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

So since the FRC championship competition in Atlanta this past weekend, i've been insanely tired/hooked on FIRST. The product of both of those, combined with a really boring spanish class, have produced a list of things that prove how much of our mind FIRST really occupies.. and yes i have done about half the things on the list. Haha, i hope you enjoy:

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

-Cheers from the competition accidentally slip into normal conversation
-Every time you see a helicopter you think "Dean Kamen is my hero"
-You swear you hear people cheering "Blue Alliance" in the middle of lunch
-You come home with a suit of armor made out of buttons from random teams.
-Every time you hear a whistle you think about switching to offense
-Every time you hear "FIRST" you proudly show off the finale party wristband... which you still have on your wrist.
-When you watch basketball on T.V. you could swear you saw a green light on the backboard
-When your parents call you up for dinner, you whip out your phone to text your friends to ask when they want to meet at the CNN tower.
-When you see people in a group wearing shirts of a similar color, you wonder what team they are.
-When you hear people go "Awwwwwwwwwww" you look for the toppled robot.
-You type "FIRST" into google just to see it appear on the top of the list.
-Upon your return home you try and convince your entire group of friends to join FIRST
-90% of the words out of your mouth are inside jokes from the trip to Atlanta
-You wait on the bottom step on a flight of stairs wondering why the escalator isn't working.
-You carry a pair of safety glasses on you at all times... in everyday life.
-You come home and write a thread on Chief Delphi about knowing when you've overdoesed on FIRST robotics.

If anyone has any of their own they want to add, post them here so we can all get a good laugh. FIRST robotics FTW!

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

you try to make a shopping cart that will automatically go up stairs?

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

hahahaha hmmm that could be done >.>

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-When you cry, not that you didn't get to Quarter Finals, but that the Season's over.
-When brought three pairs of safty glasses, and lost two.
-When you see a wheel chair you think of Dean.
-When you plan on NEVER taking that wristband off till it falls off.

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

How about one I personally experienced:

- When you didn't go to Atlanta, but think that getting sick all three days was a sign you were supposed to watch attentively at all times. :p

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You know you're overdosed with FIRST when...

... You leave the wrap party early to go to your hotel and hypothesize about multi-color cathodes.
... You don't make it to school on Monday after the championship because you're too busy catching up on four days worth of missed sleep
... You know everyone should wear safety goggles at all times and refrain from open toed shoes. The big green Safety Captain button on your shirt you still wear constantly reminds you.
... Your suitcase weighs at least 5 pounds heavier on the way home from all those t-shirts you bought and got for free
... You want to complete a Hooters shirt line up for each robotics season: one bought at every hooters at each the competitions you've been to.
... If you're pit crew: You hate anyone who has the nerve to say "My butt hurts, I've been sitting in the stands all day"
... If you're in the stands: You hate anyone who has the nerve to say "My Legs hurt, I haven't sat down all day"

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

[quote=KRoth] Your suitcase weighs at least 5 pounds heavier on the way home from all those t-shirts you bought and got for free[quote]

More like your suitcase weighs at least 5 pounds heavier from all those BUTTONS you acquired! :ahh:

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

...When you can't shup up about robotics...
...You're already planning stuff for next year...
...you didn't cry because you didn't win, you cried for the team that DID win...
...you lost your voice screaming for the other teams...
...you were jumping up and down because you got to talk to woodie flowers...
...you painted half your head your team color and the other half your favorite teams color (yay 503 frog force the hot team luvs you!!!)...
...your starting to get used to sleeping in the aisle ways of buses...
...you are going thru elevator withdrawrel...
...you decorated your lamp with buttons...
...your team is going to have at least 20 noobs that you recruited...
...you start refering to people from team numbers "that kid from 33" and your friends look confused. then you say "that kid from the killer bees" and they still look confused. then you say "hes a guy from robotics" and a look of dawning recognition comes over their faces and you walk away shaking your head....

