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That just goes to show how little you know. All the advice that I've seen you give is really basic stuff that doesn't have anything to do with actual seduction and more to do with being social. Women aren't going to like you just because you're friendly and social. You don't seem to get that fact and even if you do, you're too stubborn to admit it.
And here you are being judgemental again because people may not agree with how you think they should live their lives.
Here you keep going on about knowing little or a lot, by your own laughable and completely arbitrary definitions. Hope they pay you big dividends!
I wouldn’t tell the guys who have made up their mind about how to live their lives (like some on this thread), but, again, for the benefit of whoever comes across this thread in the future looking for advice and they still haven’t made up their mind, I think they should consider what I’ve said.
My advice is basic? Well you got to get the basics right, no?
Seduction tactics? I mean come on, that stuff is snake oil. The only stuff worth anything is the stuff that attraction research has actually shown to be worth something. I’ve yet to see a good summary of it, but, I do have a ton of links and .pdfs around somewhere. The rest of it is basics like “touch her” – grow a pair and go in for the kiss, etc.
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That is part of the problem. People like autoregressive say sarging is creepy because having a conversation is normal, therefor practicing is it abnormal aka weird. Except...talking to someone isn't pickup. Asking a woman if it is still raining isn't seduction. These guys forget that there are tangible skills.
Tangible skills, huh? Like I asked Jack… what are they? 99.9% snake oil, that’s what. Unless we’re talking about the basics. What are you going to do? Go out and practice touching girls? Yeah, that’s creepy.
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See how DJ was talking about pickup as a SKILL. The basketball analogy is in reference to the SKILL, not seeing PU as a sport. Semantics DO matter, hence I can only assume you were being intellectually dishonest when you changed to emphasis to seeing PU as a SPORT. Now, seeing it as a SPORT, has alot of negative connotations, hence, lets be real, thats why you shifted the focus there.
I was talking about a whole boatload of topics related to this, not sure where I shifted what. I suppose I was against the idea that you should think pickup = sport = set aside dedicated time for it.
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That being said, you say that your focus is on helping men find SOMEONE they enjoy and much sex follows that. Ok. I've said before to guys that PU isnt for everyone. If you want to meet ONE woman you really like and can fuck, join match.com and find her. You dont need to practice for that. She likes you, you like her, you play the numbers and find ONE. Takes less time than all this PU stuff. Now, if you want to date many women, have some degree of choice with the women you get, and the ability to progress things smoothly, then thats what PU is for. And if that is your goal, you need to gain the skill through practice.
You’re implying that the former method you mention gives you notably less choice of women. That’s total bullshit.
You’re also using your own narrow definition of PU. It’s pretty clear that the world of PU attracts a TON of guys looking for their first “real” girlfriend, for lack of a better way to put it.
Of course, it also seems to be attracting and keeping a ton of guys who are obsessed with sleeping with any many women as possible with as little effort as possible.
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There is a difference between becoming an attractive man; ie in shape, career success, sense of humor, passion, all that other stuff...and converting that into dating experiences where you have proficiency.
Most guys who have all of the former attributes should have no issues with “dating proficiency,” if you ask me, at least. In particular, women will make it pretty easy for them to date them. Unless the women are messed up in the head. You avoid those. Being attractive will make it very easy for you to date women. That’s exactly how you want it.
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As I said, if your goal is to just meet ONE woman who you connect with, you can hang with friends, go the bar sometimes, go running and just interact with people and one will come along. You may fumble a few, you may not be "smooth"...but eventually you'll find someone. And thats fine if you want to just connect with ONE woman. I have friends who did just that, they hung out, met a few women, found one they liked and who liked them and boom..married. DJ's advice is not to those guys, its to the guys who want choice. They want to ability to have things go smoothly with many women, and THEY can choose.
Again, you’re just making up a scenario that fits your narrative here. Assuming guys who met “the one” didn’t have choice is *total* bullshit. Just your empty words. Hell, maybe too much choice is a bad thing?
