It's been a while since I have posted on these forums guys, so let me re-introduce myself before I get to the field report. I picked up a copy of 'the game' a year or so ago and started learning about the arts of the PUA. However, shortly after I started learning some of these awesome skills I fell into a LTR so I slipped out of the community.

Anywho, when I looked back at the month or so when I was learning these techniques I was like, “Damn - that stuff worked. how hot was I?”. So I decided to get back into the community. In the past I never really opened new girls I tended to operate within my social circles so this time round I decided to focus on opening and transitioning first. With this in mind I planned to spend the whole day today opening sets using functional openers, so as to start at a really base level.

After reading through 'Magic Bullets' and working out a few functional openers that I could use I threw on a shirt and jeans and headed out to a local mall to open a few sets.

On the drive to the mall I realised that I was actually pretty nervous about the idea of just going up and talking to strangers. It was at this point that it really occurred to me that I had pretty good mid-game skills but I had never in my life gone out and just opened random sets. At this point AA really began to kick in.

When I reached the mall I looked around and didn't see many eligible targets so I wandered round a few shops and looked for some items I could use for peacocking and other stuff I was after. I picked up some new aviator shades (which are awe-some! btw) and then walked round the mall a few more times looking for targets. After a while I realised that I was seriously bottling it and I decided to just open anyone I could to get myself up and running - after all functional openers are really low level.

So I picked a few small sets but when it came to the crunch I was just paralysed by AA and let them pass me by. I was genuinely surprised how hard I was finding opening. I pulled myself together and used one of my openers on a two set (HB6+7). I didn't transition properly but I used my opener and at least attempted to transition - I was pumped to have made my first approach, even if it was weak.

I spent the rest of the morning wandering about and opened a few more sets but without transitioning properly. After stopping off home for some lunch and changing to a polo shirt and sweater combo I headed off to a smaller mall to build on breaking my AA.

In the afternoon I was much more comfortable, I continued to use functional openers and felt a lot more confident. Ironically, I think I opened less sets in the afternoon but it was much easier. I still froze when I scoped HB9s and HB10s (one stunning HB9 in particular) but I can work on that.

So overall, I am pleased with my first day opening and I plan to go out again tomorrow and maybe mix up some functional openers with some opinion openers. I think I learned some really useful things for myself today:

(1) Sounds dumb, but I went out too early this morning. Most HBs don't seem to come out until lunch.

(2) In the morning I put on a shirt and jeans and to be honest I didn't feel totally comfortable wandering round the mall, in the afternoon when I slipped in to more casual clothes I felt more comfortable and this helped my general body language I reckon.

(3) I now know how AA affects me so I will be prepared for it next time and will be better equipped to combat it.

(4) Looking back at my first few openers I realised I forgot nearly every non-verbal cue I should have been doing. I forgot to smile I think, but more importantly I didn't manage to stop the early groups. When I analyse this I realise this is because I was so nervous I kept moving and didn't have the confidence to stop and deliver the opener so it was kind of a drive-by sarging

(5) I rushed some openers, usually with the hotter HBs so I need to work on slowing down my speech patterns and dominating the interactions.

(6) I didn’t have enough planned to be doing at the mall whilst opening sets so in the end I went right round that mall several times and fell into the trap of scouting HBs in a pretty obvious way.

So in preparation for tomorrow I am going to try and internalise important NVC and have a better plan for the day.

I realise this isn’t the most adventurous field report y’all will ever read, but I figured I would throw it out there as I am pleased to have taken the first baby step, and if anyone has any tips would love to hear them.


Peace and joy PUAs,

Saran.