Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

That is a beautiful response! My standard response is "you don't?!"

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You sir need one of these Swiss Tech Utili-keys. I have made it past security check points well over a dozen times with mine(I do have a fat key chain to help hid it to be fair) and it is so cheap at $10 that even if they DO find it I can just buy a new one without caring. You can use it as your knife/saw, scissors, and screwdriver when you can't have the real ones. They are fantastic!

http://www.amazon.com/Swiss-Tech-ST6...ili-key+6-in-1

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Looks like an easy way to lose a finger to me; I keep my tools in the left pocket and keys (two sets; one for the car, trailer,and bicycle locks on the car fob, and the other for the house, office, church, team workshop, and P.O. Boxes on a garage door opener fob) in the right pocket.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

The key folds open to expose the blade and it isn't super sharp, if your key is open and exposing the blade it is most definitely no longer on your key chain. It's just like having a key chain pocket knife.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you're filling out your STIMS info again and:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you are reading about the Apollo-Soyuz Program and keep reading "Coopertition" instead of cooperation. ::rtm:: :ahh:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when the vast majority of your phone and PC's search history consists of Chief Delphi, The Blue Alliance, and various teams' websites.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you visit a craft fair and instead of buying anything you spend all your time examining each exhibitor's 10x10 booth space and looking for ideas for your pit!

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Don't use so many ideas from the craft fair that you forget to leave room to work on the robot, or to get it in and out of the pit!

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

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

-You make up seasons worth of hours before pre-season even starts :ahh:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

you get more excited for kickoff then christmas.

This thread is almost 10 years old, $@#$@#$@#$@#.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You haven't seen a certain friend for years, but you're hyped over kickoff and think that everything else is WAY less awesome. :]

OMG: Less than 48 hours until kickoff. :yikes:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

I do that all the time! :]

OMG: Less than FOURTY EIGHT hours until kickoff! :yikes:
I feel like if I repeat this over and over, then I will finally believe it

When you don't believe that there is less than FOURTY EIGHT hours until kickoff, and this is your fourth year! :ahh:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

36 hours now.

...When you blow off a R2D2 robot that was made for the schools spirit game next week to hype for the kickoff.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you wish that College Board recognizes FRC as an AP course... :]

AP Robotics? Sounds like a cool class to me. They added AP comp Sci principals this year and our school is getting it next year so I guess it's a step in the right direction.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you have the encrypted game manual up on your computer even though you don't have the password, because you want to be ready when the password is revealed.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

To be clear that is the whole point of the encrypted manual. They are trying to avoid too many people accessing the website during kickoff.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Yep, otherwise the website gets super slow. I'm just waiting to get the password for the manual!

Was thinking the same thing. Got used to the offseason Cd not used to people not knowing everything. I fear for Sunday night football though....

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You get safety glasses envy when one of your friends gets a new pair and they aren't all scratched up or broken.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You stare at the timer all-day-long. :]

http://frccountdown.hosthorde.net/

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when you add Stronghold to Wikipedia's Stronghold Disambiguation page

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...you start talking about how excited you are for robotics at work and are using terms like "build season" "kick off" "kit of parts" "bag day" "Chairmans" "Dean Kamen" "regionals" "Recycle Rush" and "Stronghold", and then you look up at your co-workers faces and realized you basically could have been speaking Swahili and they would have understood about the same amount.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

This is my FIRST (hehe did I make a funny? Can I be an elite now?) year doing FIRST (our school just calls it robotics) and I got most of these jokes

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...you simply build your entire robot for the sole purpose of counting down. Giant mechanical clock, anyone?

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

--When CAD crashes are a part of life
--When you wanna bang your head in disappointment when people think mecanums are a great idea for 2016 game.

2016 year of broken Mecanum and omni wheels.
Solidworks 2015 year of disorienting views.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

But inventor though.
also,
--when you try constraining the ball and realize the person who CADed one for you did it with free form.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when its the day where you are supposed to wear a shirt for your college of choice and you wear a stronghold volunteer shirt.

when you come home disappointed that nobody commented on said shirt.

When you send this email to college board begging for AP Robotics, even though you are a senior and you would not benefit from this class:

Hello College Board,
My name is Gal Egozi, and I am a senior in high school.
I have been participating in robotics for the past four years, and I would like to suggest that it be added as a new AP course.
I feel that there should be robotics in every school in the nation, but the school does not have a reason to fund robotics; I see this problem on my team as well.
I would personally like to see FIRST Robotics incorporated into this course, but there are other programs, such as VEX that are also good.
Even though I cannot benefit from this course, I would like to see an AP Robotics course for future students.
Please consider adding a robotics course to the AP curriculum.
Thanks,
Gal

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

I think 118, 254, and 2052 would like to have a word with you.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you read TBA as The Blue Alliance instead of To Be Announced.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you realize this thread is old enough to be an FLL student.

When you spend more time thinking about robotics projects for the upcoming offseason than on your college classes (and Finals are two weeks away :ahh: )

When you've realized you've been a mentor of an FRC Team longer than you were in high school.

When Chief Delphi is my FIRST (/groan) refresh when I log into my school laptop.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Don't forget 971 and everyone else in this thread.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you are still at Champs, but already thinking about what needs to be done to the build area before kickoff next year, and already have a countdown running.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you're sitting in gym class freaking out because you want to see how a team is doing but TBA won't load.

