I'm trying to figure out how to use the principles in Sun Tzu's The Art of War with Game. Maybe it's a waste of effort but I just thought it might be useful if I could learn to use the tactics and internalize the principles so when I'm meeting a girl I would automatically know what to do - rather than trying to memorize a million different game precepts. I don't know if that makes any sense. It's just that Game is very complicated and even though I've been studying it for around 4 years I'm not getting many results (Although I'm from Toronto, that probably has something to do with it). There's too much to remember. Then you meet someone and you don't remember most of it when you need to, or something you haven't read about yet happens, so you fail.
So, The Art of War. Here's an example: Chapter 6 is titled 'Weak Points & Strong'.
The part where it says "...or by inflicting damage he can make it impossible for the enemy to draw near..." I don't know how to use this. Is the enemy still the girl? Or is it the other guys in the bar? If it's the girl, what would constitute 'damage', and why would you be trying to damage her? If the enemy has now become the other guys, this is what makes The Art of War confusing to me, because these are different enemies. You're going to need to use completely different tactics on the girl you want as opposed to the other guys in the bar.
Seeing the girl as the enemy is helpful because it gets you out of the beta frame of mind where you're trying to be nice to her and make friends with her.
So when I see something like "entice the enemy with bait" I understand what that means. But when it says "strike at some important point that the enemy will have to defend", I don't know how that relates. I don't think it means go up to the nearest guy and hit him. But what does it mean?
So, The Art of War. Here's an example: Chapter 6 is titled 'Weak Points & Strong'.
"...By holding out advantages to the enemy to make (her) approach of (her) own accord; or, by inflicting damage, he can make it impossible for the enemy to draw near. In the first case, he will entice (her) with a bait; in the second, he will strike at some important point that the enemy will have to defend..."
Obviously the girl you're hitting on is the enemy and by holding out bait, such as telling her you have booze waiting at your nearby apartment after the bar has closed, you have a chance at piquing her interest so she'll want to come to your place. It's just an example, and it rarely works for me; probably because that's not enough. They usually make up an excuse not to come with me anyway. There are other baits I need to be using along with the booze. The part where it says "...or by inflicting damage he can make it impossible for the enemy to draw near..." I don't know how to use this. Is the enemy still the girl? Or is it the other guys in the bar? If it's the girl, what would constitute 'damage', and why would you be trying to damage her? If the enemy has now become the other guys, this is what makes The Art of War confusing to me, because these are different enemies. You're going to need to use completely different tactics on the girl you want as opposed to the other guys in the bar.
Seeing the girl as the enemy is helpful because it gets you out of the beta frame of mind where you're trying to be nice to her and make friends with her.
So when I see something like "entice the enemy with bait" I understand what that means. But when it says "strike at some important point that the enemy will have to defend", I don't know how that relates. I don't think it means go up to the nearest guy and hit him. But what does it mean?