:ahh:

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

the first thing i did when i got home was to type in FIRST into google, to see if they were really serious
i also did it in yahoo and was very disappointed that FIRST was SECOND

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

...When you're still wearing the awesome tie dyed sweatband you got from 88 that you haven't taken off except to shower.
...When your wrap party wrist band was lovingly cut off so it wouldn't get damaged and you could save it.
...When you spent today sleeping in more than one class.
...When you told every single person you talked to a story from Atlanta.
...When you have a countdown on your myspace already until next year's kick-off.
...When you spent 2 1/2 hours on the ride home making plans for the off-season and for next year.
...When you're posting on this thread regardless of the fact that you have a 10 page paper due tomorrow that you haven't finished, plus make-up work.
...When you get to school and immediately, from a teammate, hear how long it is until kick-off...to the second.
...When several teammates post this information on your team website during school.
...When you realize you have four internet windows up right now: the FIRST website, ChiefDelphi, and two e-mail windows...and both e-mails are to people on FIRST teams you met at competitions.
...When you see three championship sweatshirts and one t-shirt at school, and another team member says hers was dirty or she'd have worn it...and you only have 7 people from your school on the team.

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

...When you set your alarm early on the Monday after Championship, just so you can beat the other teams to Dunkin Donuts.

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

...when you think you can never overdose on FIRST!

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

-when you get back to school and realize you have hours of homework to make up, however, you would never trade the championship experience for anything else.

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

--When you walk back into school on Monday and realize how dull and quiet everything is...and how no one at school will ever REALLY understand where you've been for the past few days.

that and...

--When you are constantly crying or tearing up (and believe me this is not an exaggeration) because you realize the best thing that ever happened to you in HS is coming to a close and just a wave of depression hits you.

I <3 MORT and robotics for LIFE.

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

YTou know you are overdose to first when you start threads that have been in the chit chat section for a while now.

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

You actually do hear people cheering blue alliance(they are watching a tape from nats)

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

you run up to random people standing in front of them, then you bump into them knocking them over, and run up a a flight of stairs until you hear a buzzer

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

--You are more excited about upcoming off season events than you are about the fact that you won the championship

--You are sad because you're not sure what you're going to do with all your spare time now that you can't go to robotics everyday...

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

. . You can't help it if you go into radioshack and see a box of vex part and feel the need to construct a robot

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

... You have spent the last 18 hours editing the Championship footage
... You refer to everything by numbers
... You chant Oink Oink BOOM as you watch the bacon in your microwave
... Your friends offer to buy you lunch if you don't say WildStang for 30 minutes, and you end you not eating becuase you left your lunch money at home.
... You order Thunder Chicken Nuggets at the school lunch line

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

--on a day off from school, you wake up at 8 so you can watch the opening ceremony for friday.
--you have an ap test in four days and are on delphi or watching the final matches

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

When you skip school the week before exams just so you can go to Nats with your team.

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

you don't know how to spend your day... so you just veg out on CD
you check your email and all the messages are from CD

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

This is kind of scary.... I do most these things all the time...

I've tried to get all my friends to join FIRST, I always include "Lets all go nuts, ROBOTS, ROBOTS!" when talking with my programming teacher.

Oh yeah and I really really miss the escalators... don't need them here in good ol' flat Indiana.

I still have my side shields in my wallet (just in case there is a Safety Captain around :cool: )

So here's what I have to add:

- Your team cheers for the robot's autonomous programming (they named it RALFF :ahh: )

- You often think that people are calling you by your FIRST name (mine's "Q")

- You have nightmares about the target light changing from green, to red, to blue.

- You look online to see when the date for the 2007 kickoff is. (already have it in my phone countdown :yikes: )

- You check Google Earth to see if they have the golden poof ball marked yet.

- You can't find MARTA anywhere, but still carry your "Breeze" pass around.

- You think you pretty much know what next year's game is going to be. (I know I do ;) )

- You type "sundial.first" into your address bar to see if it is counting down to next year's national competition.

- You just opened another tab to check the previous item. ;)

- Not seeing Segways on a regular basis seems odd.



