Symptoms – FIRST-a-Holics

Since the creation of FIRST people have had symptoms of being FIRST-a-Holics. If you are not sure if you are a FIRST-a-Holic read this list below and if you fit into some the items you might just be a FIRST-a-Holic.

Your dreams involve building robots.
You refer to the days before alliances as “The good ol’ days”
You have enough FIRST t-shirts to wear for a month without repeating them or washing them.
You have been on a Segway.
You get excited when you see Mount Shasta water with the FIRST logo on it.
Your buddy list is sorted by team number.
Your screen name has your team number in it.
You know what year the team numbers became permanent.
After going to five regionals and the Championship Event in one season you don’t know what to do with your weekends.
You have been involved in the FIRST Robotics Competition in Middle School, High School, College, and the Real World.
The number of buttons you have traded at a competition is larger than the highest score for the day.
When walking around with a FIRST shirt on people come up and ask what team you are on.
When at RadioShack you know more than the employees do about Vex.
While at confirmation class your Pastor asks where you Bible is and you say ‘In the FIRST cabinet’ referring to the Competition Manual.
By the third week of regionals you know which song is played for each award.
Your play list contains only music that is played at competitions.
The first competition that you went to you shaved your team number onto the back of your head.
You choose which college to go to based on their FIRST team.
If you can read and make any sense of the 1998 brackets. (From Andy Grady)

If you have a symptom not listed here email it to symptoms@first-a-holics.com to be diagnosed.