TIps & Advice for a Black Forest TG Newb!

Apologies for the lengthy post!

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For my sins, 90% of my games are 3v3/4v4 Black Forest. I am however really struggling at improving beyond my current 1450-1500 rating.

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I am learning the Fast Castle build orders, to get my current normal 20 min times down to 16-17mins (excluding being flank player), but I am also keen to get some specific Black Forest type advice.

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For example, as a flank player...

1. When is YOUR best time to wall? Do you rush all in with vils and force the wall or hang back & wait for your opponent to initiate it (assuming your TC is not right at the pinch point) and then wall accordingly?
2. How do you counter a castle dropped right onto your wall line early Castle Age?
3. How do you counter Turks HC & BBC early imp push?
4. Whats the first go-to to counter knights if your wall fails/unable to wall?
5. TRUSH im ok with, but what vils do you instantly send to stone to allow you to counter towers beyond your first one? 6o you just pull all vills off farms to build counter towers?
6. When you have a patch of 3-4 boars a distance away from your starting location, at what point/which vills to you send over to nab them to get a good advantage / loosing the productive time of those vils as they walk off?
7. For nearby ponds, what build order/at what point do you build fishing ships? Do you?
8. What is a good build order/way to achieve SO before the battles begin & resources are quickly drained holding them off?

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All of the above I generally muster a response to - allbeit a panicked flustered apologetic 30% success-rate one (sounds like my old University days there....!!!).

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I am keen to learn how others respond & improve! :)

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Many thanks in advance,