Since I can't start a thread in the field report section, I'll do it here.

Okay, first day out after getting into the whole thing. I tried a lot out, and didn't do as well as I usually do, although tonight was more or less an experiment to see what worked, and what didn't. This was all at the local bar.

1) For a warmup, 2 Set HB6/HB6: I opened with the "Are you guys shy? I've been standing there with my friend for 5 minutes and you haven't even said Hi yet!". They laughed and appologised and we got talking for a while. They were 24 and asked how old I was. They didn't beleive me when I said 25, but played along and all was good. Then my friend came up and told them I just turned 18 (when I'm actually nearly 21). Then they pretty much lost interest and I just left.

2) I tried the same line with a 5-set (averaging an 8 ). They all laughed and gave me a hug (except one). I gave the hottest one a neg because she didn't hug me, and she laughed and hugged me in the end.
We danced for a while and then I gave my original opener to them and I didn't sell it well (AND the music was too loud to hear it all). It didn't work, so we ended up leaving. The line was basically:

“I'm in a dilemma. My friend is here tonight and he’s been flirting with a girl all night. However, there’s something that I know, and he doesn’t. That is that their parents have just started dating. I know the girl from Highschool and met her parents a few times. None of them have any idea though. Do you think I should butt in and stop them?”

3) I wanted to try the above line somewhere quieter. I approached a 5-set (averaging a 7) and asked if I could have their opinion on something. They said 'No', so I said "Fine, I'll ask someone else" and turned away. Curiosity got a HB7 and she followed me, and after a few minutes I gave in and told her the above line. It worked really well. She talked about it for about 5 minutes, then we got onto other things. I tried the ESP game on her, and it was hopeless (I got none correct).

Anyway, there were no seats free, and her HB8 and HB2 friend came up to us. I told the HB8 that if she's lucky I'll let her sit on my knee, and she did. I shared the opening line with them and got some feedback. Then the HB2 started bitching about something, and pulled the other two away from me. The original HB7 came up and said something later in the night, so that was a somewhat success.

Any advice on how to stop a girl from pulling others away when you don't have a wing present?

4) 3 -set, 1 guy and HB7/HB8 (my first experience with this approach ). They apparently had boyfriends there, but I thought I would try my luck. I can't remember what I opened with (I think it was 'are you shy'). We talked for a while, and I tried the BF test on the two girls. I went with the shampoo question and only one of them looked at the other. I wasn't prepared for this, so I just said "nah, you guys aren't close". Bluh bluh bluh, nothing happened, they left.

What do you guys do when something like this doesn't work?

5) This one was the most successful, but I didnt' do much at all. 3 set - 2 guys (HB7). They said "if your feet are bigger than mine, ill buy you a drink." I was like.... okay ( I do have big feet). They were bigger, and they purchased a drink for me. I talked a bit more to them, it was her birthday and she took a LOT of photos of us. I did the 5 questions game which worked. I ended up talking to them for most of the night, and number closed the girl. Its a bit freaky though. I checked her facebook (she gave me her name) and there's a pic of me kissing her ont he cheek as the default picture. I may call her. I'll see what happens.

6) This is where the night goes down hill in terms of routines. It may have been because I was getting quite drunk ( I should probably tone down If I expect results). I tried the sketch routine about 4 times. All of them failed (eg - they lost interest, AMOGs were on to me, had to leave). I'm not going to try the sketch routine again.

I tried the ESP test a few more times. All 3 times it failed. How do you guys go with this one? Mine was way off. The Best Friends test failed again. The 5 question game really worked well. Basically, nothing but failure came after this, so I just retreated to the 'Bday girl' and spent the night with those guys.

Summay: Some things worked, some didn't. Not too bad for a first effort I guess. I'm going to tone down on the alcohol next time. Things were working WAY better when I was sober. Any advice? There was only really 1 successful attempt in the end.