| Hey, I just finished reading the game and wanted to put my experiences with my first time in the field and trying out my stuff (Actually second, first time I went to Essex and got chewed up and spit out). I'm a professional ice skater so that's why my first field is on an ice rink where my confidence is already high and usually lots of women around.
So anyway's check this out. Sunday I head out to go to the ice rink to put my shit into practice, I looked good, was feeling confident, knew what to do. Should be easy.
So okay cool, I get to the rink and there's not many targets, actually no targets so I was skating around for awhile and about half an hour into skating BAM, target walks in and is skating. I locked on immediately and didn't even give her a second glance. I had my target and I was rehearsing what I was gonna do over the course of the next few minutes. The target had two obstacles a less attractive girl and a younger boy, aged about 10 who I assumed was a relative of hers.
So BO (Boy obstacle) was with target while GO (Girl obstacle) was off somewhere skating. I went and approached target and BO and gave my full attention to BO, not even acknowledging the target
"Hey, you're pretty good man, you've got guts, I like that!"
Obviously I didn't give a shit about this kid skating but he seemed pretty chuffed the most incredible skater was giving him props. We skated ahead of target and we were chatting.
What did we chat about? nothing much, wtf do you talk to a 10 yr old about? Anyways, he was asking me about my shit and I was DHVing him by saying how sick I was and how I was gonna be in the olympics in 2012 and shit (knowing he'd go back to GO and target and tell them this shit) so I left him alone and sure enough target and GO skated up to him with inquisitive body language as I skated off.
I done my shit, target knows how sick I am now, and I paid her no attention. She's going to want me (I thought).
I skated around a bit and I wasn't getting approached so I thought I'd go in for the kill. I spotted GO on the side out of breath so I approached her
"You look tired!"
"Yeah, my legs are all aching!"
"Aww don't be like that, I've seen you skating, you've only been at it for half an hour!"
"That's easy for you to say mr. professional, look at you with all your tricks!"
Blah blah blah some other shit.
I hanged with her and meet up with BO so the three of us were together, then target spots us all chitty chatty and approaches us. I didn't even acknowledge her approach. The group then chatted and target made a comment about how great she was at ice skating. She was shit, and to even say such a thing in my presence was absurd. But it was the perfect opportunity to throw a neg
(Looking at GO) "Wow, is she always this cocky!?"
Anyways some other boring chat later and I was skating with the target. She took my hands. This is a really easy way for me to do kino because it's an ice rink.
We skated and shit, she was quite impressive (in life). It was boring, but impressive nonetheless; GO had met up with target in Ireland, GO came from Australia. The two then worked together bartending and now they are living in London with several other girls (WHAT UP). GO is starting work (today I believe?) as a front of desk person at some gym club somewhere and target had just got offered a job as a management consultant after get a 1st in business management.
Now, I was pretty taken aback when I heard that because the idea is to never compliment the target until she is showing IOIs. You can't let her know you wanna get in her pants, until she wants you in her pants first.
So I tried to keep my composure by saying "That's cool" and then instantly bringing it back to me and government (Where I work) and shit.
So anyways after some more useless chat the group got together, they seemed ready to leave the rink. That's cool, perfect oppurtunity to get a number; they told me they were gonna go bowling; perfect!
"So what, you girls are gonna gang up on B(BO)? I can't allow that, how about this: Boys vs girls!"
The two girls looked at each other smiling (IOI?) and agreed. At this stage I was thinking, "Shit, you know what, I'd even bang the obstacle if the target wasn't interested"
Okay cool so we move over to the bowling alley and this is the perfect time to go to phase 3(?) of the pickup: Build attraction. It was time to get physical, seductive, and sexy.
Needless to say I couldn't do it. I forgot all the lines I was supposed to say, instead we chatted about stupid history shit, her history and all this other boring nonsense.
So, turns out me and bailey won (Despite the fact the little shit couldn't fucking bowl straight). I got a surprisingly high score of over 140, the girls got about 80 each, and bailey got 60 something. Making us the winners.
I was being overly friendly with the kid to get in their good books but I may have overdone it a little bit.
The girls said they were gonna play air hockey with BO. I told them I had shit to do "But let's do this again sometime?" I put my phone in front of her face. She gave me her number with little hesitation.
So I number closed my first target. Felt very proud considering it was my first pick up on the ice. Will drop her a text sometime this week and use her as a test for building attraction, which seems to be my weak point SPAM.
The day didn't fucking end there. I was on fire. I was at any minute expecting the sprinkler system of every building I went in to to go off.
