Tonight was a major crash and burn for me. To the point of just giving up.

I was out tonight with a natural, a RAFC and a semi hot girl. The nigh was going quite well I opened a good set of HB7's and used the my female friend as a pawn. I got a couple of mixed sets open after that in a few bars. All of them really fizzled away with no number closes but I remained optimistic.

I then went into a club with the natural and the RAFC and they went onto the dance floor. I felt our social proof go down as there was a circle around us. I thought I would open a few mixed sets just to get into the party spirit. I then went onto a two set, I did really well but the target gave me the BF card when I tried to number close. I then moved onto a three set and was doing really well. Loads of kino on the target ( did alot of stealth on her). I was on top form, a HB7 friend of mine came over and showed me a lot of attention. The was the peak of the night, is started going down hill rapidly from then on.

The HB7 I was sarging asked whether the people near me were my friends. I said yes then she basically jumped on my friend the RAFC. He stayed with her for the rest of the night. He is more attractive then me, I know that is AFC thinking but that is what its feel like. I was left with a HB4 and HB5 and didn't really care for either. We were dancing and hanging with them for ages and the natural took the HB 5 home. The other one went home and I stayed.

I stumbled around the club dejected. I tried to open a few sets but everyone was super drunk and not really interested. I started behaving like a really AFC. When approaching I just used generic conversation. Its like I forgot everything and just went back to my old ways.

I managed to get one number close on a girl at the bar, which i then moved to a sofa. I did a few routines on her with quite a bit of fluff. But her friend took her away.

I carried on around the club but new no one and I tried opening a couple of mixed sets but the attention span was almost zero and I was not feeling it.

I approach no HB 8's or higher despite their being in the club.

bad times

I thought it would be cathartic to get it out and share it.

I think my inner game needs work.

Any thoughts?

Hey there,

reading your story, the first that comes into my mind is indeed, your inner game needs work, confidence...

You can look at your evening in 2 ways, you can't change the facts, but the real game is in ur head :

The way you looked at it: real AFC,big crash and burn, nothing worked

other way: remember the positive things of the night:
you had the guts to open sets, you got a number...,
figure out where it went wrong, what did you learn this night?
Try to work on the points where it went wrong...

But, the main thing, keep ur head straight, if you feel ur going on the AFC road, trough bad experiences, call it a night, if ur head isn't right, ur game isn't either...

Remember the good things and fuck what the rest thinks, you are the man and keep on gaming, successes are the only way to forget bad evenings, everyone has bad evenings

Hope this helped a bit...

Cheers Amonx9,

Your advice and encouragement is very helpful.

Today was better, I was working for a film festival and met some people to practise routines on. It was all quite friendly but it worked well. I did some leafleting for the festival as well and used that to my advantage. I enjoy day game just as much.

It revitalised my confidence I think, but I do need a lot more work.

I think you are right about leaving if my head is not right. If its a bad night, leave before I become desperate AFC trying to prove a point and just cheapen myself and the beautiful game.

Game on!

The three F = fun,fast and fuck it!