[Steph]

Personally, I like regionals. We went to three this year, yet never saw the same team three times. I saw lots of old friends, and made many new ones along the way. At the Championship, I'm usually so exhausted (and busy) that I don't get to walk around the pits and visit all of the teams, etc. I like the smaller regionals (like Waterloo for example, 24 teams) because you play with and against each team, often more than once. You get to see the teams you've mentored compete and succeed without having to run to another field. I love the Championship as well, I just like the more personal sort of feel to the regionals better.