It IS a number's game. A number's game you can optimise.

Let me ask you this: Which opener do you think would work best on average?

"Hey, I saw you from over there and I wanted to fuck you so I came over. What's your name?"

"Hey, I think you're adorable. I can't talk for too long but what's your name?"

The answer is obvious here as the examples are greatly exaggerated.

However, this is the reality of the game in very subtle levels as well. There are no obsolete ways to approach that guarantee 100% of positive opens. But there are some approaches that work better than others.

In the end, game is all about finding out the most optimised way to increase the percentages of women you're able to bring into your life.

There are better ways to text a woman than others ("Can you keep a secret" is a more compelling first text than "Hey").

There are better ways to initiate physical escalation than others (more likely for a girl to be receptive to you if she's laughing than if the conversation is stale)

And there are better ways to solidify a connection with a woman than others (if a girl verbally states that she likes you, she's more likely to stay true to that and show up on a date)

The only method that justifies Game being all about initial attraction and a strict number's game that cannot be optimised, would be if the game you're doing is this modernized "Natural Game".

Don't get me wrong, I also do natural game in the sense that I convey my personality authentically and say what's on my mind truthfully. However I also have a good understanding of game and the dynamics in it, such as validation; investment; compliance; female psychology; dominance; value; pre-selection and other attraction triggers and I understand how to leverage them in my favour.

The natural game that most guys do, is one where they approach a girl with a general direct opener and then just vomit shit. There's no structure to their game, no direction, it's just them expressing themselves, maybe doing a couple of push pulls and baiting the girl to qualify, get the number and then disappear, only to start texting the girl all kinds of random, weird shit. Finally they get online and wonder why their open to close ratio is so low.

That's not bad, compared to the average guy, but there's so much more to game than that.

If you've been taking a lot of action and still struggling with game, then it might be a sign that you're approaching too much and not studying what you're doing enough.

The times that my game sky rocketed was when I took some time off and really started to evaluate the way I do things and researching the theory again for new insights for a month or so. By the time I got back in it, my game would be on a whole other level.

Ask yourself these questions:

Do I give a lot of power away in my game for the sake of spiking emotions?

Am I presenting myself to be a challenge or easy pickings to the girls that I approach?

How can I optimise my TextGame so that with every message I can move things smoothly towards the close?

Is there a concept of game theory that isn't present in my game?

WHY do I do certain things in my game? What do those behaviours convey about me? (Neediness or Abundance?)

You constantly have to re-evaluate what you're doing and do the necessary changes to reach the level you want to reach.

If you are driven and you have fun with it along the way, you WILL get the results you want.