Third night sarging in a row; The plaza was packed, so much even that hooking sets became fucking difficult, since there were no chairs left. I should look into this for future reference.

Despite this fact, I finished ThrowawayPUA's challenge gracefully, and with no AA whatsoever. I'm confident that we can call this a win, gentlemen :)

That said, nothing was closed. I spent quite some time in a 9-set, eventually with a friend (a natural) coming in and properly occupying the set. However, when I wsa about to close (target was def. into me, obstacles were interested, all but one...) they all rose and left. It was like a military operation, and neither me nor my wing saw this coming. There was onely one of the obstacles which we had not engaged in conversation properly, a mistake, yes, but it was probably not what killed the set. The one that initiated the leave was, in fact one of the more interested ones (even though she kept testing me for congruence; I don't think she had actual ill intent, but she definitely liked some verbal sparring).

Anyway, this struck me and my wing by surprise, and prevented me from closing. This needs to be worked on. As I spoke to my friend afterward, we came to the conclusion that all of this was too much a learned skill for me, and not a natural one. At some point, I'm gonna have to become a properly smooooooth motherfucker.

Well, until then, let's not stop making progress.

You had another idea for me, Throwaway? :D

PS - Frogma, you're right. The more you approach each night in a row, the less big a deal it becomes. I hope I don't regress too much when the sarging lessens a bit in the near future, man :)