Stress test and release

It's finally been announced! August 28th is the the official release of Guild Wars 2. Along with that, Arena Net has announced that July 20 to the 22 is the final beta weekend event, which makes me curious if they will release any new content for the final beta, maybe a new boss or dungeon perhaps?

The most recent stress test, for the hour I was able to participate, was rather seamless.  When I went to Lion's Arch and some other popular maps, loads times were rather long, but they worked.  I managed to gain the reward for the monthly events and was nothing special, exp and copper, nothing worth grinding over, but a nice reward none the less.

So, who here is hyped for release?  Have you participated in beta yet?  If not, why not, if so, what do you think thus far?  Tell me in the comments!