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I think they will be fine. When Tom was ousted for hiring actors I went over to their forum and was shocked to see that nearly all of the posters were defending him. "Brainwashed cult members" came to mind.
I think the people on the forum are not the best representation of their typical customer. These are mostly their biggest fans. I would expect that most of them would defend Tom.
It's kind of like anything that needs a substantial investment. You see the same thing in mountain biking, scuba diving, cars. If you ask 100 people what the best ordinary car is, 99 of them will tell you whatever they own. People want to be consistent with the choices they make especially when they front up a lot of cash. Moonies, Tories, Hare Krishnas, season ticket owners for football teams, whoever.
There was a documentary on BBC radio a couple of months ago about Daygame.com, reporter did one of their boot camps. It was a bit patronising but an OK listen, if I remember right no-one actually had any success.
I've watched the Blueprint and went through a period of using the whole method and have to say I've had more success not using it than with it. Maybe that's just me, maybe that's just because I already had a style I was comfortable in but I got blown out far more when trying to follow their model. It's got some good ideas like the way investment in the conversation changes but then, that's something I've seen in tons of other material.
Is it any different to any other PUA methodology? The basic message is the same across just about everything, the rest is just branding, doing something special that marks you out as different from all the others. Ross Jeffries is the perfect example, if you ever listen to his seminars his basic message is exactly the same as everyone else's then he adds on a layer of bullshit to differentiate himself. But it isn't the bullshit that works, it's the basics. But what does everyone focus on?
Every car has four wheels and an engine. Leather seats, a fancy stereo or climate control don't get you where your going any better. You're just paying for extras that make no difference.