I really hope all the whales buy in now. And from what I've seen of the chaotic mess that is the EOS Slack, lots of people are ignorant about how the ICO works & some don't even realize it will last a whole year. Waiting a couple months and timing it wisely could result in some incredible deals. Or you could play averages and just place a tiny bit of ETH down on every single distribution day.

Regarding non participation for US citizens, that seems to be the norm for ICOs these days as nobody wants to run afoul of the US SEC. But you do know that restriction can be easily bypassed, right? Even if the web site is blocked, you could get the sale contract address and directly call the right functions on it to contribute. There's really no way for that silly rule to be enforced, but by at least going through the motions they can say "we did our best to comply with all relevant securities laws".