The Green hair girl named Carys

Results long needed and over-due!
Date: November 24-27, 2009
Place (s): Lucky 13 (Thursday), Iron Horse (Friday), Oil City and New City (Saturday)
Wing (s): Link, Majin, My Pivot, William

Majin sends me a text a few days prior to the meeting. The guy is ready for action! I’ve read several of his field reports, and based on what I read in the VIP forum section on The Venusian Arts Forum; this guy seemed like he was the real deal. The fact that he was visiting Edmonton for a few days would give me the opportunity to put him to the test.

The monthly meeting went well; glad to see all the new faces. I was even more thrilled to see most of the newer guys actually commit and getting out to the field. I’ll get into the details of what transpired that night in terms of sets shortly. Let’s just say – I’ve had better days.

Thursday we roll into Lucky 13, and surprisingly enough, the place is dead. The club is filled with maybe 6 sets – if that. And that’s including the girls that were on the dance floor – just to give you an idea of what we were dealing with. But this didn’t affect my mood. I get excited! On one side of me is my dedicated wing – and though slightly sick (props to Link for pushing himself regardless) was seeking an opportunity to exceed in Game. On the other side of me is Majin and his wing Will (dressed to the fucken 9’s).

A smile creeps on my face and I open the first set I see. It was an opener followed by a story of my brother getting slapped across the face for calling some girl ‘cute’. Though amusing to tell mid way in a set – it’s not effective to DHV; so after several field tests....that routine is cut out of my stack. But nonetheless, the set hooked and was a decent warm up. The feedback that followed with Majin, was that the energy was slightly a little high. I made a mental note of that.

Beyond opening another set or two, there really wasn’t anything that really separated that night from any others. But Link ran mad game. He was able to hook – merge – and run his game on a set that me and Majin both opened separately. These girls were incredibly unreceptive to us. So the moment Link brought the girls our general direction, I turned heel and walked away. No sense in lowering his value; at this point I can’t DHV my wing.
The next night following the PUA meeting went a little more smoothly, but I was plagued by both Approach Anxiety and Performance Anxiety. The night started with just the 4 of us, running the basic shit – getting the cobwebs out of the system. The night than proceeded to continue with some of the newer guys joined us and began asking us for advice. I apologize to admit that once again, my game/mindset was not up to ‘par’. But I did make the best of it. If nothing else I helped Mandrill and Dorian wing their sets (DHVed Mandrill and proceeded to pretend I was a drunken moron celebrating his birthday for Dorian. Since that’s what he told the girls so that he could forward merge effectively...lol, you owe me.).

If you ask me, there were far too many PUAs gathered together in a group. True story – three girls ended up watching us that night for 45 minutes, observing how we pick up women. Isn’t that something?

I also came to the conclusion that the basic ‘Opinion’ opener doesn’t hook nearly as well...say, ‘Have you seen the fight outside?!’ The more elaborate and excited I get about an opener, the better it does (go figure).

But Gentlemen, I’m not here to bore you with the antics of the nights where I ran horrible game. Un-contraire! Since Saturday was my night to shine. After using the previous two days as nights to practice and run game (without dancing or singing....and I’m a fan of both – I avoided the dance floor like the plague and dancing in place. This was not an easy feat) I’m glad to say I managed to number close 3 girls, and one was a solid 9!
We (including my pivot), decided to rock out oil city last night – which proved to be to my advantage since a UFC fight was airing for the first half hour or so. The club as a result was separated into two by a drawn curtain. All the chodes on one side – the unsuspecting ladies on the other.

During this controlled chaos, I managed to number close 2 girls; who seemed like they would be fun to hang out with again in the future. I was astounded to see the difference in my sets by bringing a woman out as social proof. I used basic material to open them up and purposely threw awkward silences to create discomfort when I stopped talking. This is a tactic that I’m experimenting with for now – to force the woman to invest in you a little more. This proved to work at my advantage.
When three pub crawl buses arrived at the scene – things began to get a little hectic. Choosing to change the bar scene, we proceeded to go to New City Suburbs. To those who don’t know what this is – it’s a goth/punk bar that focuses heavily on death/metal/trance music. But there’s always a method to my madness, I assure you.

