I've always avoided night game because I have never had a pleasant experience with it. I either get to a location too early when no one's there, or I'll get there when it's busiest and there's no one available to approach, or too late when the only people still there are guys getting milked for drinks by the leftover girls.

Storytime

Anyway, I was "traveling" for work over the weekend and there was a popular pub near my hotel. Apparently the place is known for the young 20s to get picked up. I checked it out on a whim and got there just before things got busy. Perfect timing I guess. I was the only foreigner in there (this is in Japan). Walked in and nearly every girl in there turned their head...that was a first. As I was getting my drink this local guy recognized me as new and quickly chatted with me, then nudged me over to a group with two guys and two really cute (but young) girls who immediately greeted me with enthusiasm--let's call the girls "A" and "M". I chatted for maybe 3 minutes with "A", who happened to be the hottest of the two, and at one point inadvertently gave her my "I want you" gaze while she was talking; her reaction to it was priceless, but before I could continue both of the girls went off to the opposite corner of the pub because some Japanese guys bought a bottle of overpriced piss fizz. I don't know why Japan makes such a big deal about champagne, but the venue staff create a huge spectacle over opening the bottle, and all the young girls immediately go to watch. At that point your prospects with the girl are toast. Once the venues get busy, it's just constant groups of guys buying champagne and making a ruckus to get girls to come to their table. Oh well, their loss for choosing flashy, surfer-tanned, black-greased hair, permanent-marker-drawn-mustache chinpira (Japanese PUAs literally all look the same) who just want to blow their cork, instead of going for a more experienced man who knows how to satisfy a woman in bed.

About 15m away was a girl in orange who had been with her friend, and I remember them checking me out when I was getting my drink. Her friend was gone off somewhere. I moved straight to her and just did a simple "cheers." Got her name, but she was more interested in her phone than anything else. I asked where her friend was. "She's getting a drink." I bowed out of that dead interaction with a "I need to get a new drink myself." I felt nothing from the approach and nothing from the rejection. That first interaction with "A" and "M" really boosted my confidence, I guess.

Moved back to my new guy friend and his guy friends, when a group of four girls (two married) came in. We played Jenga with them but they were obviously not there to meet guys and wouldn't do any more than that. At that point I decided to leave because it was getting too crowded with those tanned-permanent-marker-mustache douches popping bottles of carbonated piss everywhere, and my new friend suggested a spot, so we left.

But first, I found "M", surrounded by aforementioned chinpira clones, most of whom were physically larger than I. I tapped her on the shoulder and said I was leaving, she smiled and hi-fived me with a "bye!" Then I found "A" chatting with another EXILE-wannabe-looking-ass and did the same. Again a positive reaction. It felt awesome.

The second location was pretty dead but grabbed a quick drink. Bartender was cute. My new guy friend was nudging me around and when the cute bartender looked over I mouthed "SAVE ME!!!" and she had a laugh. That felt pretty awesome too.

Then I called it a night and headed back. Passed "M" chatting with like 5 guys outside the first venue, said hi, she was like "Hi!!!!!!" All these positive reactions are starting to make me high and I feel invincible doing in spite of all these other somewhat intimidating guys around--I guess the fact that they all look lame in the exact same fashion, hair, and facial hair styles makes it easier for me to discredit their existence. I popped back into the first venue to check it out. One last drink, and saw "orange's" friend waiting in line behind me having a good time with a huge guy. I razzed her about constantly leaving her friend alone, and that was a funny reaction too. At this point I'm surprised the other dudes aren't getting pissed about me talking to their marks. Had my drink, "M" came back in with one of her girl friends, and I left for the night.

Debrief

Nothing really came of it--no digits or anything, but it was fun, and that reaction I got from "A" after giving her my intense gaze was incredible. I need to do that more often. I also discovered that approaching and opening isn't all that bad.

Now, the one thing that does bug me, is that you've got about 5 minutes or less to capture a girls interest and secure her, get digits, or move her out. That's really damn hard when you know nothing about the person, and I cannot get someone to open up and give me material to work with in such a short time period. This is why I'm always doing online game: Girls have an interesting picture or blurb on their profile that I can tease her about right from the start, and it gets things going. Out at night, you're completely bound by her appearance or what's going on in the venue, and more often than not there simply isn't anything to open with that will capture her interst like I can with online game. That part is the most frustrating.