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Danielle H
29-11-2007, 14:59
-- when you purposely left your IED binder in your locker so that you could spend the period on Chief Delphi catching up on Robotics stuff...
-- when you purposely left your IED binder in your locker so that you could spend the period on Chief Delphi catching up on Robotics stuff...
IED? I hope you dont have a class on Improvised Explosive Devices. :P
synth3tk
29-11-2007, 17:29
I was thinking the same thing! :p
...when you spend personally $29.95/mo for your team's site because the funds won't cover it
...when you try to think of one tiny aspect of robotics to start a new thread on, just watch other addicts post in it!
...when you are volunteering as a scorekeeper at an FLL event and are on CD in between matches :D
StephLee
01-12-2007, 12:25
...when you are volunteering as a scorekeeper at an FLL event and are on CD in between matches :D
When you're a score RUNNER at said FLL match, and dash back to steal half of your friend the scorekeeper's chair because you want to read CD, too. :)
Laaba 80
20-12-2007, 17:22
When a game hint is posted, and in less than 1 week there are over 500 replies.
bobdahaxor
20-12-2007, 18:54
You know your addicted when you wake up in the middle of the night and have to go on your computer to check out a new design you were thinking of
You can't sleep the next night because you are thinking about your design despite the fact you have an Physics 201 test the next day and it is 1 AM.
True stories.....
bobdahaxor
20-12-2007, 19:00
Another I thought of...
When you try to get your normal girlfriend to try to start a club at her school.... and she almost actually does!
Josh Fox
20-12-2007, 19:05
... you have a countdown of the number of days till kick-off going in your head...
but you ahve to count the days until christmas (there's 16 till kickoff... 5 till christmas)
Happy holidays everybody!
RoteAugen
20-12-2007, 19:10
when you still check CD almost 4 years after you no longer are a part of the system, to see if everything is as it was
Techno-Turkey
20-12-2007, 20:58
-you know your overdosed on FIRST when you read all these pages.
lukevanoort
20-12-2007, 21:02
When you have been #1 on the list of hosts that access the most pages of Chief Delphi in some month. (No, I'm not currently, but I have been in the past)
Blue_Mist
21-12-2007, 00:47
when you still check CD almost 4 years after you no longer are a part of the system, to see if everything is as it was
You can't ever be out of the system, FIRST is for life! Now the Game Hint thread is closer to 600 posts. :D
Nin_estarSaerah
21-12-2007, 08:58
You know you are overdosed on robotics when you continued searching every radio shack even though any hope of a goldenhexbug was long gone, simply because you want to find any hexbug, and then carry around the tiny robot in your purse.
you know you are overdosed on robotics when you say "boyfriend, what boyfriend...oops, i was thinking about FIRST"
you know you are overdosed on robotics when you know the day you are taking the SAT because it is 21 days after kick off. studying? i don't think so.
This is how I know i've infected my friends--
My friend looks through my purse, finds safety glasses and a screwdriver, and says-- wait.....Kickoff isn't for two weeks!
.... when your chem teacher has to talk to you after class because the five times he told you to stop looking at robotics pictures didn't stop you.
.... if your respective December holidays have gotten less important to you as kickoff has become the lead holiday.
.... you have checked the NASA channel when there is nothing else on to see if they are rebroadcasting something that has to do with FIRST.
.... if you have a copy of inventor, autocad, solidworks, or any other programs that you use for FIRST on your personal computer because you want to be able to work on robotics at all hours of the night, and you do.
.... you have passed up social events to work on your robot.
.... you do robotics before your other classes homework.
.... you don't ditch during build season because its build season :)
.... you dont eat lunch because you are in the shop the whole time, and usually end up showing up to class late.
more to come and happy holidays!!
i_am_Doug
22-12-2007, 21:56
When you go to a school whom doesn't have a robotics team. Then you start one up, then remember about chief delphi and post about it.
/\Greetings peoples!/\
Chaos Marine
22-12-2007, 22:15
when you spend all your free time going back and forth from Chiefdelphi and FIRST.com in may just to try anf find next years game.
neutrino15
22-12-2007, 23:36
when you spend all your free time going back and forth from Chiefdelphi and FIRST.com in may just to try anf find next years game.
--When you constantly draw robots in class
--When you program during class
--When you post to CD during class
--When you enjoy staying at school till 11pm
--When you are excited to be deprived of sleep.
Mandi_|<o>|
23-12-2007, 07:31
..when you're studing Environmental Engineering and you hope this year's game have something like trees, and water(ohh, not again!), and saving the world!
:yikes:
lol
when everytime you see a drill press "ice, ice baby" starts playing in your head...
-vivek
When you are driving along and you see a drivable toy car and your first reaction is "Motor source!"
When you try to find team numbers in gas prices. Unfortunately, a number above my team's has showed up.
-when you wake up at 5AM on Christmas morning and, ignoring your bulging stocking, go directly to the computer to see if by some miracle there's been a third game hint this year...
-when you have horrible nightmares about a FIRST competition where they don't announce the game until regionals
-when there are still nylocks (sp? the little nuts with a plastic piece in them so the bot doesnt fall apart... too much...) in your purse from LAST BUILD SEASON
-when, at scrimmages, you lecture for half an hour on precisely what each part of the robot does and how we developed it... and you only shut up when one of your friends mentions the fact that the non-FIRST-person's eyes have glazed over
-you make jewellery out of robot parts... and then actually wear it
...but the symptom of the REAL overdose is when, on the way to regionals, at every construction zone you wake up just enough to mumble "PHRED colors..."
Nuttyman54
02-01-2008, 17:19
when you're twice as busy during your winter break as you were during finals, because of all the robotics prep...
When you actually consider reading through the 47,000 anagrams in the game hint 3 thread.
The holiday season is formally known as "kick-off rendering season"
-dave
.
Agreed when you spent all of tonight thinking of how THREE game hints will work together!!
When you realize that the fastest-growing threads belong to game hints.
minirose224
03-01-2008, 17:07
When you are feverishly hitting the refresh button waiting to download the competition manual to your computer even though you know you won't be able to decrypt the files until kick-off.
Nin_estarSaerah
05-01-2008, 08:15
when all your friends know, your life begins Jan 5th...and dont plan on hearing anything but robotics from you
-when you resolve fights in school by saying "hey, let's all be graciously professional about this"
AND OF COURSE...
-when you agree to work with the kid sitting next to you in class by saying "I graciously accept"
MiniNerd24
05-01-2008, 16:03
When you can quote most of/all of the Kickoff speech.:p
Janet_R_1517
05-01-2008, 20:29
...you get home from working on the robot all day and you find tools in your pockets.
...you still have the tools you found in your pockets in a pile at home waiting to go back to the workshop.
...you sleep over at your robotics coaches' house from Friday to Sunday.
...when the workshop is on one half of the basement of the coaches' house and they have to expand to the other side of the basement to make more room for the team to work.
