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when you hear "Sweet Caroline" on the radio, and the first thing you think of is Team 33, The Killer Bees
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When you can walk around your house and find a pleathora of buttons from different teams and sponsors.
When you can't wait for school to start, because you can resume Robotics meetings, and it means Kick-Off is coming soon. Also, when you get super happy that this thread is approaching your rather high team number (2410) |
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When you find that in the heat, some of the team buttons you got at competition have fused to your team shirt
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Stupid Sprint, check your copyright laws first :P Thaine |
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When you notice that the GRUB bootloader takes up your team number in Kilobytes of memory
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When you've been waiting for the above post so you can be the 2410th post, and make your captain proud!
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At your back to school rave, you and your robotics friends hear the beginning of 'Satisfaction' and get very excited only to realize its a rap remix. And then you and your friends rant to your mother about them only playing top 40 :(
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When you see a group of people in matching shirts you immediately think of being at a FIRST competition, and your sister knows you're about to scream your teams song to see who calls back and she stops you so you won't embarrass her.
It was worth it, although the group didn't call back and skirted away as quickly as they could. :D |
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...When fitting two robots in your garage is more important than fitting your car in.
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When you begin immediately thinking higher of an entire city because of the FIRST competition it hosts
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when you realize that you can't remember the names of the mascots of your school's rivals (or any other school in the area) despite having played with the pep band for every home football and basketball game for the past 3 years, yet FRC team mascots come readily to mind
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When you are defragging the team laptop and you discover that a file is contained within 399 fragments.
When you are cleaning out said laptop and you discover there are 399 megabytes of files in the recycle bin. When you notice the above, then make it a point to post it on CD before bed. |
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When you can no longer play soccer normally because you now have a tendency to stay on one side of the field and wait for the ball and won't move up the field.
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...Chrome lists CD before Twitter as one of your most visited websites.
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You wait 2 years so your post can be # 2421 in this thread!!!:D
and when you go to chief delphy before you do any hw...ever |
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...you keep thinking your team should try to get Harbor Freight as a sponsor, because in every ad (and I've been getting a lot of them lately), they say they have 330 stores.
...the fact that Harbor Freight has 330 stores is starting to drive you crazy. |
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When your brother pretends to put on a bib, and you go, "That was so 2008."
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When your friends ask when you will have free time, you reply "May," and they just stare at you...
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When you start to notice team numbers in the mileage of your family's new car. and you try to drive said car as much as possible so that you can be driving when said car hits 2345 miles, so i can pull over and take a picture of it. |
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When you secretly wish your niece had picked a different day to get married so you wouldn't miss River Rage.
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When you spend the entirety of a 9 hour plane trip to CA (from rural VA) making plans for a robot you want to build.
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when you're running airfoil simulations in engineering and produce an airfoil with a coefficient of lift of 0.399, and immediately have to tell your robotics buddies about it since it's the team you won regionals with rookie year
when you jump on CD in the middle of class while working on said simulations to share when you're now trying to make an airfoil with a lift coefficient of 2.996, or some other number with the same sequence |
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When you start rewriting Lady Gaga songs about FIRST...here's what I've got so far...
Favorite FIRST Team (To the tune of Paparazzi) We are the crowd We're c-coming out Got my buttons its true Need that button from you It's so magical Your robot is unbeatable I got my team shirt signed by Woody and Dean I'm so fabulous With glasses of safety They don't have a price Ready for the green field light 'Cuz you know that baby I I'm your biggest fan I'll follow you until you love me You're my favorite FIRST team Baby, we'll be famous Chase you down until you choose me I'll accept graciously Promise I'll play fine But I won't stop until that banner's mine Baby we'll be famous Chase you down until you love me You're my favorite FIRST team |
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when your able to convince your tennis team that you got traded to another FRC team and are transferring out at the end of the semester all because you wore another team's shirt besides your own
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Building the kit chassis from last year for prototyping drive trains for 2011...in your room.
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you take your robot to a soccer game and make a jersey that fits over your robot to look like a person and you change the team number to "Kick hard, sorry ;), I'll run over you, and GGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!" (and take out their best player from behind to get a red card! =P)
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When you keep an eye on this thread for months so you can post your team number... and are then angry that you missed it because you had to go get a haircut.
(Poor post #2429 - we were never meant to be.) Also, when you've gone to college and you're happy that a significant portion of your classmates were also FIRST members. Yeah! |
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When you try to think of posts for this thread so it might someday get to your team number... (C'mon guys, it can't be that hard to get to 3,132 posts!!!)
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When you remember that you should get on CD again and facepalm and smack yourself for forgetting in the first place becuase this site is a place that shouldn't be forgotten.
