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

[robot180]

...when the new game reveals a striking resemblance to one that you were day dreaming about in Math a few months before.

...when you are taking a shower early in the morning, still half asleep, invisioning a virtual reality type of control for a crab steering robot that hovers and makes a stack of bins, 6 bins high, in 10 seconds.

[m0rph3us]

... when you ask yourself if it would be considered cheating if you started dating someone (human) outside of the FIRST season.

[animater31405]

.......when you refuse to date any girl OUTSIDE of FIRST robotics.....

[BandChick]

...when you immediately find FIRST alumni higher on your list of college student dating possibilities just because they know what you're talking about

[Elgin Clock]

When you realize that this years game really is a combination of the past 5 years competitions and by chance your team has competed in all of them.

When you realize that new ideas by rookies and old ideas by veterans are going to collide with each other.

When you realize that the rookies do have good points, but the veterans have experience with what works and what does not work.

And finally:

You know you're addicted to FIRST when you learn to combine the ideas of rookies and veterans and you already have an awesome design within 3 days of brainstorming!!!

[Mike Heinowski]

When you talk to your fellow team mates and realize that you are the most experianced person on your team. (I have been on longer than even the mentors have)

[Eosoccer17]

i have to agree
i would be willing to get up at 4 in the morning if i had to work on my robot or go to a compitition.

[Specialagentjim]

Originally Posted by Eosoccer17

i have to agree
i would be willing to get up at 4 in the morning if i had to work on my robot or go to a compitition.

I HAVE gotten up at 4 in the morning, many a time (flight to nationals, Robot Rodeo Off-Season)

[Mike Heinowski]

We would have to get up and be at the school at 3:30am for all three days of the West Michigan Regoinal. Then get back at 1:00am, then start all over.

[mtaman02]

...when your fellow co workers ask you what do you do for fun and you reply you go to the HS you graduated from to help build a winning robot!

[Cappy697]

Originally Posted by Mike522

...when your fellow co workers ask you what do you do for fun and you reply you go to the HS you graduated from to help build a winning robot!

lol YES! so true. people always give me weird looks when i say that

[Tytus Gerrish]

when your entire 1280x1024 desktop is covered in .DWG Files

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by BandChick

...when you have viewed EVERY new post about the 2004 game and are wishing you knew more FIRST people with AIM to talk to/strategize with

don't worry theirs plenty of us here with AIM: its the preferred chat program amongst FIRST students and coaches. Yahoo is a close second and MSN a distant third and those with ICQ well running well behind number 3


...when your coaches come to you with questions about the game more then any other team player simply b/c you spend more time on CD then the team combined lol

[maxgebhardt]

...when you actually have considered using the left over pneumatics to build yourself an exoskeleton.

[Kiwi_queen]

- you go to VA with two friends from camp to visit one friend's family..and her whole family automatically assumes you're a computer whiz because you're on a robotics team

- while roadtripping with same camp friends, you see things that remind you of robotics, and you automatically launch into your stories

- you decide not to get a job this season because then you wouldn't be able to go to the competitions

- your main friends are divided into robotics and camp and anyone in between is just weird

- you cry when you see someone who bought a ducktape wallet instead of making it themselves

- you schedule your college classes so they don't interfere with team meetings, even if that means not taking a painfully desired class because the only one open is during meeting time