You know you've overdosed on FIRST when... [Archive] - Page 5

Renee Becker-Blau

21-03-2008, 18:31

You know you've overdosed on FIRST....

when you realize that if a freshman was in FRC when it first started, and had a child at the age of 21, then in two years that child will be old enough for FRC and then you have the first FIRST generation that's have it's first FIRST generation. :ahh:

when you want to grow up and run a FRC regional event.

ajisjesus

21-03-2008, 18:37

you know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

you walk around in a band uniform with leis and a hula skirt and no one thinks your insane...

yeah.. thats me....

hipsterjr

21-03-2008, 19:29

you wait till this thread is on #999 so you can post and be #1000 :D

grrrrrr, I have been waiting 3 weeks for that post and you beat me to it:mad: :p oh well.

BanksKid

21-03-2008, 21:02

OMG POST NUMBER 1002 THE ONLY WAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IS IF A CIRCUITRUNNER HAD DOME IT...;)

wendymom

21-03-2008, 21:19

Libby K

21-03-2008, 21:25

When.......your family now has 3 generations in FIRST. (Grandparents are ambassadors, Parents ..team parents and the kids are on the team)

NO WAY! My family's the same way ;)

basicxman

21-03-2008, 22:31

lol im amazed at the above couple posts, i can see maybe two genreations but three! well i hope to continue FIRST until i die

EricH

22-03-2008, 00:46

When you are watching people do a bungee run (race for object) at the team social and you do the following:

--call a lane violation (<G22>) when one guy goes from the right lane over the divider
--call a card for aggressive play when a wrestling match starts because of that
--turn to a ref you know and ask him where his cards are.

And then you do something similar while watching sumo wrestling at the same social.

octothorpe

22-03-2008, 03:59

vivek16

22-03-2008, 19:46

fredliu168

22-03-2008, 19:54

When you prototype for every possible possiblity you can think of (for FTC).

Then laugh hysterically when one of your designs you thought of a year before can be integrated into this year's game well.

Erich & Posse

22-03-2008, 19:56

your excited this thread has more than 1000 posts

Protronie

22-03-2008, 21:21

You take your lappy to work so you can watch the regionals and end up with three dump trucks waiting for you to get your samples from them cause you didn't want to miss the action of a match. :eek:

XXShadowXX

23-03-2008, 19:37

you conga line around the field and count the length of time that you were in line in points (depending on which alliance side you started on)(your not in hybrid)

you have stayed up till 3 am on CD, with your driver, and head scouter, (my self engineer) and laughed your head off at some of the stuff people post here

Blue_Mist

24-03-2008, 00:52

When it's 1am the night before the Saturday of a regional and even though I really need the sleep I can't tear myself away from CD.

When your team does the usual gag and has the Pit Admin announce a fake tool request - in this case a metric crescent wrench - and you actually get one.

Yes, we really got a metric crescent wrench. It was a bona fide crescent wrench marked with "250mm" (presumably the length). Team 1072, you guys are amazing.

Meh, I stayed up until 2 am Wednesday night before that same regional (Davis) to print out the scouting sheets, and had to get up to get there early Thursday morning!

And we asked for a four-and-a-half-speed spike. I'm afraid we'll never get the privilege of tool requests anymore, but we ended up winning the Judges Award later that day. Blammo!

Overdose on Robotics is:

-accidentally bringing home washers, ear plugs, safety glasses, a wrench, and (intentionally) at least a pound of buttons

-finding aluminum shavings in your Robotics sweatshirt pocket, and you washed it twice since your last session with a bandsaw!

-reaching into a drawer, feeling around, pulling out the exact size wrench you need and then immediately using it, in the Pits and all without looking :eek:

-referring to teams as other, slightly more famous teams (1147 as "Eleven Chief Delphi," which made an alumnus laugh)

-looking at a clock and thinking, "Oh, Athenian," instead of "Oh, it's 8:52, I should probably be doing homework instead of Chief Delphi"

-not even programming the robot, but half-learning to program, which leads to panicking whenever I miss a close-paren

-seriously considering skipping dinner so the elevator joystick will have all its screws back into place for competition tomorrow

-and of course, the classic screaming for the robot/team/alliance until your voice runs out!

Carlee10

25-03-2008, 20:50

...sit in at the parent meeting
...hear "Andy Baker", and three people look up and say"Did someone say Andy Baker?" almost simulataneously.
...You talk about sponsorships with a general manager while your eating dinner at a resturant.
...You skip your first band contest to go to all of IRI.

brentmcjunkin

25-03-2008, 21:11

I have a regional at palmetto this weekend and i cant wait i am going through withdrawal i cant wait i am on delphi in the middle of class i just cant stop thinking about first

DarkFlame145

25-03-2008, 21:15

When your at the end of your last year, your going to college next year, then after college FIRST will decide where you will move to =P. So you can ether be part of a team or start a team. FIRST = Life

Karibou

25-03-2008, 21:50

-You're EXCITED about scrubbing the floor of the machine room (since it's a good excuse to "smell like robotics" for a good 3 weeks xD)
-The entire dentist's office knows about your upcoming competition, and all of the employees wish you good luck
-What starts as a normal, non-robotics conversation always ends as a robotics conversation
-After spending an entire regional in the pit, you know what box each tool is in when you get back home. Someone can ask where the wrenches are, and you'll just yell "Box 9" over your shoulder without thinking. Same goes for wheel treads, drill bit indexes, pneumatics, and whatever else went to comp. with the team.

XXShadowXX

25-03-2008, 21:54

-you are these 3 site at the least 2 per day.
(CD, usfirst.org, thebluealliance.net)
-you have ever yelled PWMed at a friend instead of P0WNed

DarkFlame145

25-03-2008, 21:58

-you are these 3 site at the least 2 per day.
(CD, usfirst.org, thebluealliance.net)
-you have ever yelled PWMed at a friend instead of P0WNed

I'm on all 3 right now, and I have yelled that at someone at school.

XXShadowXX

25-03-2008, 22:03

-when you can't hear the match you panic
-you can relate to more then 2 lines of white & nerdy

SL8

25-03-2008, 22:12

When you feel awkward not wear safety glasses.

lasereyes

25-03-2008, 22:20

-You still come up with new ideas for making the robot's code run better (after the regional!).

lasereyes

25-03-2008, 22:22

-you are these 3 site at the least 2 per day.
(CD, usfirst.org, thebluealliance.net)
-you have ever yelled PWMed at a friend instead of P0WNed

Totally true!

Renee Becker-Blau

25-03-2008, 22:33

you go to pit admin and ask them for a flux capacitor, and they send you to team 1730.

After the first day of the Wisconsin regional, Pit admin would just say, "Have you asked 1730 for it yet? They have everything."

(Thank you for all the tools btw ^_^)

Ricki E.

26-03-2008, 03:29

Your sitting in a District Meeting, you couldn't care less about, and you start dancing to "Jump On It" with your dearest robotics buddies.

(actually happened today!)

<3 Ricki, Monica, and Masha!

basicxman

26-03-2008, 07:48

when you're really excited for high school just so you can start an FRC team there :D

zivo123

26-03-2008, 09:41

when someone asks "You know you've overdosed on FIRST when..." and there are 1029 replies to that post...

