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

When you stay up all night making five different versions of your code.
When you get giddy over the idea of setting up programming environments.
When all you talk about, to the point of your friends avoiding you, is FIRST.
When you post in threads about OD'ing on FIRST
When you rewrite your Drive code about fifteen times because it isn't pretty enough....

Edit: One more: When you read the javadoc in your free time...
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

...when you begin planning next year's build season schedule less than a week after Bag-n-tag.
...when you spend more time looking at how Disney built their rides than actually enjoying riding them.
...when you instinctively look for the robot whenever you see a frisbee.
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

When by the end of practice day, there is no visible clothing left on our body that is not occupied by a button, pin, or other assorted things that the other teams teams hand out... And you're still waiting for Saturday so more teams can finish making their buttons so you can get more.
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

When you have to stay home from a regional because you have homework (and you're a non-essential mentor, but that's beside the point), so you spend the entire weekend glued to the livestream to make up for it. (The homework can be done tomorrow!)
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

When you are in your lab with the projector on San Diego, your desktop on 3 multi-streams and your laptop in your lap as you scout the entire competition for worlds on week 2.
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

When you are thinking of CAD models for both a 27x37 chassis from previous years games and a 33x23 chassis in case FIRST decides to keep the frame perimeter rules.
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

...When you're browsing Chief Delphi because your team didn't make it past Regionals but you don't want your first season of FRC to end.

...When you're considering building a scouting app in the next five days so you can adapt it for next year.

...When you're on CD instead of doing all of the homework you missed
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

When think about robotics so much you forget to find a date to prom.

When you start carrying parts with you at all times just to play with.
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

...when you consider changing the code to allow driving with WASD keys and the mouse simply because you can
...when you wear safety glasses everywhere because they are more comfortable that way
...when you can identify students on your team from 100 feet away through a crowd of people
...when you have a day off and think to yourself "WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH MY LIFE NOW?"
...when you ask for a whiteboard in your room so you can design the robot or parts of it
...when you've changed your desktop background and skype photo to your team logo
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

-When you liked the Poof's facebook page before they offered to release a 30pt climber.

-When you drink your last bottle of the best root-beer ever (Fitz, a St. Louis local root-beer) while watching regionals online.
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

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...when you ask for a whiteboard in your room so you can design the robot or parts of it
...when you've changed your desktop background and skype photo to your team logo
(Quoted because I have done both exactly)

...When two days off from robotics is unbearable
...When programming your scouting system at home is a consolation for robotics
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

...when you remember you are on the varsity tennis team at your school and have not picked up a racket in 8 weeks (aka since kickoff)
...when you cannot remember the last free Saturday you had
...when you realize you have been wearing robotics t-shirts every day since the competition to help cope with the fact that your team is not moving on
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

....when there is a break in any conversation and you have to fill it by talking about anything robotics related
....when you'd rather be at a robotics competition than off on spring break
....when you go back to school after a robotics competition and wish everyone was as nice there as people are at competitions
^in other words....when you wish real life was as awesome as robotics
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

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....when you'd rather be at a robotics competition than off on spring break

When you miss spring break for a robotics competition
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Re: You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

...when your commitment to robotics is so strong your mom gets hooked too and she tells EVERYONE about robotics before you get the chance to

...when Sunday after a competition makes you sad because it's not FIRST.

...when you feel like it's totally necessary to pray that the world be more FIRST-like
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