(Bear in mind, I’m wearing a suit – due to a slip of my tongue earlier that day...’SUIT-UP!’) The women are beautiful – clad in leather, corsets, lingerie (god bless them). This is an entirely a different scene, and it isn’t for everybody. But I had a feeling that Majin would appreciate a place like this. Turns out I was right.
He got approached directly off the bat and managed to run his own isolation with a decently attractive woman – who was under the false pre-assumption that he was gay. ‘Surprise!’ He ended up number closing her – which was awesome to watch from the side lines.

Meanwhile, I have my sights locked on a target – who to me seemed like a solid 9. Now most of you will laugh – and bear in mind we all have different tastes. This woman was clad in a mini-skirt – high stockings, small tang top, knee high platform boots – with long green hair and piercings to complete the overall look. Guilty – I’m weak for the hardcore punk girls.

Majin realizes quickly that this is my target – and tries to push me to open the lone wolf. (True fact; I don’t get intimidated by women or feel AA until they’re HB 9s and above). At this point I’m fighting with myself; and Majin wastes no time, turns his shoulder and says, ‘My friend has something he wants to say to you.’

...Oh...you’re good.

Charisma: ‘I can tell...you’re a herd’

HB9: ‘A what?!’

Charisma: ‘A herd. It’s a combination of a hot girl and nerd. By the way – your nose wiggles when you talk.’ Smiles and points, ‘That’s adorable!’

HB9: Shy smile and walks off with her jacket on.

At this point I thought I lost her. I breathe a sigh of relief and thank Majin for at least giving me the opportunity to say something in my moment of reluctance.
Little did I know she would come back.

HB9 : Taps me on the shoulder, ‘Hey, I wanted to tell you something...’

Charisma: ‘Here we go...’ Rolls eyes.

HB9: ‘That was the best compliment anyone – has ever given me! I am a huge nerd!’
We fluff talk a little bit – and I can feel a small sense of nervousness brewing in my stomach, but it slips out of me quickly the more time I spend with this girl.

Majin: Whispers, ‘Dude, you totally have to get her number. If you don’t – I’m kicking your ass’

HB9: ‘I heard that!’

Charisma: ‘He’s just looking out for me’ smiles and shrugs innocently, ‘It’s just the way we guys are’

HB9: ‘Do you want to come for a smoke?’

We head off outside, and I’m in isolation with this girl. It’s kind of a blur at this point, but once we had our little nerd-fest conversation, I began realizing I wasn’t kino-ing this girl or DHVing myself. So I decide to take things in a different direction.
Placing the cigarette in my mouth – I take her hands, run the rapport test. She doesn’t do too well – but she explains that she’s incredibly shy – IOI and that it’s not a matter of she didn’t trust me – which lead to a little more kino. I than continued to throw a few DHV spikes – talking about my ex girlfriend and acting as a leader of men, through the use of stories.

Now a common mistake that I have been noticing in my game is I don’t invest any effort into the girl – basically avoiding A3 all together. I made myself a mental note prior to this moment that this wasn’t going to be the case. I began running the ‘bait-hook-reel-release’ tactic and begin giving her IOI’s than rolling off slightly to bear the illusion of chase. Eventually her friends come over – and I disarm them, shooting the shit and having a blast. They were incredibly friendly and receptive. So this plays into my favor.

By this time, we’re sitting outside in freezing weather enjoying each other’s company, when Majin, my pivot and Will come out of the club with my jacket in arm. At this point it’s ‘make it or break it’. I go for the number close, she gives me a kiss on the cheek after delegating her to do so and we make plans for a quick timebridge to get to meet up with each other again sometime during the week. A very solid close – and she’s been texting me ever since.
I hope to update this FR further with a full close.

- Charisma