[Alyssa]

As far as the San Diego Regional goes, in my experience it's an extremely well organized and run event, with a great mix of international teams, rookie teams and veteran teams. The only issue is there is quite a bit of natural light in the new venue which can be pretty rough for vision processing. It's a huge venue though so getting from the pits to the field and whatnot is a easy, plus they have great volunteers running the process.

One other thing worth mentioning is that SDR always has a waiting list, so make sure you're on top of it for the second round if you're hoping to get in.