I would have to agree with Matt that the relative lack of cheering is due to the fact that this is the CR's first year running. Give it a few years and there'll be ALOT more people, ALOT more veteran teams, and ALOT more cheering
As for the team party, yea it was quite boring compared to GLR (I particularly missed the inflatable thingies). But again, I think I can safely say that it will be better in future years.