Intro

Some of you seem to get it and some of you don't. Then again, this seems to be the same for a lot of you guys in person as well. I'm writing this because I notice there may be a slight gap in knowledge about online game, or text game. I'm positive that I will always keep getting better, so I'm definitely open to discussion about "text game" and I'll hopefully take some tips away from this thread as well. Also, this is just like any other game where we all have our individual styles and opinions. Different things work for different people, for different situations.

Theory behind text game

First of all, I'd like to address the theory behind text game for me. There are a ton of parallels to draw between in person and online/text game. Things like negging, qualifying, flirting, being too available, time constraints, building attraction, and so on, they all have their place in text game just like they do in person. The only difference is that texting a woman 1 on 1, you can generally assume that you've got her isolated but can't touch her. She could be in a room full of her family members and you can still turn her on. Things like this are useful knowledge when it comes to texting.

First time texts

This is your hooking point, whether you're texting a girl whose number you got off the street or a girl you're trying to interest from an online dating site. You must spark her curiosity enough to get her to respond. Obviously this doesn't apply if you did an amazing job in person, her interest may already be piqued and you don't need to read this fucking guide anyways! For all other instances, you need to be interesting, curious, funny, or something so that she chooses you over other guys. If I'm speaking to a girl from an online dating site, I'll often reference something in her profile that piques my curiosity or I will say something completely random that will drive her nuts (e.g. That is interesting, do you always talk that way?) and she'll wonder what in the fuck I'm talking about.

Maintaining interest

All conversations should never end in, "Have a good night" or "I have to go, I'll talk to you later". You should maintain every conversation like it's the longest mother fucking conversation of your life. If you've texted or chatted to a girl online for a month, then you should have had the same conversation with her from start to finish. This isn't the case with all women, because some will meet up instantly and some will not, some will say good morning, some will say good night, ignore all that shit and just pretend like it's always the same conversation.

This next suggestion is personal preference, but you can either choose to ignore texts for several hours to a day, or you can respond right away. I have friends that play this game of waiting until they're "philosophically not busy" before they text a woman back, but I text girls the moment I receive a message. Every time. It never affects me negatively, but that's because I handle women a certain way. You can make yourself unavailable and still respond to their texts in a timely fashion, but you can also make yourself unavailable and respond to their texts 2 days late.

Be actually interesting. Avoid small talk at all costs and never ask a fucking woman where she works, what she does for fun, what her favorite color is, etc! People are not their jobs! If you ask a question, it should be something fun like, "If you could text one thing to the entire world's cell phones, what would you say?" or "If Justin Beiber and Lil Wayne are drowning in a river, but you only have enough time to save just one, what kind of sandwich would you make us?" whatever you ask, make it interesting. You can even ask sexual questions, as long as they're tasteful (e.g. Where's your favorite place to kiss on another person? How about to be kissed?). You don't have to ask questions, if there's a natural chemistry and you can banter, then you can talk about Spongebob Squarepants, plans to take over the world, your next attempt at breaking a world record world's longest spaghetti noodle, or whatever the fuck you banter about.

You can tell pick up lines, jokes, or just be a funny guy if that's something you're good at normally. Just because it's a text conversation does not mean you can't connect to a woman. If you can be funny in person, then you can be even more funny in texts, you have ages to think of something hilarious. You have google at your fingertips. You have the brain of a man who can put another man on the mother fucking moon, you piece of shit, quit being lazy!

Example: Hey, what's your favorite flower?

Woman: I like roses! They're so poetic!

Google pickup lines with roses

Respond: Oh! Roses are nice. Tell me, which would you say is more poetic, a rose lying on a piano, or your tulips resting gently against my organ?

Woman: Hehehe, titter titter, you are so funny gets wet

You get the idea, be funny, be sexual, be interesting, etc.

Being passive, or aggressive

This goes against a lot of things that I read, but I have a different approach than most. I generally take the stance that a man presents himself to a woman and she decides whether he's attractive or not. You have all the time in the world to break the code of what is attractive or what is not attractive to a woman. If you never break through the attraction barrier, then you are just a "friend" to a woman. If you break through the attraction barrier and you put yourself around a woman and then when the time comes you do not escalate, you lose all physical/sexual respect from the woman and you are now in the "friendzone". You're not a friend anymore. You are a friendzone. Big difference. And it's all your fault!

If you're aware of the signals a woman is sending you, then you will never miss an opportunity to capitalize on her interest and you will never become a friendzone. That does not mean you have to be aggressive and make passes at her, ask her for naked pictures, ask her to kiss you, ask her to date you, ask her for anything until you see the signals she's sending that means she's interested in you. If you wait until the moment a woman is interested, then you can do what you want and take advantage of all that work you put in. If you put the moves on her too soon, then you're a borderline rapist, she will shut you down. If you put the moves on her too late, you're in the friendzone and she will shut you down. If you are an attractive man, funny, charismatic, interesting, flirty, etc and you wait until that perfect moment to capitalize on her interest, then you will succeed. Whether it's getting an in person meeting, a phone number, a kiss, or penetrating her sexual organs.

Outro

I didn't want to make this too long and I don't know what is missing or what everyone else has trouble with, I just know that I had trouble when I began texting/online dating women and now I have an abundance of responses/interest where I didn't before. So if anyone can think of questions to ask, then I can probably answer them or someone else can. If anyone else can think of additions, then they're welcome. And if anyone has any criticisms, well...I'll probably ignore them because the shit works for me and we all have our own style, so try not to be a dick, because I respect your success. Please, respect mine.