:D
When inside jokes from way before your time have been told so often that they're somehow funny to you.
When you have to delete your chiefdelphi account in order to pass your classes.
When you see a remote control in your tv room, and imagine your tv turning left, right, straight...
When you start acting like a robot and your non FIRSTies friends think you are stoned.
Techno-Turkey
07-01-2008, 07:41
When you say to your teammate "hand me that thing next to the other thing" and they know what your talking about.:yikes:
Maggie27
07-01-2008, 08:25
when all your friends know, your life begins Jan 5th...and dont plan on hearing anything but robotics from you
Agreed! :p
Tetraman
07-01-2008, 08:28
...you are so Overdriven you want to hurdle.
...your head starts spinning. Unfortunatly for you, your head spun clockwise so you must take a penalty.
...you rather design doorways to fit Trackballs rather than robots.
...to make your robot look like it goes faster, you've got design space for a black tube. (spoiler)
...the first rule for freshman became "Do not touch the Trackball while inflated - expecially when it looks seductivly bouncy."
...its day 3 and you've already lost 20 hours of sleep.
...you think FIRST should give you bonuses for how fast you can tune up your robot in the Pit.
...NASCAR became a thinking sport.
...when given a personality test the response to every question is "During robotics season or the rest of the time?"
...when hosting a rookie team for kickoff, you (and the rest of your team) tells them "you must visit CD or else..."
EDIT: What am I talking about? Robotics season never ends! :)
...when right now your on this site during school with your teacher looking at you.
MissInformation
07-01-2008, 11:57
...you're scanning the freecycle list and you do a double take because for a second you read a post giving away a Terra Cotta Andy Baker...
(the double take revealed it to be an apple baker)
...When, even though it's your first year on the team, you know all of the rules and regulation from the past two year's game's, having read all of the related articles on Wikipedia, CD, your team website, and the FIRST website
aaeamdar
07-01-2008, 12:04
I'm gonna add this one and hope no one's used it yet:
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when you've read all 792 posts in the "You know you've overdosed on FIRST when..." thread.
-Paul
clark_noah
07-01-2008, 12:16
when you work on your robot during lunch in a school day, then you forget to take your safty goggles off and go to your next class wearing them
clark_noah
07-01-2008, 13:13
- when check chief delphi every day for hours at a time
- when you make chief delphi your home page
-When, at Christmas dinner, someone mentions some form of exploding meat (Ham, I think) and you turn to your dad and whisper "Oink, oink, boom."
-When, five seconds after the previous, your mom, who is on the other side of your dad, says something about Exploding Bacon.
Josh Fox
07-01-2008, 16:28
When you have to sit there for 48 hours, biting your tongue and thinking to yourself "dang it, the animation is NOT wrong. When are they going to release the update so all these whiners will stop complaining about it?"
finally answers!
daftpunk79
07-01-2008, 16:37
When your addicted to chiefdelphi and you seriously consider making a book out of this thread and every thread like it.
Ponderous
07-01-2008, 16:38
-when you lose your voice from cheering so hard at the competitions.
-when every time your art teacher tells you to draw something you show up in the tech class want the keys to the room that stores the robot.
-when your inside jokes from the competition have been explained so much that you don't get them anymore
-when you force your brothers to pretend they are robots and callenge them to a game of Rack 'n Roll
-when you have 10 gigabytes of computer space taken up by one years worth of FIRST pictures.
-when you realize that half the words you use are technical words that you don't know the definition of (like chasy... what is a chasy??? now I feel dumb =( )
-when you constantly check your watch to see when the next match starts
Ponderous
07-01-2008, 16:41
somebody should write this down and make it into a book! Seriously!!! It would be the best book ever!!! (besides eragon)
JaneYoung
07-01-2008, 16:52
-when you realize that half the words you use are technical words that you don't know the definition of (like chasy... what is a chasy???)
If chasy is chassis, that would be the way to look it up.
--
You know you have overdosed on FIRST when your toes are frozen under a beautiful star studded New Hampshire sky and you are from Texas. You wait for the bus to take you to the Founder's Reception and you spend your time talking about clowns and clown makeup with KathieK, who takes your mind off your toes situation which eventually thaw out nicely in little blue booties.
chaoticprout
07-01-2008, 17:10
When you have to sit there for 48 hours, biting your tongue and thinking to yourself "dang it, the animation is NOT wrong. When are they going to release the update so all these whiners will stop complaining about it?"
.
This is huge. So many design decisions around that. Can't wait for the update Dave, loving the game so far.
BlondeNerd
07-01-2008, 19:26
when your non-FIRST friends leave you Happy Kickoff messages on Facebook
YTou know you are overdose to first when you start threads that have been in the chit chat section for a while now.
speaking of starting threads, even though this is my second year i never learned how to posted threads, i cant find how to do it, i am ashamed :*-(. but yeah, any help would be much appreciated
JaneYoung
07-01-2008, 20:58
speaking of starting threads, even though this is my second year i never learned how to posted threads, i cant find how to do it, i am ashamed :*-(. but yeah, any help would be much appreciated
Go into the forum you are interested in posting in. On the left hand side toward the top, you will see a button that says 'new thread'. Click that and it will help you start a new thread.
Make sure the topic is appropriate to the forum you select. Make sure the title is informative and all the words in the title are spelled correctly before you hit the submit button. You can not edit the title of a thread once it is submitted, only a moderator can do that.
If you have any further questions, PM me.
Jane
daftpunk79
07-01-2008, 23:47
if anyone actually wants me to make these into a book tell me and ill do it....
MiniNerd24
08-01-2008, 17:19
When you consider FIRST to be a religion, and The Rule Book becomes a holy object.
When your addicted to chiefdelphi and you seriously consider making a book out of this thread and every thread like it.
LOL!:p :D
When you consider FIRST to be a religion, and The Rule Book becomes a holy object.
also funny
when your not even in high school and you are on a frc team...
KoulFireChick
08-01-2008, 19:09
I'm new to this FIRST thing and let me just say....I can totally agree with you on all those things. I should know when half these things happened to me when I was apart of FLL in 8th grade
team1203 4life
08-01-2008, 20:57
-When you see your mentors more then your own mother
-when you jump up and down screaming for joy after winning a match
-when you breck down and cry after making it to the finals of your regional and lose
Graham Donaldson
11-01-2008, 07:04
Ok, this is a bit of a story: we're on our way back from kickoff, & one of our coaches is sitting behind me and my friend. We start talking about how much of the ball hangs below the overpass, and we start talking about how we would solve the problem, yada yada yada. Then our coach (who is a teacher at school) says that this would make a great quiz problem. We don't believe him, and promptly forget how to solve the problem. I walk into class on Monday, and see a diagram of a big circle resting on two little ones with some hanging out the bottom. I walked in and said "You didn't really do that, did you?"
Gist of the story:
-When robotics math problems become do nows in your precalc class (even though you don't need any of the precalc material to solve them.)
