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07-06-2017, 04:22 PM
I got myself this challenge of approaching 1000 hot girls in something more than one year. Started 10 days ago and did only 13 approaches so far. In the last days got stale because I'm back to the city where I work and I'm somewhat inhibited to do approaches alone here.
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07-06-2017, 04:28 PM
I'm new to the forum btw. Been a lurker for years actually. But only now wanted to start posting because I'm starting to get this getting laid thing very seriously. Until now I just cared about having fun and being a general asshole and got laid passively but never could take the hassle to do the actual approaches because it was "beta" in my head to actually talk to a girl instead of making out within 10 seconds of meeting
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07-06-2017, 04:55 PM
Yes, with a caveat. 1000 approaches is generally considered an important competency level in daygame (I don't really do night game, somebody who does can talk about it better than I can.
If you do 1000 approaches and fail to integrate the feedback from them into what you do, you're engaging in avoidance. The number isn't really the important part here. What's important is the information you gain from the 1000 approaches.
If you're not fucking her, someone else is.
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07-06-2017, 04:57 PM
...can you also elaborate on how you want to learn game without approaching?
Asking fewer questions and taking more action has always worked for me. Everyone's answer is his own, and you're only going to know what yours is by trying.
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07-06-2017, 05:18 PM
Quote: (07-06-2017 04:36 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:
Quote: (07-06-2017 04:28 PM)danjerzone Wrote:
I'm new to the forum btw. Been a lurker for years actually. But only now wanted to start posting because I'm starting to get this getting laid thing very seriously. Until now I just cared about having fun and being a general asshole and got laid passively but never could take the hassle to do the actual approaches because it was "beta" in my head to actually talk to a girl instead of making out within 10 seconds of meeting
So...how often would you say you've made out with girls 10 sec after meeting? Please elaborate how
I agree with yhis statement: Dude is capable of 10s meeting kiss but want to do 1000 approaches to "Learn Game" ?
Tell them too much, they wouldn't understand; tell them what they know, they would yawn.
They have to move up by responding to challenges, not too easy not too hard, until they paused at what they always think is the end of the road for all time instead of a momentary break in an endless upward spiral
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07-06-2017, 07:17 PM
I think this guy is ESL and by 'making out' he means 'ejecting from the set'
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07-07-2017, 12:31 AM
As others have said here and I'm sure all over the forum, including to me, is that it isn't the number of approaches. It is what you learn and how you progress based on each one. You could do 10 approaches all year and raise your game substantially more than doing 100 without the proper reflection and learning.
I have done day game for basically all of my notches since getting in the game. I'd say at least 80% of them. Approaching should be done first and foremost to destroy approach anxiety. I am not saying I don't get nervous at all, but at this point I probably have nearly zero approach anxiety in a day game scenario. I don't know how many approaches I've done overall over the years, but I've recorded the past 2 months and in that time I've done 300-350. Maybe all time I've done 1000-2000. One thing to keep in mind about approach anxiety is that if you force it to go away, but you stop for a given time, you will feel it again when you start up again, although you it will go away much more quickly and you will further destroy it with time when you begin approaching again.
A major point that I want to make based on your initial post is that you need to pick up the pace. At the rate you are going it will take you 3 years to do those approaches. By the end of this year I intend to try to average 1000 approaches in 3-4 months. You will not learn nearly as much in a given time by doing few approaches, although you may learn more from a given approach because you will have so much time to reflect on it. You should make a goal of doing at least 5 a day if possible, and bump that up to 10 a day once the 5 becomes easy enough. For the most part, given that you are in a big enough city, this means you have to either dedicate a certain amount of time in your day to go out and approach or you have to approach every girl you would bang during the course of your day, and preferably both of these strategies.
The only trouble with doing this many approaches in a short time is that when your percentage of approach to number goes up you will not push as hard with each number. I can't be sure how many lays I've lost because I stopped pursuing girls that weren't too responsive early on after they gave me their number. In the past I would call each new number and potentially talk for an hour, lately I just send a short text and only pursue things if they follow up and are responsive. At this point sometimes I go 5-6 days after getting the number and just send a short text.
