[bladetech932]

Ok here is what i think
1. the yellow coverings are strait just because of rushed cad

2. the gate in this photo isnot in the old spot neither is it in the middle, my team set up the field in okc and i know the gate was between two side pieces the middle is one piece that said the only other way it could be oriented going off the yellow pieces is half way between the middle and the old position

3. there are 4 gates because first probably would not reduce it to one or two for time between matches

4.moving the gates is for a purpose so i am assuming the interacting part of the fields will be by the alliance station

5.no human player in the middle means its a great place for the robots to start probably similar to the orientation in 2006

6. from the prior years experience the hints are unrelated

7. the shadows are there for a purpose.