BlondeNerd
11-01-2008, 12:11
When your ears perk up when you hear the commercial for the new "Stack Attack" fast-food burger...and you weren't even around for that game
Kat Kononov
11-01-2008, 12:13
when you don't go home for 7 weeks because you're living in the robotics room.
when you use the phrase "lend me a manipulator" instead of "lend me a hand".
and many more
...You're sick and home from school, so you spend the entire day alternating between CD and you're team's website.
Urban Hawk
11-01-2008, 20:26
when you make a program on your computer to count down the time left till the next season in seconds....... (like i did)....
When you develop a fear a quiet sounds....
When you have to start putting buttons on others because you ran out of space on yourself...
1)You wake up and say "Competitin in (Insert time here)"
2)Any program you make has 100000000 characters or more
3)Your hands can't stop moving in a control stick movement
4)You try to build robots to do everythig for you
5)You burn when away from a computer for longer than .75356598 seconds
6)You carry a stop watch to measure .75356598 seconds
7)When you attend a team meeting, you carry with you any three of the following:
A)A foam finger with your team number on it
B)You carry a neon sign with your team number on it
C)A laptop with pictures of the real world because you forgot what it looks like
D)I list of every movement and program involved with your robot
E)A list of possible names for the robot
F)20 pounds in maintenance equiptment
G)A bed for overnighters
8)You're reported missing because you haven't been home for months
Wow you must be addicted to FIRST (btw im just starting out)
Here is something to add:
1. When you think FIRST means the number 1
2. When you see this year's competition and you say "Lets get started"
3. When you think this year's competiton is NASCAR related (which I do)
4. When you scream "I love FIRST" and you put place in there
um.. can't think of anymore:( :ahh: :D
StephLee
11-01-2008, 21:09
When your ears perk up when you hear the commercial for the new "Stack Attack" fast-food burger...and you weren't even around for that game
I did that too! :)
You know you're overdosed on FIRST when you have to chase your cat around your house to retrieve a piece of surgical tubing he stole from your bag (how it got in the bag, I'm not sure).
cardinalman86
11-01-2008, 23:13
you get called a kleptomaniac for all of the tools you have in your pockets as you walk around school that belong in the workshop.
fordchrist675
11-01-2008, 23:16
when you learn to make music out of the sounds of noises that drills make mills make, and saws lol
whytheheckme
11-01-2008, 23:17
You write 'herd' instead of 'heard' on an english essay...
Nuttyman54
11-01-2008, 23:21
When you've been in a brainstorming session from 5pm onward, it's 30 minutes to midnight, and you're still debating...and 50 other team members are right there debating it with you
When you can't wait for the weekend -- 'cause that's when a LOT of work gets done very quickly.
KoulFireChick
12-01-2008, 00:19
When you replace your headband for safty goggles all the time
GaryVoshol
12-01-2008, 07:32
You wake up at 5:00 am on a Saturday and can't get back to sleep because you're thinking about how to build your robot.
steadfasttuna
12-01-2008, 08:20
You wake up at 5:00 am on a Saturday and can't get back to sleep because you're thinking about how to build your robot.
wow i definitely did that today... and im on a ROOKIE team!;)
Nin_estarSaerah
12-01-2008, 08:29
....The loss of your safety goggles is more upsetting than the loss of your dog.
....anything you say that is weird is automatically reduced to "it must be robotics stuff" by your non-FIRST friends
....time spent studying for exams is time not spent on the robot.
basicxman
12-01-2008, 09:34
....The loss of your safety goggles is more upsetting than the loss of your dog.
lol thats kind of cruel!
-when you spend tons of time trying to find a way to get on an FRC team!:mad:
MiniNerd24
12-01-2008, 12:20
You know you've overdosed when you can rattle off the complete weight, strength, and composition of every building material there is.(Mostly aluminum, carbon composite, and wood.)
When you have dreams of finding a place to build your mock up arena to practice in. (true story: Mentor Bill Findley)
When you sit on a pit cart in front of your school, posting on chiefdelphi (huzzah school wireless).
StephLee
12-01-2008, 19:59
When you sit on a pit cart in front of your school, posting on chiefdelphi (huzzah school wireless).
I've done that outside our shop before, when no one with a key has shown up yet.
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when you're constantly in time crunch mode during build season, even if you're not behind schedule.
Rochelle435
12-01-2008, 22:35
"When you DON'T take the celebration wrist band off until it rips."
;>>
StephLee
12-01-2008, 22:46
"When you DON'T take the celebration wrist band off until it rips."
;>>
When you still have your ripped wristband in your wallet almost two years later.
When you try EXTREMELY hard not to freak out as you hand a customer his exact change: $16.29 and then do later when telling everybody at robotics about it
When you spend over half of a physics class working on designs claiming "We're doing real world physics applications!"
when you spend the rest of said class period working studiously on homework...until you get to a problem that discusses how to make a giant ball fit through a ring
Akash Rastogi
13-01-2008, 00:56
...you constantly have wrenches and calculators in your pocket once build starts.
...when the only excuse you give your parents for buying new computer parts is "I need them for robotics!!"...even though you can barely do anything in Inventor:p :D
cardinalman86
13-01-2008, 01:05
...the only reason u got a laptop for christmas was to use during the season. Then, when ur dad says u can't take it, u get depressed and stop talking to him for the rest of the weekend.
When you try EXTREMELY hard not to freak out as you hand a customer his exact change: $16.29 and then do later when telling everybody at robotics about it
A burrito at the local taqueria is $6.75. I love it.
When you spend over half of a physics class working on designs claiming "We're doing real world physics applications!"
I've done this =p, Except it was engineering class and not phys.
...you constantly have wrenches and calculators in your pocket once build starts.
So true. I almost always have a 17mm wrench and a TI-85 with me in the shop (17mm for the mill, TI-85 for the maths.)
When you spend your architectural drafting class drawing parts in CAD for the robot.
StephLee
14-01-2008, 16:09
When you spend your architectural drafting class drawing parts in CAD for the robot.
When you don't even HAVE a drafting class, but the drafting teacher leaves the room unlocked for you in the mornings so you can tinker... (That was last year for me.)
CzarValvador
14-01-2008, 16:33
When you spend time surfing the Cheif Delphi forums when you aren't building a robot? What the hell am I doing?
daftpunk79
14-01-2008, 17:24
when you get mad at the mentors for pretty much being JUST LIKE your mom and dad.
When you start calling your mentors mom and dad.
MiniNerd24
15-01-2008, 14:48
When legit illnesses and conditions are named after team members.
When you have to clear off the numerous pairs of safety glasses off of your bed so you can go to sleep.
GoldenAI
15-01-2008, 16:48
-When you stay at school later than your teachers... 0_0
so true....
GoldenAI
15-01-2008, 16:51
-when you won't date people who don't know what FIRST is...
-when you won't date people who don't know what FIRST is...