Also, I started a thread a while ago about how many approaches it would take to get 1000 notches just to get opinions. I thought it was possible to get 1 in 5 girls to sleep with me as a normal guy (not famous, super rich, etc.) but with all other factors maxed out (great body, decent to handsome face, own apartment/house in a good area, etc). Some guys mentioned that basically 1 in 20 cold approaches to lays is the higher end and maybe upper limit for a normal guy. I'm not sure how true that is just yet, but I will say that in a place like America it is potentially very true. That 1 in 20 would be 5%, and I am currently around 1-3%, although I have many things holding me back (live with parents, out of shape, etc.).
I would say do 5-10 approaches a day as much as possible, and work on doing anything you can to make your approach to lay percentage 5%. By that time you will at the very least be intermediate with game.
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07-07-2017, 12:56 AM
No. Just no. Please don't go and harass, annoy and intimate 1000 women.
It will just teach you to be a insensitive psychopath and lower the quality of life for out daughters, mothers and wives/girlfriends.
You will learn, grow and have great success if you first learn the subtle art of noticing a woman's IOS, and then having the balls to act on them.
To get more of these and higher conversion rates, make the best version of yourself (eat, lift, dress) and learn social skills, conversation skills, and be interesting, confident and mate worthy.
Spam socially awkward approaches top uninterested women is not a learning or growth path.
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07-07-2017, 04:10 AM
Who said anything about 1000? Start with 10, then 100.
Improving your game really depends on where you are what your weaknesses are.
For most beginners, they can improve the most from getting over approach anxiety. If you do 100 approaches and 50 result in mild conversations, 40 in rejections, and 10 in a number, that is something to work on. you can review your notes and analyze what topics worked well and which didn't. And you internalize the fact that the worst case scenario is usually just a polite no. Getting that first 100 gives you the confidence to approach more. This improves your game if approach anxiety was your weakness. But if your problem was you were a prick to begin with, all it will do is make 100 women aware of how much of a prick you are.
Neil Strass in The Game wrote a lot about getting started, the 3 second rule, indications of interest, proximity, etc. He also recorded his conversations so he could play them back and learn from them.
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07-07-2017, 07:06 AM
If your goal is to get better at banging chicks, then yes.
How is this even a question? Unless you're autistic, you're going to learn something from talking to 1000 women and fucking a bunch of them.
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07-07-2017, 03:41 PM
Yes, I don't know where your starting point is, but I know some dudes who just had like almost 0 friends and a virgin, they have done like 2k approaches, and their social skills were like crazy amazing, and they banged at least 10+ chicks.
But you have to put in the work, watch more videos, meet more wings, analyze ,etc.
RSD Jeff said this, "First couple hundred approaches don't even count."
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07-07-2017, 08:47 PM
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07-07-2017, 11:18 PM
Didnt read thread...
Focus on "states of being" and use the 1000 interactions to guage what states are more profitable (enjoyable & giving probable favorable experiences)
Look at this more of self-discovery than getting laid as "gettinf laid" is a byproduct of BEING a guy who appeals to women in general.
This is why techniques, doing specific shit, and overall processes are many times "chicken fodder" as the internal modifications aren't being looked at.
20 girls blow you out it's YOUR ISSUE...Few girls happen to not like a way you're being that A HANDFUL (say 10) found neutral to enjoyable...Explore it more, you might just be lackinf depth and will see over time as new data comes in.
This is legit like a blind man mapping out NYC. You find the layout of the general street then explore all the different buildings (states of being) then continue to workout the floors and push the limits of those states to gain new breakthroughs.
Before you know it you can run the block & buildings blind because of past experiences. You didn't intellectually hear about it, you personally explored it.
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07-07-2017, 11:48 PM
If you realize you have many lessons to learn on each approach and that a bull-headed putting your head down to work without paying attention method doesn't work. Purposeful work and intent is big, know why you're doing what you're doing.
"The price of being a man is eternal vigilance." - Kareem-Abdul Jabar