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

[Pshyco]

I LOVE FIRST ROBOTICS

[hacksaw692]

When do you know that you're addicted to FIRST?

-- When you feel nostalgic after not participating in one season of FIRST

-- When you sit down to your statics or dynamics or thermo or fluids homework realizing that the one and only reason you're sitting there for hours doing one problem instead of something easier and/or non-engineering related is FIRST. Thank you FIRST!

[PVCMike]

- When the janitors are your best friend and ask "did you hurt your self again already?" or call you "curls"

-when you show up to school so you can go to robotics after

-when you make it to page 80somthing on a chief delphi thread

-when you reach in your pocket for lunch money and find a 7/16 wrench instead

-when bob flips out cause he cant rind an extension cord

-when 3/1000off of an inch is a loose fit

[BluePotPie]

-When you try to find ways to sneak INTO school on the weekends to work on the bot.

[FIRSTnameisJay]

...when you find it miraculous that a post your friend created 2 years ago is now 81 pages long. I swear its angelic!

[RbtGal1351]

Originally Posted by BluePotPie

-When you try to find ways to sneak INTO school on the weekends to work on the bot.

when that's not even surprising anymore, and when you mention your methods (when the gates are locked!!!) to freshman or rookies on your team, you don't realize why they're surprised at what you just said...

[Bcahn836]

. . . when you consider the snack machines outside the shop as a buffet.
. . . when you doodle pictures of your robot during class when you are supposed to take notes.

[mtaman02]

wow this thread has come along way since its inception.


....when the snack machines are always empty only because you refuse to leave the school during build season to get food.

....when the janitors ask hows the family since you see them all the time.

....when graduation is no longer a event to be waiting for and 6 weeks building is.

....when the janitors ask you to lock and set the alarm to school only because they're tired of waiting for you.

....you find yourself posting in this thread only b/c the others don't relate to you

[Koko Ed]

*You spend a few hours on Chiefdelphi because your participating in a Fantasy FIRST draft and your hoping that no one will snatch up your third round steal...

* You actually scout robots for Fantasy FIRST

* You check the results to see how your fantasy FIRST team performed

* You actually take the time to compile stats to see who won (right Jess ? )

*You participate in NUMEROUS Fantasy FIRST leagues

*You broker food, shirts and other real world possessions to have a stud robot for your Fantasy FIRST team

* You actually secretly root against your own robot because you have two of your Fantasy FIRST robots going against it and the guy in FIRST place has your robot.

[Powers]

*you don't go to your frat party because you are waking up the next day to help out a new team because your college isn't in your home town

[fancy013]

I don't know really! I just some how got glued to it! hehehehe

[bradford86]

Come check out our full field inventor post and other essiential files at http://www.pennrobotics.org/files

[Projectchon]

When you can't stop thinking how are you gonna build the robot.

[BandChick]

...when you chase your advisor, RIDING THE ROBOT, down the school halls.
...when you worry about the frame bending after he crashes it into a wall and not about your actual teacher.
...when your friends don't bother to call your cell between the hours of 2 and 8, they just call the school.

[Kyle Love]

When you want engineers autographs....