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

[basicxman]

When you dance around for hours after receiving the championship invite email

[SammyKay]

...when you spend all day at a mentor's house making orbit balls to hand out at the next regional
...when you have a playlist on your iTunes/iPod just for songs for robotics to teach the other students (primarily the guys) how to dance for the upcoming regional
...when you cut yourself on a zip tie on the robot, on a tub that you're taking out of the trunk of a car, get tendinitis while untwisting the PVC pipes for the pit design, and you don't care that your accident prone (sorry, that one makes no sense at all lol)

[ATannahill]

when your friends accuse you of being a stalker because you know the pink team's second regional.

[BruceS]

-- when you walk into your shop and ask if the coffee is ready to drink( i have done)
-- when you sit in class drawing new ways to increase the way the robot moves
-- when everything you write is in alphanumeric code (i don't do thi5 th4t much or do i)

[Koko Ed]

You develop a severe dislike of Thursdays.

[Nawaid Ladak]

you glue your face to a monitor to watch a postage stamp sized webcast

[Zholl]

So I'm definitely am addicted to FIRST after just one event. I have been up late the last two nights, and probably will be tonight, thinking and/or dreaming about some combination of the Colorado Regional and Atlanta. Plus I spend all my time on here...

[typharn91]

when you spend any time you have on the computer on chiefdelphi like at school home work everything

[Nawaid Ladak]

when you realize robots slipping around isn't as fun to watch as trackballs crashing into your opponents alliance station, or balls being shot into a hole above your opponents alliance station, or robots haning on a bar

but you still spend EVERY single minute of your free time obsessed to the game.... even if it is boring

[sheissunshine]

-the building of your robot ceases for one single day, because the whole team is out sick with the flu from working so closely together for five weeks... but everybody is back the next day.

Originally Posted by T967

You can get cut by cardboard but not extremely hot, and sharp, flying aluminum shards.

This happens to me. For reals. It's incredibly annoying. Anyway....

-When pineapple and jalapeno pizza is a addiction, too.

Don't believe me? try it.


Thaine

[rcmolloy]

When you have a countdown to kickoff on your cell phone, room calendar, and in in your head.

[Vermeulen]

Originally Posted by rcmolloy

When you have a countdown to kickoff on your cell phone, room calendar, and in in your head.

Only 261 days!

[xxjgdancexx]

...in math you start writing down the corresponding team names to the numbers in the algebra problems
...you proudly wear your button suit-of-armor
...you download all the songs you heard at competition just so you can robo rave to them at home
...you find yourself writing your favourite team names, numbers, etc on your hand in class
...you are depressed at the end of competition; not because you did not win, but because it means the season is over

[Steven_585]

Originally Posted by xxjgdancexx

...you are depressed at the end of competition; not because you did not win, but because it means the season is over

Yes! So true... and...

... when you start writing code in your calculus class on notebook paper because you can't take out your laptop but just had to write it down.

!

[xxjgdancexx]

Originally Posted by Steven_585

Yes! So true... and...

... when you start writing code in your calculus class on notebook paper because you can't take out your laptop but just had to write it down.

!

haha that reminds me, today in algebra 2 we were dividing polynomials (uber easy but soo boring) and one of the numbers was 343 and i yelled out "OMG METAL IN MOTION!" everyone looked at me with confused expresions except for three of my robo friends

[Wildcat]

-When you refuse to return a part of your team's robot that fell off at a demo that at the time no one could find where on the robot it came from.
(Every day since a demo last august a bolt fell off my teams robot and i picked it up. Ever since that day, every day i wear that bolt around my neck)

-When you collect odd souvenirs from demos and events your team does.
(^ regalith from team 1502, ypsi fest '09 )

[onecoolc]

When you see a hired man up in a pine tree cutting it down, and your first thought is, "Oh, wow. That's a cool pulley system they have going on, I wonder how it works..." instead of, "I wonder why they're cutting down that tree."

[xxjgdancexx]

When driving around town, you see house numbers and then search your memory to know what team that was. Ive found 1102, 281, 2751, 1771, etc lol

[demosthenes2k8]

When driving by your local offseason (I couldn't make it, I was too wiped out), you can spot, from a distance, members of several teams, and just from their t-shirts, name and number each team.