Might have some more later...
-Q

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

and
- You often think that people are calling you by your FIRST name


These apply to me and some are so true, which now I think about it is scary. Oh and my FIRST name is C Monster or CMOS

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

I've done more since this afternoon...


...When you turn CNN on while you do your homework just because it reminds you of Atlanta.
...When you have your team coonskin hat "watching you type your paper" (it followed me home, I have to take it back to the team... :cool: )
...When you hear the word autonomous on CNN and freak out.
...When your non-FIRST friends seem surprised to see you.
...When your school bell makes you think "Are we backbot this match???"
...When you regret your decision not to buy three more championship t-shirts.
...When you take all the robotics related junk out of your purse...and it's got next to nothing in it.
...When your teachers say "So what city will you be in next weekend?"
...When your parents announce a family weekend trip and you wonder if there are any FIRST teams in the area that you could visit.

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

you know you have overdosed to first when while you are reading all of these things, you can smile and say "oh yeah, i miss doing that" and then, you start to tear up and scream "I MISS FIRST!!!"

-But out of all honesty, I have just experienced my first free monday in what seems like forever. I dont know what to do with myself. I feel like Im failing at life or something. "I MISS FIRST!!!!!!!"

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

No yeah I'm serious. Check the chit chat section. There are multiple threads like this.

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

I have all the buttons on BAE bandannas from last year and they are hanging on my wall. Yes, I still have the wrist band, it is plastic, so it will last. FIRST really does come up first! My best friend says she will not join robotics at my school, she is too busy with earth club. My mom can't wait for me to go to college so that she won't have to hear about first any more. My safety glasses have been in my purse since... build season.

-Your Latin class is numbered 103, you looked at the clock and it said 2:36, you looked up again and it said 2:52... so you waited until it said 2:54, You saw a road sign that said 451, and you notice your team number everywhere.

-You had to stay home sick because you caught something awful (viva la Championships petri dish)

- You didn't finish any home work because you have been online ever since you got home, even though you had a day more off to do your work.

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

...You know at least 50 team names and their numbers by heart.
...You believe 71 is possibly the greatest number of all time.
...You know who's hot.
...You watch scary swamp movies and swear 179 leaped out of the bog!
...You see '33' enscribed on most bumble bees.
...You believe cheering for your high school's basketball team will give you the Team Spirit award.
...You've got designs, plans, names, and ideas all ready to begin your own FIRST team.
...To you, the name Technobots is like the last name Smith.
...You don't make Canada jokes anymore. It's not very Gratious and Professional.
...Your best English essay included FIRST
...You only listen to songs on the DJ list.
...You can't wait for Winter. (build season)
...Your Myspace has at least one Atlanta/Regional Picture.
...You don't feel akward when Dave, Woodie and Dean partisipate in the "You-ought-to-know" Gameshow during kickoff
...You want to play a FIRST video game SOOOOOOOO badly
...You want a water game challenge for one year no matter how hard it would be.
...Friends hear you talk about FIRST and they think you got draged into a cult.
...Mountain Dew is the beverage of builders.
...You have a medal from a year you mentored.
...You school grades drop a letter in Janurary than go up two after April.
...You have a FIRST keychain on your keychain. (I got ours and 71's)
...You accidently called a Triangle a Tetra in Math class
...Your photo project for Photography includes a Robotics picture
...Regionals pwn that Kindergarten Field Trip to the zoo you had.
...You cheer everytime your team number appears anywhere
...You use your Nickname you got from your team members in fourms other than FIRST fourms.
...People think you are nuts when you start talking about Thunder Chickens, Explodeing Bacon, and Mad Cows.
...You call any intervention a Bovine Intervention.
...You swear Tricorner hats with long cyan feathers were stolen from Tech Fusion
...The weather forcast predicts wind and rain, you say 1511 is coming.
...You all Go Nuts (robots, robots!)
...You never have trouble finding Waldo.
...On your last test, when asked what was Newton's greatest accomplishment, you answered "He got my team to visit Einstien"
...You can prove to your friends Martians exist! And this time they broguth more!
...You tell your gym coach you want 10 seconds automous mode before the start of the dodgeball game.
...At the end of the dodgeball game to run to the end of your side of the field for 5 bonus points.
...to you: 4's company, 5's a crowd, and 6 is someone off-sides.
...You actually dream to be an MC
...Flowers is an awsome last name.
...Legos are a serious business
...Atlanta is your Mecca.

