Quote: (08-08-2014 05:48 AM)Arturo Belano Wrote:
Quote: (08-08-2014 04:45 AM)Rush87 Wrote:
Quote: (08-08-2014 12:01 AM)Deluge Wrote:
Interesting, 2004 was a still few years before social media.
I think my era [1980-90] went through a very unique transition. We were in that 18-25 bracket pre & post the social media boom.
I couldn't explain the exact reason why, but that shift definitely changed the dating market. I wouldn't pick on internet dating because [For mind] even as recent as 2010, internet dating was 'For losers'. Perhaps the sudden surplus in options…
Back then I was the opposite of game. I'd ask terrible questions like 'Do you come here often' - I'd buy a girl drinks, I'd give out frequent compliments & I was hooking up with an 8+ on a weekly basis. It's funny how times change.
I was born in 89, so I'm about the same age as you. I had a girlfriend for a few years just as social media was really becoming popular, or at least facebook, and I didn't do much gaming before then so I missed the transitional phase as you're describing it. If the 'social media is making it harder for players' theory is true then it should be getting progressively harder every year for guys in the game though, and I'm just not seeing it.
I'm friends with girls who use shit like tinder and instagram and yeah it divides their attention, but I know 100% they still prefer a guy coming up to them and talking to them in real life. In fact I know a few girls who were on tinder, but they deleted it for whatever reason. It's kinda like what Krauser says about how it seems that hot girls are getting spammed by so much attention that they must be getting dicked three times a day, but actually hardly any of those guys would meet her attraction threshold, so she isn't fucking any of them. http://krauserpua.com/2014/06/16/the-sup...rsal-girl/
I'm in between in age and can also attest to our age group experiencing an evolution brought by the impact on social media. Anyone below my brother's age (2 years younger), would've lived under the social media age from adulthood. That people actually had to talk to others outside their immediate social circles at 21sts, as late as 2009, instead of fiddling with their iPhones, is fast becoming a distant memory. In some ways, I think those years would've been ideal for learning game.
I think there's a two-pronged issue RE the idea of social media confounding game. The thing about it sucking in girls' attention is well-established, there's also the thing about it being used as a game-aid. I saw people whipping out smartphones during approaches around 2010. Because I had no need for them and indeed didn't have one until 2012, I remember thinking, "this is going to make things so much harder".
I think that aspect is pretty much negligible, looking back.
Contrary to what you said, online dating definitely took a turn thanks to social media. It became far more mainstream. You're right about how, pre-2010, no-one with a social circle to speak of would've dared to admit to, let alone needed, online dating. It was around 2012 that I noticed even 7s and 8s talking in favour of, not to mention admitting to using, Blendr, OKCupid, etc. "It's not for desperadoes", was how a classmate (8/10 WB) put it.
It's hard give an absolute judgement on how much sex Tinder actually provides vs. as an attention whoring medium. My Perth friend claims to get laid a lot off it, and my jaw dropped scrolling through her mile-long match list, but I can't say that's any blanket indication.
Rush, It's interesting how you mention your game success turned out to be inversely proportional to your experience at it. Maybe, age, shyness etc aside, people were less detached due to the absence of smartphones?
Quote: (08-08-2014 06:12 AM)Rush87 Wrote:
Quote: (08-08-2014 05:48 AM)Arturo Belano Wrote:
Also, I don't think Australian guys are that thirsty, at least not in the same sense I hear about on here. I recently asked every girl I know if they ever got catcalled or 'street harrassed' and they all said no; plus no Aussie guy I know would be caught dead posting thirsty shit on facebook or instagram, it's just embarrassing. Maybe that stems the validation tide slightly?
Are you sure you didn't just have really good venue knowledge back when you were killing it? That definitely makes a difference. I know some venues in Melbourne that used to be mini poosy paradises on some nights (Worker's Club in Fitzroy on a Monday springs to mind), but now they're played out and you have to find the new cool place where young chicks like to congregate. It also helps if you're in a social circle that throws a lot of house parties.
I think the only time you'll see 'thirsty Aussies' is at night clubs/bars. I've never met an Aussie who uses Facebook or Online dating for pick-up [Though I'm sure some exist]. In fact I only really heard about Tinder last year.
I've never been to Melbourne; perhaps it has a different vibe down there.
Regarding the venues; I never really had a local 'Go To' venue. It was more a case of 'try somewhere new' each weekend.
I'm probably the opposite of a lot of guys on here in the respect that I didn't get into game due to 'a lack of girls' when I was younger. More so it was a response to the ability to pick-up suddenly becoming immensely harder (And perhaps this hit other cities a lot earlier than Sydney).
After exclusively picking up girls around the 8 range; that same ease of pick-up only began to work on 5's & 6's. It's really only been the last few years where I've got back to that same constant quality [And it requires a hell of a lot more game than the 5 minutes of compliments that worked in my teens].
I think Aussie guys have sort of honour, or face, in our dating culture is that we implicitly frown on "non-game domain" catcalling/orbiting/white-knighting. I think we're pretty ruthless on our guys on that note. I still notice and hear of girls having their arses grabbed or groped in some way at clubs, which underscores my point about how guys are more location-specific about it all.
I've written before: Melbourne's venues tend to be location segregated by subculture; though it converges into a melting pot in the CBD. Chances are you'll do OK if you establish a particular stomping ground, although like yourself, I flitted about here and there myself.
I think you're much more likely to kill it as house parties these days. Ratios there are still really generous.