[Youarefunny]

...you spend more time at school then your teachers.

[Carolyn_Grace]

When buying airplane tickets you pick the row that corresponds with your team number....I'll be sitting in seats 33A and 33F on my way to California. hehe

[apalrd]

...When while playing whirlyball with your team, and your alliance is up 22-6, your alliance decide it's best to score for the other alliance to get a higher coopertition bonus.

[BEEKMAN]

When you buy a 24 pack of Mt. Dew on sale at Walmart...so that you can save money at your next competition..in over 1 month.

Seriously though, 24 pack of Dew is $5!!!......so I bought two

[806Blacksmith]

------ You spend 24/7 on chiefdelphi.com
------ The only thing that runs though your mind on a test is robotics

[B-Bot]

... your valintine is your robot
... you spend 3 hrs building a duck tape tie
... all numbers you see add up to a first team you know

[kws4000]

A classmate in AP Physics has a folder with various cartoon robots on it, and the first time you see it you immediatly start comparing the varois propulsion mechanisms and start writing psuedo-code in your head for how the various appendages would operate.

[bibleboy932]

...when ALL grades except ENGLISH R A's

[adiadi81]

- When you start using Solidworks for fun
- When singing out loud doesn't bother you any more
- When you realise you haven't spoke to your family since last sunday

- When your best gossip is " Did you see how &#$%& uses the driller? "
- When you start counting your wounds on your hands and just give up
- When you find home boring

-When you realize you haven't been to your ^$@#% class since the start of this seson


Love you guys !

[kendra21093]

Originally Posted by xxjgdancexx

haha that reminds me, today in algebra 2 we were dividing polynomials (uber easy but soo boring) and one of the numbers was 343 and i yelled out "OMG METAL IN MOTION!" everyone looked at me with confused expresions except for three of my robo friends

Happened to me in my class as well only it was 346 and i was like "OMG ROBOHAWKS!" My teacher just nodded in understanding...it was like 2 days after DC

[kendra21093]

When you spend all of your lunch in the robot room fixing the drive train

When you cry at the end of competition season

When you call the robot your baby and get to help put it in the truck. (Laura and I <3)

When you sing ultimate showdown and your team instantlyjoins in =)

[Unicorn_Knight]

... you start skipping sports practice to go to your "real" sport (FIRST)
... your team of 14 can seriously vouch that they can drink 56 cans of soda on a Saturday work day
... your boyfriend has to not only come to robotics, but help work on the robot if he wants to hang out
... when national "That's What She Said" day is your favorite holiday ever

[lgaroppz]

...you bring a robot to your prom (true story, he stayed in my car the whole time though)

[Brikien93]

-- When leaving the machine shop before 1 am is an unknown experience for you.

-- You've had dangerous romantic encounters with a large dangerous machine 3 feet away.

-- Sleeping at the robotics building is not a foreign concept.

-- You get lost on the way home.

-- The only time you're not doing something robotics related is during your robotics class period. It becomes your sleep catch up time.

[jmanela]

when you type ... into your internet browser and you get ...

"c"...chiefdelphi.com

"f"...frcdirector.blogspot.com *not facebook

"u"...usfirst.org

"a"...andymark.com

[LemmingBot]

... The robot gets a hug and kiss good night, along with half your team.

... You watch an old Doctor Who episode and find yourself designing the Daleks a new body that can climb steps.

... Your tools have names, ALL OF THEM.

... Battle Bots makes you cry a little.

... You really want to ride on BigDogs back.

[KarenH]

...you propose that your family's Easter dinner be scheduled for Beach Bot time (3:30).

[Kusha]

..when you start taking part household items to build a robot
..when all you talk about is robotics
..when you get addicted to CD
..when you regularly browse DIY sites
..when you have a table in your room only for electronics
..when you have a cork board on the wall only for buttons, and it's nearly full
..when you get your whole team to skip everywhere during competition
..when all you do is think about how to improve next year
..when you type up a long post in CD instead of doing homework that's going to take 3 hours to do (ap world .-.)

I LOVE Robotics <3

[Wildcat]

when you order a new hat customised with your team's colors and number
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...x/100_5796.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...x/100_5800.jpg

[emekablue]

When you learn how to drive a robot before you learn how to drive a car.

...Yeah, I don't even have my permit yet.