Rejection is stupid high in cold approach. The IHAB is tell tale.
Real talk, in modern times, girls will usually take free attention or give # and or IG. Esculation is a sure fire way to Call her out physically. The biggest annoying part of game is fence sitters and attention *****s. Esculation is the nuclear option.
I have not gotten IHAB'ed much at all after 2010 and never IHAB'ed in day game. The women that I've approached within the last 5-10 years have been getting more sophisticated in their excuse making when not interested. This video showed the IHAB is alive and well since it was recorded in April-May 2021. Every time that you get an IHAB, you must push back with a "boyfriend destroyer line". The IHAB line is an earlier version of Last Minute Resistance.
I counted him getting IHAB'ed 3 times in that video.
IHAB #1: In the approach from 7:30-8:30, the guy did a good approach on the tall-ish woman (I'd estimate she was in the 5'7"-5'8" range) on an urban residential street as he approached her from the front.
Overall, this is an approach was worth doing. Opened with "Hey, sorry, this is random but I thought you were very pretty." Yes, no shiit, she is attractive. But not "very pretty". He could have opened if he had nothing based on the tie dye and black pair of shorts she selected. If he opened with "I'm impressed with the pattern and colors on the shorts you're wearing. What made you choose to buy that pair of shorts compared to others you might have seen that day?", then you have some basis for the beginning of an extended conversation. Some women would give an unimpressive answer, which means she's not at all interested or has a bad personality, neither of which is good. Then, you can transition the conversation thread to a frame like Roosh's GALNUC from "Day Bang" or some other topical thread that would lead to a date agreement in approximately 5 minutes of talking (if going well) or the conversation fizzles out before the ask of a date. One of the reasons a conversation can fizzle out before the ask of a date is that the woman has a boyfriend. A lot of women with boyfriends are not talkative because they don't need to socialize when they are actively receiving penis. That was a shiit approach on all levels because he opened with pedestalization and asked for a number within 1 minute (unless video was edited). The boyfriend she cites may or may not be real, I'm less inclined to think this boyfriend was real.
IHAB #2: The woman at 5:49-6:52 was alone on a park/street bench and had an open space next to her. Unfortunately, her face was in her phone at the beginning of the approach, indicating that she's occupied with something else and not open to being approached. Women without boyfriends are not going to have their face down in a phone on a park bench if they are serious about meeting men. Everything about her pre-approach behavior indicated that this wasn't an approach worth doing.
IHAB #3: The approach from 20:31 to 22:16 was done on Dallas' most notable walking path for daygame. I have daygamed this location many times. There have been times I've done 2 hour approach sessions on weekends on this walking path and approached no one simply because there were no valid approach opportunities. This walking path has both sufficient foot traffic and demographically targeted traffic. Most women on this path are 21-34 and unmarried. However, the biggest problem with this path is the overuse of headphones/earbuds. There are way too many yuppie, college educated White women using headphones/earbuds on this path. The guy in the video approached too many women wearing earbuds, including the one at 20:31-22:16. She was nice about the rejection as a lot of Dallas women will be if the guy is reasonably good looking. She did say at 22:07 that she was "kinda seeing someone" so that tells me she has a weak, early stage relationship and that the guy approaching had weak game.
Overall, this was not an approach worth doing because of the earbuds.
The guy got numbers at 14:40-15:59 (weak ask for a coffee date) and 17:12-19:04. Both were approaches from behind on that notable walking path and both were women wearing earbuds. He also got a number at 8:36-10:13 on a uncalibrated approach from behind with someone not wearing earbuds. Getting numbers is not all that meaningful. The more meaningful occurrence is having those numbers turn into dates. The most meaningful occurrences is having those dates turn into sex at some point. There's a good chance that at least 2 of those 3 numbers did not result in a date, and possible all 3 were flakes.
Since the pandemic been doing more sniper approaching. Lots of parks, hiking, dog parks, trails, etc. It's such a better use of time. I take IOIs and choosing signals. I don't search or scan for them. I know they will come. I let it ride.
Outdoor approaching is the most viable form of approaching right now and has been since March 2020. You're doing street/park/path game in one of the better ways.
Where are these daygame locations at? I've been trying to do daygame at malls and groceries stores but it takes too long to find woman who are alone, even more impossible to find reasonably attractive ones alone, and im not picky. I'm still new to Dallas and everyone always goes out in groups here, hard to find solo targets to approach.
Part of the reason I watched that video was to see if the guy daygamed any locations that I have never daygamed. Every location he daygamed are locations that I recognize and have daygamed. There isn't much unique about daygame in Dallas and it's not the ideal city for daygame. Even with that said, there are enough daygaming options and someone can have success with it.
All locations featured in that video are near Downtown Dallas. Areas nearer to Downtown Dallas are areas where daygame is more possible. I mentioned the most notable walking path in Dallas earlier in this thread. There are two walking paths in Dallas proper that draw some audience. Those two areas have the most options for approaching. There's certainly sufficient foot traffic at both but getting attention can be challenging. Most women wear earbuds if alone on both of those paths. Also, one of those paths is more geared at 35+ women, so I'm not inclined to daygame there. Parks in Dallas exist but are nothing special compared to any other Top 25 US city.
I was never good at mall game but there are 2 big malls that are probably worth daygaming if you're into the whole mall approaching thing. One is better than the approach and I've already dropped enough hints in this thread that you could figure out which mall to daygame.
I have daygamed grocery stores in areas that have a high concentration of unmarried people under 35-40. I've also done the same with non-mall retail stores, primarily bookstores on occasion. Over the years, I've been better at grocery store game than mall/other retail game.
While daygame can be effective, it is highly inefficient. Expect to do 2-4 hour long approach sessions either indoors or outdoors to get in some valid approaches and that's even if you're selecting good daygaming venues. Even valid approaches won't lead to dates or sex. There are multiple ways to break up that time.
I suspect that either you aren't picking the right venues or you're not throwing enough time at the right venues. Daygame is an inefficient, painstaking, and time consuming process. Due to those characteristics of daygame, you want to get higher quality dates and extended relationships out of daygame. Doing daygame is not something that you do for one night stands or casual sex. Getting a "one date, no sex, no second date" interaction from daygame is a failure because that scenario is more common from swiping at home while sitting around in your underwear (easier to do) or some form of nightgame at the bars.