Hello guys! I really don't know how to start this thread other than to say I am completely new to the game. Like many others, I am a born and raised 'good kid' who grew up holding (and still holds) the mindset that there is that one special someone out there for all of us. However, a few things dawned on me, at the end of my previous semester of college, as my roommate picked at me for being a virgin (for the hundredth time).

I answered him with the same old response "Just wait", but this time he interjected and finally asked me "What are you waiting for?". Isn't it strange how a simple question can make you reflect on so much?

As I sifted through past memories and mistakes, over the course of the following weeks, I really thought about his question. I thought about all the times my friends had made fun of me for being the single and virgin of the group. I thought about how painful it was being shy and succumbing to social anxiety in the simplest of situations. I thought about all that I had been passing up for the last few years...I came to the conclusion that I am done waiting. It's time to get over the shyness and the social anxiety. It's time to go out, meet new people, and potentially find my dream girl as well as my true and best self. It's time to join the game.

If any of you guys have any tips for a beginner, the help would be much appreciated! I just finished Neil Strauss's book "The Game" and have also picked up "Rules of the Game".

Yeah, I've got a little tip for you:

You have a limited perspective and, if you let go of your ego and allow yourself to learn from experience, you'll find your goals and viewpoints constantly evolving.

What I'm specifically referring to in your case is that your idea of there being one dream girl for you will change if you're doing things right. If you let your biases misguide you, however, you're likely to end up in a sub-par relationship with the first girl you end up successfully seducing as you try to justify your decision to commit with rationalizations of how your girlfriend actually is this "dream girl."

Good luck and have fun!

Oh, by the way, The Game is a terrible guide to follow. Same goes with pretty much anything by Neil Strauss or Mystery.