[gringochileno]

As others have pointed out, one way to decrease the amount of effort needed to get laid is to find a niche or "hack" of some sort. I hate to say it, but if you have the right set-up online dating can be a great way to get notches with very minimal effort. Since the beginning of the year I've gotten 5 notches from OKCupid and Tinder (not rockstar numbers, but it could easily be more if my schedule allowed it and it's plenty for my needs regardless). When I think about the amount of effort I've put into each of these girls, it's absurd. Trying to add it all up:

-Blindly swiping on Tinder to generate matches: essentially zero effort (I can do this while watching TV or even at work)
-Messaging bangable matches and setting up a date: 3 minutes per girl (call it 5 with OKC)
-Cleaning apartment to acceptable levels and buying necessary supplies for the 1st date bang recipe: 15 minutes per girl (maybe this shouldn't count since I'd be doing it anyway)
-Walking to one of the 2 bars I use for 1st dates: 5-10 minutes
-Cost of date itself (round of drinks, drinks at my place, condoms (if necessary)): $25 plus 2-3 hours of my time

Overall you can see how this is a good way to get notches efficiently when you're lazy or on a limited schedule or budget. I still cold approach because it's fun and nobody wants to get laid exclusively from the internet, but I have to admit that my cost per notch (both in financial and time/effort terms) is way lower with Tinder and OKC than any other method.

[Nomad77]

Yep, I have a friend that does only online pickups from POF and he does well but the quality of girls is only Ok. I have another friend who runs what I call Good Looking Guy game. He's like a Vin Diesel type. He just walks around and look for girls that are checking him out and then approaches. I have another friend, who is a photographer, and does the same thing except from the women he meets through his work.

But for a guy like me, I don't have these options. For whatever reason, I do terrible online and I don't have a job that puts me in contact with a lot of women. Women do check me out but it's rare. So I have to cold approach and put in the work.

[gringochileno]

(03-29-2014 12:55 PM)Nomad77 Wrote:  

Yep, I have a friend that does only online pickups from POF and he does well but the quality of girls is only Ok. I have another friend who runs what I call Good Looking Guy game. He's like a Vin Diesel type. He just walks around and look for girls that are checking him out and then approaches. I have another friend, who is a photographer, and does the same thing except from the women he meets through his work.

But for a guy like me, I don't have these options. For whatever reason, I do terrible online and I don't have a job that puts me in contact with a lot of women. Women do check me out but it's rare. So I have to cold approach and put in the work.

I don't understand how it's possible not to be able to get any results from online (i.e. getting women to agree to dates). Are you extremely ugly, not live in a large city, or something? It may just be a matter of getting some better pictures to put on Tinder/OKC.

[Dusty]

If you like gaming broads, you will find the energy to do it. Doing things you like charges you with energy.

If gaming is a burden, then it sucks the energy out of you.

Learn to not allow gaming to be a burden, and you will get an energy boost. It's called "game" not "work." Games are fun. Learn to enjoy it.

[The Beast1]

Game requires a lot of energy. Moving between people is mentally exhausting. I can sustain it for awhile, but the second the tide pulls back the energy is gone. It's strange, but I used to be able to entertain a whole room, where as now i'll hold a room's attention for a 5-10 second story versus 5-10 minutes of antics.

Same goes for girls, I used to be able to sustain long periods of gradual attraction. Now my attention waxes and wanes. Much harder to hold it.

There is a huge difference between my game style at 24 versus 22 heck even 23. I'd say much more chilled out.