I think the game required to be able to pull 7s and 8s can be learned in a few years (like 3) if you are an above average looking guy.
The lifestyle required to fuck 9s and 10s ( and 7s and 8s as an older guy) could take a lifetime plus a bit of luck in many circumstances..
A 9.5 has sooo many options that a guy whose only value is creating some tingle feeling with game can't compete. Hell he might not even have access to the elite social circles and party scenes where girls like this are found. If he does have some in, like McQueen's club promotion, I'd say that's part of his lifestyle..
Which is more sad? The guy who is a millionaire and hasnt learned game so he has to spend some extra thousands out of his millions to get help banging girls..
Or the guy who consumed all his time fucking random 7s and 8s through cold approach and online game until he reaches the point where his age catches up to him and he realizes he didnt invest in a lifestyle to keep things going in the future so he has to settle for crap..
I don't believe game can 'equalize' an average, short, chubby dude into somehow gaining access to elite social circles and outcompeting all the men within it to fuck the highly coveted 10s..
West coast is making good points.. McQueen overall I think your article is great but calling game the great equalizer is not true... I also think it is counterproductive for guys to try to be that cool guy who fucks hot girls despite bringing nothing to the table value wise except the practically inexplicable magic of game... Can you break it down for us in such a way that we could all reproduce those results with hot women while living out of a car?
Following this path is unlikely to be the best long term choice because too much game is just consumption.. Lifestyle is an investment.. We just have to find the right balance.. The time to fuck yet another 7 might be better spent on our businesses and in the gym to eventually get to 8s and 9s.. On the other hand some guys work work work and never learn game and enjoy the feminine fruits of their labor.. Aka millionaire matchmaker..
In the end.. Lifestyle and game are both necessary but not sufficient to fuck the best girls in the world..neither alone will get you the best of the best..
In your example. If a guy finds himself in a position where he has a chance to hit on Adam Levine's fuck buddy obviously he has an elite lifestyle.. Of course to close the deal he needs A+ game but to use that example is absurd and harms your argument..
Game is not the great equalizer you say it is unless you can explain how this hypothetical average dude finds himself with access to celebrities' girlfriends though the power of game alone..
"hey man are you throwing a party here with a bunch of models and actresses that fuck A list stars? Cool I'd like to be invited too because I have great game and would be a big hit with all the girls, thanks so much!!"