Karibou

26-03-2008, 13:55

When you feel awkward not wear safety glasses.
I actually had headaches for not wearing my safety glasses for a week or so after ship... :ahh:

-You're still on the "build season diet," even though build ended over a month ago
-You just realize that your XM radio unit says "Delphi" on it, and your first thoughts are "CD...wait, why am I not on CD?"
-You have a CD quote in your signature on your team's fourms

XXShadowXX

26-03-2008, 14:15

-you have gone shopping after during a regional event, and wore safety glasses to the store.

Carlee10

27-03-2008, 15:34

...When you get in trouble for being on CD too much.
...When you risk getting in trouble for being on CD while you should be doing more important things.

XXShadowXX

27-03-2008, 18:12

-your doing a world cultures project and your on CD (not me):)
-CD is your homepage

Caitlin330

29-03-2008, 12:18

- you can't sleep because you want to be working on the robot so bad... (happened last night)
- your sister can't sleep because you keep telling her everything about robots, competitions, etc. (happened last night)

EricH

29-03-2008, 12:39

Caitlin, you've got it really bad. It's only your first year.:D

Then again, I had the second one from my dad back in 1999 or so... and I was hanging around the team wondering when I could join the year before.

Caitlin330

29-03-2008, 16:52

Caitlin, you've got it really bad. It's only your first year.:D

lol
yeah well, that doesn't stop me from finding more....

you can't go to school without your team pen/button/t-shirt,
your mom wonders how you can do your homework since your desk is covered in robotics stuff,
and (my favorite so far) your keyboard is covered with greasy fingerprints because you can't stop playing with a broken sprocket you somehow ended up with!
:D

(btw, i did get the grease off of the keyboard)

Karibou

29-03-2008, 19:08

-You somehow skip lunch while working on the robot at a regional, and don't realize until dinner. You're not even hungry
-You don't realize that the awards ceremony has started until someone yells "1189 just won imagery". You drop your wrenches, run/walk out of the pits, and enter the arena as the last mentor gives the first judge a high-five, so you run out onto the field, safety glasses, greasy hands, and all.
-Your ankle, which was already screwed up prior to kickoff, is now incredibly sore from doing the Cotton-Eye Joe twice in one day.
-You don't realize what effect that green Safety Captain badge (and the neon-yellow Safety Captain vest, for those of you who saw it at GLR :D ) has had on you until you start yelling at your brothers for comitting safety violations.
-You got home from the regional over an hour ago, and you're still wearing everything that you wore to the competition--including your safety glasses, face paint, and SC badge.
-You feel like you're still wearing your safety glasses, even though you took them off 3 hours ago
-You talk about gracious professionalism for a few minutes while eating dinner at Subway--yet, the beginning of the conversation was spurred by a straw wrapper.
-You've lost the ability to speak quietly after yelling "ROBOT COMING THROUGH! ROOOOOBOTTTTT!," and yelling over the sounds of drilling and hammering for who knows how many hours
-You didn't lose your voice until after the competition

MishraArtificer

29-03-2008, 19:27

...it doesn't hit you how much you miss robotics until AFTER the regional.

Wishing Team 2576 and their bot (Chupa Cabra) a safe trip home.
VIVA LA CORAZON DE CHILENO!

EricH

29-03-2008, 21:15

and (my favorite so far) your keyboard is covered with greasy fingerprints because you can't stop playing with a broken sprocket you somehow ended up with!
:D

(btw, i did get the grease off of the keyboard) Just wait till you have to take an FP gearbox apart...that's how 1135 lubed their Toughboxes.:D

lingomaniac88

29-03-2008, 21:30

...it doesn't hit you how much you miss robotics until AFTER the regional.
That is so true... *sobs*

...you start cheering wildly whenever you hear your team number.
...you can't stop thinking about that awesome hurdle you did in that last match. (only applies to 2008 FRC)
...you can't sleep on the day before a regional because you too excited.
Gracious professionalism isn't just a phrase; it's a way of life!

Nawaid Ladak

30-03-2008, 00:29

... your excited hawaii is broadcasted in prime time for the east coast.
... you watch matches from your cell phone at a party like event

The Megan 2207

30-03-2008, 11:41

You die a little inside when you shed your 2 lbs. of buttons from regionals.

You feel incomplete when you aren't wearing your Regional Operator Badge.

Caitlin330

30-03-2008, 12:49

You feel incomplete when you aren't wearing your Regional Operator Badge.

Yes! i know that feeling...
and how you totally freak out the day after the regional when you can't find your regional operator badge...

Katie_UPS

30-03-2008, 14:06

...You just know you're non-robotic friends won't understand.
...You consider wearing everything (face-paint, tube skirts, and all) you wore at competitions to school.
...You wonder how you can get out of school to watch atlanta.

Katie_UPS

30-03-2008, 14:16

When a valid excuse (in your mind) for having no homework completed is "It's robotics season."

When your teachers accept the above excuse.

Mine did too.

"Katie why didn't you do your homework?"
"I was at a Regional..."
"It was due the day after you left..."
"I was so excited I forgot?"
"Ok, fine. But I really shouldn't be accepting this."

Carlee10

30-03-2008, 14:44

...When your teacher doesn't give you homwork because he knows you missed that lesson because you were at a regional.
...When you don't have to make up swim days in gym because they know you were at a robotics competition
....When your techer tells you he won't call on you in class today because he knows you got really sick that weekend at the regional you attended last weekend.
....When you get an award at school, and when they film you recieving the award, they can barely hear you because you lost your voice screaming "Hippo, Hippo, Chomp, Chomp, Chomp!"

lingomaniac88

30-03-2008, 16:24

Whenever you give directions to a motorist, you insist on using the phrase, "Drive straight, turn left."

The Megan 2207

30-03-2008, 17:03

The day after regionals end, you begin designing possible uniforms for next year.

MishraArtificer

30-03-2008, 18:09

You die a little inside when you shed your 2 lbs. of buttons from regionals....you feel less likely to have a heart attack after you shed your 10.5 lbs. button-mail shirt. Oh boy, so many Atlas jokes when that happened.
...when the button you got from Team 2576 will become a personal heirloom. !VIVA LA CORAZON DE CHILENO!
Also, I still need more buttons. there's still room on the back, sides, and sleeves.

basicxman

30-03-2008, 18:53

when you still have your alliance captain piny 3 months after the regional :D

Karibou

30-03-2008, 20:38

Oh boy, so many Atlas jokes when that happened.
-You do a double-take when you see your robot's name to make sure that they're not talking about your bot xD
-You are going to wear everything that you wore to GLR to school--buttons and safety glasses not withstanding.
-Nobody's going to give you weird looks at school tomorrow, because they've seen you dress like that after the last regional

Katie_UPS

30-03-2008, 23:00

... You could swear they're screaming "____ robotics" at a basketball game
... You think "prom" is some weird abbreviation for "program"

robotkayleigh

31-03-2008, 00:23

You can't open your Mountain Dew can due to equipment malfunction, but have pliers in arms reach to get it open (while in your bedroom).

The Megan 2207

31-03-2008, 01:38

...you feel less likely to have a heart attack after you shed your 10.5 lbs. button-mail shirt. Oh boy, so many Atlas jokes when that happened.
...when the button you got from Team 2576 will become a personal heirloom. !VIVA LA CORAZON DE CHILENO!
Also, I still need more buttons. there's still room on the back, sides, and sleeves.

One of our team members covered herself in buttons. Pants, shirt, shoes... She even had me braid her hair so that she could put 10 more buttons in her hair on Saturday. I believe she wore approximately 20 lbs of buttons that day. They became much like scales. After a while, clanking buttons became white noise.