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

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

omfg i seriously miss wasting my days on FIRST, i cant wait until kickoff. in the meantime i will begin the construction of a car made entirely out of first buttons, anyone have donations lolz jk :P

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

How do i know robots are going to take over the world, they have already taken over my life!

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

yes!! ...to you: 4's company, 5's a crowd, and 6 is someone off-sides.
that 1 genious

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

Yea, I love it too. :D

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

you look at the clock and it says 2:29 and you think what a great team. Then you wait for 2:30 and think what a great team, then you wait for 2:31 and you think, what a great team...then you wait for 2:32 and you think hey what ever happened to them?

By then it is 2:33 and you think what a great team...

and now it's 2:37 and you realize you've just lost 9 minutes of productive time...

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

lol i love it!

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

When your bag is held up for a day in the airport due to the amount of buttons(114),robot parts,and random metal objects in it.

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

you look at the clock and it says 1:74 and you think what a great team and what a bad clock, I need a new one.

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

when u find out u have a robotics shirt for everyday of the week

when u argue with your physics teacher and start off with well this past weekend at the FIRST Championships...

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

...when you've been living at robotics since January
...when you see your mentors more than your parents
...when you don't know what to do with your life now that nationals is over... can't wait for off-season events
...when you CANNOT IMAGINE life without robotics

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

...when, for your Digital Animation Final Project, you design a FRC game field with a animation of how the game works. I'll post it up in a week when it's done.

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

A team member pointed this out to me:

When you buy a new vehicle based mainly on whether or not its cargo area is big enough to transport a robot and/or display/fundraising items (its a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it works!). My prior Jeep Wrangler just didn't work out!

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

This is sadly not funny
and I don't want to talk about it
or the ability to haul a trailer with said robot and/or display/fundraising items and don't forget the tools.
Nope, not talking about it.

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

-when u cant talk for hours after nationals because of all the cheering you did..................while watching the webcast :cool:

- when people ask u wat time it is you scream 2:33!
:D

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

...You discover FIRST is the only place where Robo Dawgs don't chase X-Cats and X-Cats don't chase Rat Packs.
...Your digital camera happens to target MOE rather than the other green object you want.
...You actually understand the words coming out of an engineer's mouth.
...you swear basketball refs should throw flags instead of blowing wistles.
...You remember the days when a final score of 50-40 was 90 big ones.
...Grasshoppers are harder to squish.
...you have once seen a gila monster in the Flordia everglades.
...You tell your friends Aladdin was Scrabian.
...You constantly sing, "Wild Stang" no matter what your friends say it's supost to be.
...You have never, ever, ever forgotten what the Wo-Bot looks like.
...You get the Smile of team 1 and the Smile of team 175 mixed up all the time.
...Elite is spelt E.L.I.T.E.
...Newbies are cool.
...The best way to lose weight is to drill holes.
...You have a n.e.r.d number
...Tripplets is another word for colaboration.
...When you still live with your team after you've graduated.
...The Pits are the best place to find friends.
...Pink is an acceptable color for guys.
...you think and/or know Nerds are sexy.
...You've GOT to have a picture taken with Dean, Woodie or Dave.
...You want your school to provide less money so your team can play in the Vex tournament rather than FRC.
...You wish you were 10 years old again so you could play in the Lego Leauge.
...You act different.

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

- When you are, what you build

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

...when you begin to plan what your button should look like next year
...your upset on the plane flight home because you know that the season is over
...you bet to see who collected more buttons
...you see if you can wear robotic shirts for the rest of the week
...you plan on what teams you are going to be on next year (lego, vex, FRC)
...almost every conversation with ANYONE ends up being about robotics
...the evil rubber ducky you adopted travels with you everywhere :p

more to come....

