[destiny]

Day 22 continued:

I hit up my usual predrinking place. The place was semipacked but had tonnes of old people and even some smelly braided hair hippies sitting around. There wasn't much attention going on at the place but I nonethless wanted to predrink and get into a social mood. I ordered my beer and then tried to look for a seat. I spotted two empty seats by the bar near a girl. I opened her by asking if the seats were taken but then immediately notice she is with a dude so I kind of eject from the set. Now three dudes move over to my left and start talking and flirting with the bus girl. She's a very attractive blonde who I've seen several times already and she no doubt recognizes me by now. Sometimes we make eye contact but she never smiles and doesn't seem talkative to any of the customers and kind of just does her own thing right in front of me. We haven't spoken a word before and I wondered whether or not I should. Anyways, both of the sets have their backs turned against me, making me feel awkward trying to strike up a conversation with them.

I eventually strike up the boyfriend with the girl on my right. He's an Asian looking dude from France with a Russian girlfriend. We talk a bit and I give them a few suggestions on places to visit while they are here. They soon leave the place leaving me with no one to talk to. The three dudes on my left continue trying to flirt with the bus girl and after a while I notice two chicks scoot up to the end of the bar table several seats away from me. I contemplate whether or not to approach them but it would look too try hard and obvious. Then I notice another chick sit two seats away from me, ordering her drink. She has an ok face, but I immediately notice she's a bit heavy down below. I take a while trying to decide whether or not to approach her but ultimately say screw it, I just can't do it. She's just sitting there all alone and looking bored. She looks all done up, and probably came there to meet men as she's all by herself and has wandering eyes. A bunch of dudes then go up to my right side and start chatting and ordering drinks, but surprisingly, they ignore the chat lol. She ends up moving to the corner of the bar table and ultimately vanishes later on. Another two average looking chicks then move to the other end of the bar table where the dudes were chatting and the dudes start talking to them. I do another take of the place, but its useless. Complete sausage fest. Right at this time, I get a message from the Turk saying to come to Cuba cafe. Remembering what happened yesterday, I was hesitant to go there. I asked him who he was with, hoping that the turkish chick would also be there with him. He said ya, she's here too. I was abit hesitant to go there because of what happened yesterday, but seeing that this place was shit today and also that the turkish chick was there, I thought it would be a safer bet. Worse case scenario, I could ditch him and return back here and try another place.

I finish my beer and head out to cuba cafe to check out the talent there. The place is busy as I make my way in with a lot of cute girls. I'm surprised at the talent here. The place is pretty packed despite being fucking tiny. They have some sort of halloween party or something with leaves thrown all over the floor. I see the Turk and then we shake hands. He shows me where his other friends are. The Turkish chick recognizes me. She has her hair done up in a dual pony tail like Chun li from Street fighter and is wearing a plaid button down with some sexy long leggings that turned me on. There's also some Latvian dude that's with them. I sit down beside her and we chat abit but her English is fucking terrible and I'm getting distracted by all the prettier girls there. I tell the Turk, let's hit the dance floor but he says it's empty and we would be the only ones dancing. I say who cares and lead the way. He follows but then as soon as I start dancing, he abandons ship leaving me there with everyone staring at me. I end up chickening out too lol. He's like there was more people before. Let's check out another club that is more packed. I'm kind of hesitant to leave this place because there is still some talent left, so I ask him what place is this. He mentions some Latvian name that I never heard about. After thinking for a bit, I decide to take the gamble as it could turn out to be a good venue for weeknights. Just as I'm leaving, more chicks pour in and I'm kind of sad to leave the place. His latvian friend stays behind and says he'll meet up with him later so the three of us take off to this other club.

The walk is a little far and we are outside of the old town but I can hear really loud music playing as we approach the place. I forgot the name of the place but it was quite packed as well and looked more upscale then cuba cafe. We make our way inside and immediately I notice that a lot of the dudes are dressed up in jackets and I'm thinking, shit I'm underdressed. Also I notice the average age of the people hear are a lot older too but I figure I can at least try to game the Turkish chick on the dance floor. The turk says he's going to the bathroom first so I tell the Turkish chick, let's dance and lead her to the dance floor. We kind of dance but I'm not getting any IOI's from here and feel kind of weird if I were to make a move on her. I do receive some IOI's from 1-2 chicks but they are cougars. A bit too old for me. The turk then returns and all three of us dance for a little bit but then I decide screw this. I tell him I'm leaving and heading down to rock cafe or another venue. He's like alright, let's go, I know another place near by. I ask him where and he's like COYOTE FLY!

Shit! Coyote Fly? That place is even more high class then this. I remember being warned about how difficult it would be to game there since its a more elite place with top level talent. I know I'm definitely underdressed for this place and wasn't even sure if they would let me in. The turk is like don't worry, I'll take care of it. So all three of us make our way there, all the while the Turkish chick is complaining that its cold because she's wearing just her leggings which I have a difficult time taking my eyes off of.

We get Coyote Fly and I immediately see they are doing some face control. I still have my hoodie on hoping it would conceal my identity. We slowly approach the gate and the Turk pulls out a VIP card from his wallet and shows the women. He says something in Latvian to her and then receives a wrist band, the turkish chick extends her hand out and also receives one. I mimic there actions and then the front gate women says some shit to me in Latvian gesturing with her fingers that I'm with them and I just nodd my head and extend my hand out lol. She slaps on a wristband and I make my way in (Wheww). After getting our coats checked in, we make our way inside. Instantly I'm amazed at the layout of the place. There's a big center stage with dancers and a dj on top of the bar area. There's a second floor to the side, and at the far end is some multilevel vip area with also a bar area. I do a quick scan of the place and notice three things.

1. The dudes are very good looking, like model quality.
2. The chicks are also very good looking, although I think the talent is similar to that secret Latvian club I went to.
3. There is a number of foreigners in here as well. Several of them are dressed well while others are very sloppily dressed with untucked dress shirts.

The turk asks me if I want a drink and then makes his way to the bar area. One of the bartenders recognizes him and they grab each other's hands and squeeze it. I guess this guy's got some connections here. He orders us our drinks but then the Turkish chick says she's going home, wtf. Well screw her then. The place was quite overwhelming for my me and my senses. Very loud music, shit being blown into the air and lots and lots of competition. I saw dudes approaching girls and getting shot down left and right. This place was way out of my league. I figured I couldn't do much so I might as well just try to desensitize myself to the environment and watch how some of these dudes approach chicks at the clubs. I soon notice one chick dancing awfully close to me, but not giving me any eye contact. I debate whether or not to open her but my nerves get the best of me. Soon several guys approach her but she's turning every single one of them down which makes me even more afraid to approach her. She appears alone and just dancing wildly to the music. I figure she ain't there to meet men but to just dance.

Soon after I notice another group of girls dancing near me and the Turk. One of them kind of casually glances at me, but she's kind of ugly and looks rather old too. I debate whether or not to open her and mentally masturbate in my head inside. Soon two dudes approach her but she gently rebuffs them as well. Shit man, so many guys are getting rejected. I also notice a few girls who are extremely done up and holding there purses by the bar area scanning the environment. I kind of make eye contact with one of them but I figure they are pro's or semi-pro's looking to hunt some poor unexpecting victim. I glance around some more trying to study the environment and how the men pick up the women but it seems the only men getting any action are the black men. I saw two separate black men making out with chicks. The chicks were just average quality but still, considering that most of the other guys were getting shut down, you can't complain.

I don't end up approaching anyone at the club and feel like shit afterwards. Soon the place is overrun by men and turns into a big giant sausagefest box. Me and the turk decide to abandon ship. While leaving we go to the washroom to pee. When I finally find a free urinal stall, I notice there is a see through mirror to the women's bathroom right in front of me lol. I notice some chick looking at me or perhaps the mirror and kind of get freaked out that I'm spying on the girls in the washroom. I tell the turk about it and he's like no, they can't see you. Don't worry about it. So for those of you guys who have a thing for peeking at chicks doing their thing in the washroom, head on down to Coyote Fly's men's bathroom.

We leave the place and I tell him I want to check out rock cafe. We go there and the place is packed... with dudes. The dance floor is completely swamped with guys outnumbering chicks 10:1. I'm like fuck this shit and we leave. I tell the turk we should have just stayed at cuba cafe instead because everywhere else is a sausagefest today. It's around 3am at this point so we decide to call it a night.

Don't know how I feel about this night. On the one hand, I discovered several more venues to game out, but at the same time they weren't very good for gaming neither. The one venue he suggested that was good, we ended up leaving as soon as I arrived. I'll be using cuba cafe as a nightgame venue from now on if Ala Folkklub is shit.

Right now I'm contemplating whether or not to just go hard on daygame or just give up all together on Riga and start pipelining for Poland. I just checked my email and apparently my airbnb host cancelled my reservation, wtf. So now I need to make a tough decision, do I book another place in warsaw or should I just head down to Krakow? Last year when I went to krakow for 4-5 nights, I had a blast there, getting major IOI's from chicks and going out on two dates in that time period. In fact, I even caught a chick checking me out on video too who I didn't notice until I later watched the video clip lol. I'm not too sure about warsaw because everything is so spread out and also everything costs more there too but I wouldn't mind checking out a new city. I also checked airbnb rent prices of Wroclaw but it was outrageously expensive now.

