All right. It's been too long. I've always done okay with women. Never great. I've had some 10s and some not-so-greats. But the time between is unacceptable to me and I've been studying this stuff for almost a year now. I'm going to run both day and night game, make some assessments, and maybe in the process I can create something useful to someone else. If not, then I'll take it as a benefit to me.

Tonight was my first night game attempt in months. I have lots of friends but schedules are tight so I ended up at going to the club alone. I screwed up by blowing frame (and subsequently social proof) too early. I still managed a couple conversations but no real success. Takeaways tonight: Frame is key. Opener is key. Open faster (3 second rule). Accelerate and close on a high note. I chatted up this 7 and saw the signs for a KC and let it die. Tried to #C instead and missed. Bad call. Back to night sets next week or after; insist on faster sets on entry.

Journals are amazing for your personal growth, man, I kept one for about six pages on another forum, with massively long posts. It really helped me get to the stage I'm at mentally, though I'm in a monogamous relationship now and no longer hooking up with randoms. I have gone from timid, to outgoing but insecure, to very aware of my social freedom around people, and it has played out in my journal.

However there is a tendency to overthink things purely because of the writing about yourself which is involved. I've seen another guy's journal on another forum, it's 23 pages long and it's his THIRD journal. This guy writes down every bloody thought that comes to his mind and every little insecurity believing that it will help him get better... I think personally that it will only drive you further inside your own head to do that. So my advice would be to post the things which you consider really important, and especially concentrate on the positives, because it's all just a Game anyway, right?

Your assessment of night 1 was interesting in that you seem to be trying to force yourself into action. I've seen this before in people and I think it's a good intention but sometimes has the wrong result. You're saying do things faster, faster, faster, but men are already too fast for women as it is! (Just look at your average woman's sex life, ahahahaha) It might help you (in my opinion) to shift that mindset to one of effortlessness, slowness, and seductive power. From quickfire actions to the flowing of an ocean. From the quick wit to the longing gaze. And so on. Additionally the "lines" of PUA theory blur in this state, so you can start to tell when girls want more, and move with the situation, for example by taking her into the bathroom toilets for some dirty times or back to your place for a glass of wine, and doing this at the right time. Attentiveness to what the woman is feeling and being in touch with the world's underlying current of sexuality yields far more fun, easy results than the "push push push go go go" mindset though you're nowhere near that bad.

Anyway I liked what you posted on that other thread so I thought I'd chip in on your journal great work going out on your own. I hope it all goes well for you!

This is the sort of stuff I mean in the above post, taken to an extreme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntZ7zQ2PpXA&feature=plcp

I have met this guy in person and he's incredibly compelling.

Okay... night game round 2... ran a few in a quality location.

Key takeaways: (1) Complete rounds before midnight. At midnight, a lot of places seem to turn full sausage. (2) Every bar/club has that girl in the neon pants who is dumb as rocks and only wants you if you look like Mr. Universe. Run the set anyway, but when she stares right through you and mumbles gibberish, remember that you're a person and the next girl will have a brain. (3) No one - including me - cares the slightest about the girls who turned away... Just keep tick marks on the opens and sets so you can delete what doesn't work.

And thanks for the support. That's quality. I'm looking for smoother bar openers if you want to throw me some. My best seem to be unreasonable and created while drunk. Funny how that works.

Long time... it turns out I literally don't have time to do this the way I wanted. I work well over full time, study at Uni 3/4 time, and have legitimate hobbies like writing and invention. Anyway, a couple sets I've picked up that I think are worth mentioning--in particular for busy people or people who are overcoming AA--are listed below.

Set example #1 (I actually ran this set today in a college library (not even my college):

Me: "Hey, what's your name?"
Girl: "[name]"
Me: "All right, [name], write your phone number down here for me.

At that point I held out a pen and paper, constant eye contact and slight smile, and she gave me the biggest grin before telling me she had a boyfriend. I always push back on that, so I continued the set: "What's his name? (Tests validity)", "How long have you been together?", and "Are you happy?" ... Those last two questions are to find out whether I should push; I don't need to steal satisfied women. I would credit them to the authors but I can't recall, so ... sorry if you coined any of those.
Note that you can whisper under the pretext of it being a library, which helps cover up any voice wavering for newbies.

Set example #2 (Spectacular day game set for rookies, minimizes AA effect on body language/voice, and presents a confident and relevant package to the girl):

Body language is important here.

"Hey, listen ... I'm really in a hurry so I can't do this right, but if I could just get your number we can have a proper conversation later." Or something to that effect/plenty of variations. If you're following the 3 second rule, your natural language will tie in well to this idea of having to rush. I know the masters will scoff and say it's lazy (it is) but it is a great intro to gaming in my opinion.