What have you given up for FIRST?

[cardinalman86]

i actually haven't lost my girlfriend, like most people say they have, but i have lost time to talk to her. i did quit football just for FIRST, and my little almost non existant social life.

[Illegalsocks]

where to start...

--Well, no thanks to Dave, Woodie, and Dean, ive given up my sanity, especially trying to figure out the clues in the pre-season.
--Not yet missing sleep, but i will be towards the end of the season.
--Wont be able to get a job for the next couple of weeks.

but the experience and fun makes up for the loss of everything else.

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

So I'm in macroeconomics class this quarter - and we're reviewing trade-offs, opportunity cost, all those fun things.

Sure, there are other things I might have done in high school were it not for Robotics team. I had to pick between some events and band events, between band trips and regionals, but to me those costs have been worth it. After all, it's it's easy to look back and think about what you could have done, but why do that if you're loving it now?

[Herodotus]

I don't consider it "giving up" when you gain more then you lose.

[eshteyn]

I havnt really lost anything, i have a girlfriend, shes the best and im insanely lucky to have her, i have made tons of new friends and gained a very large amount of knowledge, although REST is not an option

[Éowyn]

What have I given up for FIRST? Having a life, probably I seem to recall what it was, dimly, a collection vague images surrounded by a mist of aluminum chips . . .

[Computermaster]

I think I've given up alot of my social life. As a freshmen, giving up my self esteem on the first day was inevitable...but the gains FAR outweigh the losses.

-Computermaster

[JaneYoung]

I reckon I've about given up on ever knowing what an empty nester is going to feel like regarding free time, boredom, or loneliness. That's a good thing...I think..

[cdennisxlx2]

Ive given up just about everything, lol, my life is FIRST now (i mentor, i sit on the San Diego regional planning committee, i'm on 2 other committees both regarding FIRST and those 6 weeks i barely get home except to sleep and go back lol) ......

So basically if this was a full time job i would be more wealthy then bill gates and possibly just off the overtime, lol

[Bomberofdoom]

Concentration on other important things, sleep, general concentration, free time, hobbies, a few friends....
I doubt it's related to FIRST, because it DID come before the kick-off, but I'd say grades (getting Cs).

But I'm doing all this because I'm looking forward for having a successful FRC season, I'm looking forward to the success of the team and our project.

[DarkFlame145]

I forgot to add something, i give up a ton of gas. I drive anywheres from 160 to 240miles every week to get to FIRST and back. I'm just a student also. My car gets 30mpg you do the math on how much fuel i use =P

[swaknight]

um, let me think, my life, sleep, sanity, free time, personal time, family, friends (not in FIRST), band, the list goes on and on

[otomerobot]

For starters agree with DarkJedi613, I think that everybody has given up their lives for FIRST for the next six weeks. But yet again, you are also gaining a lot more so its worth it.
Also their is much sleep loss.

In my team we have theory, when its building time the six weeks, we tend to GAIN about ten pounds. Comsuming on those nights only fast food, mainly pizza.

During competition, we end up LOSING the pounds we gained. The fact that most everyone on our team cant eat because of the nerves. OR the running up and down from the PIT to the field.

I think its rather funny.

[galewind]

I love this thread.

Let's see, where to begin:

Yeah, the whole "sleep, sanity, money, time with my family... " thing holds for me too.

I have given up advising another successful team (Debate team).
I have given up going to weddings with my wife (she wasn't happy).
Our wedding was scheduled around competition season (we got married week after championships in 05).

Oh, and last but not least...

I have given up a pair of pants while being drug across a carpeted floor while we tested our autonomous mode for the first time during our rookie year, as our robot crashed through a bolted down cubicle wall, while not knowing that all we had to do was disconnect the Operator Interface to stop it from moving.

Friction + strong robots + melty slacks + rugburn = fun .... or not

[GoldenAI]

Well...not much really. First just puts me behind a computer which is where I belong. Computers are my life.

Oh and in some cases FIRST has both destroyed and built relationships, so
its all good.

~The Wind Comes And The Wind Goes. The Same Goes For Everything That Looks Like Me~