Also, when you spend 12 hours a day for six days straight staring at Inventor and hoping that it will go faster so you can finish the redesign of a drive system (Crab drive in my case) so that at the next meeting you have something awesome to keep the design team going during the summer (My plan didn't work due to a lack of communication). |
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No matter how the word "first" is used you always think of FIRST.
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When I am looking forward toward the FIRST season than the football game on friday... I am pretty burnt out from Football, I chose it will be my last year, and do Robotics all through my second half of my Junior year to graduation
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when you spent 6 tiresome(but still amazing) weeks building a robot and still decided to compete at one(or more) regionals with your team, volunteer at 3+ other regionals as well as champs, get home and wonder what you're gonna do until january...
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...When the "Army of Sum" patch/sticker has gone thgough the wash so many times on your jacket that it is now fused to it....
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When your parents are glad for build season, for you're out of the house, and therefore not talking about FIRST to them
When you're disappointed that you don't have enough robotics t-shirts, even though your closet is full of them (wish it was true) You consider only people on your team to be your friends |
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You watch the Grand Final (kind of like the Super Bowl) and wish it was a televised FRC competition!
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When you have spent 18 hours reading every post on this thread.
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...When your physics teacher compliments you on your dowel-taping skillz during a lab.
The dowel needed to be completely covered in tape. We covered the rollers of our ball magnet in electrical tape for better grip. Repeatedly. Unrelated: Turning a CIM motor with only your wrists is a good workout. |
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When you see the license plate "FRC FAN" and get really excited. After numerous failed attempts at picture taking while at the stoplight you follow them into a gas station and ask if they would mind you taking a picture.
(the guy had no idea what FIRST was, so he thought I was a smidge creepy. soooo worth it!!) |
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When you get goosebumps just thinking about kickoff.
When you jump up and down and commence screaming when you find out you are registered for Championships this year. When you get overly excited explaining FIRST to the freshman on the team, and begin to scare them a little. |
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You scream with glee every time you see an Airtrax in the latest Star Trek movie.
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You notice the number of medals Australia currently has in the 2010 Commonwealth games equals a team number! (121)
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...you see this quote: http://notalwaysright.com/drive-hoo/7015
and immediately look up team 1209 to see whether that team is in that area. |
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When you see the following problem in your math book during class and instantly think "FIRST"
The number T of teams that have participated in a robot-building competition for high school students can be modeled by T(x)=(7.51x^2)-(16.4x)+35, 0 is less than or equal to x, x is less than or equal to 9, where x is the number of years since 1992. for what years was the number of teams greater than 100? (bonus points to whoever solves it) |
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I know the answer.
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The real question is, is that an accurate function for FRC? |
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1997+
in your pre-engineering class everyone, including the teacher, asks for advice from you. |
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when your bored enough to think up a wd-40 spin-off of an old spice commercial
Hello nerds, look at your robot, now back to me, now back to your robot, now back to me! sadly, it isnt me, but if it stopped using ladies scented robot wash and switched to WD-40 it could smell like me. look down, back up, where are you, your at the arena with the man your robot could smell like. whats in your hand, back at me, i have it. its an oyster with that tool you love. look again, the tool is now nuts and bolts. anything is possibe when your man smells like WD-40 and not a lady. im on a bus |
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Wildcat, if you filmed that you would make my life.
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*sigh* I can't wait for kickoff... Im actually am planning on going to kick off instead of just watching from my computer.
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When you get mad because your ThunderChickens lanyard for your keys, "Sticks out too much for dress code". So I now have to keep them entirely in my pocket. :o
And they almost made me take off my FIRST pin. :( |
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When you're ready to curse Dave Lavery sometime shortly before December, every year.
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....Competed in FIRST for four years
....Decided to mentor your team and two others your first year out of hs and volunteer for a regional ....Mentored your high school team and volunteered for two regionals in your second year out of hs ....Decided to help mentor a rookie team and volunteer for three regionals your third year out of hs ...WHATS NEXT :ahh: |
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... you go home looking to buy a lathe and mill when your going off to college in less than a year.
... your homework consists of finding cool things to make in the shop. ... you begin scouting for an event before the game is even announced. ... you apply for a college because they have an FRC team. (Not solely because of that, but you understand what I mean!) |
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You look at the trailers of every lawn mowing service, to see if maybe it's one from an FRC team.
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When your robotics team is already starting for build season.
When you aren't sure how you are going to get all your FLL stuff done by FRC season. |
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When, after your robot has messed up for the 50th time in a row, you're muttering "I hate this! I'm going to quit right now and never come back," as you're walking back to the computer to fix the program again!
(one of those moments of severe dissapointment after many hours of hard work... I still love it!) |
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-When you still have 2 months until kick-off and your challenging yourself on old games encase they come into play next year.