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Being social is great...sure make friends have fun. But it doesnt have a big impact on your dating proficiency. It doesnt help your escalation anxiety which plague many men. It doesnt teach you how to make the move to get her to your place. Your social circle and "being attractive" arent going to make you know how to go for the kiss. Sure, a guy can do what you suggest and get laid. Depending on his circle, he can get laid alot. But he's reducing his oppurtunities and degree of control if he doesnt sharpen his skills. Practice.
Again, maybe for some guys who seek help via PU, dating requires special techniques. For most men it doesn’t, and no, that doesn’t limit their dating success necessarily. That’s just your unsubstantiated claim.
All of these issues have basic, straightforward solutions to them, in my mind. They don’t require practice. Saying “hey, want to come over for a drink/movie/food?” to a girl doesn’t require practice. You say it. It’s a simple sentence. Regarding kino and escalation, after you do it right once or twice, it’s like second nature. Does that really require practice? I don’t think so. Where do you learn this stuff? Just watch a chick flick and watch the actors. Or read a romance novel. Girls LOVE that stuff.
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And this is what you dont get. A gf is not the goal for PU. Look, there are many guys who always were able to get a gf, a lay here and there, they find a chick and get married. Thats great. You dont ever need to hit a club or bar for that. You dont need to practice. If however, you want to increase the consistency that you can "get" a chick, thats what the practice advice is for. Consistency. Choice.
Right, again we have 1) your personal, rather narrow definition of PU and 2) your unsubstantiated claim about choice.
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You can MEET women via your method. And you can get some lays. And a gf. And a wife. All fine. If however you want to be COMPETENT at being able to seduce a woman, when a chick comes along you know what to do, how to read signals, when to escalate, how to escalate, thats a SKILL you practice for.
This actually made me remember a thread I wanted to write called "Fuck Daygame." Because for the past couple years, Ive come across too many guys who want to be better with women, who want choice of woman, but they do daygame in their spare time. 2 years later, they still suck. You rarely see a guy get better with women from not practicing. You can become more social, make more friends, it isnt going to give you skill. And you know what, I'm all for meeting women in your spare time, when out doing something else, thats great. If your goal is to just become social and MEET more women and get some more lays here and there, and MEET a special woman, fine. Play that game. If you want to become BETTER at something, you practice. I know if I go out with friends, I'm in a better place to meet women. I can read body language better, I can approach stronger, I know when to go for a number and when to go for a makeout, or when to go for a pull. Whether I take a chick on a date or back to mine, I know how to manage date logistics, I know how to escalate at my place. Where my friends and I would be in the same bar, all great guy too, they'll fumble at any one of these points and poof, girl gone. I know these things from doing them WAY more than the next guy. I know what to do because Ive failed at it countless times. I dont need to rely on luck, I can rely on skill and experience.
Someone here once posted a great quote: they said how attractive you are increases the quality of woman you can get; practice increases the consistency that you will get them.
Edit: I know you like to change things into "oh so you're saying you're better than other guys." No. Your skill at PU, or how many women youve slept with, or how hot they are dont matter to me. Same way one guy being more practiced at the guitar doesnt make him better than another guy. If you want CONSISTENCY, you need to practice. If you dont, then dont worry about it.
Fuck daygame? I’m willing to wager that a lot more relationships are formed via daygame (via social circle) than nightgame. I don’t have the time to reply to every point, but I can broadly say that you’re obviously giving advice that targets night game. I agree that some of the stuff (but not all) you mention will require practice. That still doesn’t mean that you have to dedicate special time to it (back to my original point!). You just do it when the opportunity presents itself. If that means you go out more often, then you do that. But that implies that the person who needs advice spends a lot of time behind closed doors.
Part of your strategy presents a conundrum: when do you stop “finding more choices” and finally accept that you’ve found “the one?” What if you let go out one of the best ones you’ll ever meet? Odds are you aren’t going to be getting back with the ones you broke up with, unless they, ironically, have no “choices” themselves. Sounds to me like you don’t know what you’re actually looking for? Maybe that’s just me.