Hey, everyone. College freshmen here, who is not experienced at all in picking up girls until recently when I started making moves. I am by no means an expert in cold approaching, but I started this account to post tips and analysis based of my experiences. This is great for both myself and anyone reading. So here are some stuff I learned so far.

-If you are on a college campus, don't be a cold approach monkey and open to every attractive person. Because it is a campus, you will likely see her again plus she will tell her friends, damaging your rep, this is obvious. I do what's called "conservative cold approaching" where I approach in a situation that makes sense. If you are out of college and live in a big city, you could go ahead and be a cold approach monkey since you likely will not see those people again.

-I have found not fapping makes it easier for me to approach girls. Quit porn and fapping, it has too many benefits.

-If it is nightgame, a social event, party, club, bar, etc. You opener does not matter at all unless you say something really retarded. It is socially okay to talk to strangers at those events. You could literally go and say "Hi, I'm blank," or "Where are you from?" It really does not matter because it is socially okay to talk at these events. My friend who is probs a 5 or 6/10 on looks has used "Where are you from" at a lot of groups of girls and it always works at a social event. Literally I went up to a hot European exchange student at a party/gathering and said "Hi what is your major" and we talked for like a hour. The hard part is day game.

-Indirect is almost always better than direct, at least during daygame. I have never used direct but seen people do it online and the success rate is wayy lower. Direct might be fine for social circle, dating apps obviously, or nightgame, but daygame is not a good choice. I personally never use it.

-I have seperated cold approaches into two categories. 1. Favorable Cold Approach 2. Bad Situation Cold Approach.

-Favorable is when you actually have a proper excuse to talk to the girl. An example would be she is standing in line next to you, so you can start a convo. My 5'4 friend got a kiss from a girl by doing this. But they did not work out for more than a day. Another example would be if you genuinely have an interesting comment to make. If a girl has something interesting about her, like wearing a backpack with unique colors/patterns, you could go up and say "I like your backpack." My same friend used this and he got a lot of conversations and numbers from it, even though he never got laid from it. He is the 5'4 guy and he also has a lot of acne on his face, and he made female friends at the very minimum from cold approaching. I have a lot of regrets from missing good situation cold approaches. For example, I saw a very attractive girl wearing a track and field shirt, probably on the school team, and she glanced at me. She was almost bumping into me, probably on purpose so I approach her because she had so much space around her. I didn't say anything and just walked. But I should have asked "Are you on track? I sprinted in HS, I wanted to join" or some shit like that. Felt like a stab to the balls. You have to be always aware of the enviromment around you, you could be at an art exhibit and start a convo with a girl by commenting on a painting she is looking at.

-Another favorable approach is if she gives IOI. Usually this means staring while you are not looking, sometimes if you catch her staring at you, she will just not look away and stare into your soul. This is a green light. Other times she will just look away, which means she is probably more nervous/shy. I fucked up by not approaching two really hot girls who did this because I did not have an opener on time, I kept trying to think of one but could not, and ran out since I only had several seconds for the first one (hot blonde with green eyes and a tan was looking at me from blindspot, one of hottest girls I have ever seen) I turned to look at her and she was just looking at me. I got nervous and looked away and kept walking since I had no opener. Second example a hot gym girl stared at me again without breaking contact. Came to machine next to me. I kept trying to think of opener but it took so long, like 6 mins and she left. Basically, if you got an IOI, just fucking approach. You dont need a fucking great opener. Open your mouth ffs. I learned this two days ago when I failed to talk to the gym girl because I could not have an opener on time. Just do it. You have the high ground because she was starting at YOU.

-Another favorable is just going to a party/club/social thing since you are SUPPOSED to socialize. I see guys posting here all time asking for bar openers. It doesn't matter! You are already at a bar or party so talk! So make friends to get invited to shit, join clubs, and go to nightclubs, bars, parties. That is why so many guys go to the club, they are automatically in a favorable zone.

-Non-favorable is when you dont gave a good excuse to talk to her. For example, she is walking past you and you don't have a good comment to stop her. She isn't wearing anything interesting to point out. Trust me. I tried telling a girl with normal looking shoes "nice shoes". It made for an awkward convo since her shoes were very generic. Only do it when it makes sense! Another non favorable is if she is sitting down with headphones on or if she is with a group of friends. I am not saying it is impossible to approach in a non favorable situation, but it is very very hard to create something from complete scratch. So I choose not to do it, especially on a campus where you see people again.

That is it so far! To sum up, only approach if it is appropriate. I would say throughout the day I see hundreds of appropriate situations to approach, but if I see an attractive girl AND it is appropriate, I proceed. Meaning I an aiming for about 4 cold approaches a week. I will continue to update you guys more based off progress and some other analysis. This is more for myself than for anyone here, because it is a way for me to analyze my pickup in a non biased way. I am learning and improving every day.