I headed to Harrow and Wealdstone where a major tournament was taking place. On the way there I had to change trains at Queen's Park. A target approached me while I listening to music.
"Hello, I noticed you have a nice shiny phone. This lady over here wants to find a postcode, could you help? My phone is crap"
"Oh man, not again, is it really up to me to save the day again?"
I negged this bitch straight away. What a fucking don I am. here's this hot nerdy white chick asking me for help, and I negged her like she's bothering me, but at the same time DHVed her by making her assume I help people on a regular basis.
So this french bitch with a kid gave me a postcode and I put it into google maps to show her what's what. At the same time putting an earphone into target's ear and making her listen to some dramatic music.
"The dramatic music really fits the loading time of google maps!"
She was playing along. If we were playing cat and mouse right now I'd start off with a bonus item: Big fat block of fucking cheddar cheese.
So I saved the day and the three of us get on the train that just pulled in. I start talking to target and building rapport. I knew this bitch wouldn't be on the train long so I had to work fast. I managed to identify where she was getting off. Harlesden. in 4 stops.
Shit, I wasn't that good to get a number close on a girl in 4 train stops. So we chatted. What did we chat about? Stupid shit. Peckham terminator (no lie), about her, and other silly shit. I could have asked her number but for some reason I didn't. So she got off at her stop and I thought, 'np that was at least good experience, although I should have at least tried to number close'
I went on to the tournament and stayed not very long before leaving. Friend had texted me and wanted to go to a new bar in (removed) before watching expendables.
Cool, new bar = new waitresses and the book (the game) had a fantastic routine to run on waitresses.
So I headed all the fucking way back to (removed) to meet Friend. He was already there sitting down and waiting. I bopped straight in and this geeky, snow white, glasses wearing waitress looked at me smiling. I told her my friend was already here, I'm gonna sit with him.
So anyways I sit down and we're checking the menus and this geek, 'target' comes up to us. She's quite friendly and chatty. Perfect.
I started running routines with her and building character
"What drink would you recommend?"
and other stupid shit.
She was into me. I told her I really liked the drink she picked for me, it had an orange and a cherry pierced with a tooth pick sitting on top of it. "That's my personal touch actually" and she went and got me a second one! IOI?
As the meal went on she was forever coming back to our table and checking up on us. Another friend walked in. We were talking about my pick up shit and told them I would get this waitresses no. When our food was done, I told them to fuck off for two minutes go to the bar, I'd get the bill.
Okay, so we ate our food and they fucked off. It was just me. She came over and handed me the bill.
"Lumped you with the bill eh?"
"Yeah, but um . . . I don't have any money. Which way to the kitchen?"
We laughed, etc.
She printed out the bill and handed it to me. Talking at the same time
"So, what do you do. . ." IOI? "Wait let me guess . . . student?"
I had a wide smile on my face
"Ah, nope! Shall I give you a clue?"
Reaching into my bag pulling out a single ice skate
"You're a . . . professional ice skater!?"
"Yep!"
". . . Figure skater!?!"
"Yep!"
So she's all asking me about it and shit, I'm DHVing like mad at her. She said
"So yeah, I'm secretly an actress" Once I told her I worked for the government fulltime and ice skating was just a hobby, and olympics were minor and shit. We laughed.
This was it. I felt I may have been able to build more attraction but we had good enough rapport and I had DHVed enough to be able to at least go for a number close.
She handed me the pin machine. I looked at it blank, and then looked at her.
"Just put your pin in there" she said.
"Okay" I replied (handed her my phone) "Just put your number in there"
"You want my number?"
She sounded surprised. Shit, what the fuck?
"Yep"
"I'm very flattered; I have a boyfriend though" fuck me.
I didn't have any lines prepared for this but the part of the book I read about the dude who ran a similar routine when asking for the girl's number kept it cool; she also had a boyfriend.
I took the phone out of her hands, "Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. . . oh, seven, . . ."
She smiled and repeated herself. Okay that's cool. I didn't feel too bad actually. So anyways she mentioned to me
"Notice there was no service charge on your bill"
"Yeah" I said "Don't worry, though, I'll be seeing you again real soon"
Then I drank lots of alcohol so I didn't get upset I got my first rejection and watched expendables with my friend. I can't remember what happened, but lots of shit got blown up in that film.
I'll be seeing the waitress again cos we liked the place, so eventually things won't work out with her bf (she had me ask for her number so either way it'll play on her mind next time they argue or some shit) and I'll be nearby.
This was my first real attempt at overcoming my fears after splitting up with the bitch GF after two years! Woo!
Can anyone give me some advice?
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