I love this topic. It's why I wrote the article "Natural Game Nazi's" on this forum
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Although I consider my personal game very Natural I actually use, and TEACH...drumroll please...magic tricks. And I've been known to create some of the craziest gimmicks as well.
Here's the thing. What works for you may not work for other guys. And who gets the job of defining a Natural anyway?
To me...doing what comes naturally and easily is a "natural." I mentioned magic. If you're the type of guy who doesn't mind holding a girl's attention and performing to a degree...that's "natural" for you. Do you think Mystery learned magic tricks FOR pick up? nope. It was part of who he is and used it naturally in his game. Likewise.
The funniest part is all the elitist views against anything that could be considered routine is very myopic.
Knowing HOW to inject routines, gimmicks, games, etc, doesn't mean you have to RELY on them. The guys who can use them typically have a much bigger advantage than those who CAN'T.
True, the robotic allegiance to using nothing but canned routines and gimmicks without injecting your own personality won't last long. Where it usually leads is to guys who think it just doesn't work in the first place so they end up bashing the methods...only because they failed at it.
(No, I'm not pointing fingers here...but it's true.)
Don't hate on other styles. It may be a routine or a magic trick or a paper sign* that got some guy out of his shell and gave him the confidence in the first place to realize that "women aren't that freaking scary" in the first place.
That's just my opinion...you're welcome to bash it, ignore it, or understand it.