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[QUOTE="Irexes, post: 556930, member: 13873"]
First up I don't think you can categorise the forum as having a style or approach. There's huge variety in terms of skill and aggression/passivity on here. 
 
That said, here's some responses,

I agree it's an important part of the game but I absolutely disagree that it's more important than the maths and odds :). Bluffing and correct betting against dead money are important. But they are not as important as a game that is based on a solid foundation of play built on a deep understanding of odds (pot and implied). Great play often involves making the unusual play but is wasted without the vast majority of the time when solid "regulation" play is required. All of the literature (from successful pros) starts with an understanding of this. Even Gus Hansen's success is based on an understanding of the odds although he uses it in a very different way.
 
This is part of the problem with HHs, they are context free and therefore the default play is usually the recommended one. If the same hand occurred with an hour's context then the advice would often be different. So much in poker "depends".

Win at all costs doesn't mean gambling. It means picking your spots and by turn being passive, aggressive, unpredictable, solid and loose as the situation dictates. Any blanket statement about correct play is again glossing over so many of the variables that occur in any MTT.
 
A rock will his share and so will someone who is uniformly aggressive, but the person who knows when to switch between the two will win a whole lot more :)
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