When you get TBA to load and screech when that team wins, scaring your friends and making your teacher fear for your sanity.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When students said you were too young to be a mentor in 1996 and getting old in 2016.

WARNING: when someone tells you they need you to mentor for just one year good luck with that :D it is going to be a LONG year. Like 20x longer than you might think.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

-You see a group of teenagers, one with a helmet, and you ask if that one is the safety captain.
-You can still hear the game announcers when no matches are running.

Andy FS
Team 980

When you find scrap aluminum from your robot in your drive way which is 15 mile away from where we build our robot

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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When cheesecake is not a food anymore to you :D

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When cheesecake is the ONLY food to you anymore.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

I am watching FRC GameSense videos from 2014.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

... I have an essay due in two days, and instead of writing it, I'm watching the Einstein livestream.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you read all 3642 posts on this thread, and rematch every single match you team has played after Einstein ends....ever

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you have withdrawals and don't know what to do with your life after you just won your division and it's all over now.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you realize that the season is over.... and you now officially have to back to the relatively BORING life of high school

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When, while walking through a crowd of people, I yell "RO-BOT!" At them, in an attempt to make them move out of the way

When every time you see a colorful trailer you wonder what robotics team it is

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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When season is over and your team hasn't met for 3 weeks but you still browse Chief Delphi religiously.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You're already working on Dean's Homework even though you've had actual homework overdue for the past weeks, and it's been late because all you do is browse Chief Delphi and work on your second robot and compete at regionals and pre-scout for champs and plan everything and shoot a teaser video for worlds and try to sleep because you're so excited for worlds but then you realize it's also because you forgot to eat so you get up to eat and then realize it's the night before worlds so you're not going to sleep anyway until you get on that bus and yeah... Maybe I need a break...

P.S.
will.i.am tho
he had a huge overdose on FIRST, but it was dope. You can't say it wasn't

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you realize that you didnt study for any AP tests because of worlds...

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

...you know you've overdosed on FIRST when you see people wearing blue or red and you think they are rooting for one of the alliances...

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

YES, OH MY GOD yes. I do that waaaay too much.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you wait months for the post count to reach 3653 so you can post on your team number; 3654

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

The only thing you should do. Robot Even Harder!!!!

You may have overdosed on FIRST if you have this person's dedication to getting just one post right.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

when after a group of people suggests to go first you reply with Stronghold/Res-Q

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you're still watching your back because you're paranoid that you're gonna get clipped...

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When, upon seeing a can of Mountain Dew Code Red you can hear Tom Nader in your head announcing "Team 2771, Code Red Robitics!" (no, not a typo)

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Oh boy, just 868 more posts until it's my turn!

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

I think you mean 898, as its only 854 till my turn :rolleyes:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Post season: After months of evening and weekend meetings chewing up your free time, you're thrilled to see one of your students ask "When's the next meeting?" :yikes:

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you think your chemistry teacher is a secret FRC fan because most of the test answer values match popular team numbers.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

you're wearing The Riveters (1481) bandana you got from worlds at school.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

Cortana asks you if you work at the school you coach robotics at.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

#TSIMFD

-'nuff said

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

... you cross the globe, lost a few games, don´t receive any award, and still are extremely happy with it and is planning the next.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When classmates are setting up booths in the hall for a school project and you catch yourself asking, "Can I leave this in your pit?"

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you walk into class and your algebra 2 teacher is looking at the Algebra 1 stuff, and when you see the word "elimination", you have flashbacks to the Indiana State Champs

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When during the holiday season you get advertising on Pandora for 6061-T6 aluminum.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

-you get a little too excited over a wire stripper at home depot at 9:30 in the morning
-that one pair of safety glasses, those are mine don't touch them
-you own enough buttons to make a knight's armor
-every sci fi movie is no fun to watch because the robots are way too impractical and difficult to build to justify its existence
-you get excited over having another 3/8 anything
-wire crimping comes naturally

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you know your math teacher is, because if you can't figure out the answer to a problem on a test you might as well guess 159 because it's always the answer to one of the questions.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

you don't consider the New Year to begin until Kickoff.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When the most important part of the Holidays is the sweet-relief after the parties and actual holidays and Kickoff.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

…when you have forty tabs open on your phone and only three aren't Chief Delphi, Github, or WPILIB. Also when you had 1678's 2016 repo open on three different tabs until you closed the other two. (I forgot it was already open)

…when you see the word count of one of your college essays is 254 and you aren't even mad that you went over four words because Cheesy Poofs.

…when you know that there are only 5 days, 9 hours, and 35 minutes until the hardest fun of 2017 begins.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

When you spend several hours on New Year's Eve setting rivnuts and trying to pull them out to figure out the best way to do this.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

You wake up at 2:54 am and aren't even mad bc robots

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

My team is a district-wide team for five teams. As a result, most of my classmates ask "Are they in robotics?" when I mention someone they don't know. Which happens a lot...

Also, my friend told me he had this conversation the other day:
Friend: You know Ryan right?
Person: Who?
Friend: The guy in robotics.
Person: Oh yeah I know him.

Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...
 

on kickoff eve, even though you are your team's lead technical mentor, you aren't banking sleep, but cooking some gumbo for tomorrow's kickoff event.