I’ve always thought game was important, but still not as ultimately important as aesthetics. Ultimately, I still do believe this but my thoughts have shifted a bit and I just wanted to share an experience. Last night I went for drinks with a chick who is still within what I deem attractive enough, but probably lower on the scale I tend to use, like a decent 6.5 (currently have a couple consistent plates, one definitively more attractive (solid 8, the other likely a little better looking, a 7). Last night though, this chick’s game was on point. Showed up saying “meh, I’ll probably do it” to “I’m definitely in on this”. I bought the first round, she bought the second and third, offered a fourth, she flirted naturally and consistently throughout, initiated kino well organically, and kept me on my toes conversationally (in a good way). Basically wasn’t a bitch or bimbo and elevated attraction. Banged her, she was very good, and will probably add her to the week to week roster despite having more attractive plates already on. I further realized that game can definitively elevate the level you play at as long as you reach a comparative aesthetic threshold to your target segment of females. A 5 man will likely never bag an 8.5 or 9 barring wealth. But say a 7 man? He can certainly compete at almost any level with the right game and frame. Not that I hadn’t realized this before, but I essentially experienced it first hand inversely. I have good SMV (handsome/tall, 10% bf with muscle, and in a good grad school) and it generally shows in the chicks I fw but it’s almost as if I’m using this chick as motivation towards bagging even better puss. My main point if this chick was uninteresting/hadn’t drawn me in/flirted well, I likely wouldn’t have been down beyond maybe a one time thing. Anyone else have experiences like this or thoughts in general? May seem like a pretty basic post but a lot of thoughts I’ve seen on here sort of clicked into place this morning. Cheers.