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

...when you'd rather spend your lunch and after school hrs with your team and robot rather than your friends

...when you stay up till morning hours working on robotics related things [haha...last week was suppose to be up working on a new layout for my website but ended up coding the entire layout for my robotics team website...]

...when all you'd rather do are FIRST competitions [lol, after the wonderland competition today a bunch of the team members went to BK to chill and one person was like how it'd be crazy wicked if all you did was like drive all over the country in a coach and participating in FIRST competitions/events...]

...when you're willing to miss your favourite [insert something here -- class, tv show -- etc...] just for robotics

...when all you do is talk about robotics no matter who you're with

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

-You are willing and wanting to spend ten hours a day, every day of the week, for at least three weeks, just to finish your robot (at the end (or in my case, the animation).

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

...when you can come up with 85 pages worth of stuff that shows you're addicted to FIRST.

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

When your desktop background is a FIRST field.

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

When the following apply to you team...

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

When all you have in life is posting on this site!

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

you dream about building robots in your sleep.

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

When you post on this site in the middle of school! :D

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

when ur at a restaurant an u have crayons an they table cloth is paper an u start doodling the FIRST logo! :D
(even after drag racing for a day)

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

...when you'd give up your mornings, evenings, nights, weekends AND holidays/breaks just for working on the robot

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

when you write papers about FIRST...and you're the only person in your class that understands it at all

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

When the basis of your SAT essay in on FIRST

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

When you cut back on the hours spent at a well paying job with few challenges, to take a job that gives a small honorarium, way too many hours and endless challenges, but gives you an excuse to talk about FIRST to anyone who will listen. :)

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

when you know the names of every robot made with your team and atleast a dozen other teams since you were in the fifth grade!

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

when you've been with the team longer than you've been in school, and longer than some of the mentors...and you've still got a year to go