Sarged with Brokendreams and another friend at a bar in Times Sq. It was filled with out of towners, good for pulling one night stands if your skill is there.
It's been awhile since I've met up with a committed PUA, which is a relief.
The night was a good refresher. Brokendreams definitely is knowledgeable and has been to a few bootcamps. Excellent kino, excellent openings, zero approach anxiety, and good presence, and good story telling skills. My props to you, dude. You're not that fat..that's a nonissue.
He opened a good 15 sets or so easily. I came in as a wing to occupy the ****blocks. Pretty much all sets opened nicely. The main problem was getting the sets to hook. I've ran into this problem before and dropped mystery's routines because most of these stacks weren't working for me. Calibration is likely in an issue, but whatever. I'm more focused on charmisma arts/the approach material now...
The last approach on the street with the two cute irish girls...One was drunk and was literally asking us to take her with her to the next bar. "oh if its not too trouble," she says in a cute irish accent. Freebie if I ever saw one, but we talked about this. lol!
I haven't read up on what's current these days, so you'll have to overlook my outdated knowledge although I've been exposed to lots of material. I'll be building my own routine stacks based on my own personality and updating my knowledge this week.
I wanted to stress that not all interactions should be seen through the lens of pickup. If a girl approaches you on the subway asking directions and compliments you on a nice watch. Sometimes, that's really all it is. Just normal human interactions. I fall into that trap every once in a while.
Things I learned:
1) The value of coming at the same energy at or above the group that you're opening. If you come in trying to ask basic rapport questions (how's your night going, where you from, etc) with a high energy ADD girl, it's probably not going to work. It's better just to start high fiving the girls or spinning her around or go into high energy routine.
2) The importance of having stacks lined up. I'm not always the most spontaneous person so having personality conveying stories ready is absolutely essential. I'll work on those.
3) Juggler's 90/10 rule. I still find this to be true despite what Juggler says. You must convey personality or talk about yourself in the beginning in order for the girl to open up. You supply 90% of conversation material in the beginning then level it off. This gives her permission to open up. Then you can bounce more material off that.
Basic stuff I'd imagine, but it's been awhile for me.
My approach anxiety is minimal to none. So this is a huge improvement for me from the last three months.
It was great night overall. That's what it's about! Looking forward to even better nights!
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