background

long story short i was diagnosed with severe clinical depression a few months back (only my 1st year at university) but i've been slowly getting through it and feeling better. haven't made too many friends at university, mainly due to my mental state. i've been reading The Game recently and it's inspired me an unbelievable amount. so much in fact, that i decided to go out solo.

tonight

i'll bullet point it so it's not a wall of text (which it will be anyway)

  • left halls (british equivalent of dorms) ~9pm
  • got train to club that was meant to have a student night
  • .. it didn't
  • by now it was around 10:45pm and i was pretty tired
  • two choices: go home and call it a night, or try central london
  • decided not to let it affect my night
  • got bus into central london. 15 minute wait, 30 minute journey.
  • got into club i wanted to go
  • got a drink
  • went out for a smoke
  • ran Jealous Ex-Girlfriend routine on two Swedish girls (HB6 and HB7)
  • they seemed to dig it, HB7 was giving quite a few IOI's but wasn't speaking much as HB6 was pretty drunk and was talking a lot more
  • ran Best Friend Test on them, they digged it
  • asked them "what's the craziest thing they've done in london?"
  • they asked me to guess, but i couldn't figure out what it was
  • False-Time-Constraint'ed them, and went back inside club
  • danced for a bit, spoke to some random girls. none of them were responding well
  • saw the Swedish girls dancing
  • HB6 drags me in to dance
  • i jokingly say "you two haven't been kicked out yet?" they laugh, i dance with them for a bit
  • give them my hand and give them both twirls
  • jokingly do the moonwalk and robot moves, they both dig it and laugh
  • by this point, i'm trying to get with the HB7. so i decided to try and make her jealous (i.e. work for me) by talking a lot to the HB6 and then turning to the HB7 and negging her friend (e.g. "is she always this drunk? how do you put up with it? wow, she really is something special isn't she etc etc)
  • pull them both in and say jokingly "wow, you guys are pretty hot. you guys could help me pick up some hot chicks"
  • HB7 laughs and touches me, HB6 takes it seriously and asks me "who do you want to pull?"
  • i point over to some nearby girls and HB6 goes to talk to them
  • i'm alone with HB7
  • ...
  • ...
  • ... i literally had no idea what to do/say to her and therefore did/said nothing (hahaha, embarassing. i know..)
  • just kept dancing
  • HB6 comes back and tells me they were french and didn't speak english, had no idea what she was saying blah blah fucking blah etc etc
  • tell them i'm going out for a smoke
  • they both come
  • chill outside, some old drunk guy tries hitting on them both, neither of them like it
  • i bring him into the conversation and just joke around with him for abit
  • try and display my dominance by asking him questions and using his replies against him
  • girls decide that they want to go to another club that they have entry to
  • i say "why the fuck not"
  • we go
  • on the way, we bump into 2 of their friends that they went high-school with
  • my first instinct: OH SHIT, THESE GUYS ARE GONNA GET WITH THESE GIRLS AND I'M SCREWED.
  • a few minutes later: OH SHIT, I CAN USE THESE GUYS TO LURE AWAY HB6 SO I CAN LURE AWAY HB7
  • talk to guys, try and display value by just general banter and playfulness
  • get into this new club
  • didn't have any cash on me to pay for entry (£10, seriously wtf!? i'm a fucking student!!)
  • leave to go to cashpoint, tell them i'll see them inside later
  • come back, can't see them anywhere
  • need to pee pretty bad
  • go towards toilet, see a 2-set HB8 and HB9
  • HB9 standing up in front of me, HB8 sitting down to my right
  • run jealous ex-GF routine on them
  • HB9 seems pretty interested, touches me a few times, laughs at my jokes during it
  • she seems convinced i'm talking about myself (i.e. I'M the guy who still has the photos)
  • i laugh it off
  • she genuinely gives me advice (i pretend as though i'm interested)
  • she gave me a pretty good shit-test here "let's pretend that i'm the girl that you want?"
  • i reply "don't flatter yourself, love. i'm out of your league"
  • both girls laugh
  • HB9 replies that she has a boyfriend and pulls over some random guy that was hovering, pretty much in shock watching me talk to these girls considering he was standing there before i came over (but didn't say anything to them)
  • i turn to HB8 "is she always like this?"
  • HB8 laughs, touches me
  • run best-friend test on the two
  • they seem very interested in the routine
  • HB9 goes to the toilet
  • i sit down with HB8
  • run the "cube imagination routine" on her
  • she seems pretty shocked at the cold-reading results (how does this shit work every time lmao!?)
  • false time restraint (need to rejoin my friends) and then i hit her with the "great conversation. how can we continue this?"
  • she replies "well, i'll still be here later on. come by later"
  • fuck, i think.
  • i reply "cool, see ya around"
  • walk away feeling deflated as fuck
  • found the swedish girls
  • they don't seem to interested in me
  • open up a few more random sets, none seem interested
  • confidence goes to shit
  • decide i will go back to HB8
  • she is now with the guy that the HB9 pulled over, he's trying to pull her but she's not really interested
  • i speak to her for a few minutes more
  • ask her again "great convo. i'm leaving now though, how can we continue?"
  • she replies, "uhh"
  • FUCK, i think
  • "how about your number?" i pretty much blurt out
  • she types it into my phone
  • i left the club a few minutes later

conclusion

i'm still in a state of shock. tbh, i could care less about her number or any of the girls i spoke to. i'm in shock at how easy it is to approach. all this time i've been going to clubs and just dancing with friends and NEVER approaching anyone. i used to drink a lot to try and calm my nerves so it'd be easier to approach, but i still didn't.

yet tonight, i had in total ~8 units over the course of 7 hours (i'm a lightweight, but even then this was nowhere near enough to get me drunk, that was the entire point). i was never drunk at any stage, yet i was A LOT more willing to approach. i found that perfect balance between enough alcohol to not really care, but not enough to lose my wit/sensibility. and yeah yeah i know that these routines aren't mine in anyway and i'm not claiming credit for them or anything either. but i just can't believe that they actually work. it's literally as easy as walking up to a girl and just saying the routines. i can't believe i've never done this before.

if you read all of this, i appreciate it! if not, i don't blame you lol. but either way, any criticism/advice? i'm willing to post more about the exact conversations i had.

thanks! i hope to post more of these in the future!