Cow Bell Solo

31-03-2008, 02:04

she was tin girl, since she was covered in buttons,

when you jump up and down when you see the robot weighing 119.4 lbs after changing your entire winch design between two matches and not knowing what it will weigh

Storcky

31-03-2008, 09:08

...when you have 2 tests that you haven't studied for during the day and yet, during your free period, you have 3 different newspaper articles about your team, a window of CD, usfirst.org, and TBA open on your computer

hipsterjr

31-03-2008, 11:35

You try to figure out some way to incorporate your robot into a wedding. (ring barer:p )

Chath Maral

31-03-2008, 11:50

You scream so much that your throat bleeds the first day of competition:ahh: (yes this actually happened)

Torboticsmember

31-03-2008, 16:21

you see different team numbers that you know all over the place, on tv, workbooks, school, etc
team numbers include
364
34
442
555

and you consider putting your Regional Operator's badge on your clothes for prom.

Karibou

31-03-2008, 16:28

Speaking of robot weight...
The weight of your robot is equal to your team number, and it has been for the past 3 years (it weighed 118.9!), so when you get the robot re-weighed at GLR and it only weighs 118.2, your mentor says "Ok, we've gotta find something that is functional/legal that weighs seven tenths of a pound!
-He promptly starts looking through your pit for something that actually does weigh .7lbs

Renee Becker-Blau

31-03-2008, 19:56

....Your planning on buying more tube skirts for $2.25 so you don't have to cut up the original set you have.

...you've figured out a way to make a prom dress out of tube skirts

...you would willingly skip Prom (It's the week after Atlanta), to pay for a trip to Atlanta, because it would cost about the same for those dang tickets.

...you're going to miss all of your friends in Atlanta because you just didn't make it this year T_T

...you get your robo rookies hooked on CD. (Hee hee Katie!!)

...You know you're not going to be able to function normally till about May, when Atlanta is over.

Carlee10

31-03-2008, 20:34

You try to figure out some way to incorporate your robot into a wedding. (ring barer:p )
Great idea, but whose the driver? That's the key!

hipsterjr

31-03-2008, 20:40

Great idea, but whose the driver? That's the key!

I would just get co-driver to drive...eew, maybe not a great idea lol.

I told my gf this and actually though it to be interesting:ahh:

lingomaniac88

31-03-2008, 20:46

...when you spend all day on CD and you forget to do your homework for the next day. *raises hand*

GaryVoshol

31-03-2008, 20:47

You try to figure out some way to incorporate your robot into a wedding. (ring barer:p )

Great idea, but whose the driver? That's the key!

Autonomous!

Carlee10

31-03-2008, 20:52

Well, if it works, that is!

craig watson

31-03-2008, 22:46

your driving your car and you start saying team names instead of the number of miles till empty...

for example today i looked down and saw i had "killer bees"(33) miles till empty

oh and remind me to get gas tomorrow because when i pulled in the driveway tonight i had only had "RUSH" miles till empty

lasereyes

31-03-2008, 22:48

-When at the beginning of the season, you don't understand any of these, and now you do.

Cow Bell Solo

31-03-2008, 23:23

Vikesrock

01-04-2008, 00:15

you see 93 on a license plate

You're first thought when reading this was "Who are we.....93"

ErikSR71

01-04-2008, 00:18

You plan for next year's build season while driving back home from this year's competition.

laultima

01-04-2008, 00:22

You plan for next year's build season while driving back home from this year's competition.

Don't we all?

GaryVoshol

01-04-2008, 08:42

SL8

01-04-2008, 13:57

When you cringe everytime you see someone spell FIRST first.

The Megan 2207

01-04-2008, 16:44

You're first thought when reading this was "Who are we.....93"

And your next thought is that the only thing that could make it better would be if the license plate was FRC 093.

XXShadowXX

01-04-2008, 16:54

-you have a safety token glued to you hat
(given after event had concluded by a judge)

RoboMom

02-04-2008, 18:04

The announcers are so experienced, it is almost seems effortless to work the words "lobster" "Chesapeake Bay" and especially "Cranial IV" into the play-by-play.

Éowyn

02-04-2008, 19:41

- When you're doing a problem that requires the square of 36, which happens to be 1296, one of your alliance partners from Denver. So instead of writing "1296" in the problem, you write their team name . . .

- When you go through the periodic table, looking for all the teams you can recognize in the atomic numbers.

zack916

02-04-2008, 20:55

Danny McC

02-04-2008, 20:57

-When you are thinking of 2 diffrent girls to take to the dance and you decide based one which one is more likely to want to hear FIRST stories.
-When you refuse to associate with any one who wont come to a meeting and "try out FIRST"

Dude about the FIRST one I've decided to only go for FIRST girls... if not you are done during the build season. And second all of my friends are on the robotics team so I dont gotta worry,

Chris Herold

02-04-2008, 22:01

...when you try to bring your robot in the newest pokemon game since it is way cooler than all of the monsters.
...when your robot goes the speed of light.
...when you know how many screws, bolts, and nuts your robot has without a moment of thinking.
...when other teams get paranoid because they thing team 1983 clamped them so that they are checking their shirt every 2 minutes. (sorry team 2046, especially Brian had to suffer!)

Brian J. R.

02-04-2008, 23:26

Well, Brian from 2046 was our (Drive and Pit Crew's) main target in tacoma. He would immediately turn around and check anything that we could clamp.

During the finals we clamped him and let him know that it was because we picked him, and he wore that clamp for the rest of the finals. After we had won, he came up to a bunch of us and said that he was not planning on giving it back, being clamped with a lucky clamp was a good thing.

So Brian if you read this....I will find you in Atlanta...if you don't already have that clamp on you...watch out...you will....

AllieLallah15

03-04-2008, 10:25

You know you've overdosed no FIRST when...

...when you get back from your last competition of the season at one am then lie awake in bed all night thinking over and over again, "What am I supposed to do for, like, SIX WHOLE MONTHS?!?!" Then the next day you are sluggish and on CD constantly.

Carlee10

05-04-2008, 18:00

When you actually are going through Chief Delphi withdrawal.
When you practically cry cause you think your computer is broken and you can' t get on Chief Delphi.

ay2b

06-04-2008, 20:25

When you're in an airport lounge on the other side of the world, and you logon to catch up on CD, rather than getting that much needed hour or two of sleep.

Akash Rastogi

06-04-2008, 21:00

When you're polishing your trophy and stroke it and say "That's right my precious...we're going to Atlanta"

hehe, too much LOTR this weekend

brentmcjunkin

06-04-2008, 21:07

when your in PLTW on inventor working on a project and start working on parts for your robot

Libby K

06-04-2008, 22:21

You get on the train to come home from the NYC event- and you realize regionals are over. It was a sad moment. It's almost the end of my junior year! Wow.

Cascade

06-04-2008, 23:25

When I spend Sunday night on Chief Delphi!

Good Grief :yikes:

SL8

06-04-2008, 23:27

you find your self being creative and *gasp* thinking, on a regular basis too.

Carlee10

08-04-2008, 21:56

....While you are telling your math teacher the negative powers of two, and when you see 1/1024, you think"1/the kilabytes".
...When you see a bus with the number 1114 on it, and you do a double take.

Éowyn

08-04-2008, 23:37

-When you can ask someone in dead earnest: "Do I have lithium grease on my nose?"

