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Unread 08-11-2016, 01:05
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

You procrastinate on your homework by researching things for your team, and eventually go down a rabbit hole of "oh what can this thing (which isn't related to what you are originally searching) do" for hours.
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

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... you start looking at colleges based on robotics clubs.
... you know you're gonna miss the competitions and building.
... after working on your robot, you go home and think about working on your robot.
... you suddenly have 500 extra points on your Subway rewards card.
... Subway freezes your rewards card after a "mysterious string of 8 purchases" (even though each purchase only added points...)
... you envy the sleeping.
... after a 43-hour day filled with 480+ miles (10+ hours) of driving solo, 4 hours of programming, all-night laser tag, and then 11 hours of driving a bot, you'd still rather be competing than sleeping.
... you register on a forum just to post what you love about FIRST

Second to last one is amazing
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Unread 12-11-2016, 20:30
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You drive almost 200 miles to volunteer at an offseason event your team isn't at.
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

You read FTC as FIRST Tech Challenge AND the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, before you even think about the Federal Trade Commission.
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Unread 21-11-2016, 15:01
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

When you had a full day, then an all night laser tag party, then an academic decathlon competition and still go to robotics (basically no sleep for 48 hours)
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Unread 22-11-2016, 12:54
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Unread 25-11-2016, 20:21
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

...you're seriously considering buying an Xbox just to play a 4 year old FRC simulation game.
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