With the Mancession in fullswing – and we’re only seeing the beginning – and with the Haters of the Sweet Science occasionally coming forth to pour water on our hit parade, it’s good to ponder just how much mileage a Man can expect to get out of Game. Luckily, several very astute and clearly experienced practitioners of the Crimson Arts – Roissy, Ferdinand Bardamu and The Fifth Horseman – have chimed in on this burning question. This post will serve to bring all their insights together into one tight coherent beam of laserlike focus, garnished with my own unique take on the State of our Times, and Art, while at the same time utterly refuting and debunking the Haters, who pray for our downfall. Of course, that ain’t never, ever, gonna happen. 
First, let’s get the BS outta the way – the NUMBER ONE reason why Men endure years of boredom at school and work, getting into crushing debt, brownosing until he’s well-fed on a diet of the Boss Man/Lady’s fecal matter, wastes BIG money on flashy cars, and does all the other ridiculous things that polite society tells him to do, is so he can have a shot at getting a pretty gal. The. End. And ANY Man who tells you otherwise, IS LYING TO YOU. The truth is, that the vast majority of guys couldn’t care less about the stuff they do, for real – all most Men need to live is a dorm room. Recently I watched an in-depth interview with Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan. The Man’s living quarters?-a simple dorm room, simple twin-sized bunk with the GI-issue drab green blankie draped over it, a simple closet, trunk, you get the drill. I could easily live in such quarters, and so can most of the guys reading this – EASILY. The only reason why they go in for expensive cribs is because it will impress the Hotties. Or so they hope.
All that wouldn’t be so bad if it actually WORKED, but more often than not, IT DOESN’T – and the proof? How many of us know broke dudes who get more ass than the proverbial toilet seat? Now, how many of us “have it all” and either are being taken for all they got by some Chickenhead, or worse if you can imagine it, is at home working it out with Skeletor’s Left Hand? Tell the Truth, and shame the Devil, now. To ask the question, is to answer it. Remember this, all of you:
Happiness for a Man, is being between a Woman’s thighs.
Does anyone honestly disagree with that?
With the massive edifice that is The Matrix crumbling down around us at an increasingly rapid rate, it is time for Men to get a grip on reality and consider their options with cleareyed vision and acuity. The once-proud Working Class Man is extinct; I fully expect to see an exhibit devoted to him at the Smithsonian before long. And the same cancer that eradicated him is now gunning for his White Collar brethren, at an ever-increasing clip. Many of you who work in that world know exactly what I’m talking about. The bitter truth is that you are hanging on by a thread, not knowing if this coming Friday on the job is your last. You’re being asked to work harder and longer, with less and for less, and if you even fix your mouth to act like you got a problem with that, your ass is grass. Contrary to all the flowery talk they filled your head up with in college, in truth you ain’t nothing more than a high falutin’ cog in the wheel, and as soon as it gets too expensive to keep you on, you’ll be out the door, with no towel, and no kiss. Take a look at the Dow lately? It’s well over 10K points – while unemployment has exceeded 10% – for the first time in a quarter century.
Yea. It’s like that.
So, with so much out of our direct control to a darned thing about, the one thing we CAN do something about is improve ourselves, with one clear goal in sight – to get the SEXUAL ATTRACTION of the WOMAN (or Women if you prefer), OF YOUR CHOICE. F*ck what you heard, there are fewer pleasures greater in this world for a Man, than to have the love, respect and honey-dripping lust of a Woman we really want.
It is for this reason that Game is worth MORE than college degrees, job promotions, flashy cars or cribs and all the other silly, ineffectual stuff you see most guys running around like chickens with their heads lopped off trying to do. With the right information, dedication and just a fraction of the time – what, a year, two at most, to say nothing of the cost? – a Man can and will gain in a big way in terms of his social life, which for Men, almost always means, dealing with Women.
Which brings us back to our Three Wise Men. Let’s leadoff with Roissy’s thoughts on the matter:
“The great majority of men are not genetically capable of getting grad school degrees, but they are capable of learning some rudimentary game. Concepts like negs, social proof, qualification, compliance, and body language. And in the winner-take-all seduction sweepstakes, all else being equal, an uneducated man wielding tight game will beat a game-eschewing educated man waving a diploma 99 times out of 100. Bet on it.
As game, or in weightier parlance, psychosocial dominance, sits at the pinnacle of male character traits that women find attractive, a man will get more bang for his social investment buck by learning game than he would by working hard at improving himself on more conventional metrics such as career advancement, wealth generation, educational attainment, or material acquisition. He should do all those things to the best of his ability, of course, but if he could only choose one path to pussy, I would counsel him to learn the science of seduction. A grad school degree requires an additional 6-7 years of commitment after high school plus crushing debt; career advancement requires years of kissing ass and working late; wealth generation requires a lifetime of prudent financial management; material acquisitions require hard-earned money and their effectiveness at attracting and keeping pussy is questionable.