~Sammy~

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

when you go to do some paper for a class instead of writing first you write "F.I.R.S.T." and get done with the sentence before you realize it!

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

when asking someone if they have a spare dongle you can use isnt considered dirty

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

Don't you mean more money so you can do both? And/or FLL into the bargain?:p

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

:ahh: :ahh: I dont even know what to do now!! :ahh: :ahh:
Who wants robotics to start back like... right now??? i know I do!!

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

Well...when it comes to my school...they'd be glad to give us less money. :o

Plus would you have resonded to it if I had said more rather than less? :confused:

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

when you accidently forget how many bites are in a kilobyte, you think of the Kil-A-Bytes, and hence 1024 (thank you for the help on my computer science exam!)

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

-When halls cough drops become a hot commodity because all of your team has lost there voice...and it's been three days since you got back! :D

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

Glad to help! :D :D :D

-Q

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

I believe this is a 1902 understatement - not sure - but possibly.

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

.. when you break your luggage wheels because youre continuosly checking if your luggage has the best "center of gravity"

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

when we got back to the hotel i ordered a whole 24 hours of internet just to test this out!

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

when you still read the manual, even though the season's over
when you beg your english teacher to let you watch webcasts (side comment: he wasn't the one to refuse, it was the rest of the class)
when you were your team's shirt to school, and not just for days of competition
when your friends know more about the robotics, then they do about your life from January to April.

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

when you think of soccer or quiddich, you think of aim high

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

why just limit your wardrobe to your own team?? :)

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

when your parents no longer ground you from playstation or 'hanging out', but from vex, team meetings, Chief Delphi, and any calculator that is programmable/ programming software.

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

because I don't have any other ones. I know major shame.

been there, done that.

EDIT: when you start learning all the lyrics to the cha cha song, or you do it in your seat at competitions (with a mentor).
when you call after every match at competition to let your driver/coach know that that was awesome

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

... when ever you type the five letters f-i-r-s-t into a keyboard you automatically type them in all caps, regardless of whether you are referring to FIRST or not.
... when you read the above line and then go back and italicize FIRST to be correct.
... when go to Google and type in a team number to see if a team's website will show up in the first page of results. It works for 228 and 1511. :D
... when you notice that you've only been on Chief Delphi for a year, despite the fact that it seems so much longer

I do the same thing, but I'll start at 2:28. :p

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

when you start off a sentence with "so this one time, at a FIRST competition", or "so this one time during the robotics build season"

when you hear "we like to party" and start doing the dance...or you hear it in your head from the million times it was played and you start doing the dance...or when you hear or see MOE or 365 you do the dance

when you hear people yell "CHARGE" and you get confused and lost when you look and see baseball and not robots

when people ask you if you got your beads from new orleans..you proud say Purple Haze

when you realize you sneak in the library to get on CD, when most people sneak on the computers to get on myspace

when you contemplate using your team's website for your project in web page design

i did that today..kept singing "wild stang..you make my heart sing"

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

My suitcase has a terrible center of gravity. It always fall over. No matter how I repack it.

When that's how you explain the problem to your mother who doesn't know that "gravity has a center".

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

-Upon finding this thread, you copy & paste everyone's responses into Word and make a complete "You Know You've Overdosed on FIRST When..." joke list.
-You try to do the above at 10:30pm so you can show it to your teammates at school tomorrow, but your mom kicks you off the computer.
-Your teacher asks you to name the greatest inventor in history and you say "Dean Kamen".

The list is quite long! Including the 3 I just added, there 209 different jokes! :yikes: I'll post the list here when I complete it, so you can download it. :cool:

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

Oh I got more! I'll just keep craking them out!

