well, ive been practicing my online game and here's a few things:
-start the convo with a random question. Im workin w/ a shy girl right now so i just say, "hey, how come u seemed so shy in school today?".
-use the question to get going. find hints in her response that may lead to other topics.
-you want to try to get towards topics that lead to emotions and things about herself and yourself.
-one game that works is the "I like.." game.
http://www.fastseduction.com/guide/03_A ... like.shtml
it builds rapport with her and you can start off with random things like "i like finding $20 bills in my pants" and slowly move to more deep things. for example, the shy girl actually added me on myspace, but let me start the interaction. so the last "i like" i said was "I like realizing that some things come to you, and you should take them as they are..". This got her really feelin' me haha
so basically, just work your pua, but online. I don't like using some of the routines tho because they just sound wierd online. have fun and play games.