I just got out of the Colorado regionals, about an hour ago.
Our team did not do all that well (mostly because we were often paired with alliances that had problems), but we had a good time nonetheless!
For those of you watching the stream, I was the guy in the pink dragon helmet, with the pink team (Very happy that the emcee wore my custom-made helmet for five of our matches or so). In spite of our not advancing to the final eight alliances, we had a lot of fun cheering on the other teams. (Especially 4488, who made it to the finals and who had roughly five people on their cheering squad. We increased that number by roughly a factor of six, counting the other teams we recruited.)
It's been an incredible year. We've witnessed some serious problems that teams recovered from beautifully (one of our good friends' teams had a motor literally catch on fire as they were attempting a Cooperatition stack, but they soon bounced back). We've had some exciting moments (the now-immortal 1339-1619 tug-of-war.) And of course, we had plenty of fun.
And really, can anyone really ask for more?
-Thromgord