[superschalk]

Hey mate,

Only discovered your thread a few days ago but I am following it with huge interest and I appreciate you describe your struggles so +1 for that. I have only been to Riga for a few days two years ago but found it way too competitive. Too many tourist, bad ratios and also Latvian guys are quite good looking. So I thought why should I make it difficult for myself if there are better options further East.

In regards to Poland. If you want to go to Poland why don´t try Poznan. I have been there a few times and it is my favorite city in Poland. The nightlife is very compact and clubs are pretty cool there. It is similar to Krakow just a bit smaller. Now that the university is in full swing nightlife should be awesome. The only thing which I found a bit annoying were the South European Erasmus students there. And if you struggle there as well there is always Kiev :-)

Good look anyways and keep us updated on your journal it is a great read!

[sterling_archer]

Destiny, what secret club are you referring to? What do you mean by face control? They see are you good looking or?
Also, its interesting this two way mirror, how the hell is that supposed to be "legal" or something like that, seems weird that this toilets pass the inspection.

[destiny]

(10-30-2016 07:58 AM)sterling_archer Wrote:  

Destiny, what secret club are you referring to? What do you mean by face control? They see are you good looking or?
Also, its interesting this two way mirror, how the hell is that supposed to be "legal" or something like that, seems weird that this toilets pass the inspection.

The one right across from Cuba Cafe, I posted a picture of it. The place doesn't have a sign. Anyways if you want to go for top notch talent, I would suggest that place instead, way way better ratios and if your a foreigner, you'd probably be the only one there. Face control as in they only let in Latvians. I was lucky in that the Turk had a vip card to get us all in. It's Riga man, they don't give a shit about things like that, just like all that scamming shit going on.

[sterling_archer]

Riga seems totally weird and interesting at the same time. Probably gonna check it out when I have money to do it.

[destiny]

(10-30-2016 04:35 AM)superschalk Wrote:  

Hey mate,

Only discovered your thread a few days ago but I am following it with huge interest and I appreciate you describe your struggles so +1 for that. I have only been to Riga for a few days two years ago but found it way too competitive. Too many tourist, bad ratios and also Latvian guys are quite good looking. So I thought why should I make it difficult for myself if there are better options further East.

In regards to Poland. If you want to go to Poland why don´t try Poznan. I have been there a few times and it is my favorite city in Poland. The nightlife is very compact and clubs are pretty cool there. It is similar to Krakow just a bit smaller. Now that the university is in full swing nightlife should be awesome. The only thing which I found a bit annoying were the South European Erasmus students there. And if you struggle there as well there is always Kiev :-)

Good look anyways and keep us updated on your journal it is a great read!

Poznan is definitely on my list of places to visit, however I have two contacts in Krakow and they are going to introduce me to their social circle as well. I originally was only going to go there for 2 nights just to meet up with them but seeing my current circumstances, I figure why not just extend it there for 4 weeks. I'll spend the rest of my time in Poland in Warsaw before heading back home.

[destiny]

Day 23: It's been raining quite a lot for the past two days making daygame essentially useless. I've also lost the motivation and drive to even go out anymore and game these girls. I essentially want to just get the fuck out of this country. I could have gone to Romania, Hungary, Serbia, or even Estonia which I hear has not only better looking girls but the people are friendlier and into foreigners and not xenophobic. I spent the better part of today trying to locate suitable accommodations in Krakow. I don't know why, but I keep on getting screwed over by these airbnb hosts. First I had the bait and switch here in Riga and yesterday my host in Warsaw cancelled because they said they just sold the flat. Why the hell are you renting it out if your selling the flat? wtf. Now prices have gone up by quite a bit and there's only slim pickings left. I bookmarked a few flats near the old town so hopefully I will be able to rent them and not have to deal with anymore bullshit from airbnb.

I had a chick early on okcupid message me and call me out for messaging her the same message on meetme.com. I didn't realize some of these chicks use multiple dating sites and also use different pictures on their profiles. Anyways I played it off about me having amnesia and only using my memory to remember my address because I got lost several times. She told me she had photographic memory so I told her I must have left an impression then. We did some back and forth but then she went cold. I also had some chick on tinder who I matched with who messaged me first. She tells me to come out to party and then gives me some Latvian word but when I tell her I don't know where it is she just laughs. I tell her to come out tomorrow but she's like no so I suggest right now but then she says she doesn't know if she wants to party. Then vanishes after 1 more message. What a waste of my time.

In the evening, I decided to head out to Ala Folkklub just to have dinner, drinks, and possibly hit on some girls. While walking there, I saw something like 3-4 single targets but I couldn't muster up the courage to approach them and talk to them. It's been like over 2 years since I last approached a chick in the evening on the street and tried to talk to her. I was a little pissed at me not taking any action and letting them slip away.

I arrive around 9:30pm, the place was lively and the crowd was decent. I make my way over to the big bar but all the seats are taken so I head on over to the smaller one. I immediately see two chicks eating and talking amongst themselves. I quickly try to see which is the more attractive one and go in for the kill. I grab a seat right beside the attractive one, instantly catching her attention and her friend as well who is a fatty. The give me this surprised look but then the bartender comes up to me and is like "someone is already sitting there." Fuck! I just grab a seat beside the "empty seat". I order my food and drink and look around but there's no one else to talk to. I did see some girls sitting by the sofa and chatting with a group of guys sitting on the opposite. A few minutes went by and some old dude walks by and grabs the empty seat. He gives me this cold look which I soon return and we both look in different directions. He then starts talking to the two girls, leaning in aggressively and gesturing with his hands like a mad man. This guy must have been at least fucking 50. I wasn't sure if I should have been creeped out that an old guy was hitting on young chicks or admiring him. They talk for a while while I sit there just eating my food and sipping my beer. The old guy then abandons the girls and approaches some fatty standing idle by the bar table waiting to order her drinks. They talk for a while as well and I try to fish for eye contact from the girl two seats away from me on my left but she's engaged with her fatty friend. The old man soon returns and re-engages the girls. At this point, I'm thinking this spot was bullshit, I should have just waited by the big bar for an empty seat. I finish my food and drink and then settle the tab and make my way over to the large bar but its a sausagefest as well. I walk out of the venue feeling a bit sad, coincedentally I run into the two chicks who were just seated by the same bar area as me. They must have just left as well. Maybe I should have opened them but I wasn't really in the mood nor knew what to say to them. I suspected they were German. Anyways, I had a better look at the more attractive one's body and could tell she had some extra pounds hidden away so I just walked past them and went home.

I'm not really sure what I'm going to be doing for the rest of this week. One week isn't really enough time to game these girls, at least not with my current skill level. My cold still hasn't gotten better yet neither and I have been gaming with a cold since I've arrived here. I've been waiting for it to go away so that I could start hitting the gym again but that hasn't happened. Tomorrow I'll try to head to the gym first thing if my cold has gotten better and I don't cough every 10 minutes. I'm thinking about doing one of those free group tours this week as well since I haven't really spent anytime exploring the city yet.

[destiny]

Day 23:

Well, I was feeling pretty shitty earlier today and demotivated to even try anymore but I was reading some pickup books last night which helped give me some hope. Despite feeling lazy and not wanting to go out and do anymore approaches, I forced myself out of the apartment in the afternoon to do some daygame. I used some of the advice from the books and also coverdoc's pre-warmup drills. As soon as I got off the tram, I started walking around looking for people to warm up on. It took a good ten minutes before I opened my first set as the anxiety was nearly unbearable while I was looking for people to talk to. I walked right up to a group of three tourist and asked for the time. Then another 5 minutes went by before I opened the next set. I did this one after another for a good 30 minutes or so I think. I must have talked to at least 6-7 sets. After that was done, now it was time to amp things up a little bit and talk more. I approached some blonde haired women and opened her "excuse, where can I find a good Latvian restaurant around here?" She immediately paused in her tracks but left after 1-2 minutes of conversation. I wasn't shooting for any number or anything, just wanted to warm up more. Ok, I walked around and looked for another target. Bam, a younger looking chick, she gave me like 20-30 seconds of her time and didn't know any places to go. I took a shortcut through the swedish bridges and immediately open a chick who goes through. Bam, I open her. I notice she's quite attractive, tall, brunette with big eyes. She pauses and actually takes her time to answer my question. She asks me if I had a map but I pretend I don't so we can talk some more. We end up talking for a good 5-10 minutes and she asks me some personal questions like where I'm from, why am I here. I ask her what's up to and she's like I have to get to a meeting now. I tell jokes and make her laugh and I'm getting a really good vibe from her. She asks me to take out my phone so that she can write the addresses of the two places she recommends. I didn't actually intend on carrying on the conversation and just wanted to warm up some more so I wasn't really thinking of closing her. She had a very nice personality and was a beautiful girl. As we continue to talk though, one of her colleagues or friends waves at us as she walks by, this prompts her to eject from the conversation before I had enough time to build enough rapport with her. She bids me farewell and then takes off after her colleague. Shit! I feel like when she was leaving I should have just been more ballsier and asked for her contact info.

