Hi guys,

Preface (skippable)

It's been a while since I posted my last FR, where I was having trouble escalating and getting makeouts/SNLs. For fear's sake, I've spent the last month getting really good at conversation, while avoiding awakening my inner gorilla. I can now get numbers with relative ease, and it's rare that a girl does not want to talk to me, but I'd rather do direct game since I think it's more honest and efficient.

I went out last night with Kumar, Coldgin, NotLurking, routineflyball, and kenno, and a couple of other BASers. It was a very fun night, but it seems that my transition to direct game is not going to be smooth.

10 PM - 11 PM

I walk around talking to people, getting into state. It works, and by 11 PM I feel like the man and am having fun. Hot girls are giving me IOIs, sets are opening up easy, and it seems like it's gonna be a good night. It's worth noting that I don't really consider IOIs from my verbal game to be very important, since my follow through has been terrible.

11 PM - 12 AM

I decide to try out more direct approaches. My first few attempts were very uncalibrated, and mostly consisted of me staring girls down Tyler-style while thinking "Is it working?" None of them worked, and I creeped a lot of girls out. After an hour of this, I decide lay back a little and hang out with other BASers.

12 AM - 2 AM

I open girls that are walking by, mostly by gently grabbing their arm and steering them towards me. This works pretty well, with about a 60% success rate on the open. I coupled this open with humor and some neutral rapport tonality (I tried going for breaking, but I still need to practice). Many times, the girl would hook solidly and kino back, yet leave after one or two minutes to do whatever they were doing before I opened them.

At this point, I get frustrated and suffer a string of blowouts.

2 AM onwards

I shut down for about 30 minutes and do nothing. After this, I open a group of three girls dressed as flappers indirectly and one of them invites me back for drinks. My face lights up and I go 'Really?!' and she reconsiders her decision.

Questions/Takeaways

From Brad Branson, the three components of direct game are:

  • Eye Contact
  • Entitlement
  • Breaking Rapport Tonality

I'm pretty solid on the first, but definitely need to work on the last two. I've noticed that the direct approach seems to be more high risk/high reward, and the sets seem to go much faster (aka blow me or blow me out).

I see videos of RSD people approaching girls and just saying 'Who are you?' or staring and the girl is immediately interested. When I try the same approach, I generally get confused looks and sadness. I've asked my friends in BAS about by body language in set and they all say it seems pretty solid, but I'm not getting the results that I want.

So for all you sedditors who have mastered or are just starting out in a direct game style, how does this experience compare to yours when starting out, how did you make the transition to success, and do you have any specific tips for me based on this FR?