I use the word "should" in two senses here:

  1. They "should" know game because it's useful as a guy to know how to be more attractive to women. Same way people "should" exercise regularly because it's good for you.
  2. It's shocking to me the number of posts I see on here from guys who clearly don't know game, haven't read the TRP sidebar, etc. Considering this is a debate sub centered around TRP, how do you even start posting on this sub without understanding game / TRP?

"Game" doesn't have to mean old-school PUA tactics like cold reads, although it could. There are different styles of game (including "natural game", which works with principles to follow like leading / being charismatic / being non-needy / etc) but most of them have core overlaps like:

  • Girls are attracted to guys who are good with other girls (preselection AKA "mate choice copying" in the scientific literature). This can usually be indicated indirectly through the way you flirt with girls (e.g. "amused mastery" as TRP recommends, and confidently making a move when the time is right).
    • Yesterday someone posted here (and got 70 upvotes) asking why male virginity is a red flag. It's easily explainable by preselection and how never being with a single girl at the age of 30 is a pretty huge sign that you're not attractive to other girls. This is essentially Game 101, which is what prompted me to make this post.
  • Simping is the opposite of good game - good game involves being a little more nonchalant, which ties into the above point (if you have other women in your life / are confident you can get other women, you won't act as desperate with any particular girl you're flirting with). Acting experienced and non-needy can directly raise your perceived attractiveness.
    • There was a popular post here the other day saying that men simp because they "have" to. I facepalmed hard at that one. Simping is the opposite of what a guy should do if he wants girls to like him.

Idk, maybe it's that there are a bunch of low-key blackpill guys here now. But damn you guys should get to work, read the TRP sidebar, lift weights regularly for the next few years, dress better, learn game, improve your online dating profile and text game, etc... basically do all the things that you're supposed to do if you want to get better results with chicks. I'm really not sure what you're doing on this sub otherwise, lol.