Lucky man Phill, gotta deal with a similar schedule but all year :X
…you try to arrange the letters on Words With Friends to spell the FRC games. (aim high hahaha)
…when you realize that since the beginning of this school year you have not worn a single non FIRST related shirt to school
…when you spend all day reading this thread because you cant get your mind off FIRST
…when you’ve had a countdown on your desktop and igoogle to kickoff since Atlanta
…when you keep searching CD every 5 minutes for “2011 game hint #2”
…when you wonder why so close to kickoff there has not been a post in nearly 3 days
All you can think of while driving through St. Catharines is “1114 1114 1114 1114”
…the same thing happened while relatives mentioned “Simcoe” in a sentence.
When I am more excited for kickoff than my birthday…
When your Christmas gifts are new work gloves, safety glasses, and enough cases of Coca-Cola to last through 6 weeks of build season.
^happened to me when someone wore a shirt with “Bellarmine” written on it to school (except with 254, of course)
During the New Years Countdown televised from Times Square you realize that you could play a full match from 2:30 minutes till, and at 0:20 minutes till you would be in the finale stage.
…everything in your life between January and March is not based on times or dates, but rather what robotics meetings or competitions they were near.
…when you do that plus make 6 countdown timers to kickoff on your desktop
When you start telling time based on how many weeks into build season it is.
When Firefox says you visited CD 54,919 times.
When Firefox says you visited usfirst.org 15,181 times.
And I only got this computer in October.
I have a series of countdowns on my desktop lined up for the following
- Kick-off
- Suffield Shakedown
- Robot Ship (Bag&Tag for 1071 this year)
- CT Regional
- Champs
Edit: In case you were wondering
Kickoff- 5 days
Suffield - 47 Days
Ship - 51 Days
CT Regional - 87 Days
Champs - 114 Days
Ive got 6 set for kickoff, 1 set for “crunch time”, 1 set for ship date. And i just added ones for Granite State Regional, the Las Vegas Regional and Nationals. And I’m about to add one for Battlecry@WPI. Oh and 5 Days, 15 hours, 45 minutes and 10 seconds till kickoff.
You know youve overdosed on FIRST when you and a team mate who are 15-16 walk into Lowes and know exactly where to go.
When you are dying your hair blue and orange for the season(:
…when after build season is over you tell time by how many weeks it is until build season starts again.
…You firmly believe the GDC will actually be sane this year. >.>
You have a clear-cut way to explain FIRST to anyone who asks what it is in one sentence.
When hearing your parents say you can’t participate this season makes you cry.
And you’re still can’t stop thinking about the Game Hint, even you know you can’t play.