But game, the beautiful drama, needs only six months to one year of study and practical application before a man will reap the rewards of tingly ginas. When you are running game, you are saying powerful things, you are behaving powerfully. And when you behave powerfully, you really are powerful. Game is power. And it all rests on one very simple, very true, premise:
Women are mostly the same in what they find attractive in men.
And the male trait they love the most? Dominance.”
- How Much Can Game Do? Sep 18 2009 roissy.wordpress.com
Can I get an Amen?
Next up, Ferdi’s views on the matter, after he gives a masterful prognostication on the future of the sexual marketplace:
“So knowing all of this, how can you, the humble reader, put yourself in a position of power? I have but one tip: LEARN GAME. If you are interested in having a sex life at all, you MUST have game. If you want to get married and possibly make babies, you MUST have game. If you want to do anything aside from have a five-fingered pants party, you MUST have game. Game is more important than getting a promotion at your job, your college education, or ANYTHING else in this regard.”
- The Future Of The Sexual Marketplace Sep 21 2009 fbardamu.wordpress.com
Finally, we get the words of The Fifth Horseman, who keenly analyzes exactly what Game is worth in real dollars and cents to a Man; I quote:
“Moderate competence in Game is easily worth about the same SMV as having a net worth of $2 million. This is a rough estimate. Furthermore, no one can tax your Game, swindle you out of Game, or steal your Game in divorce court (as long as you don’t let this sap your confidence as a human being).
I define moderate competence in Game as the following 5 steps :
***1) Regular, consistent, and somewhat effortless ability to do approaches to women who are 8s or higher. This is the most important point of all, as without approaches, you will not create the opportunities to practice ANY other part of Game. This is also the filter that blocks most novices from ever progressing.
2) Ability to qualify the woman, as well as identify and pass her own tests easily. Be the first to end the phonecall, always be leaving, other time constraints, etc. The ability to use the occasional well-placed neg is valuable too.
3) Ability to run comfort and rapport for the requisite 6-8 hours. Have a lot of interesting stories, games, and other things to run on her.
***4) Ability to bridge from Day 1 to Day 2, and minimize flakes. This is important as flakes are frustrating, demoralizing, and discouraging. A lot of guys are very close to the brass ring, but this derails them in their quest for Game.
5) Ability to run competent seduction Game, after you get her alone. This is where Ross Jeffries NLP can be extremely useful (but not mandatory by any means).
1) and 4) cause the biggest frustration, paralysis, and ‘giving up’, hence the asterisks. But a man who becomes pretty good at these 5 points is ahead of 98% of all men, and is on par with a Beta who has $2 million in net worth (and is ahead of such a Beta if that Beta has no game and is suckered easily by feminine manipulation).”
Preach on, Brother! Preach on.
If a Man really wants to gain a true life skill that will actually serve him all the days of his Life, Game is it – not only will it help him in the realm of getting the Woman or Women he wants, for however long he wants, but it will also assist him in other areas of his life as well. As Welmer of The Spearhead recently showed, Founding Father Benjamin Franklin’s masterful use of GAME made the difference between the USA being what it is today, and remaining subjects of the British Crown. As I said before elsewhere in the forum, a Man with Game will move ahead in his career faster than not having it, and Franklin is prima facie proof – compare him to John Adams, who succeeded him as diplomat to France. In fact, think about this – why is Ben Franklin mentioned a heck of a lot MORE than John Adams? Hmm? And Franklin wasn’t even President! Compare Obama to Bush 43. Compare Bill Clinton to damn near errbody else.
Recently I made the bold assertion, and I stand by it, that had Dr. James Watson, great Man of Science that he was and is, understood and employed just a bit of Game, in this case knowing how to size up social situations and respond accordingly, he’s still be head of the Cold Spring Harbor Labs he created. Same deal with former Harvard U president Larry Summers. Yet Steven Pinker, who’s field of study is at least as controversial, being Evolutionary Psychology, continues to teach at the best schools IN THE WORLD. Perhaps it’s BECAUSE of his chosen field of study, not in spite of it, that allows him to keep working in a field that he actually likes and wants, unlike both Watson and Summers, both of whom found themselves out of a job.
And don’t even get me started on the hit HBO drama series Mad Men. Does anyone here honestly think Don Draper doesn’t use Game on the job? Come on.
As the Mancession marches on, Today’s Man finds himself at a most curious and unique crossroads, indeed. As the old saying goes, if you keep doing what you’ve always been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got – is it enough?
Well – is it?
Now adjourn your Gameless asses…
The Obsidian
