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[–]HectorGM 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
Try spelling out what conflicts you see.
[–]tenth_dentist1 points 12 years ago [recovered] (4 children) | Copy Link
Advice from the book says to initially ignore the girl you're actually interested in when you open a set and the girl is with a group of friends. I remember reading here however, that you should make it clear the girl you are interested in because you don't want the friends to try to hook you up with the "ugly" or "fat" friend.
[–]Frank_flowers 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
So much of the methodology has been outed and is clear PUA material, Negging, Peacocking being two examples.
The ideology behind the book, still holds true, being a more interesting fun person to attract women.
[–]datelikeajerk 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
I would debate the idea that the methodology is outed or no longer functional. What may be outdated is some of the very specific tactics.
For example, peacocking with a feather boa and an LED belt buckle are probably pretty played out. Peacocking with a cool t-shirt (if you're a t-shirt wearer, try one of those sites that only sells a shirt for a day) or some other interesting adornment is still an effective method. The underlying theory is sound and it works in practice, if the strategy is applied using different tactical methods.
Negging works as well, when it's done properly. The trouble is, it's always explained so piss-poorly (even by Mystery himself) that most guys never figure it out. I can do it when it's called for, but it's not something I feel comfortable teaching people because it's so easy to screw up and so rarely necessary that a person can work around not having it in one's toolkit.
So to agree with Frank_flowers a little, if something is explained word-for-word or described in excruciating detail in The Game don't try to apply it exactly as described. Instead, look for the theory that underlies it and use those theories as you see fit in creating your own tactics.
[–]Frank_flowers 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Date, You are absolutely correct. Being different from the crowd is the nugget of Peacocking. Recent personal example. I am 35, and for about 5 years I stopped wearing t-shirts when I turned 30 because I was "an 'adult' now and t's are childish" I forgot my clothes when I went to a multiday weekend music festival and bought some dumb $5 tee shirts at Walmart, the typical neck beardish slogans, Star Wars and Comic book characters. Besides the heart shaped Lolita sun glasses I lifted from a girl at the bar, I got a lot of people to open me because of the fun interesting t-shirts or the Little Girl Sunglasses I was wearing. Peacocking still does work.
Negging, the nugget of hidden truth I now reexamine is treat her like a person who you can pal around with and be yourself around. I think Neil stated that exactly in The Game. But, I like to think that most people are just like me and my friends when they are in their comfort circles.They will grief their best friends for some little thing they're wearing or doing. Like making fun of the 20minutes they spent on their hair, just so he could talk to beautiful women or how they can quote Star Trek TNG, but have never seen The original series or Even the new movies (mostly because they're in Graduate School)
[–]Last-Dinosaur 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
the idea is when you're approaching the groups except you're target . you're making yourself more desirable , and even the fat friend will give her the approval to get to know you , because without the ugly fat friend approval you're not going anywhere . so you should always make sure that you gained the group approval .
[–]datelikeajerk 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You're viewing The Game as a manual or a method. You need to remember what it actually is: an autobiographical account of one man's exploration of the seduction community and his rise to the top of it.
I love The Game. In fact, I just started reading it again last night. It's a great story and Neil is a great writer. The book was not, however, meant to teach you how to pick up girls. It leaves out a lot of things that were common community knowledge even when the events were unfolding. Even Mystery's Find-Meet-Attract-Close model is only explained in the vaguest sketch.
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