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Unread 04-05-2016, 17:43
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
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... you realize the frc spyder app on your phone is no longer useful but you still don't have the willpower to delete it.
When you see a teammate also browsing chief delphi when they should be paying attention in class.
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Unread 04-05-2016, 17:48
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
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When you see a teammate also browsing chief delphi when they should be paying attention in class.
when your teammate replies to your post nagging you to pay attention in class when they too are browsing chief delphi.
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
...When Darude Sandstorm is the song your teammates want you to add to the playlist a million times.
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Unread 05-05-2016, 11:40
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
...your wardrobe solely consists of team shirts and you don't know what to wear during off season.
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
When Slack replaces all former methods of communication you have ever used solely because your team has awesome custom emoji.
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Unread 05-05-2016, 11:53
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
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...your wardrobe solely consists of team shirts and you don't know what to wear during off season.
They're great for traveling. My eventual goal is to have a tshirt from each general "region" so that I can fully embrace "When in Rome..."
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
...the driver of your team waits over 16 hours to upload an 8k robopromposal video for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-bh16Jut8
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
You know youre addicted when you create an 8k video asking someone to roboprom instead of studying for AP tests.
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Unread 09-05-2016, 11:32
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
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...the driver of your team waits over 16 hours to upload an 8k robopromposal video for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk-bh16Jut8
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You know youre addicted when you create an 8k video asking someone to roboprom instead of studying for AP tests.
Aww only 6 minutes apart.
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Unread 09-05-2016, 12:52
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
When you see its 12:54 and The Chez Cakes comes to mind
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Unread 12-05-2016, 23:35
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
You know you're addicted to FIRST when you come up with clever scouting comments...

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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
... you continue to make robotics related videos after the season is over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyO...ature=youtu.be
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