I think this may be most important, telling interesting stories that evoke pleasant emotions, demonstrate value and transitioning into those stories smoothly. That's the most important part of the game. Well not most important, but one of the most important...The most important is self-control.

I agree about self-control being the most important thing in PU.

Story-telling is really important too, but in my opinion, the way community approached story-telling is wrong.

What we see as a story-telling is a faggy-looking attempt on being a sincere romantic and say imagine we're on a beach and other crap. Weak.

There're 2 kinds of story-telling I find effective:

1) inspirational, loud voice, no matter what crap you're saying, you say it in a manly, loud leader-like voice.

2) intimate - usually quiet, soothing voice, most people only think of bed-talk or dirty-talk when talking about intimate talk, but there's more to it. It could be just you saying smth that would soothe her worries.

Storytelling is an artform. While not being the most important thing, it is pretty useful.

A secret is to let your own emotions show, that makes others listen.

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Strong eye contact combined with ^this will make people laugh at your jokes (usually regardless of whether or not they are funny) and genuinely listen to whatever you have to say in that moment.

Really putting an emphasis on what Ezo just said.

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The art of storytelling is so important because whether someone is attracted to you all depends how they think of you. Its not what is true, its what they believe.

Should story telling be a routine used once you isolate the target and enter the comfort stage? How long do you think you should stay in this routine and do you stack stories, or basically just feed off her hooks? What if she doesn't talk much, do you continue to entertain her or build an emotion...when she is smiling, then say will you like to meet me this week for coffee? Wait for her response...If yes..then say...We'll then I'll take your number... or if she says I have a BF say how's that going? Where is he? You and I share this (__________) passion. What else is special to you? If she says no...say we'll I didn't' say you could, it just looked liked you want to talk over some hot chocolate I have to get back to my friends...

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Yea, you want to demonstrate that you have a winning personality, and you do this by displaying value in your storytelling. But be careful, because some people have really annoying habits when telling stories. You don't want the story to be too long, and you don't want to go off onto tangents or forget pieces of your own story. Ideally, you want to have little "payoffs" along the way. These are like funny/interesting plot points in a movie. It keeps the listener entertained and engaged, instead of waiting unamused for a big payoff at the very end.


nobelsito, whatever you were talking about is a not storytelling. Those are just random excerpts from a routine.

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Storytelling is all well and good and yes it can be a valuabel asset in any sarge.

Dont be too proud of this storytelling terror you have constructed. The ability to tell a story is insignificant next to the power of inner game.

Seriously, a guy with great inner game can score a 10 by reading his shopping list. Cheese, tomatoes, broccoli, milk etc etc.

Whenever people here learn something new and awesome that critically improves their game, they tend to forget about all other aspects of the game. There are no holy grails out there, there are no secrets, you just have to be good at everything.

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I'm not trying to be a dick Ezo, but you're being a Pick Up Snob in my opinion.

bbardot: you just reminded me about porn