-You want to play the Red vs Blue puma music out of the cart next year, along with hats for you and your friends that go with Red or Blue team -Your becoming more and more like the Big Bang theory characters (Friday was meatloaf and Halo night) without robotics -When you check Bill's Blog at least twice a day in hopes of a game hint (other then a tennis ball) |
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In my former workplace years ago, the bosses ordered a used computerized phototypesetting machine. It was about the size of a large desk, and rather heavy. It was specially shipped from Seattle to Hermosa Beach, CA, in--you guessed it--a horse trailer! One end of the machine had a long, curving gouge on it. I liked to think that it could have been damaged by a horse kicking it. |
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When you wish WikiLeaks would cover FIRST...
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-I'm the only member of my team who's active on Chief Delphi -I've been distracted in class dreaming about Build Season -I decided to try to write a blog about my First Experienced -I got over my head in trying to start a FRC podcast and oh yeah, I've about Driven my Team crazy with keeping them informed about Bill's Blog (Scoundrels, they should all be reading it themselves;) ) |
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...when you realize that you are the only team member who reguarly checks CD ...create the code for your off season swerve project because the main programmer is "too busy" ...when the mentors are asking you what you want to do until kickoff |
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...when you get upset because you didn't make the top post on page 166 of this thread.
..when you and your friend end a brainstorm with "We should try that out at the next training." ...when your entire programming team hates Binky (pointers teacher) |
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>>>> When you spend most of your time on ChiefDelphi (24/7).
>>>> When you try to remember something on a test all that pops up in your head is robotics. >>>> When you talk about Robotics to your dog and think she's understanding |
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-When you start having dreams every night about robots.
-When you consider failing your senior year to stay in First. -When you can tell somebody about the robots your team has built since 2001. -When you see years past robots that are taken apart and laying in 17 different places and it brings tears to your eyes. -when you spend weekends teaching your parents dances to songs they play at regionals. -when you forget that other humans exist outside of the robotics lab. |
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My personality just changes as soon as it gets close to robot season. I get all serious. I look like I am in deep thought all the time. I don't mess around like I do in football season, robot is serious business.
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When you skip going to get sushi at work so you can stay at your desk and work on FIRST stuff...
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When you spent your weekend helping run an FLL competition and are REALLY tired, but you can't wait for build season.
When you learn a lot about Denmark because their Ambassador came to the said FLL competition. |
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When you can't wait to spend endless hours after school, only to go home at 9 to do homework.
When you try to create mock FRC games in your head and come up with the best possible solution to the hypothetical game. :D |
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When your dreaming about next years game - with some nights being good with an awesome game - and other times waking up with a nightmare cause the game was absolutely horrible.
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When you see your team's number in your family's dinner reciept and then when you go to that restaurant again you make everyone get the same thing so 32.29 will be at the bottom again :)
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When you find a map on Google that shows where most of the teams are and add your team to it. :D
When you wish that map had every robotics team in the world. When you spend 45 minutes of each of your 4 class periods on CD. When you make every popular song have something to do with robotics (Cybersonic to the song supersonic) When you have an affair with the lathe and the mill. When you finish your engineering design car early so you can spend more time on your off-season prototypes. |
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@cyberphil: Team 166 actually made a physical map to give to dean with all the teams...you know what's annoying? Tiny little dots :D
...when you still think about GP at Science Olympiad...and then realize that few teams do. |
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When you do so much robotics work in your bedroom, that when you enter it after (or before) competition, you automatically reach for your safetly glasses.
(Not lying, I have a "Safety Glasses REQUIRED Beyond This Point" sign on my door) |
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...You hope to get a 33 on the ACT (but not more, because 33 is a good number)
...You assign IP addresses on your network based on team numbers ...You use "THUNDERCHICKENS!" as an exclamation. |
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...you get the FIRST logo on your high school class ring and your team name and number inscribed on the inside of the ring.
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This year I am learning to program. Its different and weird and cool. I like it. but I think programming is getting to me...
My dad gave me a 10 to spend at the Lego League tournament this Saturday in Flint [Mi]. I folded it up and put it in my phone. My brother walks by and asks me "Abby, why is your phone stuck partway open?" I say "Programming Error..." He looks confused and lifts open my phone, only to she the 10 spill out. I laugh and say "Just a few too many 1's and 0's.." :cool: |
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When you're taking NerdTest.com's computer geek test and the question asks "What does CD mean to you?[list of terms]" and you immediately think "...Chief Delphi of course."
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When your AP calc questions have numbers of teams in the problems.
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When you get hired by a public school system to bring FIRST to their schools.
No, seriously, just happened to me. Im thrilled! |
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