Strategy

First things first, no strategy is pefect, if I make any suggestions (its an accident) feel free to ignore them. Unlike some of the other strategy guides with people who are entirely stuck up their own ass (not to mention names SYN_ENVY at pawn_queens site <see comments about powers, which include "i'm the best love me" and "look at me I know what everyone else knows, and i'm gonna say it to be cool">) If you are remotely good.. dont bother reading on, your own way suits you best and you know it. Another thing I spotted was almost every guide says "advanced players, do a big Yahoo, X at least, or if possible C4 or F F o' death". An X is acceptable, anything bigger will get you killed by anyone good, double horiz can be done in 10 seconds.. thats gonna kill anybody doing a C4, and dithers can be got so easily.. GRRR just dont, rain X or X is good if you master it (unlike me). You dont need to vert at every opportunity to be a master too.. I dont (well actually perhaps thats an arguement for verting) Best Yahoo I think is the double horiz, but hey I lose a lot, experiment and try for yourself. Couple of things you need to know to get anywhere, 3 in fact. One is so basic i'm giving you the link to Yahoo! rules so you learn the aim of the game. The second is what the pieces are and how they work, there are different ways to use them, I've tried not to preach on that, as there is no perfect way (unless you are syn_envy who thinks himself God). And finally a few details on how these powers are obtained, I call this my bastard page, because I explained it badly. Just experiment, practice unrated with a friend now and then, and that helps a lot, theres no perfect way, no perfect player, so just find out what suits you. When it comes to timing, once you know what the pieces do, you can stack  them or use them immediately, whatever your heart desires, if its wrong you'll lose and find out that way.