-When you're modeling the spare swerve module for your college Solidworks project. (Thanks for lending it to me, Aren. :D)

Storcky

09-04-2008, 09:05

...When your stress reliever is a ziptie with the end cut off so you can pull it straight through. It really works!

JoeJank103

09-04-2008, 09:12

That it does
...when you wake up in the middle of the night looking for your safety glasses

iRock

09-04-2008, 09:23

...you shed the buttons off your shirt then go and tack then to a cork board in your room.
...are always on Chief Delphi, even in school (like i am now ;) )
...move out of state and away from your team but still show up every once in a while cuz you love it so much
...you have a sudden urge to dye your hair crazy colors and spike it on a school day

Dolan

09-04-2008, 11:00

... you spend 3 hours showing off your robot dring school just because you can.

popnbrown

09-04-2008, 16:57

you check ChiefDelphi every other hour and stay on it until your parents yell at you, at which point you do it secretly.:D

Danny McC

09-04-2008, 16:58

The most exciting day of you week is the day that the Divisions for Atlanta are released.

jester357mom

10-04-2008, 08:45

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when............you go to your nail salon and have the first logo painted on your nails! Plus you get a personal state license plate "Jstrmom"

Mari

14-04-2008, 12:21

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when..
-instead of taking notes in lecture you end up with 5 pages of FIRST and
team logos
-the best part of your week was when they announced the Atlanta divisions
-you check Chief Delphi at least once an hour
-every conversation leads to robotics
-When you have a firefox window just for robotics websites open 24/7
-when you are late to class because you had to Reply to a Thread in Chief
Delphi (already 10 mins late) @_@

Dorienne

14-04-2008, 12:23

I don't know if this was mentioned but...

...you're upset that you can't arrange your college schedule to volunteer all three days at a FIRST Regional competition.

This was me this semester. :(

EricH

14-04-2008, 12:29

I don't know if this was mentioned but...

...you're upset that you can't arrange your college schedule to volunteer all three days at a FIRST Regional competition.

This was me this semester. :(When you use your spring break to volunteer or mentor all FOUR days (Wed. setup, Thurs.-Sat. mentor, Sat. takedown). (I can't make it to either of the closest regionals to college--but L.A. was during spring break.)

--When you're on a school trip and you're doing FF scoring every spare minute you have battery power on your laptop.

--When you think you've identified all the FIRSTers and former/would-be FIRSTers on campus.

Suspect_Deezy

14-04-2008, 13:07

-WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND BECOME TERRIFIED BECAUSE YOUR HAIR IS NOT THE COLOR OF THE DIE YOU PUT IN IT AT THE COMPOTITION

animemonkey84

14-04-2008, 14:28

When you are sitting here on cheifdelphi instead of using the school computer for "work-related" use

When you are up till 4 in the morning making team badges to give out to other teams

Kittybot

14-04-2008, 17:50

When you lie to your track coach about why you're not coming to practice tomorrow because you want to go to ONE robotics meeting in four weeks, and whenever you tell him the truth he lays a guilt trip on you, making you feel guilty for going to robotics (which I shouldn't cause I'm not needed at track as much as Robotics).

When you spend twice as much time on Robotics and getting ideas for next year written and typed to show tomorrow to the team than your homework.

:D :D

fredliu168

14-04-2008, 18:14

When you have a university exam tommorow worth 40%, which you haven't been to a single lecture, and haven't started studying... but your still on chiefdelphi =S

You take a nap and dream about the results of the FTC world competition (just happened)

Katie_UPS

14-04-2008, 19:16

...When you know that you're going to spend every minute off of (and even possibly during) school watching Atlanta

...When you have dreams about your robot breaking down.

...When you go to other sporting events and start critizsizing how lame it is compared to a regional.

...When your security blanket is your safety glasses.

...When You start looking for welds in everyday places. (but that might just be a welder thing...)

Protronie

14-04-2008, 19:20

First thing you do in the morning is check for new post on CD and no matter how late at night or how tired you are you just have to recheck CD before going to bed.

You wake up at night and just have to check for new post! :p

lasereyes

14-04-2008, 20:15

When you lie to your track coach about why you're not coming to practice tomorrow because you want to go to ONE robotics meeting in four weeks, and whenever you tell him the truth he lays a guilt trip on you, making you feel guilty for going to robotics (which I shouldn't cause I'm not needed at track as much as track).

When you spend twice as much time on Robotics and getting ideas for next year written and typed to show tomorrow to the team than your homework.

:D :D

Robotics is WAY more important and/or fun than Track (and I'm team captain of my school's track team...:P)

Storcky

14-04-2008, 22:41

When you say about 4 sentences at a college open house and become known as "the robotics girl" :D

StephLee

15-04-2008, 16:59

When you nearly cheer at a college open house because the first item on the list of things your entering class has done is "FIRST Robotics."

When you come home from school and get on CD, then realize (two hours later) that you're still on CD...and you're leaving for Atlanta tomorrow and need to do homework...

zachjo

15-04-2008, 17:01

you don't study for a huge exam until 3:00 AM becuase you are on CD.
you order an Asus EEE pc just for scouting and as an excuse to buy one :D

vivek16

15-04-2008, 17:25

When you would wait have post number 1114 but are too impatient to wait because you want to read all the other threads :(

-vivek

fredliu168

15-04-2008, 17:26

When u get post 1114 XD

Graham Donaldson

15-04-2008, 17:38

When you see 1113 replies and think "Hey, that'll be the 1114th post in that thread!"

P.S. Man, are we ever geeks sometimes.

Qbranch

15-04-2008, 17:42

When bored:

-With a computer: you dream up projects for your programming team to work on during the summer (maybe just a programming team captain thing)

-With a cellphone: you go to YouTube (love sprint) and search for the newest videos tagged with 'robot' (latest finds: one (toyota sometimes scarily amazes me) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=qyPAIpXm-nU), two (yes, it's a pneumatically actuated rubik's cube solver) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=jkft2qaKv_o), three (self repairing chair) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlQ4K-N2OVM))

-With yourself: you play around with physics and calculus to see what interesting relationships you can stumble accross.

-q :]

-q

Torboticsmember

16-04-2008, 21:50

When ever you automatically capitalize FIRST when doing essays when you are not talking about FIRST

Renee Becker-Blau

16-04-2008, 21:58

when you realize you missed post 1114

when you tell a member of their team, to post on their number

When you're desperate for text messages from teams in Atlanta, because you want to know what's going on and your parents won't let you skip school.

You plan a robotics demo the Friday of Atlanta just so you can stay in your teachers room for an extra hour after watching matches.

You start planning how to make a robo prom dress for next year

You "ban" your self from CD until Atlanta is over, only to find your self posting on this thread....

christina_omg

16-04-2008, 23:05

when you chant green alliance when eating dinner in medieval times.

takeegan

16-04-2008, 23:51

when you were looking through college info online and found yourself on cd:confused:

Torboticsmember

17-04-2008, 16:09

When someone asks you the time, you say 1:23 and someone else yells out 456. Greatest chant ever

Protronie

17-04-2008, 20:12

You have a accident on your way to Atlanta... when you wake up in the hospital your first words are... WHO WON? :eek:

Katie_UPS

17-04-2008, 20:53

When you see 1113 replies and think "Hey, that'll be the 1114th post in that thread!"

P.S. Man, are we ever geeks sometimes.

I know, but its so much fun.

