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04-29/23:49 Topps: Hello Vikings!

As @Hagbard mentioned, I am in the process of writing my thesis on the topic of Hnefatafl strategies, and I would love some input on different strategic approaches you advanced players use or find interesting. I am mainly examining the Fetlar ruleset, but if you have any strategies, game knowledge or insights that apply to other rulesets, I would very much like to hear them! If you are interested in participating, feel free to email me at birk_topp.at.hotmail.dot.com or just write here on the site :) Thank you for your time!

(e-mail written like that for similar reason as @Draganov mentioned)

04-29/12:58 Plantagenet: Thanks.

04-29/09:06 Hagbard: fixed

04-28/23:14 Plantagenet: Why am I unable to offer games with x5 or x2 timing?

04-24/10:26 Luizz: Thats good, then at least that accusation seems to be wrong. However, I still find aliases quite negative for the community, especially if both accounts are playing actively

04-23/13:11 Hagbard: - more aliases did not participate in the same tournament in the WTF World Champ., this is checked every year -

04-23/11:21 Luizz: I agree with Draga that alt accounts are confusing and unfair. They screw with the rating, and give the illusion that there are more strong players than there actually are. If people want to experiment, they should play unrated games, but not fool everyone with a secret account. However, I can tolerate it as long as they dont enter a tournament with both accounts. I believe death and Odin frequently participate in the WTF, therefore I hope Draganovs suspicion is wrong.

04-22/19:02 Draganov: @Gulo, in my opinion it is also unfair to have more than one account. There are many problems with that but unfortunately the top players tend to have multiple accounts. I think I am the only top player with only one account. Based on my investigation these accounts are fakes:
Bubbles = Casshern (same style, no talking)
Раса = Alex Hnefatafl 
Death = OdinHimself 
Bingoboy = Cacreal (bingo said is Cacreal's son)
Fjorlag = Herjan

04-22/18:53 Draganov: @Hagbard, I am open to share my knowledge on the game. So, you can give my email address to the student:
p.draganov87at.gmail.dot.com (I am writing my email like this to prevent some scams).

04-22/15:57 Hagbard: I received this mail and think that perhaps some of our enthusiastic players could have a feedback to give
...
I am writing my bachelor thesis at Umeaa University in Sweden, and after a recent obsession with the game Hnefatafl, I decided to write my thesis about it. For my thesis, I am writing about strategies and their effectiveness in the game. I would very much like to talk to some experts about the game, and gather additional information, strategies and knowledge about the game.
If you have time for a chat about the game or you know anyone who might be interested, please contact me!
Thanks very much for your time! 
Sincerely Birk Topp-Joergensen

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