Well, apparently I've been doing the really hard openers. When I read The Shocker it said that High Value (direct), situational, and shockers are the hardest openers. And I've always done these... Never an opinion opener, Low Value opener, or a cold read.

The chart goes like this:

Opener - Break Ice - Get Girl Talking - Get Girl Laughing - Build Social Value - Build/Break Rapport - Difficulty

Shockers - yes - yes - yes - yes - break - 6
Opinion - yes - yes - maybe - ... - neutral - 4
High Value - yes - ... - maybe - yes - either - 8
Low Value - yes - yes - ... - ... - build - 1
Cold Read - yes - ... - ... - yes - build - 6
Situational - yes - yes - maybe - ... - build - 8

Shockers really do work great. I tried one out today. I didn't even deliver a complete one, but I still built up a lot of sexual tension and saw big DHV's... Unfortunately it was annoying because she was working in a store and kept walking away. If I delivered it properly then she probably wouldn't have. I'm gonna be going out again later, maybe I'll see her again.