UPDATE - After trading a couple of emails with the support team, here's what I've found out:
1. The system is 100% up and running, and what you see is what you get.
2. In the Los Angeles regional, there are in fact only two entries, ours and team 1515 ... my concern is that I have seen at least three other team entries showcased here on CD and on YouTube ... but support team has confirmed that if they didn't upload or check in with them, they're out!
3. No teams were turned away unless their rendered video was unviewable (only one team had this issue) - all other teams that contacted them were allowed in, manual uploads were accepted, and the deadline was relaxed even beyond the 17th extension to let technical challenges get resolved.
4. We were also told that in any cases where there are only small number of teams (two in our case) competing - that Autodesk would be the final judge in awarding the Regional winner.
5. So according to the support team, what's up there now is final. Hope this doesn't create too much anger out there with teams that didn't make it in for whatever reasons.
