Collection of Field Reports

Hey Gents; gonna keep this one short and sweet. I have some plans following morning; but I can't put this field report off any longer. Not to mention I have to record tonight's events as well.

Without further delay...

Date: Saturday 25th of April 2009
Location: Union ~ Whyte Ave
Wings: Saint. Chris VD, Link, TK07, Slyfox

Arrived to Union, and force myself into a set interaction approximately 2 minutes in. I've done enough approaches and gone out with the intention to sarge; to know that if I'm going to focus on sarging, I need to open immediately. Otherwise I'll walk around banging my head, angry that I didn't approach.

The set was lame, and was just an opportunity to get the mouth moving.

The second set, went a lot smoother. I'm out in the smoking pit with TK07, and this two set is adjacent from us - figured she was in my proximity.

C: Hey guys, question for you - where's a good place in Edmonton where people come with the intent to be social?
HB: Blah Blah Blah
C: Cool - for some reason places like this *looks around*tends to have people more on their guard. Bitch shields if you so have it. But you seem to be pretty cool thus far. By the way, I'm Charisma...
HB: Ali - pleasure to meet you -
C: Now introduce me to your friend...

At this point TK07 is running game on my wing; and things are going awesome. We're locked in, leaned back against the fence, and at one point the girls switch positions; clarifying who they're interested in.

Saint comes in and runs the 'hey have you seen...' bit - and realizes that we didn't need an additional wing. We take it from there, playful bantering ensues, and the set walks back into the bar after a 20 min interaction. Rather happy with the results.

Opened a few sets - but nothing worth while recording. Union does have some high bitch shields - but it's fun practice. I don't run into the same problem anywhere else. Helps build the buffer zone.

Which case the 4 of us (excluding Scott and Chris VD), all went to whyte ave to see what the city has aside from the high end clubs - and to throw a change a of scenery. (Union was beginning to become a sausage fest).

We decide to bounce to a small place, which the name escapes me - but it's definately not a place where I'll consider going to again. We eventually bounced away from there, and ended up going to Squires Billard Club - which was set rich like you wouldn't believe. The place was well spaced, packed with people, and the music wasn't overpowering.

Tried pushing Link into a set - but ended up running it myself. The girls were awesome and a pleasure to talk to, and ran some locking in material, and some minor kino (which is my sticking point right now). I even incorporated Link into the set - and it eventually ended on a high note. The target went to go play pool, and it was her turn.

Ran game on a hired gun - who seemed legitimately interested in what I had to say, and she seemed to enjoy my company and ran a few more openers and called it a night.

So key improvements:
Lack of AA
More power in my voice
Willing to lock in
Moving out of my comfort zone and relying less on canned material

Improvements to be made:
Kino Escalating (which is where I lose the girl in Comfort and Day 2...open to tips)
Crash vs ejecting

Night: Thursday 30 April 2009
Location: Iron Horse ~ Bar hopping on Whyte
Wings: Link

Pushed each other to go out; and tonight I found was worth it. Even though we both agreed to stay dry on the wallet (which didn't happen), we would go out and destroy the city. Fueled by ambition and an overwhelming desire for adventure; we sought to explore unknown terrain.

The starting point - Iron Horse.

Rumors were told to me that the bar was sketchy, or it was a Sausage fest. It had come to my realization, that I should make those accusations myself, and even if it was a Sausage Fest - I'm sure most of them would be chodes taking space.

Well, it was a shocker to both me and Link when we realized the place was packed. Some sort of fundraiser was going on in support for a cancer infected student - which I thought was pretty cool. People were incredibly nice and receptive (though it did take me a moment to swallow my AA and approach a set).

Sure enough Link was on his own as well, opening a seated 2 set. He walks up to me and says, 'Hey, we have our own bench now' Cool - let introduce ourselves than!

C: Hey guys, might as well say 'hi'. I'm Charisma
Both respond, very open to the interaction. At this point I'm figuring Link is running game on a target, so I decide to DHV him mentioning he's a photographer - and so on. Girls eat it up like you wouldn't believe.

Eventually Link is talking with the cuter one of the girls, and I decide to keep the other one interested and give her something to do, contribute to the flow of conversation. We have a thumb wrestling match and it gets pretty hard core. Eventually I win, rub it in her face and we have a laugh about it.

Which case I eject myself, seeing I'm no longer needed, and Link follows. It was a practice set for him. It was later we realized we should have either taken the girls to meet and open other sets, or brought sets back to them and have them DHV us.

Run a few more, being cocky and playful, and things are kicking off well. Eventually we change locations after running approx 5 sets each; and run into black dog - which I will admit the scenery is nice - but it was set dry.

We than ran the Attic - which was dead...literally.

And even Philthies had nothing to offer. So we managed to discover what places are kicking on Whtye on a Thursday - which was Hudsons, Iron Horse and Lucky 13. But even they were running a little dry.

After losing motivation, we called it a night - with promising that tomorrow will be another day of opportunities.

Good Key Points:
Winged
DHV story telling
Self pushed to open sets and defeat AA

Things that need improvement:
Backwards and Forwards Merging
Use the people around me and Manipulate a room to my reality
Isolation tactics/techniques.

Till next time - happy gaming!

-Charisma