Hopefully, if we all do Dean's homework, that should open up the field a lot more... :p
When you panic more when you don't know where your safety glasses are than you do when you can't find your normal glasses
MiniNerd24
15-01-2008, 17:39
When you panic more when you don't know where your safety glasses are than you do when you can't find your normal glasses
-Or when you panic over them more than your homework.(Ok maybe not.:rolleyes: )
Because this is right now,
You spend all the time between school ending and the robotics meeting looking at the overdosed on FIRST thread as well as all of Chief Delphi
StephLee
15-01-2008, 20:58
When you have to clear off the numerous pairs of safety glasses off of your bed so you can go to sleep.
On a similar note..when you forget to take off your buttons before you flop into bed, then immediately vacate the bed with a loud yelp.
cardinalman86
15-01-2008, 21:25
On a similar note..when you forget to take off your buttons before you flop into bed, then immediately vacate the bed with a loud yelp.
well, that and when ur car is full of buttons u've collected and left in there after the competitions
cobrawanabe1699
15-01-2008, 21:40
When your girlfriend no longer says "I wish you'd stop staring at that girl!", and starts to say "I wish you'd stop staring at that robot!"
when you leave study hall everyday to be in the robotics room with the OP of this thread to check out chiefdelphi. haha psychoflood.
beemgruem
15-01-2008, 22:42
--While you are at school for the robotics meetings, finishing your quota times with CD!! and asking your team mates if you can use theirs..
--After being around all they when you watch something on youtube for an half hour, feeling guilty because of not looking CD:)
--Wanting to know everybody in CD!!
DarkFlame145
15-01-2008, 22:48
--When you paint a car on ForzaMotor sports 2 with the FIRST logo and your team colors.
--When you wanna make a FIRST drag racer =P
--When you show "Shift Happens" to everyone that comes to your house.
--When you have a poster of Dean on your wall.
BordomBeThyName
16-01-2008, 00:09
- When you refer to your shop as home.
- When Atlanta stops being a city
- When conversations frequently start with "Dude... robots..."
- When you're excited about staying at school for 8+ hours a day.
Blue_Mist
16-01-2008, 00:33
When you consider FIRST to be a religion, and The Rule Book becomes a holy object.
What are you talking about? If The Bible is "book" in Greek, then The Book (of Rules) is just "book" in English! And my friends and I have been known to sacrifice being dry in a downpour so that we could wrap The Book in someone's jacket to keep it dry. FIRST is a religion! By this standard, anyway...:D
When you realize today is your two year anniversary of being on Chief Delphi.
...you are disappointed about having an early dismissal because it means that you won't have a robotics meeting. :(
EDIT: The weather got better so we could go!!!!
Nin_estarSaerah
18-01-2008, 19:53
when you zip-tie your hair out of your face because it takes too much time to go back to the classroom for a hair tie.
when PVC dust all over your clothes doesn't cause your mom to ask any questions.
-When you see the time is 6:48, and you immediately think that team 648 is QC Elite, and that last year they had orange bumpers just like our bot. Which actually made you cheer for the wrong team once. (Hey, I was looking through the rack.... :D)
-When you tell your brother this and he looks at you cross-eyed.
-Whenever you see times like 8:32 and 10:24 on the clock you immediately think of bolts.
-When you find a 3/16 pop rivet and an 8-32 jam nut in your pocket from last season. (Apparently I don't wear that sweatshirt much.)
-When you have your team hat that was autographed by Dean Kamen hanging on your bedpost, so can you see it every night before bed. :D
MiniNerd24
18-01-2008, 21:00
-When you start using tools for other than the intended purpose.
-When you suddenly slip C or Binary into you r conversations.
-When you complain that there aren't enough heat shrink for your text books.
-When you memorized every team/every person/every win in the history of FIRST.
-When you start making theme songs for FIRST.
-When you start trying to fix things at school (I have) and you start asking "Does anyone have any Duct tape/a monkey wrench?" or "Where's the source code for this?"
Aren_Hill
19-01-2008, 01:58
-When you see the time is 6:48, and you immediately think that team 648 is QC Elite, and that last year they had orange bumpers just like our bot. Which actually made you cheer for the wrong team once. (Hey, I was looking through the rack.... :D)
:D
when you remember they fun telescoping aluminum extrusion arm lifted by fischer prices through a rather interesting sprocket system and there coaxial swerve with 2 central gearboxes ran by timing belts... and the shape of there modules...
MasterMkanik
19-01-2008, 03:01
When you have a five day weekend...and four and a half are spent in the lab...
When you get a snow day... and procede to call all the mentors to see if you can get into the lab early...
When you look at an electronics board and say "dang, thats a sexy beast"
When you listen to fourty minute techno songs... after about four hours of daft punk...
RoboKid1566
19-01-2008, 14:02
You know your overdosed on Robotics when you are only ever home to sleep an take a shower... the rest of the time your at school..
you know your overdosed on Robotics when your parents are sick of you being gone all the time at robotics but you still go anyways....
:D :]
when you remember they fun telescoping aluminum extrusion arm lifted by fischer prices through a rather interesting sprocket system and there coaxial swerve with 2 central gearboxes ran by timing belts... and the shape of there modules...
Yeah, yeah.... :p
858member
22-01-2008, 07:31
-when you pray for a snow day so your team can work on the robot all day.
-when you call the trackball the Weighted Companion Sphere. :D
Brian J. R.
22-01-2008, 09:45
when you call the trackball the Weighted Companion Sphere. :D
The game is a lie..
on another note
When you arrive an hour early, to an optional meeting, and are met by others.
feliks_rosenber
22-01-2008, 12:25
You see your mentor more times a day than your family.
eeeeweeezeee
23-01-2008, 02:40
.......when you save receipts from In-N-Out because the order number is your team number. you also have several of these receipts pinned on a bulletin board
.......when you see your hand and wrist and the word "manipulator" comes to mind before "hand and wrist" do
I had a dream 294 was at the pre-ship scrimmage a few nights ago....
Schnabel
23-01-2008, 08:38
You know you're overdosed when you smile because the secretary in the main office knows what AndyMark is.
Psychoflood
24-01-2008, 08:20
you know you've overdosed on FIRST when you spend 4 hours outside in NYC, with a windchill that makes it feel like 4 degrees, just for a chance to talk about first on TV
daftpunk79
24-01-2008, 11:42
you know you've overdosed on FIRST when you spend 4 hours outside in NYC, with a windchill that makes it feel like 4 degrees, just for a chance to talk about first on TV
yeah...i think youve got a point there....
Kittybot
26-01-2008, 16:27
When you spend every free hour you have on CD waiting for your coach and team-mates to log on so you can talk about the robot more. :p
Given To Fly
26-01-2008, 16:34
When you enjoy making bumpers. Then the word bumpers sounds suddenly cool:yikes: Bumpers somehow consume your days, looking at past robot's bumpers. Teee heee....I said bumpers!:D
Swing by and say hello to team 1671 in San Diego this year:)
Nin_estarSaerah
26-01-2008, 17:04
when you find your self constantly searching for another FIRSTer to share something that reminds you of a part, a game, or a private joke.
when you are taking the SAT at a neighboring school and wonder if there are any other FIRST kids in the building, other than the three team members you saw.
