Thanks for the replies guys, this is just the kind of info I was looking for.
Memento, I've noticed in some of RJ's videos and in The Game that he gets PO'd about people using other methods to open. I actually don't want to use MM, at all. I just don't know any other way to open, as I'm new to all of this and used to have awful AA.
NLP has helped me get over a lot of that AA, but I still find myself using MM to open. I would rather not b/c even if I don't say, "I need your opinion on something," girls recognize that I'm using MM.
That is part of my attraction to NLP/SS (the unrecognizability), but I also find this more appealing b/c I have a very good relationship with my own subconscious.
Zikki, I'm also researching non seduction based NLP, to supplement my sales career. I think it will be a formidable weapon for my arsenal. It seems like the uses of NLP are enormous, whether it be talking your way out of a shit situation, scoring a lay, or closing a deal.
I hesitate to buy into using
only SS, b/c I've heard of many sargers using Patterns in their mid-game. If they work so well, why wouldn't that be the end, save some LMR? Maybe they just aren't very good at it?
I have a couple lady-friends in mind that I'm going to try SS on (just for kicks, unless I'm just that good with it

) to see what happens. I can't wait to become proficient at this!