Hello, this is my first FR so I'll try to give you a little insight in my motives and situation. Two months ago me and my gf decided the relationship wasn't working out and decided to break up.

Two weeks after it I agreed upon an invitation of an old friend to go out together with him and some friends. Long story short I had a totally unplanned ONS. I figured I just got lucky. I came to the conclusion I had no idea how to talk to women I hadn't previously met. I felt down and had no idea how I would ever get a girlfriend again. I stumbled across r/seduction by accident but got hooked almost instantly. For the past week I have been reading the suggested material(posts, books etc). Since I've got exams in januari I don't have much time to go out and practice what I had learned. I figured my only chance to test what I had learned was NYE, it's basically the only time I got time to go out until after the exams.

I started the night drinking and eating with all my friends at their house. Drinking some champagne really got me into the correct mindset to go out and approach. Skipping to later that night. We arrive in town around 1.30 and meet up with some friends in a bar. I decide it's time to test some stuff I have learned. I get crash and burned pretty hard the first three times I open to a group of women. I use some of the most stupid opinion questions around( can't even remember). I talk to a couple of them though but I feel like I'm doing like shit so I say goodbye and go join my friends. We go to a different bar and I'm about to give up and just start drinking heavily when my friend pushes me to approach a group behind us. I told him I didn't want to do it, he keeps insisting I try it 1 more time. The place was really loud and crowded. I can only talk to 1 person at a time cause of all the noise so I approach the target I had in mind (basically she was next to me already and talking to another girl in the group would have forced me to move through the crowd and things would have been awkward. I ask her if she thinks the music should be this loud or if they should lower the volume so people can talk easier. She says she likes the music is out to have a good time bla bla. I neg her about her music taste and disagree with her opinion. We both toss some decent arguments back and forth. Made a few jokes and once I thought I had her attention I pulled her away from the group and isolated her from her friends. We end up talking about lots of different topics, I keep in mind not to tell too much about myself so I could see if she was genuinely interested. I got a few IoI and after about an hour of talking I go in for the kiss. I escalated kino through out the entire conversation to avoid resistance. We make out for about half an hour, I get approval from her group of friends. She had to leave at around 05.00. She grabbed my hand pulled me outside and told me she wanted my phone number. I gave her my phone told her to put herself in. She asked it back three times to check if she made any mistakes. When she looked at me I told her she was the best thing that had happened to me that night. She started kissing me passionately and then we parted ways.

TL;DR: kissclose after struggle to get decent approaches early on, motivation to keep going.

I'd love to hear from you guys what you think I should have done differently and what I should improve on.