You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

[smurfgirl]

Originally Posted by rocketperson44

When you see the thread titled "team 228 can and bottle drive" and think "what kind of crazy drivetrain is that?"

That one made me laugh.

[EricH]

--When you're at Pep Boys for something unrelated to robotics and are sure you see a CIM motor, large size, in its original state.

--When you get a job at a go kart track and start trying to figure out:

1. Can your driver control the robot on this track (there are 6 tracks)?
2. Can the overpass be hurdled over?
3. If not, how can it be, without landing in the channel on the other side of the fence?
4. How do you control the robot where you can't see it?
5. Can it beat the karts we've got on the track?
6. Will the robot spin out (slick track)?
7. How good would our driver be (bumper cars, tank-drive steering)?

--When you think that they've got it wrong on the track when one of the three main tracks starts with a right turn and ends with a right turn (and it's drive straight into both of them...)

--At said go kart track, there is no bumping on most of the tracks...so you think of it as "hurdler interference" instead of "bump to pass".

[dbell]

Originally Posted by rocketperson44

When you see the thread titled "team 228 can and bottle drive" and think "what kind of crazy drivetrain is that?"

I thought the exact same thing!

When you do a google search for "aluminum stick weld" and this CD thread comes up, and you think its cool.

When you buy another pair of safety glasses even though you already own 3.

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by rocketperson44

When you see the thread titled "team 228 can and bottle drive" and think "what kind of crazy drivetrain is that?"

lmao, first time I saw that I thought the same thing. I kept thinking about how it would work. lol

[sgreco]

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

The altitude of your plane reaches higher than any FIRST teams you know, and you can't wait 'til next year.

When it's 67 degrees outside and you say "geez it's HOT out"

[ShotgunNinja]

You post on the 86th page in a "You know you've overdosed on FIRST" thread.

You spend the summer making a Motorized Driver's Seat (aka GoBot) out of the robot from two years ago. And it actually works. And you drive it around the school during Gear-Up for the incoming freshmen.

[Torboticsmember]

When you go to your high school during the summer to tell your teacher that there is gonna be a new speed controller, after you stopped by her house and she wasn't there.

[CCCP]

when pizza doesnt look good because you had it all build season

[Koko Ed]

You eagarly await the release of the competition dates so you can use it to determine your vacation schedule for next year.

[waialua359]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

You eagarly await the release of the competition dates so you can use it to determine your vacation schedule for next year.

Or when you post at 1:50 in the morning on Sunday night before a work day.

[Carlee10]

Or when you post in class....

[XXShadowXX]

When you make the andymark logo on notepad...

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#1300 W00t!

[Raumiester2010]

when you have enough team t-shirts to last you a week (at least) and only one is actually from your team

[EStokely]

You know when it is just a week before school, you have already had a dozen team meetings since school let out and you are trying to figure out how to add a few more meeting days.

You also know you have a problem when the team is growing to almost 50 students and its just that one lone teacher, you, wondering how to get them all to drink the cool aide....

[Lions for First]

when you STILL have you sumbmission for rookie all-star on your desktop because you don't want to lose it