Just finished up 4 weeks in Zagreb with no flag
Here’s my report & reflections on that so hopefully you guys can learn from my mistakes.
Went out a total of 4 nights and did 1 daygaming session (much less than usual since I was solo on this trip, but clearly not enough). Venue-wise 3 nights in Opera and 1 visiting a bunch of other bars (Johann Franck / both Alcatraz locations / etc).
Total of 12 in-person IG closes (I have ~1K followers and growing thanks to
Vinny’s excellent Instantical service), and 1 WhatsApp close (post-makeout at Opera). The problem was I just couldn’t get ANY girl out on a date... This includes my 13 Tinder matches (exhausted the entire city and ran out of girls to swipe on).
While low numbers (not going out enough) and bad luck were certainly involved, in hindsight 2 key mistakes I made were:
- Prominently displaying that I was only in Zagreb for 1 month on my IG (idea was to use my travel schedule as a DHV while collecting followers w/ the bot). In more conservative Croatia, a 1-month stay is too short to tempt most girls it seems
- Trying for non-low key night time dates at fancy places (Time Bar specifically) rather than something simple like a coffee (one girl even explicitly told me that Time Bar was too much for a 1st date and that she'd prefer coffee)
For the record, I’d place myself as an intermediate at game (51 lifetime notches, with 45 of those in the last 18 months since I got into game). Looks-wise I’m white (ethnically southern/central Europe mix), average American height, and in good shape.
Girls-wise, I agree 100% that the women from Zagreb are beautiful. Among the girls whose contact info I got (12 IG, 1 WhatsApp) I'd rate 3 of them as 8s
using the "Pictorial Scale" as
described by Tuthmosis here.
Lifestyle-wise, Zagreb is excellent. It's inexpensive and very "comfortable" (walkable, decent public transportation, drinkable tap water, fancy stuff like coconut oil and cacao nibs available, etc). Personally I realized that I prefer a bigger city (Zagreb has approx 800K people), but for others who prefer a smaller capital city it would be perfect.
As a bonus, I also got to have my first in-person meet with some fellow RVF brothers. Shout outs to Austrian, ssvle and harley for an excellent lunch and night out gaming. Looking forward to more meetups in the future!
N.B. Regarding the "Black" factor. On my final night in Zagreb my best friend joined me before we headed on to our next destination. He's culturally American and ethnically Indian (definitely exotic for Zagreb). In his one night out gaming he had 0 blowouts, got major traction with a 8 at our warmup venue (pretty sure she would have agreed to a date if he was staying longer) and ended up fingering an 18-year old javelin thrower at our main venue. She would have came home except her friend cockblocked her (who I tried to game but she wasn't interested in me at all). So I think the OP NapoleanDynamighty was definitely on to something w/ Zagreb being great for darker guys (and from my findings it also applies to ethnically Indian players).