Tactics for Rampart.

I read Gynnar's post earlier, where he quotes the online strategy for playing as Castle. It would be great to read something similar about Rampart and other castles. But instead, gentlemen... how can I put this more gently... it's just an exchange of impressions, personal opinions, and often meaningless arguments. Where is the evidence? Where are the detailed descriptions of methods? Where is the information that could be gleaned and applied directly in the game? Many here, like Qwerty and others, could, I think, share a lot of interesting information about the strategy of playing as Rampart, following Gynnar's example. And I strongly recommend that everyone who has only played against the computer start playing online instead of these arguments. I say this because I used to play mainly against the computer myself.