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

[Welle417]

-Your team has special names for a majority of the tools for your robot, the "GanonDorf" (link breaker) the "VictorialTranferers" (Victors), "UberCrimper" (wire crimpers), FluxCompacitor (robot controller)
-If they ask BattleBots after you say First Robotics Competition, they arn't your friend anymore.
-the sole Food in the work area becomes Pizza, WaWa, and Subway
-You wonder if something can be completed quicker using a robot
-You start to come up with sayings such as "WD40 is not the answer" and "Our robot is made from Canadian Fairy Dust and Magic--its completely indestructible, it costs nothing, and it does everything!"
-You'll kill for a Segway
-You see red, white, and blue shapes in your dreams
-You wake up to Mr. Roboto or Reel Big Fish (depending on our playlist)
-Feb 18th is Armadgedon
-You keep thinking up ways your robot could be used in daily life- ie: Seat mount so you can ride it to class
-Everytime your not with the robot/workin on it- you keep saying whatever it is your doing is a waste of time, or could be done AFTER build season
-ALSO - your excuse to why you cant do something after school/whenever is "It has to wait until AFTER build season"


1807-One Goal, One Ambition, Multiple Minds
"And you never saw it coming..."
-"Our Robot is made from Canadian Fairy dust, Velcro, Zipties, and UnObtanium!!"

[EthanH]

....... when you start talking to allen wrenches

....... when you refer to robotics as "my life"

[raymaniac]

you start feeling a little sad when school is cancelled because it means you won't get to work on the bot...but only a little

[StephLee]

...When you come home with grease *and* blood on your jeans.

[Elgin Clock]

You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
Your code names playing Laser Tag the last weekend of build before ship are as follows:
Ringer,
Stinger,
Spider_Leg,
Rack,
Stuey, (our pet name since forever ago for our RC)
Spoiler,
Keeper,
Spike,
Victor, &
LightBox

[Andrew Blair]

You're crushed when CD is down for 15 minutes and you can't find how to enable the user byte.

[Cody Carey]

^^^ When your buddy asks you how to enable the user byte, and you can't tell him because CD is down.

[Sharkbyte]

Your team keeps all of its drill bits in a ceramic food dish, and you only look in the drill bit cases if you can't find it in the dish.

[vic burg]

Those few weeks in between shipping the robot and the regionals you spend all your extra time making extra parts, making posters, making lists, doing last minute fundraising, going on CD, and forgetting about everything else like I am right now.

[ambie_o7]

you use your team's mascot (stitch, used to decorate the robot) to play monkey in the middle on the last day before you ship!

[taylort]

...When you force your chem teacher to show the kickoff video during class one day.

...When you realize you see more of your robot that your family.


...When you make your robot drive _exactly_ 12930 mm during autonomous mode. ( team 1293 + 0 )

...When you cannot start a conversation other than one relating to robotics.

...When you try to sneak links to your team's page anywhere you can. (You shouldn't notice that one. )

...When you think that a few carpet squares and a ringer are more comfortable than your bed at home.

...When you make posts on this thread the night before ship at 1:30ish.

_Taylor

[Wigginsgame]

When you fix the whole in your pants with electrical tape because.. its easier.

[cooker52]

...You can't figure out why your parents want you to come home early one night for dinner.

...You come in the next day and find one of your mentors on the couch sleeping(at least once a week).

...You get so little sleep you can't stay awake for your biology class.

...You try to figure out what classes you take next year that relate to robotics(so far three that fit).

[FishCaptain]

...When, after gouging a small hole in your finger, you go straight back to the drill press.

...When people ask if you're free only to say "oh wait, you still have robotics"

...When you want your school to have another hat day just to show off the awesome fish hat you made at robotics.

[waiakea11]

...when you realize that you are finally at the regional you signed up for, and you are no longer working on your bot...

...you have guys vs. girls game of basketball at your house families court...

...you hear a number and think imedieatly of a team number that you saw at the regional...

...you have everyone in your groups cell phone numbers and you call them from car to car, house to house, whenever you feel like bugging someone...

...you instantaniously forget life before kickoff when you walk into the stadium with your team...

...you watch the regionals online if you cant make it to watch it in person...

...all you can talk about is FIRST....

i think i have added enough
;P