A tiny little bit of backstory, skip if you want to. Two months ago my gf broke up with me for no apparent reason which immediately led me to the whole pickup scene (/r/seduction, Neill Strauss' "The Game" and so on). Once I read somewhere on reddit that these kind of events in life are the best possibilities to take the shattered pieces that are left from you and put them together just the way you want them to be. To be exact, I got some contacts, new clothes, started working out three times a week, started eating healthier, grew a beard and all in all got a whole different mindset going. Two friends of mine each gave me one advice which really made things click in my head and, in my opinion, are great for everyone to recall every now and then:

"Just take a look. Tonight, we are the kings. We are gods rewarding people around us with our presence. Nothing matters, 'cause we are the ones who matter." Sounds bold I know, but keep telling yourself these lines, eventually they start to sink in and you are going to get yourself a confidence upgrade. After a few rejections the first few times going out I realised I was maybe trying to hard to get women to like me if they really don't. I asked my friend (clearly a natural) about how he handles those kind of situations. "Dude, if I get the feeling that some women is playing hard to get, acts arrogant or just not interested, I make sure that at least one of us still has a blast. I completely shut down, call them out on their bullshit and tell them they can kiss my ass for not appreciating my presence. I simply make fun of them and after I had my fun with teasing them hard, I walk away, done." Completely simple yet changed my mind insanely. I got a whole new perspective on how things just doesn't matter because either way, I'm getting my amusement out of it.

So yesterday I went to this kinda like prom which is held every year in a nearby town every easter. Met a cool guy a few hours before when meeting up with my friends. We shared the same mindset (not giving two shits), music taste and fate (being dumped). I teamed up with him and we began to sarge the whole fucking event. Opening one group after another. From two girls up to a mixed 8-set, just everything. I got a lot of social acceptance going because I knew the DJ playing and went up to the "stage" a few times dancing crazy. Also my wingman was a great guy, always introducing me to groups saying: "Hey, have you met Kaliwalf?" which also granted some social boost.

Went outside for a smoke. 7/10 was standing there having fun with her friends. We got in fast, already knowing our routine by heart which was either him introducing me or teasing our way into the group by lightly making fun of them while immediately establishing kino by grabbing their waist or something similar from the very beginning. But MOST IMPORTANT: Get the guys first! Really concentrate on them, get them to like you and mostly ignore the women at first. Back to the girl, I noticed she responded well to me touching her and also came closer while not touching her so I asked if she was by any chance single and while she was still saying the word yes I grabbed her firmly with one arm and pulled her towards me. First one down.

We didn't stay long and started opening other sets. After a few sets we got to four women and one man. All four were very responsive. I knew from very early on that I just had to choose what fancied me. 7/10 pulled out her phone which was a newer version of my own which gave me a great oportunity to grab it and "check it out". Started Flappy Birds, crashed first obstacle, "You aren't by any chance single, are you?". Second one down.

As for the talking we just tried to have fun, figuring out professions, schools they go to, where they live. Pretty standard boring but I tried to use a method I read in a thread here some time. Not "Where do you work/go to school?" but "Why do you...?" "What made you...?". It gets women to open themselves a little bit more, revealing some personality and giving me the oportunity to put an anchor at certain points where I relate to their situation and create a kind of bond.

As I said, first successful night, first FR. Had A TON of other different encounters but this is long enough as is. I'm happily taking any advice you guys might have!