Anyways, she gave me a jolt of energy and positivity. I actually wanted to approach girls now due to my great positive interaction with her. I continue my search for my targets and then I spot a blonde chick standing outside of a coffee shop so I approach her and open her with the same opener. I am able to immediately connect with her and do some cold reads. She is also very friendly but quite average looking especially for a Latvian. We talk for even longer and she tells me she's here waiting to meet her landlord to pay her rent but he's late. We talk abit about her work, latvian people, how she doesn't really like Russians, and her douchey landlord etc. Then she is like I can actually take you to the place I was telling you about. So we start walking and talking and soon arrive at the place. I invite her in for a drink but then her landlord calls her. This puts her on the fence because she needs to go meet him. I tell her let's exchange contact info and then you can come here after meeting your landlord and she agrees.

I go inside and just order a beer and some bread with garlic sauce to eat. I sit there for a while, wondering whether or not she's going to show up all the while I can feel the anxiety levels start to creep up again. I decide that if she doesn't come by the time I finish my beer then I'm leaving. Surprisingly she soon shows up and orders a tea. I didn't like the layout of the place. All of the seats were situated across from each other. I was thinking about maybe grabbing my chair and moving it to the side but then it would block the way. Things start off good, I get lots of laugh from her but she tries to ask me a lot of questions which I try to deflect and refocus back on her, but that's when things start to take a turn for the worse. My anxiety levels creeped up, I could feel my heart racing, and my mind suddenly went blank and I didn't know what to say or do. This has happened numerous times when I'm out on a date with a chick and we are alone. That charming and funny guy she met soon evaporates into a tongue tied idiot with no social skills. I didn't know how to escalate both physically and verbally to try and make it sexual, to give off that sexual vibe. I tried to bring up the topic of flirting and asked her how girls in Latvia flirt but it ended up being boring and I didn't know how to lead it correctly. Soon, there was a lot of awkward pauses and she tried to keep the conversation going by asking some boring questions but I knew it was finished at that point. Near the end, she asks about the amulet I had around my neck and then she takes out her ring and shows it to me. The awkward distance made kino difficult to pull off. I also asked her about the necklace around her neck but I couldn't touch it because of the distance of the table. She glanced down at her watch at one point and I knew it was time to bounce. We spent about an hour there. She let me pay for the bill which I guess meant she was at least interested in me by I fucking butchered it. We walked outside for a bit and she told me some history of Latvia and showed me a few buildings. There was a lot of silences when we got outside and were walking until we got to her bus stop and she got on the bus and left. She just stuck her hand out for a handshake and then got on the bus. Fuck! I wasn't expecting an instadate but in the end I fucking blew it.

I'm having a really difficult time with the dates and escalation. This has been my major sticking point which I can't for the life of me get passed. I can open chicks, build rapport with them, instadate them, even get them out on dates but once I'm on the date, things always go downhill from there because I don't know what to do on the dates. It's been my achilles heel for the longest time and I can't get past this point.

I'm going to head back out again for nightgame but until I can figure out how to lead on the dates and escalate things, I won't be having any successes.

Also some chick who I messaged on okcupid invited me out to some fashion show today. She said she had an extra ticket but I was already out on an instadate during that time and didn't see until I got home.

[destiny]

Day 23 continued:

Ala Folkklub was kind of empty today. There wasn't really any chicks there but when I grabbed a seat, immediately the blonde cute busgirl chick was staring at me as we locked eyes. I kind of let out a smirk after 2 seconds but she kind of looks away expression less. I could literally feel the tension and being uncomfortable when we locked eyes. I just ordered my food and drinks. It was really uncomfortable sitting there directly in front of her as she's washing the glasses. There's this huge sexual tension between us but I don't know how to release it. As I was eating my food, I glanced up and noticed she was looking at me again while sipping her drink. I couldn't handle the sexual tension and looked away to the side. It was bad, but it made me feel very uncomfortable. This chick has this soul piercing gaze she gives me all the time. She's probably seen me trying to pick up chicks before there too and probably doesn't think too highly of me. I must have seen this chick at least 8-10 times now at Ala Folkklub but we haven't spoken yet.

[destiny]

Day 25:

I didn't do any daygame tonight because of the weather. Rain and darkness and then in the evening there was a snow storm wtf. I went out to Ala anyways but there wasn't really any targets. I did however see that fat German chick who I spoke to with the serb two weeks back. I tried to make eye contact but she didn't look my way so I was like screw it. While eating, I noticed two guys and 1 chick roll up beside me. The chick had a ring on her ringer who I assumed she was married or engaged. They also spoke English with an American accent which made me wonder what the hell they were doing all the way here. One of the bartenders asked the chick if she was Latvian and she said no. She also wore a buffalo sabres cap. I noticed when it came time to order, she was very bitchy and bossy. Demanding her food and ordering before the guys beside her even got the chance to order. Typical American princess like behaviour. The funny thing was, over here in Latvian her looks mean nothing. She's just average compared to the women here lol.

Anyways later in the night, I notice a blonde chick with her friend all the way in the distance sitting by a table. Occasionally she would glance over but I wasn't sure if she was looking at me or not. After a while, she walked all the way over to me and was trying to order something but she never made any eye contact with me. After standing around for 1-2 minutes, another guy comes over to over and she just gives up her spot and lingers behind which I found was odd. Then she walks back to her table and then several minutes later a waitress is taking their orders. Also when they were leaving, she walked all the way over past me while their must have been an easier way to navigate out. Funny thing was, later in the night when I was leaving, I saw her again by the other smaller bar, sitting near a table with her friend drinking. Very strange. I should have opened her early when I had the chance but was too afraid. I don't know what the hell's going on with me and nightgame now. It's like I've lost all motivation or just not in the mood or something.

Also I managed to snag a chick's number from okcupid and I'm trying to get her out on a date but she said it would be better on the weekend, fuck I'm flying out on saturday. I don't have anymore time. I also had another chick agree to go out for drinks online, but I'm waiting to get her number. I should have done this last month before I came here, but I had my head up my ass thinking about that one chick. Also fucking okcupid banned my old account for no reason, speaking of which, today I tried to install the mobile version of it on my phone and it said my account was suspended wtf? I didn't do anyone. Luckily, its still working on my laptop so I got to make sure to never log off of my account. Motherfuckers!

Then I figured why stop there? I went on tinder and tried to change my location but the fake gps app wasn't working on tinder. After a while of wasting my time I said fuck it and just signed up for tinder plus. I didn't have the time to waste on this bullshit. I noticed a big noticeable drop in quality going from Latvia to Poland but who cares. I started swiping right like crazy and then saw some fancy buttons in the middle so started to press it, suddenly something called boost came on. Apparently it raises your profile to the top of the list in your area for 30 minutes. I started to swipe like crazy again and then noticed some buttons of girls profiles popped up which I assume meant she had swiped right on me or something. I must have saw at least 2-3 dozens of these profiles and some of the chicks were hot too, like model quality looks, but then when it was finished there was message that said it was over and to swipe to see who I matched with. I tried to swipe right but nothing happened so I went straight to my messages but there was nothing fucking there, wtf! I got zero fucking matches? Are you fucking kidding me? Then what the hell was that fancy shit with chicks profiles popping up then? After a bit, I figured it just meant that I hadn't swiped right for the chicks who swiped right for me so I plowed through all of my matches but then when it said there was no one left in my area, I still had zero fucking matches. There was even a fucking bot that said if your looking for a professional profile pic to get in touch with them. But I didn't even get matched with that. Jesus, I keep on getting cockblocked by technology here. I sent Tinder an email hoping they could explain wtf is going on here. If this shit ain't fixed then I'm requesting a refund. I ain't paying for something that doesn't work!

[destiny]

Day 26:

Alright, I decided to take a little break and do some sightseeing in my last few days in this god awful country. I meant to venture out early afternoon but I noticed my mind was making me procrastinate and I was feeling tired for no reason. I'm not sure if it was just my mind trying to prevent me from doing any daygame or what but it was a pain in the ass to get myself out of the house. I finally managed to pull my act together around 4pm and headed out. The weird thing was once I was outside and in the old town, all the tireness seemed to vanish. I did a little sightseeing and wanted to do some daygame but it soon got really dark and was raining yet again. I ended up meeting some tourist dude from hong kong and we talked for a bit before bidding him farewell. I debated whether or not to just go home and call it a day or try again in the evening, luckily my desire to get better won.

I headed down to Ala because I know today is the folkdancing event they have on every wednesday. When I got there unfortunately there wasn't many girls. I grabbed a seat in the middle of the large bar table hoping to just socialize with people. All of sudden, someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around and it was the turk. He was there with the other turkish chick and she was wearing fucking shorts showing off her sexy legs. I wanted to game her but the turkish guy kept on talking to me while she just looked bored and played with her phone. The turkish guy was sitting beside me so I didn't want to just walk over to her but after a while, I was like fuck it. I took a napkin, crumbled it and threw it at her to get her attention after telling the Turk that she looked bored. Then I walked over between the both of them and talked to her. She was telling me how she was booking a flight to copenhagen. We started talking about how expensive it was and then she asks if I had another suggestion. I told her to come to poland and visit me. The Turk also was in agreement and then I showed them google flights and the costs. Soon after, the turk told me they had to go to bed because they had an early day so we bid farewell.

