I think keeping the Q&A system offline for the first week of the season is a good idea (even if it is working). That way, it gives teams a chance to read the manual/consult CD/talk to their friends about questions they might have rather than flooding Q&A with questions like "can we use two batteries at a time on our robot?" that are already answered with a bit of further reading.
And I agree with the posters who said that GDC did a great job with the manual this year! After reading through it once, I only had a few questions ... and after reading through it a second time, only one remains.
