Bit of background info to start you off. My sudonym is Megadirt, or MD if you wish. I was the type of guy who would end up falling into lucky relationships with 7s or 8s and they would last a long time….I say long, 6 months at best. The repercussions of the break-up however lasted a LONG time, sometimes 2 years of nothing, no socialising even with people I already knew.
I discovered the community when I was 16 (5 years ago) but when I was 16, as most 16 year olds do, I did everything half-assed, I fell into another relationship and just forgot about it. Earlier this summer my AFC friend got dumped just before taking his CB4 girlfriend to NewYork.
So I went with him instead, and at a Playboy book signing picked up a book by my, by then, second only to Douglas Adams, favourite author Neil Strauss. It all came flooding back. I looked at my friend and his CB4 ex-gf (who came anyway) and all the acronyms and sudonyms patterns, everything Id learned all of a sudden seemed to make more sense. For fear of being chastised I left the book down and vowed to get it once I got back to familiar bookshops.
So I read it tried and tested a few wings and have whittled it down to 3 very good eager to learn guys. I went to see Gambler and by the end of the day I was approaching like a motherf*!ker. First week back out I email close and F-closed a fortnight later, got a half assed relationship outve it. Not enough to make me leave the game.
We went out once a week did one approach maybe, but would spend the rest of the week watching DVDs, reading E-books, making up scenarios. There got to a point where I realised that I could get past any womans LMR, AMOG the drunkest of guys and we were all really pleased with ourselves…..but we couldn’t approach anyone. Every week was the same, maybe open one or two sets, and then laugh it up when they went wrong, high five if they went right then my relationship ended, I watched the loverboy tribute to sarging video. It ended on a Thursday. I went out that night, and everynight until tonight. 9 Days. 9 Nights out.
I figured out since last week Ive approached about 150 people. Early in the week the sets wouldnt hook that easily, or would go dry but we opened loads of them, got rid of the AA which was the point. Middle of the week wed hold sets for ages, theyd get slightly bitchy after a while but the interactions where fun. We have had to incorporate negs, C&F, false takeaways..all those little decorations for the stages and as of last night AMOGing.
These two really drunk guys where diving right into the seduction stage hanging off girls and making them feel REALLY uncomfortable. I walked up, alpha handshake, “hey man hows it going I really love your tie, whered you get it, its really cool I had one just like it, where you guys out for tonight, just out drinknig on the pull? Thats really cool, youll go really far, youve a great sense of tact…” basically I just kept talking as I walked him and his friend over to the other side of the bar.
I then opened the two set Id just saved, fired an opener at them, DHVd took a while, their shields where up a bit cos of the guys, but they invited us out the following day, one of the girls was really shy and submissive, the other quite dominant and playful. TBH, closing shouldve been no problem, but I just didnt, thats the next stage I have to get to, thats for next week.
Another set I opened later that day had someone in it I already recognised, but she didnt recognise me, so I opened them and told her what her name was and she got a bit scared, I guessed her friends birthday to “proove” I was psychic.
Then isolated her friend, teased her, c&f all was going well, pushed for the number close she “couldnt remember her number”. The interaction went quite well, but I dont think I displayed enough personality and it was quite near the end of the night but thats another step up, besides Ill see her again, if not, 7 billion people in the world ive still most of them to meet.
Ive been at the game for 3 months, and I find that Ive had to extreme progress points, Gamblers workshop, and the past 9 days. The commonalities? Approach everything. High five people without drinks, clink glasses, say cheers or happy christmas, work the room. Ive internalised more in the past week than I have in the apst 3 months just because of this, most of which was yesterday and the previous day. Game the world, old lady serving you in a shop wearing an odd scarf?
Talk about it. Girl walks into you in the street? Bust her on it. Guy wearing your favourite bands t-shirt? Talk to him about them. Just talk to everyone, if you tease a guy working in a pizza shop, or a girl working in a bookstore, they probably aren’t going to accuse you of gaming them.
MD