I started glancing around but there wasn't really any targets. There however was 1 tall geeky looking guy talking to two girls and I debated whether or not to open the other one by walking over there but then got interrupted by the sound of glass breaking. I turn around and see the waitress having broken a glass and a dude beside me makes eye contact. I open him and we start some friendly banter and then he invites me to go sit with his friend. I wasn't sure if his friend was a girl or a guy so I decided to take a chance but soon regretted it. His friend looked like daryl from the walking dead. We talk for a bit, but the dude who invited me has bad breath, is fat, balding, and seems a little weird which I thought was just because he was Latvian Russian but soon found out he just wasn't normal. I soon excused myself after finishing my beer not wanting to waste anymore precious time with them and sat right up beside a chick to my right. She was with her friend and I opened her with "Hey, you stole my seat" which got a smile. I then spoke to both of them. They were from Switzerland and here on holiday. Neither one was really attractive. The one on my immediate right had a better body while the other one beside her had a nicer face. I'm a face guy so I'm a lot more forgiving when it comes to the body as long as she ain't fat or anarexic, that's fine. While talking to these two chicks, I notice another cute blonde several seats up checking me out while I'm talking with these two girls. I kind of notice he because I'm looking at her direction while speaking to the two chicks. She kind of walked by a few minutes later but I didn't want to abandon my set.

Anyways we start chatting and I'm getting some laughs and building up some rapport. They both ask me several questions but then that weird dude from earlier walked up and stood between me and the two girls. This prompted a weird and sceptical look from them. They asked me if I knew him and I was like I just met him right before I talked to you guys. He just stood there and smiled and was making it awkward so I tried to introduce him but the guy didn't tell me his name so when I was introducing him, I'm like "this is...what's your name again?" This caused the two chicks to burst out laughing. I just kind of ignore him and get back to talking to them while this guy now stands behind me, whispering random shit into my ear like get their number or something. I was thinking I should try to escalate physically with them so I asked them if they were interested in dancing but was immediately shot down by both of them as they shook frantically which I think was more to the fact that they didn't like to dance or were too embarrassed. I later asked them and they said they don't like to dance. All the while, the dude was still behind me saying random shit which I wasn't paying attention to. This was killing the vibe I was having with the girls and I could tell it was making them uncomfortable. I kind of just give him a little attention and then try to send him off on his way because he was cockblocking me and then he seemed to disappear onto another table beside us for a few minutes. I continue to build some rapport and then invite them to come join me tomorrow for a tour of Riga. They agree but then the dude returns and then starts making a claw like gesture with his hands and then scratching the girl on my immediate right and freaking her out. She is like "please, no, don't do that, I don't like it." which prompted him to stop and go somewhere else. I continue running game and then say I have to go but will see them tomorrow and ask how do I get in contact with them. The one with the prettier face which I liked more immediately asked if I had whatsapp. We exchanged whatsapp and then said goodnight to the two girls and then grabbed my coat and was about to leave when the weird dude again grabbed my arm and then brought me into a conversation between 3-4 chicks he was hitting on. I immediately recognized one of the girls. It was the fat chick from yesterday and who I spoke to two weeks back with the serb. She recognized me and we did a little banter, this made her cute friend on her left curious about me but I was ready to bounce and catch the last tram before it left. I shook her hand and then bid her farewell while other hearing her tell that weird creepy guy that she doesn't want to dance and to go away.

If I run into her again tomorrow, I'm going to go sit and chat with her knowing she has cute friends that I can hit on. I also need to figure out how to isolate that Swiss chick from her friend tomorrow if we end up hanging out. Any ideas?
Lastly, one of the chicks who I've been speaking to on okcupid said she will be available tomorrow evening to go out with me. She still hasn't given me her number yet so I don't know how serious she is but I can only imagine this being quite difficult to pull off if she ends up going through with it. I might run game on the two chicks for a few hours, tell them I'm gonna go home and freshen up and then meet up with them later which gives me an opportunity to check my okcupid account when I get home.

[destiny]

Day 27:

All I can say is fuck this place!!!

I woke up early today to get to the free tour of Riga and also to meet up with those two Swiss chicks that I met last night. Let me just say that alcohol and low lighting does wonders for a female's looks. Once I saw the two girls, I was instantly turned off. They looked at least 1 point lower then what I saw last night, not that they were good looking or anything. Also during the two I saw the chick who I number closed playing with her nose as well which further killed any chance of me wanting to sleep with her. To make matters worse, the tour was fucking boring and the weather was fucking cold and snowing too. It wasn't even in the old town but in the suburbs and the guide kept on talking about history and other shit that I didn't care about. During the tour, I did do a scan of the attendees. Most of the girls were butt ugly with the exception of one tall brunette with a big nose and eyes. At first I thought she was Ukrainian or Russian but soon learned that she was Italian. I kind of ignored the two chicks from yesterday after a little banter and then talked with a good chunk of the people there. This made some of the people start talking to me because I guess they got the sense that I was a social person or something. I was hoping that the Italian chick would open me when I was near her but she never did so I decided to take matters into my own hands. I tried to open her a few times but she didn't answer me but I wasn't ready to give up. I tried again and finally got her to respond back but she was with her friend so they talked amongst themselves. When the tour was done, the guide asked for donations and I thought alright, I'll just give him 1-2 euros but then everyone was whipping out bills and I was like wtf. Everyone was handing the dude like 5-10 euros and there was at least 20 people there. This dude made a killing. While I was searching for a bill and walked up to the tour guide to hand him a 5, the two swiss chicks waved to me and said something, then all of a sudden one of the dudes from the tour grabbed my arm and was like where are you going now. This totally distracted me from seeing where the Italian chick went with her friend and I ended up losing sight of her.

I didn't really want to hang out with any of these people but wanted a little company for lunch so I decided to hang out with all of them. But unknownst to me, the dude was very clingy and kept on insisting that I hang out with him at his hostel and then wanted to hang out later too. I told him and the two chicks that I would go home to refresh up first and would head to Ala and that they would be welcome to join me if they wanted to.

While at home, I opened up tinder and noticed I got a match. I exchanged several messages on it, and then got her facebook. She originally wanted to meet me tomorrow but since I'm still stuck here, I couldn't do it so we agreed to meet on monday instead.

Several hours past and I got several messages on facebook from that dude asking me to come play beer pong at his hostel and hang out with him but I told him nah, I was going to take a nap. At around 9:30pm I made it down to Ala. The clingy dude said he would come by at 9:30 but I never saw him. The place was kind of empty today but nonetheless I grabbed a seat beside a dude. He looked alone and then another dude grabbed a seat on my right side and then we started to talk. He was a Latvian dude who just came back from the UK and told me how he feels like a foreigner in his own country now. He told me he came back here to look for a wife so we started talking about women. He said over here, the Latvian dudes get to choose the girls not like in the UK where it's the women who choose the men. He said it's because their are more women then men here. I didn't really notice this. He told me though, he was attracted to Asian women so then I asked him why the hell is he here then? Shouldn't he be in Asia then? He just burst out laughing and said he didn't really have any direction while in the UK so came home to start afresh. Soon he takes off and I'm just there alone. The dude on my left has also taken off. Then I see a familiar face waving at me. It's the french Asian dude with his Russian girlfriend. They smile and then go somewhere else to sit. I saw a table of 3-4 chicks sitting out in the distance and also two chicks on my distance left sitting in the bar area. I frankly lost a lot of motivation to approach them and was hoping that dude would show up but he said he was there but kept on asking me where I was after I repetitively told him. It just reinforced my belief of making the right choice and going solo there. After a few back and forth I just got fed up, finished my beer and left. After I left the place, the dude was like I'm at the bar next door. There's more people there. I'm thinking wtf man, he just wasted my time. I told him I was taking off but the guy was haggling and begging me to come back and have a drink with him. I was like fuck this, I'm going home.

In other news, none of my online leads here in Riga have gotten me anywhere. The chick who I mentioned from yesterday who said she was free messaged me after the time I said she should meet up. She's like I already made plans tomorrow and then says she forgot to ask me where I'm from, completely ignoring my previous message about giving me her number. This has been my 3-4th time asking for her number. I was like fuck this bitch, she's just another time waster as well so I didn't even bother relying.

I also received another message later in the evening from another chick in poland. She replies to my opening message saying two of her friends also received the same message from me. Like ya woman, I'm suppose to waste several hours sending out a custom message to every single girl on their, especially when I have nothing to go by other then just a few pics, in some cases only 1 pic.

I'm at the point right now where I just feel like throwing in the towel and quitting for good. It sucks ass going out every single day with nothing to show for it, no results, nothing. I don't even know if I'm even getting closer to my goals or not. It's really depressing and I feel homesick and sick of this place. I feel nothing but pain and loneliness here. I'm having trouble keeping myself from breaking down and holding the tears back. I've been humiliated, humbled, and played for a fool here. I feel like an idiot for even coming here. Everything from being lead on (by that original chick), getting amog'd multiple times, dealing with shitty wings, to going out alone, to making all those fuck ups, getting flaked on multiple times, and scammed. The constant reminders of me being alone everytime I go out and see couples everywhere is just makes the sting hurt even more.
Sometimes I look at those other guys, you know the guys who amog'ed me or get chicks easily and I say to myself "Why can't you be more like them?, why can't you be more aggressive? Act more like a man instead of a pussy? What the hell is wrong with you?" It makes me question whether or not if my skills with women and dating life can even be saved and fixed.

One more day left...

