I’ve been reading The Tao of Badass (Pellicer) and Street Seduce (Adam Lyons) as well as some books by 'gambler' and I’ve been trying to apply their teachings in-field but feel like maybe the books were a bit of waste of time (I'm not even certain that them guys got laid as they have no infields so can't actually confirm they have any success)

My approach has been something like:

Open with a playful line from Josuhua Pellicer (e.g. his “You’re not fooling me, I see the devil horns under your halo” / “You look like trouble”).

Then transition into Pellicer-style banter lines or cold reads (like “you seem sweet but probably keep people at a distance” or “I bet you were the naughty one in school”).

Sometimes I try Adam Lyons’ approach of grounding it with normal questions (name, where she’s from), then mixing in some teasing.

Sometimes i'll try more gambler teachings and either open direct or try to force an IOI by doing a silly dance or something and open like 'how have you been?' and go into his cold reads including the 'trouble' one. (although this 'trouble' thing seems to be so overused by all PUA's nowadays?! literally every infield from every PUA, 90% of their 'game' is telling a girl she is 'trouble' lol.)

The problem is, I’m not really getting any attraction or investment with any of it. Most girls either give short polite answers or don’t hook at all, and the interaction fizzles.

Has anyone got some good openers and transitions that they recommend instead that I can test tonight or tomorrow night? give me some of your convo examples if you are good at hooking girls on cold approach

Thanks.