Nikolskaya street of Moscow became an epitome of party life of World Soccer. I'm trying to stay out of alcohol, so being among lots of drunk people wasn't fun at first, but yesterday I went there and spent big part of the night just observing people and their behavior. Party mood, unlimited beer and plenty of girls out on the street made it feel as if almost no boundaries existed between people.

I observed five types of people:

  1. Real soccer fans. They had heated conversations about Real Madrid vs Barsa and whether France deserved to be in finals. Those guys were really enjoying themselves and having fun.
  2. People who came to get wasted - various ages, walks of life, in groups and alone, dressed or undressed and many more. Around 80% of crowd.
  3. Guys who came for a pick up night game. There were a few I noticed, they were doing a good job judging by the number of approaches.
  4. Lone observers, just like myself.
  5. Servicemen (special thanks to them!)

You could see all kind of activities happening: street dancers performing, musicians playing, mini-soccer games right on the street, and the long lines of people waiting to order their drink in outside bars.

What united the first three groups? They were after easily available local girls. ( I did one approach to a Moroccan girl, probably the only one sober there, but thats a different story) Openers were ranging from "can I take a photo" to a random dance-offs.

Anyways, one thing I noticed across all groups - appearance decides almost nothing. I haven't seen this many instances of ugly, old, wrinkled, balding, 4-eyed guys with decent or even beautiful girls in the same night. I don't know what was the main factor,but each time I thought "God, is this true? How is this even possible, can't get worse than that" I would find another instance of even uglier guy with a young pretty girl. (this is not a bitter talk, I'm doing just OK with girls, stating facts).

Why am I saying this? I see some posts in this thread asking what is wrong with their appearance (I had the same wonders when I was around 20ies).

Literally nothing is wrong with your appearance.

In 99% of cases your rejection is your personality.

All pickup forums and videos are good and inspirational, but you've gotta find your own formula.

Personally the formula that worked for me is working on myself (gym, fun hobbies outside of work, investing etc) and finding a niche of girls that you will go after, i.e you know that girl flirting with every passerby is an easy target, but inherently a bad choice and a waste of time, unless you are going after an instant hookup.

just my 5 cents