[kirdiesel]

Patience bro. Riga doesn't seem easy at all. To be honest just from reading your posts I question whether I'd be able to have success there myself.

There's no decent places to meet girls at all during the week and everything seems to be concentrated on night game. Your night game skills don't seem to have developed yet so of course you are gonna struggle.

You'll get a fresh start in Poland soon.

[Going strong]

Riga, a great place to relocate with your wife and start a family, but, not to find a gf (at least not in just a couple of weeks), considering it's part of the EU, plus, there's the worrisome quality of local male competition (tall, young, fit, not poor)... To sum it up, Riga in your (and most people's) situation is like: "Why on earth didn't I get a Russian visa?".

[destiny]

Just woke up to this...

[destiny]

I decided to play around with countries today on tinder to see if my tinder is fucked or if its suppose else that's causing problems and within spending 10-15 minutes putting my location as Tunisia I've already gotten 3 matches with cute looking girls. I never knew arab chicks were into Asian guys. I'm actually quite impressed with the talent there, a lot of chicks with nice long hair and sexy dresses. Shit, maybe I should have went there instead. I doubt many Asian guys would even dare to venture to the middle east right now.

Update: I've gotten 7 matches so far in Tunisia and chicks are even messaging me first. Holy shit. This country is gonna be my to do list for the future.

Update 2: My tinder is on fire right now with the ladies in Tunisia. I already got 10 matches so far and it hasn't even been two hours yet.

[destiny]

Day 28:

I just got rejected from a kiss close lol. It kind of stings inside but I'm still laughing about it because it's such a strange feeling lol. Also I'm a bit puzzled by the girls answer after she rejected my kiss. To really understand the feeling let me take you back to earlier today.

I honestly didn't have any intention of gaming today. I needed to get all of my shit done and packed and ready to leave this country and I was certainly looking forward to it. Me and the turk had agreed that we would spend my last day here just hanging out and having a few beers before I depart. I spent all of my afternoon doing laundry, looking for an internet cafe to print out my documents, and also exchanging a little money for Poland. I went back home and just started tinkering with my tinder and its locations. I read a thread somewhere on here where someone mentioned that they got good results with Tunisia so I figured why not give it a try? Hell I already paid for tinder plus, so might as well take advantage of it.

I changed my location to Tunisia and then spent about an hour or so on it and just left it alone. An hour went by and then I started to get matches coming in, which was a big shock to me since I haven't had much luck with any of the other countries so far, especially Latvia. This made me even more eager to swipe more on tinder, ending up getting me a shit tonne of matches. I was in awe at the talent of the girls that actually matched with me. Almost every single one was a cutie with a 1-2 hot ones thrown in. Right around this time I started to get a tonne of messages on facebook from several people including that guy who kept on pestering me yesterday asking me what I'm doing tonight,t he Turk asking what time should we meet up, and that Romanian guy from Warsaw. After getting ready I made my way down to the old town. Me and the Turk agreed to meet inside of Mcdonalds because its cold. We order some food and I tell the Turk I'm going to run to the washroom first upstairs. While making my way to the washroom, I notice a group of girls sitting down and eating. Me and a hot blonde make eye contact and I notice its a little longer then normal as I make my way inside of the washroom. When I come out, the turk greets me with the food and we look for a spot to eat. I noticed he didn't grab any napkins so I go downstairs to grab some. When I return upstairs again, again the blonde is checking me out. I kind of wanted to approach but it was my last day here and I had more important things to do so I ended up not trying. Me and the Turk talk a bit about the women here, and he tells me it wasn't like this ten years ago with the women but now its different. We finish our meal and then make our way to Ala. It was a busy night but we found a table opposite the stage. I order us a beer and then we chat a bit. I show him my tinder and we're just talking about it. The turk says the women are beautiful in Tunisia but that I should be careful because they are thieves he says. He said he's been there before. While we're chatting, I notice a blonde chick in a table right in front of us. She looked awfully similar to that fat American chick I spoke with about 1-2 weeks back. Upon closer inspection I suspected 90% that it was her. I was definitely not interested in her so I kind of tried to not look that way. A few minutes later, I can kind of see with my peripherals that the table in front of me are kind of looking at our direction. I tell the turk about the fat american chick that he saw me talking with about 1-2 weeks back. He then looks in their direction and sees them looking at me and talking about me. I tell him "ya, I know." A few minutes later while we're talking, the fat american chick approaches our table and interrupts our conversation. She is like "are you that guy I spoke to 1-2 weeks ago?" I'm like ya and she asks me why come I'm still here, blah blah blah. It was obvious she wanted me but I kind of was just polite and she soon left. All throughout the rest of the evening, I would see her make occasional glances over here making me kind of uncomfortable. I saw a few girls in pairs or groups of 3 and contemplated approaching but my logical brain was like nah man, you need to get ready and packed for your trip tomorrow, you need to rest. So after some internal conflict my logical brain finally won. The fat American ended up leaving with her two friends soon after.

The Turk asked me if I wanted to go to cuba bar for a drink before I leave or just stay here. I said we can go there but I need to take off in like 15 minutes so or we can just here and hit on the girls until I leave. He agrees so we get up from our table trying to look for girls. As we're walking away, I spot two chicks standing by the bar. They see our table and immediately move in on it. I had AA popping up and ended up chickening out. I saw a few chicks as well down further in the bar area but then turned and looked at the turk.

me: do you want to approach those two girls who just took our table?
The Turk: umm... ok whatever you want to do.
me: I walk up to them and then place both of my hands down on the table and lean in.
me: hey, you just stole our table
both girls: look at each other confused and then looks back at me confused
me: ya, we just went to grab a beer but you guys just took our table
both girls: they start to kind of feel awkward because I have a serious look on my face
me: I smile and then touch the girl nearest me on the shoulder. "I'm just joking, you guys can sit here."
both girls: kind of give off a half assed laugh and smile
me: can we sit together with you guys?
both girls: sure

I immediately open the girl who looks to the leader of the two. We start talking while her friend occasionally jumps in. I got a few laughs and smiles from the both of them, but then the turk kind of interrupted my set and spoke in broken English which made it difficult for the girls to understand. I soon re-engaged both was focused on the leader who also happened to be more attractive of the two. She was about a 7. Because of the loud music and because her friend was sitting beside me, she could have had to lean in to speak and hear me. I continued to run game and make them laugh and tell jokes, but I also know that you don't want to be a clown forever so I quickly tried to transition to other more interesting and fun topics rather then the boring interview questions (I learned this after botching my last two dates where I screwed it up by being boring later). I tried to steer the conversation so that I could throw in fun and teasing banter like asking how long they each knew each other so that I could lead it to me asking them, so you both know each other's secrets then? and so which one of you is the troublemaker? Which got them laughing and made the conversation more interesting rather then the Turk's style of banter and questions like talking about cars and where they live. I tried to keep my mouth shut about any of my details only giving the bare minimum. I soon noticed that the more attractive chick was taking a liking to me by her leaning in more and asking me way more questions. She actually said to the turk that she found me and Canada more interesting. I told her that we have polar bears and that they eat people and that we all live in igloos here and that she could save money by building a house outta snow. You know, random bullshit that was completely meaningless but not boring. Everytime she would ask me a question about me, I would give her a bullshit answer like this and soon following it up with steering the conversation back to her and asking her more personal questions.

The turk kept on interrupting my banter though and introducing more bullshit boring topics which was starting to kill the vibe. I had my eyes set on the more attractive chick and wanted to give him the other girl who was more shy and reserved. At one point he directed the banter at the shy girl but they had trouble listening to each other so I seized that opportunity and told him to come over here and switch seats with me. So we switched seats and he was now sitting near the shy girl. His chair was originally facing opposite of the more attractive chick and had a big distance on the round table. As soon as I switched seats, I moved a little closer and then pretended to not hear what she was saying so that I could move even closer to her. Alright so now the both of us are locked in. He's talking to his girl and I'm talking to mine. I glance down on her body and notice she has massive titts, like fucking enormous. Probably one of the bustiest chicks I've seen so far here.
I continue to run game on her, trying to focus the conversation on her and not answering most of the her answers about me directly. She kept on asking me to tell her something about her and I'm like what do you want to know about me? Her English was just intermediate level and she often times had difficulty expressing herself but I just reassured her that she was doing good. I found out that she's studying medicine and majoring in Neurology, is the youngest sibling, and a bunch of other randoms shit that I now forgot. It was probably something like 80% about her and 20% about me with me never giving her a direct answer. Each time that she couldn't hear me, I would move closer into her space and also placed my hand around her neck and said it inside of her ear or placed my hand on her shoulder blades. Slowly, I inched closer and closer to her until I could feel our knees touching. I continued to touch her each time I tried to emphasize something or she said something funny or important. Soon I felt she was comfortable with my touch. I also noticed she started to touch me back now as well. All the while, tinder on my phone is buzzing like crazy. I got several more matches from Tunisia while talking to the chick.