I wish my team number were lower.
ACK.

vivek16

17-04-2008, 21:13

I know, but its so much fun.

I wish my team number were lower.
ACK.

Hey, come back in a year... I have to wait like, two years! :(

-Vivek

p.s. Is there a way to get a pm when this thread reaches a certain post number? :P

takeegan

17-04-2008, 22:15

.... when you see the post number and wonder why theres no name next to the number

Dolan

17-04-2008, 22:24

... when you cry your self to sleep because your not in Atlanta

lingomaniac88

17-04-2008, 22:47

...you desperately want to get your hands on a cRIO.

daltore

17-04-2008, 23:01

--When you have two rows of tabs in Firefox, and all of them either begin with a "47" icon or a triangle, circle, and square.

Katie_UPS

17-04-2008, 23:37

when you start thinking what you're doing with robotics instead of what you should be doing, and you wonder how you're gunna quote it for this thread.

Libby K

18-04-2008, 00:57

When you have to wake up at 3 am for your flight to atlanta and you don't sleep because you're SO EXCITED....and also working on sponsorship information for next year.

basicxman

18-04-2008, 07:49

...when you see 1114 posts and you think Simbotics is taking over chief delphi as well:ahh: :D :cool:

feliks_rosenber

18-04-2008, 10:26

when you know by heart how many posts belong to each and every ChiefDelpher!

brentmcjunkin

18-04-2008, 10:55

when you collect the Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers trading cards 399 is handing out

Katie_UPS

18-04-2008, 16:22

....When every class you went to today, you were late, and it was all robotics related.

(sorry I've been posting on this one alot. Its one of my favorite threads.)
=]
(and I'm simbotics fan. I haven't been able to see ONE of their matched today, because everytime, it came on a minute or two after I had to be somewhere; i.e. they come on right after I have to catch my bus... )

SL8

18-04-2008, 16:39

I'm not overdosed, I'm not even addicted. I just choose to never, ever, ever leave FIRST.

lasereyes

18-04-2008, 16:41

I'm not overdosed, I'm not even addicted. I just choose to never, ever, ever leave FIRST.

Agreed. It will be a sad day if (not when) I ever run out of time for FIRST.

Is there such a thing as not having time for FIRST? :yikes:

Protronie

18-04-2008, 20:16

Protronie

18-04-2008, 20:42

I don't have a FIRST problem, I can quit anytime I want! :D

Just cause I've stayed glued to my lappy all day...
And just cause I threw a fit when the wifi went down...
And just cause I've spent over an hour reading every new post here don't mean a thing.

I can quit anytime I want! :p

Okay so I'm back but that don't mean I'm a FIRST junkie or overdosed
on it, or can't quit...
Just that I choose not to. ;)

Carlee10

18-04-2008, 21:31

When you quote yourself in a post about yourself in a post directly after the post you just made about not being addicted to FIRST(sorry Protronie, but that's addiction. they also have 12 step programs for that. cold turkey works too.)

XXShadowXX

18-04-2008, 21:36

--four members of your team can stay up till 4 a.m. reading cd

BlondeNerd

18-04-2008, 22:20

when people ask you what you want for your birthday, all you say is "For my team to be in Atlanta on that day!"

Protronie

18-04-2008, 23:27

Blue_Mist

18-04-2008, 23:29

You don't reckon I'm overdosing do you?
Is there a cure for FIRST? :]

More FIRST. You'll never get over it, it's what they call a "vicious cycle." A really fun, really awesome, life-changing kind of vicious cycle.

Renee Becker-Blau

19-04-2008, 00:56

Why would we even create a 12 step cycle??

You miss 3 of your classes to watch the Championship.

You stay late after school just to watch your favorite team play. (Katie!! I would have given you a ride home! :P)

SL8

19-04-2008, 00:57

we're all overdosed on FIRST. call the Inspiration control center.

Katie_UPS

19-04-2008, 23:29

I'm not suffering from my FIRST "addiction". I enjoy every minute of it.

and;
...When you spend 6+ hours in a dark basement watching nationals.

(thanks Renee)

Renee Becker-Blau

20-04-2008, 00:24

....you don't lose your voice during regionals in March, but you lose it cheering in a basement at the video stream of Atlanta.

Alivia

20-04-2008, 10:15

When you say about 4 sentences at a college open house and become known as "the robotics girl" :D

I totally know what you mean! That happened to me every time we had to play a "getting to know eachother" icebreaker game! =]

...when--during the Championships--you are watching the webcast, talking on the phone with a former member of your former team, getting match results via text message from TBA while at the same time getting texts and phone calls from your old team about two-three times an hour.

...when every paper or presentation you do in high school/college somehow incorporates robotics in it.

...when your wardrobe consists of mainly robotics-themed clothes.

...when you've seriously considered getting a tattoo because that's how much you love FIRST/your robotics team. (Sidenote: I don't do well with pain, so I won't get one, but I think it'd be kinda cool!)

jester_assault

20-04-2008, 19:04

...you see one of the transport carts in the airport heading toward a crowd and you have to fight back the urge to yell "ROBOT COMING THROUGH"

Graham Donaldson

20-04-2008, 22:11

...when you walk through the wrap party after championships with second team member chair-carrying a third team member, and having a fourth team member out in front yelling "ROBOT COMING THROUGH!!!"

...when you're walking through the airport and joking around by breaking rules with you as the robot, i.e. crossing back over a line- G22, stopping in front of someone-impeding, lightly shoving someone's shoulder- contact outside the bumper zone. The only thing we couldn't do was interfere with a hurdler...

lingomaniac88

20-04-2008, 23:05

The only thing we couldn't do was interfere with a hurdler...
Interestingly, I saw someone at an airport a few days ago trying to toss a ball high up into the air. :P

No, I wasn't catching a plane to Atlanta. :(

Akash Rastogi

20-04-2008, 23:42

When you get so depressed because all of your senior friends are leaving including the person that started this thread. =..(

:( :( :(

vic burg

21-04-2008, 07:19

.... you are at the airport waiting to go home, and you think the flight attendant said "division 3 robots please load". (but she was really calling for zone 3 rows to load [the plane]) LOL
.... you see a guys at the airport with a lot of luggage on a cart and you immediately call out "robot coming through!" in a VERY load voice
.... you blame the freshmen for impeding you from your luggage
.... you call a penalty on some random person for not moving their car when your dad is trying to pick you up from the airport.... and then you tell him "red alliance has won the match on a account of a penalty by the blue alliance" once you get in the car
.... he actually knows what you meant by that
.... at the social you called 4 penalties on other people at the food tables ( I only did it once)
.... you miss the feeling of your safety goggles
.... you have over 30 FIRST shirts .... and could go an entire month without having to wash shirts.... and still have some left over
.... you suitcase was overweight because of all the other shirts you got there
.... you are surprised that the freshmen didnt set off the metal detector from all the pins on his bag
.... you were up at 11 at night at the hotel, on chief delphi
.... you are at school now, on chief delphi, when you could be very well sleeping.:D

XXShadowXX

21-04-2008, 12:15

--You don't know what to do now that the championship event is over

Sila741

21-04-2008, 12:32

When you skip study hall to go to the computer lab and browse CD just so that you can try and avoid the inevitable depression of the knowladge that season is over.
When your bag is delayed coming back from champs because you packed your button cloak
When random numbers and phrases cause your mind to spit out data and names of teams.

