I've been a student of this for about a year and a half. During that time, I figured, hey, if I get a bullet-proof routine, then I can stick to that for the remainder of my life, picking up any woman. Until this evening, I was the lord of canned material.

But then I visited Starbucks. I went to order a frozen coffee, and the cashier was kind of cute. I wasn't interested in sarging tonight, but figured it would be fun to play around with her a little... just for the fuckin' hell of it. She was standing at the drive-thru window, looked over, asked if I had been helped or not, and I gave her a "what the fuck did you just say?" look, and of course turned it into a joke after she repeated by a knowing shake of the head and smile. And then later when she went to hand me my change, I kept moving my hand around, making her reach over the counter and everything, and she gave me a big grin.

I wasn't "trying" anything. for the first time EVER I was actually just having some fun with a girl without meticulously working out the next steps in my head.

Then I realized... most of my success has come from when I improvised a little from the predetermined method. Sure, they've been a great help. But the more I mature, the more it feels like I'm being too constricted by them.

Immolation herby retires from his "training wheels" of heavily structured methods, and henceforth will go into fully natural/situational pick-up.

From now on I adopt a layed-back, playful, to-the-point style that's lose enough to improvise when I feel the need.

Good for you!

Now I've never thought that structured material was useless, far from it.
When I started all of this, I was unsure to to act and approach, but after a while, the methods and routines helped me out, yet I never stuck with them.
Eventually I said to Hell with routines and then I started having fun.

Don't ever be afraid to try something new, just as long as you have that confidence. Your analogy was right. When we start riding a bike, we use training wheels first, then over time we get out balance and then we ride on our own.

But whatever you do, don't disregard what you've learned or neglect it.

With me I will only do a routine opener from there i unleash my personality