All the while my mind was trying to think about how to steer the conversations into more flirty topics or topics where I could touch her in more intimate places. At one point I asked her about her favourite movie genres and she said romance was one of them. Then I joked with her that I was like one of those male leads from the movie, a mysterious Canadian man who she met tonight and is going to sweep her off her feet and take her away to Canada with me or something. She asked if I went to the gym which I used to steer the conversation into me used to having a six pack so that I could touch her stomach afterwards. I asked her to come and feel my abs and just eagerly reached forward and started rubbing against my stomach. I then asked her the same and then felt up her stomach. I knew I had to escalate even more so I asked her to dance when I felt like it was time. She agreed and we went up, but they were playing some bullshit folk river dancing music and not club music so it was that wild swinging chicks around the room shit. While dancing, I could feel her massive titts pressing up against my chest and giving me a erection lol. She complained that the dance was horrible and that I was a horrible dancer lol after the song was done.

We returned to the table and then we started to talk about beer and shit. I asked her how many beers does it take to get her drunk and then I said something like "after that you start making bad decisions right?" with a sly smirk on my face. She laughs. There was a lot of eye contact from her and I kind of got the sense that things were heating up. I introduced now personal topics to try and bond with her and showing her a "us" vs the "world" view like relating to her hobbies and her love for dogs and shit. She kept on pestering me about giving her more info about me but I wouldn't budge too much. It was now at around 2 hours. I knew I couldn't keep this shit up and had to go for the kiss soon but the turk and her friend was here. She wouldn't let me do it here if I tried because of her friend being around but the turk was way too passive and didn't ask his girl to go dance so I needed to isolate her somehow. I didn't even know how I was going to fuck her because I found out that she and her friend were going to leave soon to watch a movie at the theatre so logistics was an issue. The most I could probably do was try to get her to the bathroom or just go for the kiss-close. I continue bantering with her but now we start to get silences and I try to redirect my attention to the dance floor hoping she would get the hint and give me a signal to go up there again so that I can escalate further. After a little more banter I ask her again to dance but she rejects my idea saying no, it was bad up there lol. I backpeddle a little and return to bantering with her. I tell her I'm going to run to the bathroom for a minute so I ditch the turk to pee and clear my throat. My fucking cold is still here and so is the pleghm. Imagine gaming with a shit load of phlegm down your throat and you have a pretty good idea of what I was facing.

I return after a few minutes and noticed the turk wasn't around. The two girls look at me with this sly look on their faces. They are like "we were just talking about the two of you." I ask them "oh really, what were you saying?" with a sly smile on my face. They say they saying maybe bad and good things about us. The turk soon returns with a drink in his hand and I let him in on what they just told me. He soon returns back to talking with his girl and I focus on mine now. We talk a little more and I notice she's kind of looking at me kind of strange now, like she wants something to happen. I figured I should at least try to get her number to convey interest to her in case she's confused about me so I grab her whatsapp number and immediately text her my number. She immediately texted me back with a smiley face or something. We continue talking and she kept on bringing up how I only drank two beers and don't try to get drunk and how she was starting to feel drunk after only two beers. Her beer was nearly done now so I figured alright I should move her to the bar to isolate her for the kiss. I tell her that I'm going to get something to drink and ask if she wants a drink as well. She says no so I just go to the bar and grab a glass of water. When I return, she asks me what I am drinking and I tell her water. I ask her what she's doing after and she's like I'm going to the movie and then going home. She asks me the same question and which I tell her I'm going home to sleep and she rubs my back and says "goodboy." I kind of got the sense that she's a "goody good girl". Afterwards she leaves to go the washroom leaving me with the turk, and his girl.

The turk wasn't getting the hint to take his girl on the dance floor or somewhere else so I had to intervene. I said to the turk that she looks like she wants to dance and to take her to the dance floor. He looks at her and she kind of shyly smiles. I tell him again, take her to the dance floor, she wants to dance. I have to literally tell this guy 3-4 times to do it. He looks at her again and she smiles and nodds and he finally gets the hint. He's like lets go and she is like practically ready to jump out of her chair to go dance. Holy fuck man, that was painful to watch.

Soon my girl returns back from the washroom with their coats. Alright now we're both alone and I can try for the kiss-close or maybe more. She asks me where did they both go and I'm like they are dancing. She asks me if she can have a sip of my water and I gladly let her drink some. We return to bantering and she looks at me again with this look like she's expecting something to happen. She keeps on bringing up how she finds it strange that I'm not drinking more and not drunk. She tells me the Latvian dudes are normally really drunk right now. I can kind of feel the sexual tension and feel like I should make a move. She's just kind of looking at me and I can already feel the anxiety quickly building up inside of me as well. I feel like chickening out and not making a move but I was fucking determined to push through this discomfort even if it meant that I would get rejected. After waiting for several more seconds and battling my mind and my fear of going for the kiss, I said fuck it. I reached forward and rolled a string of her hair back and said something which I don't remember lol. She didn't move and looked down on the floor so I figured alright you can't back away now so I go in for the kiss but then she turns to the side and is like "no." Fuck, I just got rejected lol.

She's like I don't do this with this type of guy or something. I ask her what does she mean or something about the type of guy and she is like I don't do this with strangers lol. She's like instead I only drank out of the same glass of water as them. I make some half assed joke that she's drinking my saliva so its like a kiss or something. It was very awkward and I didn't know how to act. I remember reading online that I should return back to bantering like nothing happened or something but my mind couldn't really come up with any thing to say, luckily the turk and his girl soon returned. The two girls grabbed their coats and got dressed and me and the turk stood up when they got dressed. It was now awkward between me and my girl and I give her a hug and they take off while the turk went to grab our coats. I thought he was going to come back with my coat but he was waiting there for me while I said goodbye to the two girls. He figured that we were going to go walk with them or something. That was a very fucking awkward and weird experience for me lol. She was giving off signs like she wanted me to make a move but as soon as I did, she fucking rejects me and tells me she doesn't do this with this type of guy or something. I can't tell if she's just playing hard to get or honestly wasn't into me or I wasn't smooth enough but even if I wasn't, she should have forgiven me for at least trying.

Anyways, I walk out to the coat check and me and the turk leave. We discuss what happened and he was like the girls were kind of lingering around while he waited for me lol. We both walked home and then said our goodbyes. Its now way past my bedtime and I still haven't packed yet. Perhaps I moved a bit too fast but it was my last fucking day here and I had no choice. I needed to at least go for the kiss at a bare minimum. I'm sure if I had another 1-2 weeks I could fuck this chick on a date or something if I didn't go for the kiss, but my time constraint left me no choice.

Anyways this wraps up Riga, I'm flying out to Warsaw tomorrow or rather today. See you all in Poland!

[TripleG]

@Destiny thanks for the recap of Riga. I'm just wandering why you would spend so much time (1 month) in a place where you were getting no action even though you kept going out almost every night? If you have location independent income at the very least you could have taken a short trip to either Tallinn or Vilnius, both a short drive from Riga.
Also, next time you are bored and are looking for groups to socialize with and go out consider joining InterNations...while you may be a bit too young for that group it does bring out a share of successful, good looking expat women in the Euro capitals where you are staying.

[destiny]

(11-05-2016 08:09 PM)TripleG Wrote:  

@Destiny thanks for the recap of Riga. I'm just wandering why you would spend so much time (1 month) in a place where you were getting no action even though you kept going out almost every night? If you have location independent income at the very least you could have taken a short trip to either Tallinn or Vilnius, both a short drive from Riga.
Also, next time you are bored and are looking for groups to socialize with and go out consider joining InterNations...while you may be a bit too young for that group it does bring out a share of successful, good looking expat women in the Euro capitals where you are staying.

I originally came here to meet up with that one chick who I wasted a year talking to online. I figured one month would give me enough time to close the deal with her and spend some time with her as well. I should have known all females are the same and stopped pedalizing her. I already paid for all of my expenses upfront and didn't have anymore money to go somewhere else. Looking back at it, I should have just told her to cancel my apartment that first night, stayed in a hostel for 1 night and then booked a flight to somewhere else like Tallin. Anyways what's done is done. I did learn a lot from Riga and feel my game has improved since going there. Unfortunately I don't have location independent income. I worked for several months and saved up that money to travel again. I'll check out internations.

[destiny]

Krakow Poland: Day 1

I was super tired today from lack of sleep from gaming that last Latvian chick until the wee hours of the morning. At around 2pm my airbnb showed up to collect the keys. She was supposed to drive me to the airport but then changed her mind and calls me a taxi instead. Typical...

While waiting at the airport, I thought about running airport game and talking to chicks waiting for the same flights at the airport but chickened out even though I saw one of the girls glance at me more than once while she was seated a few seats away. I go to the washroom later and my seat ends up getting taken and the only spot left is right beside her but my mind went blank so I didn't open her. While getting on the plane, I was hoping we would be seated together but she ends up on the other side of the plan, but then I notice some tall ass brunette with semi-short hair struggle to put her luggage in cargo. She ends up sitting beside me. She was relatively attractive as well. I immediately open her using the belt as an opener. She replies back but then I got too tired to continue the conversation and passed out. About halfway through the trip I wake up and then re-engage her again but this time make sure to continue the banter. She seems to bite this time again but soon drops the 'I'm married" card and brings up her husband multiple times even though I didn't even see a ring on her finger. I found out she's Ukrainian but lives and works in Warsaw in Finance. She later started asking me a lot of questions and was quite friendly. Near the end of the flight, she slipped me her business card that read VP Of finance. She looked relatively young to be a VP. She told me to contact her when I'm in Warsaw and she will show me the best bars and clubs to go to and then said "my husband will be there too." lol. When we landed and we were waiting for our luggage, she offered to have her husband drop me off at the center of Warsaw to catch the train to Krakow. It was a nice gesture but I declined.

