I'm definitely new to this, but a couple nights ago I had something happen that showed me that I might be doing things right.

I was playing a game called Humans vs Zombies. It's basically a glorified game of tag played across a college campus. My friends and I were cutting through a parking lot to get home when we saw a group of people who weren't playing, two dudes and two girls.

One of the guys shouts "I bet you can't hit me from there!" He's about fifty yards away. I pulled out my pvc-pipe blowgun and took a shot - missed by a couple inches. While retrieving my dart, one of the girls starts talking to me about HvZ.

Here's my little victory. The guy I almost hit comes up and interrupts by saying "Man you sure know how to blow, you're real good at blowing." Without missing a beat, I turned and said "What can I say? I've had a lot of practice." Then I looked him up and down, winked and said "What are you doing tonight?"

The guy was literally dumbfounded - he just kinda stuttered for a few seconds - and the girl laughed. Awesome! I talked for another minute with the girl and left.

Compared to a lot of stuff I read on here, this wasn't really anything, but for me this was huge! I successfully agreed and amplified, I stopped an AMOG in his tracks and I had a genuine conversation with a stranger about something of which I am passionate. The stuff here actually works. Definitely something I'll remember next time I'm feeling AA.

tl;dr read the last paragraph.

Edit: Words are hard, and I'm involved with HvZ at Ball State.