858member
26-01-2008, 18:06
-when you pray for a snow day so your team can work on the robot all day.
And it happened too. :ahh:
3dude_2231
26-01-2008, 18:10
when you find misc. screws in our pockets,
you try to see if they fit the screw-holes in your head, and they dont!
Astarties
29-01-2008, 00:36
...when your grades in school go up after the competition because you actually have time for homework now.
...you are excited to get up at 3:00 in the morning to go to volunteer at an FLL competition
...you are very excited when you realize that you and your county's superintendent have matching tattoos! (removable tattoos of our team's logo)
MiniNerd24
29-01-2008, 18:55
...when your grades in school go up after the competition because you actually have time for homework now.
When you gain an A+ or higher in you geometry and/or physics class.
Bsteckler
02-02-2008, 17:07
When you make a keychain out of a peice of 80/20 (no joke).
Mike Schreiber
02-02-2008, 17:16
When you get sick at the end of build season (every year) for obvious reasons
Vikesrock
02-02-2008, 18:37
When you are on a non-FIRST related 12 hour bus ride and half the road signs make you think about what FRC teams in those cities (Schaumberg, IL, Hammond, IN etc. etc.) are doing right now.
...you no longer care that your hands are perpetually silvery from making parts non-stop, or perpetually greasy from attempting to make chains that are the right size.
when you wish the robot was alive so you could kill it
...A conference room at your college is the J.V.N. Dorr Room, and you immediately think of team 229. (And most people call it the Dorr Room.)
GaryVoshol
03-02-2008, 08:00
You wake up from a dream where all you green dots on CD have turned to red ... :eek:
horoponhorr
03-02-2008, 08:57
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when FIRST has caused almost as much emotional suffering as it has joy.
joycecutliff
03-02-2008, 15:55
When you are desperate to get to robotics tommorrow because all of your weightmaster time was wasted using a hacksaw!!!
joycecutliff
05-02-2008, 17:14
When you are desperate to get to robotics tommorrow because all of your weightmaster time was wasted using a hacksaw!!!
Truest thing I can saw I ♥ the hacksaw!
You know you have overdosed when...
----you are sad when there is a snow (or cold) day and you don't have school. (meaning not being able to work on the robot).
For the cold day- last week Wednesday we didn't have school because the wind chill was -35, and the night before we couldn't work on the robot because the school canceled all afterschool activities.
joycecutliff
06-02-2008, 17:14
-35 wha?
alex1699
06-02-2008, 17:20
when you can relate and act smart in class talking like you no how to put something together ...... hah true story
Urban Hawk
06-02-2008, 17:41
When you made a battery charger out of a cim motor because you hadnothing better to do... (like we did):ahh:
The Megan 2207
06-02-2008, 18:10
You know you have overdosed when...
----you are sad when there is a snow (or cold) day and you don't have school. (meaning not being able to work on the robot).
For the cold day- last week Wednesday we didn't have school because the wind chill was -35, and the night before we couldn't work on the robot because the school canceled all afterschool activities.
Our school never closes. We have had school when the wind chill was -55. MORE TIME FOR ROBOTS!:D
TheNotoriousKid
06-02-2008, 18:52
Your dreams consists of flying robots, nascar, and batteries.
joycecutliff
07-02-2008, 20:51
You know you're addicted to first when your dreams and DAYDREAMS are of Dean Kamen. Question here : I'm a noob obviously and whats with the jokes i hear about dean and wheelchairs. please no critisism but i;d really like a polite answer.
drewpybeitzel
07-02-2008, 20:55
Hockey
You know you're addicted to first when your dreams and DAYDREAMS are of Dean Kamen. Question here : I'm a noob obviously and whats with the jokes i hear about dean and wheelchairs. please no critisism but i;d really like a polite answer.Search for the iBot. It's a wheelchair Dean developed that can climb stairs and balance on two of its four wheels.
Tank2010
08-02-2008, 18:52
you know you've overdosed when you are constantly re-thinking things or improving things when you go home.
Nin_estarSaerah
08-02-2008, 21:02
you know you are overdosed on FIRST, when you absolutely adore competition, even when its FTC instead of FRC, and your robot isnt very good at all.
You know you are overdosed on FIRST when you spend your Art of the Essay class doing three things simultaneously
1) Writing your in-class essay on something in your life that has inspired you (Guess what I'm writing about....)
2)Surfing Chief Delphi
3) Writing WFA and Chairman's and putting them into firstawards.org
...when you consider skipping your ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE/birthday present of seeing the SPICE GIRLS! to stay even later after school and work on the robot.
(Don't worry, I decided against it. I'm still spicin' up my life tonight. Yay! :))
Kittybot
11-02-2008, 09:41
When Woody and Dean Kamen are in your dream! :yikes:
MR T 1923
11-02-2008, 22:21
1) When you come to school as a teacher when you are so sick you can barely breathe or think just so your team can open the closet after school and work on the robot
2) when you consider celebrating valentines day on the night of 15th with your GF just so you're team can get more time to build on the 14th.
3) When you have paul Klobergs Phone number in your cell phone
4) When you surf Cheif Delphi and respond to these posts....
roboticWanderor
11-02-2008, 22:44
1) When you come to school as a teacher when you are so sick you can barely breathe or think just so your team can open the closet after school and work on the robot
our teacher did all of that except the come to school part. we almost took out the bolt cutters from the tool closet and cut the lock on the parts cabinet, luckily the teacher next door had a key to the cabinet, or else we would have cut it open!
Nin_estarSaerah
12-02-2008, 16:03
you ziptie your pants up. either that or you know you are really skinny. or both.
(this was not me)
Zultraranger
12-02-2008, 17:03
When you join your local robotics team. :D
MiniNerd24
12-02-2008, 17:22
When your mode of transportation is a robot car you built using the robot controller and operator interface uses.
(I'm planning on doing this)
Akash Rastogi
12-02-2008, 17:55
...when 2 hours of sleep for a whole weekend is not a bare minimum anymore...you're lucky if you get 1.5 nowadays
JBotAlan
19-02-2008, 08:26
...when you actually hug the robot and say "I'll see you in New York...bye..." before it gets packed in the crate. (I really did this...)
When you go home and quote/laugh about the build sessions all day.
Or you show people the video/pictures of your robot, repeating every detail about it several times. You introduce the show as: "Lemme show you my pride and joy."
danshaffer
19-02-2008, 12:14
when you compare a robot driving autonomously at full speed into a wall of desks and turning left at just the right moment to a cnc mill running at G0 for the vise...
when your battlecry for the last 2-3 weeks has been "SHIP IT"
JaneYoung
19-02-2008, 12:43
When you arrive home and look up to see your black cat and your white cat racing side by side to greet you with their tails in the air and you think about the checkered flag.