I asked 1-2 people in Warsaw for help in getting to the central train station from the airport and they appeared to be much more helpful and friendly compared to the Latvians but soon this belief was crushed. When the train arrived, I had no fucking idea which part of the train I was supposed to go on. My ticket said wagon 3 but every single wagon only had number 1 and 2. Even the Polish people didn't know what the fuck was going on as everyone just scrambled to get on. When I approached some chick sitting down on the sit playing with her phone for help in finding my seat, I was quickly met with attitude and ignored. I opened her again and handed her my ticket and she's like "no." Typical capital city attitude. Some of the people weren't very helpful and friendly on the cart neither including the employees who I asked. After walking back and forth on the train, I finally located my seat, I think. It was a long ass 2.5 hr ride and I didn't even know how the fuck I was going to get to my apartment when I arrived. When I finally made it to Krakow, I was completely lost so I approached some polish guy off the street. Surprisingly, he was extremely helpful and actually walked me to my apartment and acted as a translator for the door person so that I could get my keys because the door person doesn't even speak English. This guy spent like 20-30 minutes of his time helping out a stranger, what a nice fella. I offered to give him a beer from my apartment (the owner said he left me some) but he declined and swiftly went home.

I freshened up a bit and then decided to just head out to scoop out the scene and get some food. The streets were fucking packed at around 2:30-3am. I saw loads of dudes just drinking and screaming and yelling outside. Several places were completely packed and there was a huge line up. One good thing about my new apartment is its very close to the nightlife so my logistics should be good now until Riga. Needless to say, I wasn't feeling it to game in these conditions. It's kind of funny how I went from a country completely devoid of any nightlife and the streets being empty to a country that is jam packed with way too many people. I just started to adjust to Riga and get used to gaming there and now I'm thrust into a completely new environment that would probably require me to make changes to how I game. Clubs like Frantic and Shakers had a large line outside of mostly dudes and all of those cheap beer places had loads of dudes as well. Puke was all over the streets and I actually saw some guy puking which I thought about filming but then said nah, its gross.

I think I'm going to spend tomorrow scouting some more of the city for viable places to game and also maybe do some daygame. I have a potential date from tinder on monday and she says she doesn't drink so now I'm scratching my head about where to take her now. I might need to show up earlier to venues here in Krakow otherwise I'm going to be competing with at least 2-3 dozen dudes after 12am. My tinder isn't getting any matches neither other then the two. I had almost 2 dozen matches with Tunisian chicks and also 5-6 vietnamese chicks after quickly switching my location but in Poland, nothing. I don't know if its due to my pics or because of the number of guys on there. I wonder what's the best strategy for gaming would be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqqwPlctQTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQy1LjScHQg

[iron93]

Reading your reports has gotten me super excited for my travels!

[destiny]

(11-06-2016 06:08 AM)iron93 Wrote:  

Reading your reports has gotten me super excited for my travels!

Where are you planning to go?

[destiny]

Day 2: Today I had to run some errands like getting my cellphone setup with a new sim card to number close and setup dates with chicks. It was raining quite a bit today and I didn't expect there to be much people in the old town considering how hard they partied last night, but I was pleasantly surprised, although most of the people there were middle aged. I wasn't really in the gaming mood, but more of on a scouting mission. I went to the mall first and visited Orange, one of the telecoms here but there was a huge line up to get service. After waiting around for 20 minutes, I said fuck this and left. Plus I forgot my password which you apparently need for getting a prepaid sim card here. I went back to the old town and visited the infamous Piljania student bar which is like a quick 8-10 minute walk from my place. The place was about half full when I arrived but the bar area was only full of dudes and half full. I order my drink and food and grab a seat beside some dude but he has his back facing me. There were a mixed set behind me on one of the tables but I didn't bother to approach the whole group sitting down. The place wasn't really ideal to game due to horrible ratios and not having any chicks walk up to sit by the bar area. After that, I decided to head to the mall again to get the sim card for my phone setup with another provider. While walking to the mall, I decided to just approach a girl just because I wasn't 100% about the location. Surprisingly she was very friendly and even offered to walk me there because she was going in the same direction. We started talking and she was asking me a lot of questions and I didn't get too much time to switch it around before she pointed me in one direction and was like "ok go that way and just follow the path, I have to go meet my friends in this way, but you can join me at this bar called bull bar." I tried to introduce myself first so that we were no longer strangers but her handshake was very weak. I needed at least another 10-15 minutes to build more comfort with her. I told her I would come with her just to see where it was and then I took off to get my sim card hoping to join with her later. Thinking back to it, I should have just had her grab my facebook or grab her number before I took off. I hit the mall and then get my phone situation all sorted out. The employee was surprisingly friendly by polish standards even though he had problems with his English.

So after that was taken care of, I went back to the bull bar and glanced through the windows. I didn't take a good look at the chick before I left, and I saw one chick make eye contact with me as I approached the place but I was only 50% it might have been her so I said fuck it and left.

I walked around the old town trying to locate some place called Gospoda Koko which apparently has cheap polish food but when I arrived, the fucking door was locked even though people were seated and eating inside so I couldn't get in. I was feeling Italian so I tried to locate an Italian restaurant, most of them were way overpriced averaging around 25-30 zl per a dish. I finally gave up and went to one right in the rynek (Btw don't eat there, its way overpriced). I ordered a large bowl of pasta and was presented with a small ass bowl barely enough to satisfy me. After that was done, I decided to go to a local cs meeting to check out the talent there.


As I make my way over, I get approached by yet another chick with a red umbrella trying to usher me into the strip club there. I was getting quite annoyed with this bullshit since they have been pestering me all day and yesterday as well so I decided to run some game on her purely for self amusement and also because I read a comment on one of the datasheets about how they wanted to try and run game on these girls. Some cute girl with a red umbrella approached me and kept on pestering me after I told her I wasn't interested so I just stopped walking and stood there and started to talk to her. I tell her I must have been approached 20 times already by them and she's like no, there's only 5 girls working with them so I tell her, maybe they are different girls, but she's like I work here everyday. I then tried to shift the conversation on her and trying to break her out of her job by asking her first about how she's not dressed for the weather, how she likes her job, and how she ended up getting this job. She told me she actually studies at university in civil engineering but loves this job as well. Then she started to ask for my name and told me hers. I think she asked about my age too but I can't remember. She asks me how long I'm staying here and after finding out that I'm going to be here for 5 weeks she is like I want to show you around and give you a tour of the city. I wasn't quite trusting of her yet especially after my experience in riga so I tell her I'm not interested in these clubs and that I' m a traditional guy. At one point I asked her if she's talking to me as the girl with the red umbrella working the job or as her real self which got her to start qualifying herself to me saying no, she's talking to me just as her real self. I then shifted the conversation back on her yet again and asked her why she decided to study engineering and stuff. She told me she didn't really know and just picked it because she didn't know about anything else, at which point I complimented her and said she must be really smart and good with math then. She's like no, I hate math so I again tried to qualify her by asking her "So then what are you good at? What talents do you have?" Which prompted her to start thinking about, but then she's like oh no my boss is here and immediately another older looking chick jumps in at which point I joke with her and say "so and so is such a hard worker, she's trying to get me to come into the strip club." so her boss is like "yes, so you should come then." and then I joke that they are now double teaming me which they didn't get the joke. Her boss soon leaves and then I again focus the conversation on her again. She tells me she's not good at making decisions so I'm like so then you should go get yourself a guy, maybe one of those polish guys. She immediately starts waving her hands in front of me saying "no no no, I don't like polish guys." I'm like why not? They are very nice. She's like no, so I ask her what type of guys she likes then. She's like "I like foreign men." I tell her she should go get a british guy then and she's like "yes, they love going to the strip clubs." but then suddenly she's like oh sorry I have to get back to work and just waves me goodbye and takes off. I was an interesting experience. Maybe I'll go talk to her again if I see her.

