Any one noticed that before the pickup age, in the 1990s the default opener (no one concidered it as an opener back then) was "Hi, what's your name?"

Then came Mystery who laid down the blueprint of the game based on deep scientific foundations of evolution and behavioral psychology. According to him, one should never show his interest in a girl to bypass her defense systems. Right there openers became very elaborate and indirect. Something like an opinion opener:

"Who lies more, men or women?"

Some PUAs went further and added a pre-opener to make it even more indirect:

Pre-opener: Hi, where is the nearest Starbucks here? Opener: Since we are already talking, who lies more, men or women?

Then one should stack up some attraction building stories and comfort routines. and never ever ask for the targets name! Because its lame and shows to much interest!

Then came the direct game with Yad and Andy Yosha (I am not really sure if they were the inventors, I just happened to watch their videos first). And the default opener became very direct:

Hi, I saw you, I think you are / your hair/ dress / legs/ energy is cute and I had to come and talk to you.

It seemed quite contradicive to the Mystery's method, however it saves you a lot of time - as per daygamers, you don't have to invent a transition from no interest to "i am interested in you", and also with indirect approach after several hours of talking you potentially can figure out, that the girl has a boyfriend, or she is a nun, or a lesbian etc., something you don't want to deal with. You may get blown out more often with direct, but you save a lot of time for yourself in the end. I find this approach most effective - it is quick, direct, you state what you want, you assess a girl and in 15 minutes you can move further: to seduction or to the next girl. However this approach may be quite stressful for beginners.

This is not the end of evolution of openers, now we have the next, more advanced step. According to the seduction genius of RSD Julien, the best opener is (Wait for it):

Hi, my name is Julien. Whats your name?

link: http://youtu.be/Hu8wOihe7EE?t=10m7s

Full circle!

Does it matter what opener you use? The answer depends on your stage in the game. If you are advanced, nothing matters, especially words you put in your opener or any other part of the seduction. We all know, words are only 7% of any communication. If you are a beginner and rejection can cripple your enthusiasm to learn further, then you should go for the indirect and learn how to talk with girls first, get some self-esteem from there. When your self-confidence is strong enough to hold several rejections in a row, you might save yourself some time and start being direct.

And remember, game is just a transitional period in your life - you start with a lame "hi whats your name" opener, you end up with the same opener - only on another level, on the level where you don't need the game anymore, because you are the game yourself.

Get there as soon as you can and switch to something constructive. The key is focus - if you want to boil a pot you continuously apply heat. If you apply heat 5 minutes every other hour, you will never get your tea ready!

Johnny Maddick, The Man, The Legend / www.DatingWithAccent.com