Thanks to those that commented on my last FR. Turns out the whole thing bombed and she just didn't get anything I was saying. Probably overused humor and my background too much as suggested in the other thread. Mistakes, I made them, but it was an awesome encounter.

Suddenly the girl I was developing a sort of relationship with before I decided to actually drop out of AFC land forever is wanting my attention. I kept it light, told her I was busy and she didn't like that, so my phone got texts throughout the day with her trying to ask me how my day was, what I was up to etc. I told her to come with me to the show I was going to, but she isn't a fan of punk, so I traded a few texts and froze her out the rest of the night. One of the long term games I have going is also ramping up interest as well, I bought her a tshirt tonight from the show and she has to earn it. I'm going to where she lives for another show next month and I'm gonna tell her to come.

Anyways, I went into tonight just to enjoy the bands playing. I haven't had a chance to see the headlining band before, so I was very happy for this opportunity which all came up within a few hours of the show. I took two of my AFC buddies (one's married, the other guy maybe said 6 words all night) We hang out, drink a few beers while waiting for the show to start. I was not in the mindset at all to game tonight, because I also did not think this was a good environment.

BAM right in front of me, a group of girls hb4-6 about 5 of them. The one girl was taking everybody's picture, so I volunteered to take one of all of them but before I gave the camera back, I had to get a kiss on the cheek from all of them. 5 kisses later, I gave the camera back. I let them move on and chill with my buddies.

I kept seeing this HB9.5 and her HB9 friend around at the bar drinking. Chatting up the bartenders. I see the opportunity, but I chicken out.

I make small talk with some people around me, nothing too exciting. I like the atmosphere because you get an amazing excuse to kino and introduce yourself while walking through the crowded bar. You get to lean in real close and talk as well, which is always good, because you can grab an arm and bring her forward.

My buddies and I go out for a smoke and we see the group I opened earlier. A hb6 from the group has the no word guy drooling, and the married guy tries to get him to talk to her. I say, "I already warmed them up, I'll introduce you guys and break the ice" Walk over, ask if my picture came out better than theirs, they giggle. "By the way, my name is lolpickup, these are my friends, MarriedGuy and NoWordsGuy" One of the 5s gets really grabby with me, I make a joke about it. My buddies flounder around, nothing I can really do about that. They decide to go in, since we were done, I just joined them. My buddies went to get something to eat and leave me with the girls. The one 5 that was getting grabby sees my phone and asks if she can check Facebook. I make her give me a kiss for that and stick to her so she doesn't run of with my god damned phone. We couldn't get back in the show without waiting on line, so we wait on line. 5 is leaning all up on me, putting her boobs on my arm. I've done nothing beyond simple kino and light banter. Her friend, a 5.5 at best does the same thing when the other gets distracted (no facebook, clinging and boob arm touching) Barely any game. (they were also drunk, so this likely helped.) Get back in and find out they are in the VIP section of the bar, so I try to sneak up there with one as she is dragging me by the hand, but bubba at the bottom of the stairs wouldn't let me up. No big deal, get hugs, wave goodbye, I thank all sorts of gods. I tried to push a little bit on this group and I enjoyed myself, but I didn't want to go any further with them.

I've had a few more drinks in me, feeling confident from that set. This one girl, hb8 and her group of friends walk by, she's really tall so I can actually make eye contact with her, she looks me right in the eyes and I say "HI!" and she says "HI!" right back and has a :3 smile on. I just let her go with her friends. A few minutes later while at the bar, she keeps rubbing up against me while she is talking, so I lean in real close to her and tap her arm to get her attention. I pull her close and yell in her ear (it was during a set) "You know, you keep rubbing against me, it might give a guy the wrong impression" "I'm so sorry!" We talk about the bands playing, who she's here to see, introduce myself, she comments on my lack of alcohol (I was driving, sadly) and we talk about drinks. Another friend of her's arrives and she's off. Cool.

So far that night, like I said in my other post, I'm great at warm openers. I had legitimate excuses to talk to those girls. So I decide to actually try a cold approach while outside smoking again. HB9 from earlier was there by herself and she looked slightly annoyed smoking a cigarette, leaning against the rail. I walk right next to her, lean against the rail and ask her "So, how many guys have hit on you tonight?" "You mean here? All together?" "No, just tonight" "One, maybe, I think." "Oh, well, I thought there would be guys approaching you all night" She smiles, says that's sweet of me. Introductions, small talk, I show her a picture of a guy that spit in a cop's face and got arrested, she bitches about her drunk friend hb9.5, we talk about the bands, light kino, she finishes her cigarette, shakes my hand, asks my name again, which I tease her for and she's off. Her and her friend do not look like they belong here at all.

Hang out with my buddies some more, decide to go to get tshirts for friends and that girl I've been running long term on. (She has to earn this shirt) The shirt means a lot to her for reasons I won't go into. Run into hb9 and her friend 9.5, she tries to introduce me, but 9.5 is trashed and decides to give me a raspberry. 9 gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. They stumble up to the VIP area. (I think next time I go to a show at this venue, I'm getting VIP. Wasn't that much more, but my friends were lame ducks, obviously that's where the women are)

The headliner finally comes up, I rock out in the pit for a bit, come back, chug some beer and shoot the shit with people around me. I'm pretty high right now on my ability to overcome some of my problems. I'm also somewhat tipsy, which helps. Then I see her and freeze. On a normal scale, she'd probably be put on 6 or 7, but she's my HB10. My ideal woman. Tall, gorgeous hair, beautiful eyes, curves in the right places, and a carrying a little extra around. I know they are beautiful because she notices me looking and gives me really deep eye contact. She wanders around a bit, and she doesn't really look like she is enjoying herself. Once while walking past me, she squeezes my arm, and I go derp on her. After a while, I'm standing there enjoying the music and I notice she's standing behind me and to the left, like one person length away. I finally get the balls and turn to talk to her, but her head is in the other direction and she doesn't hear me. I watch her walk away, slightly defeated, but decide to walk over there when a slower ska/reggae type song does come on and dance with her. I'm watching her from where I'm standing and I see her start signing to a friend. She's deaf. Her friend brings another friend over, and she translates. Well damn. I still planned on going over there, but a fight broke out and I lost track of her. Ugh, this girl is still stuck in my head.

Anyway, the goal of tonight was to go out and listen to awesome bands. I ended up nailing a cold approach on a girl that was ridiculously hot that I'm sure if I had more time with, I could of number closed. I did get a closed mouth kiss, but that really doesn't count for anything. Tonight was way too easy, although I had what I consider successes, I'm not happy with my game. I still mumble a little bit when delivering lines and I started shaking when talking to hb9. She noticed this and I played it off on caffeine withdrawals. I had fun though.

tl;dr approach, approach, approach. and if you think you can't: approach, approach, approach.

I'm also intentionally vague with my details, specifically the bands, the venue and where it was held. I prefer for it not to be known where I live and what I'm up to. I have friends that are redditors and if they find out then I'll never hear the end of it.

edit: going to another show tomorrow, going to take what I learned tonight and apply it there. edit2: I apologize for the length, I'm very detail oriented. I also apologize for the crappy grammar and spelling, it's 3am, my ears are ringing and everything hurts.