RoboMom

21-04-2008, 12:43

That closet on the floors of the Marriot Marquis labeled with "FDC" in red letters continues to stop me each year. This year, I got to thinking whether the "intermediate" program had changed it's initials again.

Carlee10

21-04-2008, 16:00

You don't reckon I'm overdosing do you?
Is there a cure for FIRST? :]

Yes, definitly overdosing, but in a good way. There is no cure from FIRST, its a lifelong addiction. I was just letting you know in case you had missed that glaring and quite obvious fact.

You know you've overdosed on First when you recive informatioin about an advaned junior/senior high school and the only thing that makes you read the information is the fact that it has a "robotics club"
...when your friends tell you to shut up about the robotics fundraisers you're setting up.
....when your favorite teacher agrees to be taped to the wall for you, because she knows how much you love robotics.

lasereyes

21-04-2008, 16:02

-When you spend more time on CD in one year than you did on homework for all 4 years in high school.

kjolana1124

21-04-2008, 16:10

- You laugh whenever you see the WWF on TV because of what President Bush Sr. Said.

SammyKay

21-04-2008, 17:19

-When you dream about walking through the pit during Nationals on the night before you leave Atlanta. And the only reason you wake up is cuz your roommate sticks your vibrating phone on your leg. {Happened to me on Sunday. I thought the phone was something else vibrating in my dream. Ha :] }
-When you spend all your free time on CD when you never have before just trying to find this one guy who you met at Nationals and all you know is his team and his first name
-When everyone in your family and even beyond family knew that you were excited for RoboProm this year just cuz it's your rookie year and you want to take a million pictures to show your nonrobotics friends
-When you put your hair in pigtails, put pipe cleaners in the pony tail ring, and braid the pipe cleaners in your hair to create funky hair and spray your hair blue cuz your team is the LuNaTeCs :]

Shinglei

21-04-2008, 22:16

...you finally actually create a CD account
...you read all of the rules and threads that you can instead of studying for APs
...you start planning for next year, worrying because you can't go to nationals as a rookie team
...you feel completely lost because not only is the season over, but you have a week off from school for spring break
...you see today's XKCD (http://xkcd.com/) and your first thought is "hey! Those aren't omniwheels..." then "I wanna build one!"

EDIT: ...you tell all your friends about the Championships and how the game works and email them links to YouTube videos and try to get your friends from other schools to make teams...

micbel9

22-04-2008, 08:09

...When you realize the everyone around you knows how to play euchre and what it is, and you can't yell BOOM really loudly in 4th hour, like you did in your hotel lobby, because you threw down the right bower to take the trick and win the game

...When you a simple slip of the toungue suddenly becomes an inside joke and you try to come back to school and spread it so that all of your friends use the word

...When you realize that your house doesn't have 47 floors so you go on your roof throw something down and try to race it down (that was fun 1025)

khemathunder09

23-04-2008, 18:59

...when you dream about the game and wake up wondering why you didn't think of that sooner (even if it is six months after the Championship).

lingomaniac88

24-04-2008, 22:39

...when you take the bumpers off your car and replace them with pool noodles.

/*P4bl0*/

25-04-2008, 08:58

...when your on Chief Delphi 24/7
...when you cant stop thinking about next years competison
...when you are reading and thinking if your hook on first

Eye-gor

25-04-2008, 11:00

... you see a random guy with a mohawk and wonder what award his team got. (It is a 1388 tradition to shave our hair into mohawks if we get to the Championships)

Carlee10

25-04-2008, 11:02

Even girls????

Eye-gor

25-04-2008, 12:16

No, sorry. this year we only got our head mentor to shave his head. No one else wanted to get rid of their hair, but one kid said he would if we did really well at championships. Apparently we didn't do quite good enough:( such spirit.

Joe G.

25-04-2008, 15:08

I even have a t-shirt that says "Actually, I -am- a rocket scientist" :)

You know you've overdosed on FIRST (or rocketry) when you own the same shirt as Dave.

When you watch 6 fields of atlanta at once

When you need to buy a new remote, because you left yours in Hartford.

When you have a pile of random zipties in the middle of your bedroom floor, which no one in your house sees as unusual.

When your family purchases a basketball hoop, and you want to replace the acryllic backboard with Lexan.

When you try to convince them that it would be easier to just CAD and build our own hoop.

When assembling said hoop, you encounter difficulties, because most of your tools are in your school's shop from late nights, when the team needed an extra socket wrench.

When you still have, fully assembled, all 6 FLL robots you helped build in your house.

XXShadowXX

25-04-2008, 15:37

Your building a segway out of IFI parts during build season

James1902

25-04-2008, 20:23

-When it's friday night, you have no homework and time to go out to a movie, but are sad because the only reason you have time is because champs is over:(

Tottanka

27-04-2008, 10:13

When everytime you see a person wearing a zebra striped shirt, you feel he is important, and are bit afraid to go backwards or touch anybody out of the shoe-zone.

When you see a black-white squares flag you don't thing about NasCar/Formula 1, but about OverDrive, even if it is a commercial on a national newspaper.

You are upset and even angry at anyone who doesn't dig FIRST .

Your girlfriend is a FIRSTer, your 2 best friends are FIRSTers, you realize most of your friends on facebook are FIRSTers, and the biggest group on your MSN contact list is named "Co-workers (FIRST)", and it is by far the biggest one.

feliks_rosenber

27-04-2008, 11:09

When you turn on your mobile phone and the welcome message that appears on the screen says "another 11 months until 2009 regional".

When you follow your teammates posts on CD.

When you ask yourself how come there is no such equivalent to "CLASSMATES.COM" as "FIRSTers.COM".

And finally when on all the computers in your school,the screen savers are texts like "No Atlanta !" or "At least there is Bombamela"...

:)

Tottanka

27-04-2008, 15:20

And finally when on all the computers in your school,the screen savers are texts like "No Atlanta !" or "At least there is Bombamela"...

:)
Bombamela = the Israeli burning man :P

SL8

27-04-2008, 15:21

When you are on your band trip watching a 3D movie for the first time ever called DeepSea 3D and your only thought is, "when are we going to have a water game".

Carlee10

28-04-2008, 15:52

...when the background on your phone and computer are of last season's robot.
...when your non-robotics friend steals said phone and tells you robotics is "gay" and that you have no life.
...When you agree with that friend.
...When your friend asks you if you can make him a robot to pick up his room, and you say yes and start explaining what you could do for him.

Dancin103

28-04-2008, 16:54

When you are watching a hockey game, and a player gets checked into the glass, and you say to yourself, "wait he can't do that, it's impeeding...oh wait never mind it's not robotics." - and yes this really happend. lol It was funny.

waialua359

28-04-2008, 17:23

your already prepping for the 2009 kickoff, working on the 2009 CA presentation, and ready to sign up for 3 regionals and CMP.

Renee Becker-Blau

28-04-2008, 20:18

...Even after full year after no tubes... when ever someone says "spoiler" the only thing that comes to mind is black tube skirts...

...you've already planned a whole day robotics meeting for the last day of school, robots roaming the halls and all...

Katie_UPS

28-04-2008, 20:21

... You hear someone say thunderchickens and spaz because you think they're talking about the team (they were making fun of a high school)
... You see a basketball warm-up shirt that says "I'm a keeper" and the number is 07 and you freak out and run across the street to see if they have any relations to robotics (no they didn't)

lingomaniac88

29-04-2008, 23:38

...you see your team number in random places (say, a receipt, a sign, or a license plate) and you notice it. Better yet, you actively look for your team number in these places.

popnbrown

30-04-2008, 15:47

I still can't believe I check CD over 20 times a day. I'm going to count the number of times I check in the next next week (next wk = APs)! GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE TAKING APs!!!