I continue my journey to the cs meeting. I arrived about 2 hours late because it was all the way at the end of the Jewish quarter. When I finally arrived, I saw a decent turn out of people around 15 or so. I saw 2 decent looking chicks and about 4 other chicks. I immediately open some weird looking American women asking her if its the cs meeting. It quickly dawns on me that she's a fucking weirdo and has some sort of social condition or something by the way she acts and talks. She introduced me to her roommate, some equally weird fobby Chinese girl. I scan and look around and notice that all the other 3-4 girls are surrounded by dudes. One chick in the corner had like 4-5 dudes talking to her, while two girls beside each other each had 2 dudes talking to them. I was like shit! These guys obviously didn't come here to do a cultural exchange. I decide to abandon these two weirdos when another guy jumped into my set, relieving me of having to talk to them and slowly made my way over to the two girls who I noticed one of them kind of making eye contact with me. Suddenly another chick walks by so I open her. There's two seats right where we are standing so we both seat there and start talking. She's not bad looking maybe about a 6.5 with an average body. We get interrupted 2-3 times by other dudes but I just kind of ignore them after they introduce themselves because I know they are trying to interrupt my set so I just make it awkward for them by kind of ignoring them until they leave. I start talking to her trying to get more investment and interest but she ain't asking me too much questions about me but I continue to plow away for several minutes. I also glance over at my competition and see some tanned skin dude who looks Italian or Spanish talking to some blonde chick with an average face with a huge rack and cleavage, whip out his phone and I guess took her number or something. I shift my focus back to the girl I'm speaking with and finally get some investment from her when she starts yapping away about her crappy life but then she drops the bf card, which pretty much instantly turned me off. As we continue to talk though, I learn that she's 35, dude some sociology/ philosophy bullshit degree, works as a teacher or something and that her and her bf are in a long distance relationship and he's living in the USA but she has traveled there multiple times already which probably explains her crappy personality. I figured I could still go for her since they had a long distance relationship but she was fucking boring though and at this point I really consider just leaving this dump. She comes back from her washroom break a few minutes later and then I tell her I'm taking off and start walking away. At around this time, I also noticed that the one chick who was probably the best looking one there also getting up and getting dressed. While leaving though, the tanned skinned dude opens me and we start talking. Then the attractive chick who was getting dressed joins us but then we are interrupted by another dude who jumps into our set so its now 3 dudes talking and 1 chick listening. I figured that once she's out of there I could game her without any competition so I tell them I'm leaving and give the chick I nodd with my head (we didn't actually speak yet but she was all smiles) and then just walked to the coat area and grabbed my umbrella. I pretended to linger around and play with my phone so I would know when she was leaving but just then, another chick walked in. We both made eye contact and we both smiled so I opened her. She was a cute 7 brunette with glasses. She seemed more interested in the conversation then that other chick I was speaking to, but then I get cockblocked again as another dude interrupts us. I again kind of ignore him after saying hi and make it awkward which prompted him to ask if everything was ok or if he was interrupting or something. He soon left and I continued to run game on her but then she dropped the bf line, which made me lose interest and motivation to game her further. Right after, we get interrupted yet again by a guy and then another dude jumped into my set as well, wtf. The other attractive chick somehow left while I was busy talking to this chick.

It was now 3 dudes and 1 chick again talking. First one of the dudes spoke with me while the other guy spoke with her, but then I made the guy crack up which caught the attention of the girl and guy and soon I became the center of attention in our discussion. I then started to tease the girl saying she should have another cs meeting where its a karaoke night and that she should promote it by singing on stage and that I would come and film it and put it on youtube. I introduced kino to the chick and also a guy as well for some reason while I was trying to emphasize my jokes. All three of them then kept on asking me questions though which I gave them bullshit answers and I introduced the topic of salsa dancing and how I can't move my hips and that I'm a terrible dancer. To up the antics I then asked them if they knew about what they say about a person's ability to dance with their performance in the bedroom. This made the guys crack up and made the chick blush a little. Then somehow we started talking about her using whips or something. I should have introduced bdsm and said she was into that 50 shades of gray shit or something to further sexualize the conversation. This chick was telling me to come out again and how there's one tomorrow. I don't think I'm going to come out to these bullshit cs meetings anymore. Most of these chicks already have bf's and are just looking for attention and these thirsty guys have no problem giving it to them. Anyways, after a little more bantering I told them I was leaving while that chick kind of looked like she wanted me to stay longer. Fuck that! I took off and went home.

I freshened up a little bit and then headed back to the old town to grab some food and to scout for some potential date venues for tomorrow. I checked out that student's bar again that I was at earlier and the place was even worse now. It was a sausage fest. I'm starting to think that nightgame won't yield much fruitful results in Krakow. The bars aren't conductive to running game because of the shitty ratio's and the large number of dudes who just want to get piss drunk. I think my bread and butter here will probably be daygame with a little bit of online game thrown in mixed with club game with a good wing. Time will tell.

[destiny]

Day 3:

Fuck, I got flaked on. What the fuck is going on here? I can't ever get any day 2's. I noticed she unmatched me on tinder wtf. Why the hell give me your facebook and go through that shit only to unmatch me a few days later?

I started the day off by going to Gospoda Koko. The place that I couldn't get into. Today I encountered the same problem, and the door was locked but this time I was determined to get in. I kept on going at it on the door and practically ripped it off before I was able to get in. The door was fucked up. The place was quite big like a labyrinth or something. I see a line up of people waiting to order food so I line up. The chick in front of me is holding a menu so I ask her about it. She's average looking and doesn't speak good English but I just kind of keep at it until it was my time. I ordered my food and then just grabbed a table and got 1-2 chicks looking at me. When I received my food I was pleasantly surprised at how much I received for how much I paid.



I paid 16 zl for all this food + the kompot drink. This was probably one of the best deals I have seen here, good portions, a lot of food for very cheap prices. I'll definitely be coming back here again.

Next, I wanted to head to a photography studio to get some professional photos taken to use on tinder. My tinder matches are been fucked up. Only 3 in Krakow. That makes no sense. I have a shot of me in a suit where I cut off a chick's face as my main pic, another one of me boxing, one of my traveling in paris and posing, a pic of me and my dog, and one of me with my friends. Those should be decent enough to get a lot more matches. I was fucking killing it in Tunisia and also vietnam but for some reason here in Eastern europe, its not working so well. I got quoted 60 zl per a professional photo so I'm getting two done tomorrow. One business shot for using on resumes and shit and one modeling shot. Hopefully this investment will pay off and I will see my matches increase a lot.

I also went into a pharmacy near the photography shop and was met with a really cute looking pole pharmacist. She must have been no older then 22-23. Also all of the other pharmacists with equally young and attractive. I was like holy shit, if all the pharmacists looked like his, I would visit my local pharmacists office more often. I flirted with her a little bit and got some laughs from her.

Next I headed to the mall to purchase some miscellaneous stuff. While seated, one chick sat down beside me and I scooted over and then her friend also wanted to sit so I scooted over even more as she also moved towards me. I didn't really think about talking to them but then after a while of sitting there I said screw it and just opened both of them. The one sitting beside me didn't speak any English while the other one spoke only intermediate level. We chatted for a little bit but then things kind of got awkward when I asked her to guess where I was from when she asked me. I said take a guess and she's like ok and just looks away and its silent. Then like 5 seconds later they are like we have to go now, bye. I should readjust my game so that I don't make my conversations so complicated with chicks with poor English. I probably should have just told her where I was from.

Right around this time, I received a message on facebook from that polish girl who I matched with tinder several days ago while I was in riga. She made some bullshit excuse saying she forgot and that she has a school project to due tomorrow. Soon after I noticed she unmatched me from tinder. I think I'm going to have to rely solely on daygame here and let my personality and game shine so that I can get those day 2's. I also need to start approaching more girls like at least 5-10 a day if I hope to get anywhere. I'm going to head out in a little bit to scout some more and maybe do some daygame although its pretty dark outside now.

[destiny]

Day 3: Continued...

Just came back from BANIA LUKA. Don't think I'm ever going to go there again unless I just want to get piss drunk. The bars in poland are nothing like the ones in north america or even latvia. People order their drinks with their backs facing you and then just quickly grab and move back to a table with their friends. Hardly any one sits by the bar except for a few dudes. I showed up at the place around 9:30-10ish and its semi-packed but many dudes. I immediately open some dude on my right by asking him if the seat is taken as an icebreaker then lock myself in. I try to engage him and his friend but after a little banter they just go back to talking amongst themselves in polish. There were also 3 arab dudes on my left just keeping to themselves and hitting on one of the bartenders who apparently was saying they are fucking idiot and shit in polish to her coworkers even though the dudes were buying her shots and throwing tips at her lol. I later learned this fact when I overheard a polish chick ordering drinks and talking with her kiwi boyfriend. I opened the couple after a few minutes and we started to talk. They ended up buying me some shot with a raspberry syrup or something sprinkled with pepper. It was a very good but I forgot to ask them the name of it. Nice couple who soon bid me farewell and took off. I re-engaged the two polish dudes on my right before they left leaving me there all alone. A little while longer, some chick scouted up awfully close to my seat so that our legs were touching. I found that a little strange considering that she wasn't even looking at me. I contemplated opening her but then saw braces on her teeth and wasn't sure how to open her because she ordered a straight vodka shot. After that I just left.

Also the tinder chick who flaked on me later messaged me on facebook after I replied back to her bullshit excuse saying "no worries, I understand, things come up, good luck with your project."

She later replies with "Thank u and to be honest, i didnt go today with u, coz i met someone and i dont wanna be not okay for u and for him"

I just told her I appreciated her honestly and wished her luck and to get back in touch with me if she wants to go out and she replies "
thank you i hate liars, thats why i never lie. and I know that it wuold be so awful if i go with you and with him on a date, i would feel like whore really ;p"

I number closed one of my previous matches on tinder today but when I suggested to meet up she gave me the "i'm busy this week." What a bunch of bullshit.

Well I'm obviously not having much luck in this country either. I'm wondering what the hell happened? Last year when I came in the middle of June I was getting major IOI's from chicks but this time its like completely different. I remember talking to the turk when I arrived in Poland on my first night and he was telling me some chick was inviting him over to her house and I was thinking wtf? That guy hardly did jack that night when I was with him and didn't even approach a single chick when I went clubbing with him. In fact, I had to help him number close his girl. It seems kind of bullshit that I'm hustling and busting my ass off and getting no where meanwhile this guy's just getting girls handed to him on a silver platter. I don't fucking understand this. What the hell do I have to do to get some results around here?