Hey!! What’s up playas?
I thought I’d introduce myself!
Hi! I’m Sasha
I’m from Toronto. I’m 31. I was introduced to pickup in around 1997, soon after I started doing stand up. I ran into a guy called Erik Von Markovic at a stand up show and we became fast friends. We did cold approaches in Toronto, L.A, Vegas. He taught me some slight of hand.
We lost touch and I left Toronto in 2001 to pursue a career as a stand up comic. I moved to the U.K in 2002 and Didn't do much “gaming” till 2006/2007. (I’d open the occasional set but just got “lucky” here and there from being a comic. So in I ran into a newbie PUA named Cajun in Toronto while on a bus sometime in ’06 or ‘07… this turned out to be a hell of a conversation, because it changed both of our lives forever.
We were both chatting up girls on the bus and he and his cousin had gotten off at the same stop as me. I was telling him some funny chat up lines I’d come up with, and we exchanged lines/routines. I remember he told me that he was telling me he tells girls “If I wasn’t gay, you would so be mine!” … I told him that was some cheesy shit. Hahahah. The conversation went like this
Sasha “oh I do some cheesy magic sometimes, check it out” and showed him the tricks Mystery had taught me years before.
Cajun “Dude, that’s pretty good. Where did you learn that?”
Sasha “Well, I was friends with this Illusionist slash pickup guy years ago who taught me. “
Cajun “Do you remember his name?”
Sasha “Erik Von Markovic”
Cajun “WHAT!? YOU KNOW MYSTERY???”
Sasha “uhhh, yea I seem to remember he called himself that”
Cajun “Are you fucking serious?! He’s famous now! He’s in this bestselling book called the game! I just finished reading it! Are you fucking serious?"
Sasha “What? What are you TALKING about?? He’s FAMOUS?? Does he have money? That fucker still owes me money!!”
Cajun “Dude, he’s loaded!!”
Sasha “Sweet!! I’m going to get PAID!!”
I read “the game” from my buddy matt and read it, mouth wiiiiiide open. Then I went and read the Venutian arts book. I was very impressed at how far my old friend had come - and kind of pissed off to see that one of the openers I’d come up with was in there but I hadn’t gotten any credit for it. (Bastard!!)
So, turns out Cajun and his cousin lived like around the corner from me. Me and Cajun went out a bunch of times and we had some good times. I emailed Neil Strauss to try and contact mystery – he gave me his email and then I got in touch. We met up and caught up some. Mystery told me about this Lair called the London Seduction Society, I joined up and eventually started posting, I started going out a LOT and really making improvements. I got obsessed with pickup and was doing daygame for hours on end every day... at one point doing 14 hours a day with a guy called Yad. It was pretty nuts - but eventually I started getting results! I've had some amazing things happen to me, really crazy shit... and it seems that it's getting crazier! I’m constantly learning more and am always improving my game. There’s a way to go still – and I am certainly enjoying the journey! I'm at a point now where I don't really go "gaming" ... I just go about my life and approach any girls that I feel like talking to. I've made some amazing friends through all this.... the community has changed my life massively for the better. I appreciate the friends I’ve made through game even more than the skills I’ve picked up with women. Hopefully I'll make some new friends on here too!
I suppose I'm a great example about how "knowing" about game ain't worth shit. I'd known about it for almost 10 years and I'd hardly done a damn thing. Aye - the sauce is in the DOING, not the knowing.
So there you go. Them’s my origins…. kinda nutty, huh?
The end.
p.s - Oh yeah. If you happen to run into me somewhere - never challenge me to a game of gay chicken. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality...
I never loose.
I’ve had a few ties, but I’ve never lost! hehe