What would you do if FIRST was canceled?

[Tapoore]

I'd probably just curl up and die... I honestly don't remember what I did before FIRST... life must have been pretty boring. What would we post about on CD?

[edthegeek]

I would probably get really depressed for a couple of weeks and be bored because I would not know what to do with all my spare time. Then I would get all my backed up sleep and form some sort of engineering club with a couple of my ex-robotics friends.

[Mike Schroeder]

finally get a real vacation (haven't had one in 8 years of so)

[HUNT397]

If FIRST was canceled I would try to find a group of people who like me love this program and would try to help start a new program with the same goals. Although sitting on the committee trying to host a VEX Championship in Michigan has showed me just how complex the entire program is. So it might be a task but I believe we can handle it.

[taylort]

FIRST abruptly stopping? Before I even get to go to my first competition?
That would be the complete opposite of cool. It would be...not cool. I would like build a robot and take it to the Colonial Center and try to get in...to compete...with myself, at any rate. I may be arrested for tresspassing, but it's worth it, somehow.

And then I'd join SECOND.

For safety, "Long live FIRST!"

[bjimster1]

the same thing im gonna do when this season is over... move on to bigger and better things

[Gabe]

Originally Posted by Tim Arnold

What would you do if FIRST abruptly stopped?

Well, I would simply wait for a while until teenagers armed with ball peen hammers and multi meters take over the world in revenge and restart FIRST. Life continues as before.

Seriously, the robotics students would simply get back together again and create another robotics competition exactly the same as FIRST, no question about it.

[Joe Matt]

Refocus my efforts on resurecting TechTV (still going 2 1/2 years latter! LONG LIVE LEO & PAT!) and move them onto FIRST.

Oh yeah, and move on.

[Lil' Lavery]

Enjoy my free time?

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Tapoore

I'd probably just curl up and die... I honestly don't remember what I did before FIRST... life have been pretty boring. What would we post about on CD?

Chit Chat would get alot more popular.

[BBnum3]

Sit on my bed in shock for a while.
And then use my spare time to learn Portuguese.

Start it up again.

I couldn't rest unless I knew that I'd be losing sleep over robots. wait... that didn't make sense, did it?

[Donut]

Use all the money we spent fundraising this off-season to host our own competition. On the side, immediately begin working on an underwater robot for the competition here in June, then compete more in PAReX here in Phoenix.

Then use the CD community to start a new competition. I somewhat like the ring of "ChiefDelphi Forums Invitational".

This is of course after my jaw drops to the floor in shock for a few hours.

[Noah Melamed]

If FIRST was gone I would definitely get noticeably more sleep and probably a 4.0,

However I fear our culture as a whole and myself personally would be negatively impacted until a few great minds again join forces for the betterment of the world!

[chris31]

Originally Posted by Joe Matt

Refocus my efforts on resurecting TechTV (still going 2 1/2 years latter! LONG LIVE LEO & PAT!) and move them onto FIRST.

Oh yeah, and move on.

Good Idea!

If first was stopped we would all storm Dean's house on segways and do something until he started it again.