the safety captain.
-You can still hear the game announcers when no matches are running.
Andy FS
Team 980
Arron1999
30-04-2016, 09:53
When you find scrap aluminum from your robot in your drive way which is 15 mile away from where we build our robot
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Nightwing430
30-04-2016, 13:26
When cheesecake is not a food anymore to you :D
When cheesecake is not a food anymore to you :D
When cheesecake is the ONLY food to you anymore.
apache8080
01-05-2016, 01:20
I am watching FRC GameSense videos from 2014.
Hitchhiker 42
01-05-2016, 09:26
... I have an essay due in two days, and instead of writing it, I'm watching the Einstein livestream.
dirtbikerxz
01-05-2016, 10:05
When you read all 3642 posts on this thread, and rematch every single match you team has played after Einstein ends....ever
Landonh12
01-05-2016, 10:21
When you have withdrawals and don't know what to do with your life after you just won your division and it's all over now.
dirtbikerxz
01-05-2016, 10:37
When you realize that the season is over.... and you now officially have to back to the relatively BORING life of high school
CloakAndDagger
01-05-2016, 12:49
When, while walking through a crowd of people, I yell "RO-BOT!" At them, in an attempt to make them move out of the way
nickn_01
01-05-2016, 13:33
When every time you see a colorful trailer you wonder what robotics team it is
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Brian Michell
01-05-2016, 17:51
When season is over and your team hasn't met for 3 weeks but you still browse Chief Delphi religiously.
TheMilkman01
01-05-2016, 20:00
You're already working on Dean's Homework even though you've had actual homework overdue for the past weeks, and it's been late because all you do is browse Chief Delphi and work on your second robot and compete at regionals and pre-scout for champs and plan everything and shoot a teaser video for worlds and try to sleep because you're so excited for worlds but then you realize it's also because you forgot to eat so you get up to eat and then realize it's the night before worlds so you're not going to sleep anyway until you get on that bus and yeah... Maybe I need a break...
P.S.
will.i.am tho
he had a huge overdose on FIRST, but it was dope. You can't say it wasn't
When you realize that you didnt study for any AP tests because of worlds...
Sir_Kits1529
02-05-2016, 07:57
...you know you've overdosed on FIRST when you see people wearing blue or red and you think they are rooting for one of the alliances...
dirtbikerxz
02-05-2016, 08:47
When every time you see a colorful trailer you wonder what robotics team it is
YES, OH MY GOD yes. I do that waaaay too much.
When you wait months for the post count to reach 3653 so you can post on your team number; 3654
RoboChair
02-05-2016, 14:33
When you have withdrawals and don't know what to do with your life after you just won your division and it's all over now.
The only thing you should do. Robot Even Harder!!!!
When you wait months for the post count to reach 3653 so you can post on your team number; 3654
You may have overdosed on FIRST if you have this person's dedication to getting just one post right.
Oslim1999
02-05-2016, 15:15
when after a group of people suggests to go first you reply with Stronghold/Res-Q
HolyDollar
02-05-2016, 16:26
When you're still watching your back because you're paranoid that you're gonna get clipped...
natejo99
02-05-2016, 17:21
When, upon seeing a can of Mountain Dew Code Red you can hear Tom Nader in your head announcing "Team 2771, Code Red Robitics!" (no, not a typo)
Hitchhiker 42
02-05-2016, 22:35
When you wait months for the post count to reach 3653 so you can post on your team number; 3654
Oh boy, just 868 more posts until it's my turn!
Oh boy, just 868 more posts until it's my turn!
I think you mean 898, as its only 854 till my turn :rolleyes:
Post season: After months of evening and weekend meetings chewing up your free time, you're thrilled to see one of your students ask "When's the next meeting?" :yikes:
Yes_ChuteDoor
03-05-2016, 11:40
When you think your chemistry teacher is a secret FRC fan because most of the test answer values match popular team numbers.
Twepeler
03-05-2016, 13:39
you're wearing The Riveters (1481) bandana you got from worlds at school.
adammiller3122
04-05-2016, 00:58
Cortana asks you if you work at the school you coach robotics at.
... you cross the globe, lost a few games, donīt receive any award, and still are extremely happy with it and is planning the next.
When classmates are setting up booths in the hall for a school project and you catch yourself asking, "Can I leave this in your pit?"
S1LK0124
04-05-2016, 10:06
When you walk into class and your algebra 2 teacher is looking at the Algebra 1 stuff, and when you see the word "elimination", you have flashbacks to the Indiana State Champs
Bryce2471
01-01-2017, 16:47
When during the holiday season you get advertising on Pandora for 6061-T6 aluminum.
riley.jean23
01-01-2017, 18:15
-you get a little too excited over a wire stripper at home depot at 9:30 in the morning
-that one pair of safety glasses, those are mine don't touch them
-you own enough buttons to make a knight's armor
-every sci fi movie is no fun to watch because the robots are way too impractical and difficult to build to justify its existence
-you get excited over having another 3/8 anything
-wire crimping comes naturally
Thayer McCollum
01-01-2017, 21:09
When you think your chemistry teacher is a secret FRC fan because most of the test answer values match popular team numbers.
When you know your math teacher is, because if you can't figure out the answer to a problem on a test you might as well guess 159 because it's always the answer to one of the questions.
TheBoulderite
01-01-2017, 21:35
you don't consider the New Year to begin until Kickoff.
When the most important part of the Holidays is the sweet-relief after the parties and actual holidays and Kickoff.
PopeRyanI
02-01-2017, 00:54
…when you have forty tabs open on your phone and only three aren't Chief Delphi, Github, or WPILIB. Also when you had 1678's 2016 repo open on three different tabs until you closed the other two. (I forgot it was already open)
…when you see the word count of one of your college essays is 254 and you aren't even mad that you went over four words because Cheesy Poofs.
…when you know that there are only 5 days, 9 hours, and 35 minutes until the hardest fun of 2017 begins.
When you spend several hours on New Year's Eve setting rivnuts and trying to pull them out to figure out the best way to do this.
fargus111111111
02-01-2017, 08:19
You wake up at 2:54 am and aren't even mad bc robots
PopeRyanI
03-01-2017, 11:22
You wake up at 2:54 am and aren't even mad bc robots
My team is a district-wide team for five teams. As a result, most of my classmates ask "Are they in robotics?" when I mention someone they don't know. Which happens a lot...
Also, my friend told me he had this conversation the other day:
Friend: You know Ryan right?
Person: Who?
Friend: The guy in robotics.
Person: Oh yeah I know him.
on kickoff eve, even though you are your team's lead technical mentor, you aren't banking sleep, but cooking some gumbo for tomorrow's kickoff event.
GaryVoshol
07-01-2017, 06:42
You set aside a block of time on Saturday to read the rules.
When you're telling your brother all about how great the vision code is... while you're sleeping...
carpedav000
10-01-2017, 11:56
You stay up late arguing about velcro
The Doctor
10-01-2017, 12:43
Google Chrome crashes due to too many open tabs... And they're all Chief Delphi.
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