Don't take this subreddit seriously to alter your game plan

This post maybe taken down but even if I've helped one person, it's a win for me.

I'm a long time member here and have cold approached 100s of girls and failed 100s of times for the past few years. I'm no expert but at least I know what works and what doesn't having done this for quite sometime. I've tried and tested the suggestions that this community has given me and most times it has backfired rather than helping me. Having said that, there are some really good experienced guys here who has helped me and am glad they're still here. Unfortunately, in the recent years, it's filled with loads of keyboard warriors who don't know the ABC of game, haven't approached a single girl in their life and give suggestions as if they're Don Juans and their suggestions are misleading than helping. So, use your common sense and take advice from here with a grain of salt. Sometimes I see some of the advices ridiculous and it's really damaging for someone who is starting out new. I hope the mods take note of those suggestions and ban them or at least warn them. Now, I'll try to list out a few misleading suggestions that I've come across that I can remember off the top of my head that I see very often and I'll touch upon things that are misleading:

• Don't NEXT a girl just because she didn't respond to your first text. Give it a few days, then try again. After that DON'T delete her number. Just stop texting her anymore. I've went on a date with a girl after I texted after 6 months who didn't answer my first message. I fucked it up during the date; anyway, it was still a success
• Going to the gym, taking care of yourself, respecting yourself more than her etc is all good and is necessary but it doesn't mean, if you're not doing any of this, you'll not get a girl or get laid. Your primary focus should be to approach girls and keep meeting new ones while you build yourself. Just don't wait until you're buffed and have a million dollars in your bank account. It's good to have that for your self-assuredness but it doesn't dramatically change things with girls
• Don't overthink a mistake you made with a girl and dwell on it. People here make you feel like it was a crime and you don't have a reason to exist anymore by making you guilty of it. We're after all humans. We all make mistakes and girls are humans too. A girl with some level of social awareness knows it's hard to be confident. So, even if you fuck it up, it's ok. She knows it. She may not sleep with you but that's not the end of the world. She doesn't fuck you anymore not because she despises you or because you made that grave mistake but she just lost attraction towards you and this is not in her control. Attraction is not a choice, both ways.
• THIS ONE IS HUGE. DON'T be normal because there is NO normal. Also, DON'T be yourself. You hear this quite a lot here. No, just being normal and yourself doesn't work. Understand how attraction and seduction works. Everything is primal. It's not something that a girl chooses consciously. She may not end up sleeping with you for several external factors but if you've done everything right in terms of seduction, she has no choice but to be attracted to you.
• Understand and accept that this is HARD. This will make everything easier. Just cos a keyboard warrior here who hasn't even approached a girl even once in his life, says: * Just go out and approach, doesn't mean it's easy or he has done it. So, understand that it takes time and experience to get there. * Be relaxed and confident. No, you can't be relaxed and confident. It's not in your control all the time. You'll have to be really experienced to be relaxed and confident * Keep doing what you're doing. No, keep doing what you're doing without learning from your mistakes doesn't change things. When you make a mistake and don't know if it's a mistake, try to do the opposite of it the next time and you'll know what was a mistake. * It's hard to have a confident body language and eye-contact when the girl is hot. So, understand that this is natural and accept it
• Have a structure for everything. If you've tried a certain structure and it has worked 4/5 times, just stick to that structure. Try a different structure or make changes to your structure just once in a while. Don't keep changing it.
• Understand that GAME is a very vast subject and there are a lot of factors surrounding it. Your location, your life situation, the girl, your dressing, her mood, time of the day, weather, surroundings, your age, your looks, your body language... And the list goes on. If someone here answered your question, they don't know 99% of these details. So, basically there is no point in asking them. But even if you get an answer, understand that it's not YOU all the time
• Finally, don't take things to your heart. If you're not progressing, it's ok. Some of you are introverts, shy etc. You're putting yourself out there and trying your best. If you didn't succeed, it's ok. You've learnt something this time and you'll fix it next time.

Just remember that anyone who wants to help you, won't make you feel bad. So, if someone is doing that, it just means they're not helpful and that defeats the sole purpose of considering their answer. So, just ignore them.

Remember there is nothing shameful about game. It's a natural process of reproduction for which the society has created a process and you're just learning the process

Good luck!!!