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Your dreams consists of flying robots, nascar, and batteries.
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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.
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Hockey
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you know you've overdosed when you are constantly re-thinking things or improving things when you go home.
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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.
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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! :)) |
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When Woody and Dean Kamen are in your dream! :yikes:
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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.... |
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you ziptie your pants up. either that or you know you are really skinny. or both.
(this was not me) |
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When you join your local robotics team. :D
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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) |
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...when 2 hours of sleep for a whole weekend is not a bare minimum anymore...you're lucky if you get 1.5 nowadays
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...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...)
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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." |
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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" |
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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...* |
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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. |
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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.
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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: |
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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.
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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 |
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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. |
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When you go to school and your chair is broken you ask "Where's the duct tape?" or "Where's the loc-tite?"
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-...you are shocked and slightly confused when you DON'T find aluminum shavings in your pockets and hair.
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When "Ship Day" turns into "Ship Days" due to an overwhelmed FedEx Freight system.
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When you're glad the shipping truck is late so you can say bye to your baby :)
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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.
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Firefox on the teams computer starts to Autocomplete CD captchas
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...you go to the dentist's and have your teeth polished, and instead of wearing their safety glasses, you provide your own.
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When your entire family knows the safety manual and all it's contents. |
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...when you sneak in Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers in a report on the Greek and Roman Pantheons, AND NO ONE NOTICES!
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..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. |
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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 |
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...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. |
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...when Chief Delphi becomes more important than the English term paper you should be writing which determines 60something percent of your grade. :D
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...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...
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...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. |
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...when someone mentions sharp edges, you immediately think of deburring.
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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. |
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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.
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... 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) |
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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 |
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... 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 |
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you see a "big black" t-shirt and think it stands for bane bots
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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." |
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...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. |
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You woke up at 3:00 this morning and spent more than half an hour thinking of ways your driving could have been better...
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After the competition, for days the only thing I heard in my head was "blue alliance!!!"
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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. |
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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 |
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You know you've overdosed on FIRST when you have flash backs of compitions
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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. |
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-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 |
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...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. |
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...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. |
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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. |
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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: ;) |
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.....when you have read this thread from beginning to end
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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. |
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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). |
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...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. |
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--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 |
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When you wait to snag the 973rd reply.
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--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 |
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-When you wear your green safety captain button for St. Patrick's day.
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When you write about FIRST in as many homework assignments as possible. I have written three English essays this year about FIRST. |
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.... 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 |
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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 |
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you know you're overdosed on FIRST when your firefox speeddial has vex forum, chief delphi, ftc lab, and usfirst site on it
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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.
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...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.)
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- 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. |
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-When you get baptized in your team shirt!
[yes I did this, although my girl friend wasn't pleased:p ] |
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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. |
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you know your overdosed on FIRST when you create or post on a thread about being overdosed on FIRST:D
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..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: |
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...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. |
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...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 |
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... When you spend your whole day on a webcast sending funny words and phrases on SOAP to the MC and the GA to say.
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... When you sit here and wait for people to make 3 more posts so this thread can reach 1000 :D
-vivek |
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---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. |
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wieght watchers involves a .5" diameter hole saw.
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you wait till this thread is on #999 so you can post and be #1000 :D
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