im a non natural, a synthetic. no gaming experience really. just a little bit.

Always good to start by reading The Game. Also have a look at Mystery's stuff as well. Some of their stuff may look a little dated these days but it gives a good history of pick up.

Have a look at all the sub-sections in this forum, it will give you a general idea of the different areas of game to research and work on. Body language, Opening, Closing, Fashion, Day game, Escalation etc etc

Once you have a good understanding of something, you could then begin by putting it into practice.

Listen up gentlemen!

This mindset that you create attraction in a woman is flat out WRONG. It just doesn't stand up under scrutiny. Scientific studies have proven that the attraction process is created within seconds weather you like it or not. They studied that people with platonic relationships tend to make eye contact about 40% of an entire interaction, by contrast, those with romantic interests held eye contact for a minimum of 70% of their total time together and above! So what does this mean? You want her to be interested in you romantically? Make eye contact. Eye contact doesn't significantly increase your levels of attractiveness... It is what makes you attractive to begin with. (source: Leil Lowndes; How to Make Anyone Fall in Love With You)

So what do I do with all these tactics?

Throw them out the window and start being a genuine human being. Everything else is a waste of time. Once the eye contact is established and you two have joked around a bit, find commonalities. Scientific studies have proven that upon discovering commonalities, chemicals are released in both potential lovers' bodies which causes an effect similar to being high (falling in love anyone?).

What Next?

Just that. Be a man and find out what you want in a girl (those similarities shouldnt be faked), go for it with no fear and no presumption, and build an experience together like you were meant to.

Stop being surprised that you are enough. There is nothing extraordinary you need to do to get a girl. She either likes you off the bat or doesnt. All you really have to do is not fuck it up. That means be genuine, be clean, and learn to shut the fuck up. No games, no gimmicks, no lame jokes. Allow yourself to just flow. The rest is easy

Mack

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I agree entirely Mack, apart from with the bit where you say "the rest is easy". The rest isn't easy, or you wouldn't have a forum full of people asking exactly how to be able to do "the rest".

Having said that, Wierdo, I personally have done my game learning aimed at a goal very similar to the one Mack outlines above there. Personally, I've never really gone in for the gimmicks. I've tried a couple of the routines, had mixed success, but have always thought that the main things I want to improve on were more personal stuff anyway - things that would help me with girls, but that would also help me just generally be a better me. what's the point still being an average you, but reeling off some set that some random bloke says works and maybe picking up a girl every now and then?

It's important to identify what you want to improve. If it's your confidence, then spend most of your time looking to improve that - read this forum and you'll get plenty of tips. If it's something more specific, then have a look around, and if you can't find anything, ask away. As a total beginner, it's usually good to do one of the challenges where you can just throw yourself in and get a gauge of where you're at and therefore what you need/want to work on.

Personally, I don't study pick up in the same way as I study my uni course. If I've got a free half hour, I come on, read a few threads see if there's anything I like and then either implement it or not. Likewise, if there's something along the way that crops up and I think, "hmm, how can I sort this problem out?", I'll do a little bit of research on here and see if I can work through it. But really, do as much reading as you want - if you don't go out and practice in the real world you're not going to get far.