*sigh, you had to be there, I need sleep...*
DarkFlame145
19-02-2008, 12:46
When you wake up from Dean randomly popping up in a dream, talking to you about GP.
Oh also when people know that GP stands for Gracious Professionalism.
MasterChief 573
19-02-2008, 13:00
When you come home at 4:00 am from an 18 hour meeting with 1 day left to build and are holding a Monster can with "B F C" marked on it.
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when
you remember what day things happen and when things are do by when awards are due
When you are at school seven hours longer than you should be.... DAILY :eek:
When you dream about trying to get a specific part of the robot to work exactly as designed. Then when you wake up, you hit snooze because you need to "work" on it longer.
funnything master cheif I did that last night and I couldn't sleep I just closed my eyes
when you can tell moseople that there was this one time at _____ where I did ___ and the entire team just starts cracking up
Danny McC
19-02-2008, 16:28
Hmm does not hanging out with a potential girl friend who knows nothing about robotics count? If so I am totally there. But yeah I guess that worked out against me in the end lol.
Edit: I was supposed to hang out with her like 10 times. But I always kept remembering I had meetings.
MiniNerd24
19-02-2008, 17:11
When you go to school and your chair is broken you ask "Where's the duct tape?" or "Where's the loc-tite?"
-...you are shocked and slightly confused when you DON'T find aluminum shavings in your pockets and hair.
-...you are shocked and slightly confused when you DON'T find aluminum shavings in your pockets and hair.
Don't forget the zip ties.
When "Ship Day" turns into "Ship Days" due to an overwhelmed FedEx Freight system.
joycecutliff
19-02-2008, 19:41
When you're glad the shipping truck is late so you can say bye to your baby :)
When you dream about trying to get a specific part of the robot to work exactly as designed. Then when you wake up, you hit snooze because you need to "work" on it longer.
lol i did that and then was really pissy when my dad tried to get me up
You know you've been in FIRST too long when you try to try to code your sentences, send your friends emails in C++, and start organizing social activities with your FIRST friends as soon as you get out of your last FIRST meeting.
MasterChief 573
19-02-2008, 21:27
funnything master cheif I did that last night and I couldn't sleep I just closed my eyes
I wouldn't have been able to either, but I was given advil and the rest...well lets say I got SOME sleep that night.
laultima
20-02-2008, 02:24
Firefox on the teams computer starts to Autocomplete CD captchas
K.Porter
20-02-2008, 13:55
...you go to the dentist's and have your teeth polished, and instead of wearing their safety glasses, you provide your own.
XD
When your entire family knows the safety manual and all it's contents.
MishraArtificer
09-03-2008, 19:16
...when you sneak in Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers in a report on the Greek and Roman Pantheons, AND NO ONE NOTICES!
Moheeb698
09-03-2008, 19:31
..when everytime you see someone with a pony tail you get excited, but then you realise its not woodie.
...you cheer for the team that beat you senseless in the match before
...when even the MC joins in the party elevator
....when you txt your parents telling them that you lost but still having a helluva time
...when you make lifelong friendships with people you see once a year.
BlondeNerd
09-03-2008, 19:49
when even your non-FIRST friends are excited about your competition
when, a week before your regional, your fingers and toes are painted your team colors
when you clean out your car and find robot parts and zip-ties
when you don't complain about waking up at 5:00am 3 days in a row for a regional
when you have a conversation including blue cheese, Hawaii, awkward turtles, and the multiverse and it makes perfect sense
when you wear your team paraphernalia several days after the competition
when lunch is less important than strategizing
when you take off work, your only source of income, for 2 weeks straight for regionals
when you see your robotics coach for more consecutive hours in a week than you see your own parents
...when you go back to your Java IDE after a regional, start to miss C, and hit control-f10 to try to make your project compile.
...when you figure out EXACTLY what you need to do for the following day... in the shower.
Akash Rastogi
09-03-2008, 20:40
...when Chief Delphi becomes more important than the English term paper you should be writing which determines 60something percent of your grade. :D
TeamG.I.R
09-03-2008, 21:08
...When you see a part of some device and think, darn I wish I was apart of that... I probably wouldnt have used that part but...
Kittybot
09-03-2008, 21:18
...When you check Chief Delphi's index every 5 minutes to see if a team-mate is on so you can chat to him/her instead of just using a telephone
...When you think that a member of a college basketball team looks like Dean Kamen and the guy on the other team looks like your Robotics coach.
...when someone mentions sharp edges, you immediately think of deburring.
JaneYoung
09-03-2008, 23:21
Let's see how did this go...
You find out at 9 p.m. the night before that you are picking up and delivering the trailer to the school for a big outreach downtown. So you oversleep by 15 minutes. Those are the 15 minutes that you would use to go hook up the trailer and get it down the road. You get ready and drive to the warehouse but instead of pulling in, you keep on driving until you are 1/2 way to school and realize that you have forgotten something. It's rush hour traffic so you are bumper to bumper as you turn around to retrieve the trailer. When you get to the warehouse you find out that your back left tire on your suv is totally flat. Flat. As in pancake. Luckily there is this really cool air compressor that is used for the trucks that haul feed. So the tire fills up really fast and off you head to school..and you're only 4 minutes late all total. Without coffee even.
FF_1610_EMT
10-03-2008, 11:57
When you're halfway across the world in the middle east supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and yet i still log onto the site and check it out even though i've been out of high school since 2006. Those of you at the NASA/VCU Regional, i'm pretty sure you all heard my shout out to my former team, Team 1610, during the competition.
MishraArtificer
10-03-2008, 23:04
When you're halfway across the world in the middle east supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom and yet i still log onto the site and check it out even though i've been out of high school since 2006. Those of you at the NASA/VCU Regional, i'm pretty sure you all heard my shout out to my former team, Team 1610, during the competition.
AFC Friis, thanks for crossing into the blue for us back home. Hope you can see the Israeli Regionals out that way!
Did your team ever make it out to the Great Lakes Regional while you were on it?
I think of the words of Les Miserables every night when I think about our troops in the Middle East...
God on high, hear my prayer. In my need, you have always been there
He is young, he's afraid, let him rest heaven blessed. Bring him home, bring him home, bring him home.
He's like the son I might have known If God had granted me a son.
The summers die, one by one, how soon they fly, on and on, and I am old and will be gone.
Bring him peace, bring him joy, he is young, he is only a boy
You can take, you can give, let him be, let him live.
If I die, let me die! Let him live, bring him home, bring him home…bring him home!
Keep them alive for us, friend.
danshaffer
12-03-2008, 10:16
Hm. I can fit our '07 bot in my sister's trunk. On its side. With the seats folded down. When she's not hauling 4 euphonium cases in it. (Ford Escort WAGON, YO!).
And-wait. You can FIT a harpsichord in a CHEVETTE?!! How much hacking was involved?
