The following is a description of the potential and often overlooked pitfalls that a man can lead himself down, particularly in the beginning stages of his red pill journey. For what it is worth, commonly said “Don’t Eat Paint”.

Game: The art of displaying as high of value as possible, as quickly, seamlessly, and effectively as possible, either willfully/purposely or not/ naturally, by utilizing various tools and methods/ techniques, onto others, in order to accomplish a specific objective or goal. Particularly in regards to inter and intrasexual, workplace, dominance, and/or social dynamics and other hierarchies.

For this post, I will relate to game in the sense of intersexual dynamics and the understanding of female nature.

I remember the beginning of my Red Pill journey (whatever that means), where I kept reading about the importance of game, the art of learning intersexual dynamics, and observing the world around you “with a newfound Red Pill lens”. However, similar to my former Blue Pill self and the complete lack of awareness of effective intersexual dynamics and female nature, I was completely unaware of the fact that the prioritization of the pursuit of women, in a sense - can lead you down the path of developing a crippling beta mindset, with Red Pill awareness. For most Blue Pill Alphas (which I was prior to my “unplugging”), becoming a Red Pill Beta is literally the complete-and-polar-opposite, and can lead down just as destructive a path as you were previously on, following the Blue Pill ideals of your previous self.

For these blue pill alphas, Especially in the beginning stages of learning the sidebar material, It is important to be honest and realize you are in fact blue pill ALPHA and NOT beta in your current circumstances (if that is the case), as well as to then recognize that when embarkiung on your RP journey that you do not over-prioritize improving your sex life to the point where you ultimately accomplish one of the most common pitfalls we see with men in this space; you become beta in the process of trying too hard to adopt more alpha behaviours/qualities.

Remember, beta and alpha are placeholder terms with many contextual implications (behaviours, qualities, status, competence, other people perceiving you as beta vs alpha, women perceiving you, etc). However, the only one YOU should ultimately the only be concerned with is that of mindset. This is key because trying to find out if other people view you as alpha is pretty beta to begin with. But you also shouldn’t care. At least, you shouldn’t pursue the beliefs and mindset of a beta because almost always, adopting and utilizing beta qualities, doesn’t serve your best interests with you as your own mental point of origin and the pursuit of your MAP.

Therefore, as you learn game, as you learn about female nature, and as you begin to develop your newfound perspective of the world around you with the lens with you as your own mental point of origin, it is vitally important to maintain your mission and MAP as the overall objective and mission, NOT the pursuit of further understanding of, and sex with women. Also, by allowing women to become the mission, or allowing the pursuit of understanding women and trying to fuck them, to become your mission using RP awareness (and the tools game can provide), what can result is something we commonly find in the pickup community and with pua’s - they try focus on women so much, trying to encompass the qualities of of a high value, high SMV man, that they lose sight of their mission, losing their value over time and putting women on a pedestal trying to figure out how produce the qualities and behaviours so that women will fuck them. They become beta in The Pursuit of Trying To Be More Alpha”.

On a side note, it’s similar to designing a workout plan. It’s essentially separating the micro from the macro and recognizing/ setting priorities and separating them from the overall direction you’re heading in, which guys can often lose sight of in the early stages of unplugging/ their RP journey. Do not prioritize women, plates, your wife/LTR, anyone. They may or may not be an element of your MAP, but the MAP continues regardless (hence the use of multiple terms here; “the stay play is the same as the go plan”, mental point of origin, MAP, frame, etc.). The point is, to Study game for the tools it provides - but don’t become David and make women into the Goliath in your mind, as you put the rock in the sling (studying game and female nature) to knock Goliath down. This is pedastalization. It would take obsession to training and mindset to knock down such a treacherous beast. But there is no Goliath. There is only a female, who can tend to your sexual needs. A task not-so-biblical in proportions, after all. Game is important, but it is also important (especially in regards to game used in intersexual dynamics), to not prioritize it and take it from being the micro, into the macro of your focus and objectives.

Overall, the above is a description of the potential and often overlooked pitfalls that a man can lead himself down, particularly in the beginning stages of his red pill journey. For what it is worth, commonly said “Don’t Eat Paint”. Hope this helps, and would awesome to see some opinions/ further discussion on this topic, to help guys out there with this info.