Dancin103

01-05-2008, 17:40

When you pull into school and the spot number is 47, and the first thing you do is chant "fourty-seven...chief delphi" out loud in your car. lol

Brian J. R.

01-05-2008, 23:42

When before the meeting you and a friend had gone to Starbucks and on the way back you (or me the driver) looks over at an address and sees 198 and thinks..."if there was a three after that..." When you see there is a three you let out a shriek of joy, immediately turn the car around and get your friend to bolt out, take a picture, and still show up in time for the meeting.

swaknight

02-05-2008, 08:18

when you are sitting in math class and instead of remembering the formulas, all you notice are the numbers on your paper. 111, 397, 47, 141. instead of saying the answer, you say wildstang, knightriders, chief delphi and wobot (actually did this in class yesterday)

Hunter Levesque

02-05-2008, 08:43

When you're playing Super Smash Brothers and the damage counters remind you of first teams.

sgreco

02-05-2008, 19:09

Posting on this thread is almost useless because of all of the replies...but I have to...Because I have overdosed on FIRST. (actually I wouldn't call it overdosing because there is no such thing as too much FIRST)

I cannot see a number without thinking of a FIRST team. I have even started to refer to numbers as the FIRST team name and not the number itself.

Aside from all this: You know you have overdosed on FIRST when you are staring at the clock when it is 11:14 and 2:17, when you get 111 as an answer on math homework and you write Wildstang, When gas prices are around MOE and Robotic Plague and you remember the days when they were Robonaut and Gaelforce, You watch the count down to the Hammond spaghetti dinner(even when you're T-Hawks miles away and have nothing to do with it).

Kittybot

04-05-2008, 19:17

When your whole team has papers printed off by one of our team-mates that has countdown numbers till next year's kick-off in your locker/room. :D :D

lingomaniac88

04-05-2008, 19:55

When you're playing Super Smash Brothers and the damage counters remind you of first teams.
It's easier when your team number is relatively low. I don't think it's even possible to have more than 999% damage.

If you watch the Powerthirst video and think of the cRIO video shown at the Championship.

GaryVoshol

04-05-2008, 20:54

... when you're reffing a soccer game, and the team name is Killer Bees. And you remark to the other AR, who is also in FRC, "They don't look like 33. No antennae, and they're not in bright yellow."

Dancin103

05-05-2008, 14:54

When any number you see reminds you of something from FIRST, whether it's the price of gas, the time, the amount of time you have been on the phone, or even answer on a test. Like right now, gas is $3.65 (MOE), an answer to a physics problem was 330 (the Beach Bots), and I looked at the clock today and it was exactly 1:03. :)

SL8

05-05-2008, 15:20

Carlee10

05-05-2008, 15:25

I got the answer 1501 on a math problem today, and wrote team THRUST next to it. I'm waiting to see what my math teacher says.

Dancin103

05-05-2008, 21:14

I got the answer 1501 on a math problem today, and wrote team THRUST next to it. I'm waiting to see what my math teacher says.

Haha...yeah I was very tempted to write Beach Bots next to my answer, but I didn't, I really should have though... :)

Cass

Bethany Mc.

05-05-2008, 22:21

...you can look at the game piece and think of it as material for your prom dress...
Look at my dress it is really made from a trackball and real dots!! (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/31465?)
...you really what Dean and Woodie to see your prom dress^:D enough to wear it in the pits until you get them to sign it;)

Renee Becker-Blau

05-05-2008, 22:43

Haha...yeah I was very tempted to write Beach Bots next to my answer, but I didn't, I really should have though... :)

Cass

I got Beach Bots today in class, I ended up writing at the bottom of my page 330 = Beach Bots!!!!! There was one other person from my team in math class as well, and when we got out we looked at each other and yelled "Beach bots!"

BlondeNerd

06-05-2008, 19:03

when you very nearly squeal when your team number is incorporated in an AP test question...and you proceed to circle, underline, etc. it

Carlee10

06-05-2008, 22:24

...when you fall asleep while you're "working" in the lab.
...when you start looking for team numbers in everyday life.
...when you have two old team shirts at home, a new one at home, and another in your locker just in case.

christina_omg

07-05-2008, 10:44

when someone says "we're got a match in 2 minutes" and you're ready to run

even though you're standing in your schools auditorium...

Andrew141WOBOT

07-05-2008, 18:26

You think while doing chores after Nationals... 'I wonder if my lawn mower uses the acronym principal like the WOBOT.'
You constantly dream on the bus to school about next year's game.
While you are driving and a slow car is in front of you, you actually think about gently bumping them so you can Hurdle.
You think of speed as feet per second instead of miles per hour.

Joe G.

09-05-2008, 08:39

When you are watching the Indiana Primary results, and when it came down to Hammond's votes, your first thought is "OMG 71 is going to make the differance"

Alivia

09-05-2008, 09:06

When you are watching the Indiana Primary results, and when it came down to Hammond's votes, your first thought is "OMG 71 is going to make the differance"

This made me laugh out loud! Very funny addition to the list! :D

...when you like to keep the temperature in your house the same number of degrees as your team number.

Dolan

09-05-2008, 11:33

... when it feels like years until the next meeting.

hoorayforpink

10-05-2008, 12:50

When you where a thunderchickens shirt to a funeral.

The Megan 2207

10-05-2008, 21:04

This made me laugh out loud! Very funny addition to the list! :D

...when you like to keep the temperature in your house the same number of degrees as your team number.

I would do that, except I don't think humans can survive at temperatures of 2207 degrees... That's awesome that you can keep your house at your team number's temperature!

takeegan

10-05-2008, 21:17

i cooked dinner at 230 degrees if that counts:)

GaryVoshol

11-05-2008, 07:11

When it's Pentecost and they want you to wear red at church, and the only thing you have that is red is the shirt you got for reffing FLL World Festival.

Torboticsmember

11-05-2008, 08:32

When thinking of Sadie Hawkins themes you think of Sadie goes to a FIRST event. And you are totally serious about it.

Bruce_Almighty

11-05-2008, 10:06

when in math class you get excited when the math problem equals your team number

SL8

11-05-2008, 11:03

when in math class you get excited when the math problem equals your team number

When you can remember the previous 20 iterations of this quote.

Mitch1525

11-05-2008, 14:11

When you get a new screen name : RoboChick528
sadly it isn't my team number, I figured my non-FIRST friends would get too angry

When you carry hot pink duct tape, multicolored zip ties and saftey glasses and everyone thinks it's normal

When part of the 1/8 in square tubing used on the 2007 robot is on a necklace that you never take off

When you are invited to Prom by someone on WildStang in Atlanta and you wouldn't have met the guy unless you had done robotics

When you try to get a Prom dress that would match the previously stated necklace

When you no longer say "Awkward Turtle" you say "2108" **everyday occurance**

When your iPod has more music from competitions than anything else and you don't find it unsual to start the Cotton Eye Joe or the Macarena in the hallways with your friends

When all your graphic design projects relate to robots or FIRST or team numbers and whatnot

When taking a roadtrip, you take pictures of mile markes and then post them on Facebook under team names receiving many comments from people very confused who don't do FIRST and a lot of celebratory comments from fellow FIRSTers

EricH

11-05-2008, 15:03

When you see Covington Drive or Dillard Lane...and you immediately think of the appropriate FIRST mentors and teams.

christina_omg

12-05-2008, 13:00

when you spend a day in six flags comparing piston strokes on rides, taking bets on pneumatic or hydrolics, checking out sprockets, and planning a project on amusement park rides for class next year.