Half of our robot fits inside a Honda Insight! (2007)
Jimmy Cao
12-03-2008, 12:29
... you spend more time at robotics than most people spend at their job
... a new day can't start til you leave the robotics meeting the previous day (when we have all nighters, the days don't pass)
... you say "kill it" whenever you see something jerk (like autonomous mode going wrong)
basicxman
12-03-2008, 12:35
when you check the new FTC platforms blog every 5 minutes :rolleyes:
EDIT: when you're angry that Ken J hasn't posted yet but Ken J said that Ken J would post on Ken J's blog today about Ken J's new communication system
Josh Fox
16-03-2008, 18:03
... you turn on the tv to hear "with a quick release" and your head snaps up to see who is hurdling the ball...
then you realize it was just a hockey game:D
Erich & Posse
16-03-2008, 18:55
you see a "big black" t-shirt and think it stands for bane bots
The Megan 2207
16-03-2008, 22:52
you see a "big black" t-shirt and think it stands for bane bots
YAY! It's not just me!
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when you wind up in the hospital 3 weeks before regionals and the first thought that comes to mind is, "I hope it isn't broken too badly. That would make it more difficult to fix the robot."
Dan Petrovic
16-03-2008, 23:03
...when the highlight of your summer is IRI.
...when your FIRST friends from across the country give you more happy birthday wishes than your local friends.
vic burg
17-03-2008, 07:31
...when your FIRST friends from across the country give you more happy birthday wishes than your local friends.
Yeah, it is sad.... :(
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when....
you cry when you loose a match
you think that it's not possible to possibly download the 'Your FIRST....' video
you are on Chief Delphi when you are at a Regional/Championships
you try to tell people that they must have their safety goggles on.... when you are nowhere NEAR a regional
on your way home from a competition you fall asleep and dream of how the competition could have gone differently
you plan to attend a regional every week and then go to championships (sorry Wayne but I think it is slightly insane. although it is wonderful and ambitious)
You woke up at 3:00 this morning and spent more than half an hour thinking of ways your driving could have been better...
After the competition, for days the only thing I heard in my head was "blue alliance!!!"
physics_guy47
17-03-2008, 10:50
Your priorities after a competition are:
1. Talk about what you will change with the robot, scouting, etc. for the next regional.
2. Try to get your hair back to its natural color.
3. Get your voice back so people stop asking if you are sick.
4. After all that you try to catch up on 3 days of work/sleep/life from being at the regional.
BanksKid
17-03-2008, 10:54
when NEW BALANCE manufactures your team in convient shoe form, which is by the way available in both mens and womens versions........
here are some team stats after the peachtree regional...
New Balance 1002 Product Details
N-Durance® rubber compound for maximum outsole durability
N-LOCK® external support system ensures shoe is pulled snugly around your midfoot
The STABILITY WEB® delivers midfoot support and reduces the weight of the shoe
Synthetic/Mesh upper provides lightweight comfort and support
ACTEVA™ Midsole cushions and resists compression set - 12% lighter than standard foam
Abzorb® SBS in both heel and forefoot provides 5-10% more effective cushioning than original Abzorb® with no compression set
Abzorb® Strobel Board runs full length of shoe to maximize shock absorption and comfort
Anti-microbial Sock Insert: Prevents the build-up of foul smelling bacteria
Color: White with Gray, Navy, & Yellow
Shoe Weight: 425 grams (15 oz)
Shoe Last: MX-001
647techangel
17-03-2008, 15:45
You know you've overdosed on FIRST when you have flash backs of compitions
mrbob1000
17-03-2008, 16:38
when you squeal whenever you see a man with brown hair, a denim shirt and jeans just to find out it isnt dean
when you want your team uniform framed because dean kamen signed it.
when you start thinking of building a electric go-kart with parts from andymark, ifi, and various other companys
when you wonder if the Georgia dome will be ready in time after the storm.
If you wonder if that cute girl you met at reigonals will email you back.
-You and your friend wear the following to school on the Monday after the regoinal:
Team shirt
Medal (from comp...<3)
All swag that you own, including bandanas and pins
Imagery compliant gloves that you stitched yourself
and when people call you crazy...
"If it wasn't crazy, it wouldn't be robotics!" is your response
-Your science teacher asks you how you did at the regoinal, so you spend 10 minutes of class answering questions about the team/the regoinal/the bot/the big shiny medal on your chest
-You convince your non-robotics friend to feature the team in a powerpoint that your civics class is sending to Algeria
JaneYoung
17-03-2008, 16:47
-Your science teacher asks you how you did at the regoinal, so you spend 10 minutes of class answering questions about the team/the regoinal/the bot/the big shiny medal on your chest
-You convince your non-robotics friend to feature the team in a powerpoint that your civics class is sending to Algeria
Wow! That is awesome!
Akash Rastogi
17-03-2008, 18:05
...When your first day of Spring break (after coming home with the gold in Chesapeake) is spent getting back all the sleep you lost over the weekend scouting and cheering.
A new one...You know you have gotten your parents addicted to FIRST when they bring home a cake in the shape of a robot!:yikes: -my friend's parents.
Tetraman
17-03-2008, 18:25
...you avoid walking backwards in the fear you might cross the line behind you.
...no matter how big the ball is: It will be launched.
...as you drive under a bridge, you toss something up there to see if you make 8 points.
...you got a penalty
...its gonna be the red alliance! - or it's gonna be the blue alliance! - red alliance? - blue alliance? - red? - blue?
...even if you are at the regional, you watch it on SOAP Gameday.
...you don't lose The Game. Everyone wins so long as they have a good time and learn from their experiences at the Regional.
mrbob1000
17-03-2008, 18:29
If you tell somone to get there minipulators off your stuff
if you yell "THATS IMPEADING! 10 POINTS!" at somone who stopped in there car.
If you run aorund chanting "im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta,im going to atlanta, im going to atlanta"
If you bump to pass in your car.
Tetraman
17-03-2008, 18:32
If you bump to pass in your car.
ROFL :D
basicxman
17-03-2008, 21:58
lol *Warning: The driving practices in FIRST Overdrive should not be used on the real road and could result in heavy damage to your vehicle. Please take a few days off after driving an FRC Vehicle during a regional in your area, make sure you the amazing extreme side-effects of driving a robot are worn off before driving on the real road. FIRST is not associated with any damage caused to you or your vehicle after attending a FIRST Overdrive regional.*
-you know you're overdosed on FIRST when you wrote that :D :P :rolleyes: ;)
sknkmeistermatt
17-03-2008, 22:18
.....when you have read this thread from beginning to end
The Megan 2207
17-03-2008, 23:12
You discuss making a bedframe out of 80/20 so that you can slide around your room and never have to get out of bed.
This discussion took place at a robotics meeting at some time during the night in the last week of build season.
George A.
18-03-2008, 02:57
You get the FIRST logo tattooed on your arm.