...buttons are a fashion statement
...Pink is the new black
...You've mastered both the Cha-cha slide and the dance to Cotton Eye Joe.
...You look at the team list and can tell how hard the regional will be depending on the teams present.
...Bins haunt your dreams.
...You'd pick both the red and blue pill.
...you conplain Battle Bots give FIRST a bad name
...The first fifteen seconds after you wake up in the morning are Automous.
...to you, there are MOE days in a year
...Your Sex education includes connecting wires
...The only time where nerds wear their pants lower than the waist line is when they are weighed down from all the team buttons and chains.
...what happens in Atlanta, is webcasted.
...You ask Warhammer to make a FIRST edition.
...When your willing to miss your Senior ball to go to nationals
...your goals have changed from Hollywood to NASA
...When your friends ask you to stop talking about it!!

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

And to think..there's two other threads like this one!!

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=17937

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=40267

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

haha I'm expecting a list about 30 pages long...
that'd be great to give to newbies and let them know that they soon will relate :cool:

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

when your mom knows the cha cha slide by heart because after going to one of your competitions she downloaded it...

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

I got another!

...When the majority of your reputation comes from those who enjoyed what you have written for "You know you've overdosed on FIRST when..."

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

...when you have a whole line of team apparel
...you wear only the shoes that are in your team colors
...you did the homework given to you by Dean rather than actual school work

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

Our driver and his friend last year missed prom to go to nationals...i'm sure it was a better choice.

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

who needs prom, just get 11, 247 and 1251 to start a cart party and dance with all of your FIRST friends. that owns the prom.

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

who can forget MOE?

btw..that cart party was hilarious! i was gonna join in but we had to leave...i mean i love doing the macarena

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

Up to 230 now! I'm never going to have this list finished!

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

You never will as long as I can still think!

...Cats are bread differently. There are your X-Cats, Robocats...
...Same with dogs.
...You never see the same BEAST, but the same beatty engeneered and student tweaked machine.
...you couldn't help laughing when the announcer calls three robots on the platform a 'Tripple Play'
...You started talking about the flashing Red, Blue, and Green lights on the ride back home.
...You scream when the webcast goes black.
...your girlfriend or boyfriend is on a better Robotics team than yours.
...You know who the real Ed is cause you studied his pictures.

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

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

-You save every scrap of Scouting paper so you can ceremoniously burn them in a post-season bonfire (Friday night by the way :D ).
-Your suitcase is 3.5 lbs overweight because of your wet clothes you wore in the Olympic Fountain the night before.
-You bring a pedometer with you so you can measure the distance you travel betweent the field and pits.
-You're so absorbed in the comptetion you realize the last day you go a mile out of your way to get food when there are restaurants near the pits (I had no idea Foodworld in GWCC existed until Friday afternoon and I've been to Atl. twice already!).
-Three days after the competition, your bag is still lit up from all the glowsticks you snagged from Team So and So.
-You have to double check and make sure you don't have any pins in your carry on bag so that you don't get forcefully ejected from the airport.
-You have battle scars on your fingers from ringing cowbells for each and every one of your team's matches.
-You go insane trying to catch the ripped Poof balls the refs are throwing into the stands.
-You come to the realization that FIRST has been the best thing in your life for the past four years and you have no idea what your going to do without it.

11 MORT FOR LIFE 11

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When you reply 3 thou in front of the class when the teacher asks you a math problem..
WHen you constantly look for Multimeter's whenever you hear the words "Low Battery"
When you go to school with electrical tape and when people ask why you say, "Because I'm Prepared"..
When you see somethingthing flashing green blue and red your attention is diverted..
When you stop when you se a locker numbered 118 you gaze at those beatiful numbers..
When the teacher asks you to get prepared for class, you pull out notebook paper and take a visual inventory of items you need next year for FIRST. (almost 2 D-Halls lol. But my teachers love me)


Just some I came up with..

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-you were actually hoping (and believed) they would change the game to the flashing colored lights
-when the game didn't really change you didn't stop thinking about how the robot would work
-when the announcer was introducing teams with his feet while doing a head stand you couldn't stop thinking when the real Dave was going to show up

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when you eventually start talking in C language, even during your AP Exam week.
when your social life is nothing but hanging aruond with your robot and team members in empty school hallways
when you think your robot comes before your prom date.