Kim Masi

12-05-2008, 17:44

When you get tendonitis in Atlanta in your ankle and have to wear a hot pink cast for 3 weeks and use crutches.:o ...but then you have your teammates and other FIRST friends sign it :)

EricH

13-05-2008, 00:24

When you get tendonitis in Atlanta in your ankle and have to wear a hot pink cast for 3 weeks and use crutches.:o ...but then you have your teammates and other FIRST friends sign it :)What? No reference to 233? :) You're not overdosed yet...

Dancin103

13-05-2008, 18:12

When you are at the Florida regional, and it is 2 am and you get picture messages from your friend that is running around the hotel taking pictures of room numbers that relate to first. (0103-our team, 1403-my friends team, 8020-what we build our robot out of, and so on. lol)

When you break a nail in the pit and instead of trying to find a nail file, you just resort to using the file that was just used on the robot. lol :)

Cass

chessking132

13-05-2008, 19:07

When you are driving a car and you think that you are on Ernestine driving your robot around the track.

Matthew Simpson
Team 75 Driver

Carlee10

13-05-2008, 21:09

..When you refer to your robot as "him" instead of "it".
...When you cutting paper with a paper cutter, and you're thinking about making a robot similar to it, and you start designing a whole game around the paper cutter and paper cutter robot in your head.

lingomaniac88

13-05-2008, 21:22

...room numbers...8020...
Room 8020? I can't imagine a hotel with 80 floors... :eek:

...when you see a license plate that starts with the letters "CMU" and you immediately think of the CMUcam. (This happened to me today.)

Ericgehrken

13-05-2008, 21:32

When you walk around school looking for locker numbers of famous teams.

BlondeNerd

14-05-2008, 12:12

When you break a nail in the pit and instead of trying to find a nail file, you just resort to using the file that was just used on the robot. lol :)

Cass

I've done that many times!

Dancin103

14-05-2008, 20:13

[QUOTE=lingomaniac88;747932]Room 8020? I can't imagine a hotel with 80 floors... :eek:

The hotel in Florida had multiple buildings, and in building 8 there was a room 8020. lol It's true.

Dancin103

14-05-2008, 20:14

When you are writing an english paper about society, and then all of a sudden you find your self writing about gracious professionalism and you even quoted Woodie. lol :)

Cass

Joe G.

14-05-2008, 20:18

When watching Seinfeld, you get excited when Jerry states that the first three letters of his license plate are "JVN"

Mitch1525

14-05-2008, 23:27

When you have your first kiss with a FIRST guy at a FIRST competition... The only thing that would have made it better would have been it it was my first FIRST event. Thankfully I'm too in love with FIRST to have this year be my first competition :D

Dancin103

15-05-2008, 09:04

IBdrummer

18-05-2008, 00:51

When you go to prom and go out of your way to dance to all the songs they played at competition...
unfortunately they forgot the chicken dance :(

SayDeeM8194

18-05-2008, 18:16

You are waitressing and the total for their meal is $5.55 and rather that saying "five dollars and fifty five cents" you say "5-5-5".... Then they look at you in total confusion as you realize what you just did.

Stephi Rae

19-05-2008, 01:48

When you get a new screen name : RoboChick528
sadly it isn't my team number, I figured my non-FIRST friends would get too angry

When your Xbox Live gamertag is Robochik and you get random messages from people asking if you're in FIRST and make new friends that you meet up with at competitions!!!

When you do the same sort of thing, only through facebook...

When you have already gone through your academic calendar for your freshman year of college next year to figure out where you'll be for kickoff! (I'll be home in Seattle with good old 1983, before heading back to WPI and 190 after the first full week of build season (from my estimations...))

ErikEdhlund

19-05-2008, 19:21

Awww mitch thats cute, I have to say it. Well anyway You know you are in FIRST when Raul Olivera is you hero, yet you fear him.

Katie_UPS

31-05-2008, 21:55

When after reading the 5-5-5 post
You are waitressing and the total for their meal is $5.55 and rather that saying "five dollars and fifty five cents" you say "5-5-5".... Then they look at you in total confusion as you realize what you just did.

You go to resurant with the address 555 and wonder why you don't know that team number...

lingomaniac88

02-06-2008, 21:33

...when you think The Greatest American Hero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_American_Hero) is a documentary about Dean Kamen.

JBotAlan

02-06-2008, 22:53

When you are taking your road test and stop partway across the stop line, but argue that you are in the clear because you did not COMPLETELY cross the line...

ginosoprano09

02-06-2008, 23:44

-when in physics u start to see electricity and magnetism,and you think that the rest are noobs cuz u already know how to set up a circuit board. :D

ttldomination

03-06-2008, 11:20

-when one of your teammates ticks you off, and so you go write a C program to diss him.

Karibou

04-06-2008, 17:07

-Even though the full-blown robotics season is over, you still spazz out when you see something imagery compliant or something that reminds you of your robot
-You sign your teammate's yearbook by drawing your team's logo, then writing about all of the good jokes you had during the competition season.
-You're nailed in the shoulder while playing dodgeball in gym, and it reminds you of all of the things that fell on/hurt that shoulder during robotics (a drill bit, half of a manipulator...)
-You wish that most of your team didn't go to the other school in your district, because you wanted to see what they'd write in your yearbook
-You're wearing your team shirt in a commercial that you helped your 11 year old brother make for a class, and you hope that it spurs more interest in your team.

Dolan

09-06-2008, 21:05

When you go to your friend/Captains graduation party and your first question is weather or not he will Mentor next year and late during the party you talk to another teammate about what the team plans are for the summer.

Cow Bell Solo

10-06-2008, 22:04

When you go to a fellow members graduation party and when you arrive there are robotics members already there and you talk with them and you don't leave cause more robotics members come and arrive and you are talking about plans for next year.

Katie_UPS

12-06-2008, 00:51

-You go shopping with your friend and you constantly make robotics references.

-You cry because your seniors are leaving the team, not because they are graduating.

ttldomination

12-06-2008, 11:49

- You realize that when you go to a team member's birthday party, nearly everyone there is from the team.

- When you first get onto firefox, the first website you check are Chief Delphi, Vex Forum, and/or FTC Lab.

The Megan 2207

12-06-2008, 11:58

You find your team number in the serial number of a dollar bill, and you no longer wish to spend it.

lingomaniac88

12-06-2008, 16:53

When you read something like "chief diplomat" as "Chief Delphi."

This happened to me once...

ZInventor

12-06-2008, 17:58

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when:

Your'e a SOPHOMORE helping JUNIORS finish a project of ADVANCED EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

and,

you BEG the Adv.Exp.Sci. teacher to let you join the class, and he says he wisher you could, but since the principal cays no, can't let you (but still lets you skip other classes to work on AES projects!!!!!

and, he guarantees that you'll get in to the class next year... YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!

(at which time you're planning to build either: a fully functional Tokamak fusion reactor, or, a high powered gaus or rail gun for protecting your future college dorm room...

-Z