(Well not the logo exactly, but close enough that people involved will know what it is).
vic burg
18-03-2008, 07:07
-Your science teacher asks you how you did at the regoinal, so you spend 10 minutes of class answering questions about the team/the regoinal/the bot/the big shiny medal on your chest
....when ALL of your teachers (3 being art teachers) ask about all the jazz of your 'weekend' trip.
Carlee10
18-03-2008, 21:32
...when you start muttering"red alliance" unconciously under your breath.
....when you refer to everybody as "that person from team..."
......when you have a 100 degree fever the first day of regional and still go to the next two days because you've been looking foward to it all year.
....when you forget that spring break's in a week and a half because you've been at regional all weekend.
.....when your non-first friends have to tell you to shut-up because all you can talk about is andy baker and your team's robot.
XXShadowXX
18-03-2008, 21:47
--you go home, and constantly push up the nonexistant safety glasses on your face
--you have yelled "THATS IMPEDING!" at someone or something.
--you read chief delphi treads at lunch, and laugh because you get every joke, but your friends read the same page and look confused
--you wore a thunderchickens button for st. patricks day because you didn't have anyother green.
--you have talked to a complete stranger about rivets vs screws for more then 3hrs
--your robot collides with a wall during hybrid and you laugh because everything ' was ' working
--you have tasted locktight and find it is quite good
--you understand the importance of magical white smoke in electrical technology
--you have scars from that arm
--you have ever talked to a bolt for more then 30 seconds
--you start conversation with complete strangers with topics like(look at them from the outside of first); randomizer programming, magentic gyroscopes, cracking 128bit encyptions, g22's, weight of timing belts, whose bumpers are bigger, big blue/red balls.
--you don't sleep starting tuesday
When you wait to snag the 973rd reply.
spinmunky
18-03-2008, 22:16
--when you where our team hat everywhere and everyone looks at you weird
--when you run around town in our mascot
--when you avoid turning right
--when you try to throw a ball from your car over an overpass
--when you shout out "DO THE MATH!"
--when you dream about Robots or anything FIRST related
-When you wear your green safety captain button for St. Patrick's day.
You know you're overdosed when you smile because the secretary in the main office knows what AndyMark is.
When you see from a list that someone at your school is named Andy Marks, and you interrupt your physics class to point this out to a member of your team.
When you write about FIRST in as many homework assignments as possible. I have written three English essays this year about FIRST.
When you see from a list that someone at your school is named Andy Marks, and you interrupt your physics class to point this out to a member of your team.
He's in my computers class. :rolleyes:
You discuss making a bedframe out of 80/20 so that you can slide around your room and never have to get out of bed.
This discussion took place at a robotics meeting at some time during the night in the last week of build season.
Haha! I went so far as to actually design a loft for my dorm out of 80-20... nice idea with the sliders though.
vic burg
19-03-2008, 07:22
.... when a friend of your cousin asks why you have blue hair and you have an entire conversation about robotics and his parents doing programming for missionaries. while your cousins just sit there and stare (at midnight, of course! LOL)
.... you try to make up another excuse for having your hair dyed blue.... but everyone already knows it's because of robotics
you have a 3 pg. essay paper due in 4 hrs, that you didn't start till 2 hrs ago because of a regional tournament...
and yet you're still on CD
basicxman
19-03-2008, 07:52
you know you're overdosed on FIRST when your firefox speeddial has vex forum, chief delphi, ftc lab, and usfirst site on it
when first is the reason you got into the college you did, but instead of working on a project worth 25% of your grade due during build season, yet you spend countless all nighters working on the robot and NOT your project.
...you spend your entire teacher's aid period looking for an MSDS for the MK ES17-12 battery instead of studying for a physics test. (BTW does anyone know where I can get one? I'm getting kind of desperate.)
Emily2177
19-03-2008, 18:24
- you hear someone say the word "center" and your mind immediatley goes to center of gravity.
-you are in constant communication with members of your team and/or mentors.
-chief delphi becomes more important to you than facebook.
hipsterjr
19-03-2008, 20:39
-When you get baptized in your team shirt!
[yes I did this, although my girl friend wasn't pleased:p ]
I've got two...
...when, after Atlanta is over, you and the rest of your team go into "robot withdrawl" from lack of competitions to attend, watch, and talk about.
...even though you're supposed to be writing a term paper for US History, you're still browsing the forums on CD and getting hyped up for your next competition... a little less than a month away.
I've got two...
...when, after Atlanta is over, you and the rest of your team go into "robot withdrawl" from lack of competitions to attend, watch, and talk about.
...even though you're supposed to be writing a term paper for US History, you're still browsing the forums on CD and getting hyped up for your next competition... a little less than a month away.
ooo ooo I got one like that. When you're supposed to be making 50 notecards for Research & Comp but instead are reading CD because you are hyped up over regionals you WON'T get to go to.
FF_1610_EMT
20-03-2008, 12:47
...you spend your entire teacher's aid period looking for an MSDS for the MK ES17-12 battery instead of studying for a physics test. (BTW does anyone know where I can get one? I'm getting kind of desperate.)
Material Safety Data Sheets are generally for chemical products only.
AllieLallah15
20-03-2008, 17:38
-When you get baptized in your team shirt!
[yes I did this, although my girl friend wasn't pleased:p ]
Holy man! That's crazy!
PizzmasterP27
20-03-2008, 23:19
you know your overdosed on FIRST when you create or post on a thread about being overdosed on FIRST:D
..Is when you starting spending hours looking at team on The Blue Alliance.
..Is when this thread is about to hit 1,000 post! :eek:
Carlee10
21-03-2008, 15:35
...when you dream about reading posts on CD, only to wake up and realixe it was only a dream
.....when you start a countdown to IRI, when its not even spring break yet.
...When you interpret anything in relation to robotics (i.e. people are talking about buying some metal, I ask them what kind and for what only to realize they mean music)
-Vivek
Danny McC
21-03-2008, 15:55
... When you spend your whole day on a webcast sending funny words and phrases on SOAP to the MC and the GA to say.
... When you sit here and wait for people to make 3 more posts so this thread can reach 1000 :D
-vivek
Torboticsmember
21-03-2008, 16:06
---When you know by this time next year you will be having a full blown heart attack, at the age of 17, all because the robot will not work as you plan, it is done, the competition etc.
actually at Peachtree I felt chest pains and I was like oh no the heart attack is coming up early, and I won't be able to see the end of the regional.
---When you know by this time next year you will be having a full blown heart attack, at the age of 17, all because the robot will not work as you plan, it is done, the competition etc.
actually at Peachtree I felt chest pains and I was like oh no the heart attack is coming up early, and I won't be able to see the end of the regional.
Lay off the dew. ;)
It may just be the caffeine.
-Vivek
XXShadowXX
21-03-2008, 18:19
wieght watchers involves a .5" diameter hole saw.
Cowmankoza
21-03-2008, 18:29
you wait till this thread is on #999 so you can post and be #1000 :D
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