I have a friend who started into a LGAT program, and I was researching it when I came across some information that PUA's may find interesting regarding push-pull and real world examples that are not part of "gaming".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-grou ... s_training

"In his book Life 102, LGAT participant and former trainer Peter McWilliams describes the basic technique of marathon trainings as pressure/release and asserts that advertising uses pressure/release "all the time", as do "good cop/bad cop" police-interrogations and revival meetings. By spending approximately half the time making a person feel bad and then suddenly reversing the feeling through effusive praise, the programs cause participants to experience a stress-reaction and an "endorphin high". McWilliams gives examples of various LGAT activities called processes with names such as "love bomb," "lifeboat", "cocktail party" and "cradling" which take place over many hours and days, physically exhausting the participants to make them more susceptible to the trainer's message, whether in the participants' best interests or not."

So, I looked up "good cop/bad cop"...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_cop/bad_cop

"Although the technique is especially useful against subjects who are young, frightened, or naïve, it may still cause an instinctive psychological response in those who are familiar with it."