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

a lot of these would make great:
- buttons
- posters for the shop or garage or closet wall
and tee shirts
- humorous letterhead for thank yous
- great give-aways with your information on the back and your button attached

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My shoes last year had my team number imprinted on them... (and that's why i bought them! hehe) :o

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That is the real Dave. He is, by far, my favorite MC, and will be, my insperation to be an MC one day.

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Dave is amazing. I'm lucky to have him as a mentor :D :D :D :D

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

1 When you find yourself watching a hockey game with a group of friends

2 You know you're addicted when while you are watching the hockey game you think for a split second that the big number on their jersey is their team number.

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When you finally realize that "Cold Pizza" is actually a tv show on a channel you've never watched (ESPN2) and you spend 15 minutes trying to figure out which of the 4 remotes will get me there :confused: (including the one given to me by my brother-in-law that consolidates all the remotes) but none of them work, before giving up and am surprised at how disappointed I am. :mad:

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When you fall asleep trying to get the camera ready for next year and those freaky light changes... (Not there yet but we'll see after finals...)

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when you spend tons of money to go play with balls...

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where are we burning them? :P

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when you hear "thunderstruck" and you start cheering on your team, and get confused when you don't see your team (thunderhawks), or the thunder chickens or ANYTHING dealing with thunder

when you hear the macarena and you start yelling at people to show their spirit and dance..and you realize that you're not around people anymore

when you tell all your non robotics friends robotics inside jokes (SAMURAI! [btw, thanx to the crazy monkeys at BMR to use my samurai suggestion and for interviewing my pal, will...and explaining his life completely]) and then you realize they have no idea what you're talking about so you have to explain EVERYTHING

when you have your mentor call you by your CD name or team website name and you completely go unphased and act like he called you by your real name

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when your family gives you a birthday present of new car tags with your CD name. :)

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

Or otherway around.

...as long as the losers of the Superbowl had a good time they are still FIRST. (pun)
...either A) you and your robotics friends are the only members of the school that know the school has a robotics team or B) your whole school knows you have a robotics team.
...Geological location is determined by regionals attended.
...You call "a good year" recieveing at least two team-given awards and can care less about everything else.
...There is only a next year if you arn't in 12th grade or your college is close enough.
...You asked if your robot from this year could join the basketball team.
...You ask yourself, "What if team X joined team Y?"

Hm...my lists are getting shorter and longer to form...I'm running out of fuel.

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

-When discussing your friends, you have to refer to them by their CD names because, even though you talk to them more than your normal friends, you don't know their real names.
-You won the regional but your team was really excited by the team spirit award you got from another team. (thanks 399)
-You spend most of your time trying to get people in the world to understand why you won the regional with people.
-You also explain this to your local news who believes that you came in second because you were the second team on the alliance.
-You and the band count yourselves as sports teams because the sports teams in your school don't count.
-You spend lots of time trying to figure out what to do with FIRST when you get to college.
-You don't understand why FIRST isn't aired on TV.
-When vampire movies in your friends room with 5 other people is a social life.

-When you can't burn your scouting papers because you might need them some day. You don't know for what, but you have them from 2001.
-Senioritis + Chief Delphi = No one but you can ever get on the computer.

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When you look down at your outfit before school and realize you are wearing: 4 buttons (3 from your team and a coach button), 2 necklaces from teams in Atlanta, your Tab shirt from the Coca Cola factory, the jeans that have been to every competition you've ever been to (and consequently have robot stains on them) and the shoes you wore when last year's robot nearly crushed your foot, plus your hotel key from Atlanta (which "followed you home") is in your pocket and 5 more buttons, 3 wristbands, 4 keychains, a map of Atlanta, and a list of autonomous modes are in your purse.

I miss Atlanta...badly... :(

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

...when your friend tells you that the shirt that says I <3 FIRST on it (thanks 1251 <3 ) is the shirt that you should be wearing everyday because that is all you ever talk about ;)

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

...when your still wearing the FIRST wristband from the team social.
...when you get excited every time you see a basketball.
...when you ask your friends if they found any more pins/buttons.

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

-when you randomly found nuts, bolts and washers in your pockets