| So I met Ruggedized tonight, he came into town for work and we got together to discuss winging/gaming. I am a complete afc and I need a good wingman/mentor and I've gotta say that Ruggedized is pretty cool and I look forward to going out gaming with him in the future.
First off we went to Wal Mart to get a belt for someone's riding lawn mower. As soon as we got out of the car Rugged opened a three set in another car in the parking lot. The interaction didn't really go anywhere, but it was cool to see him gaming on those chicks anyway. I just kinda stood back because I wasn't really ready for all that but whatever.
We decided to go to the bar in town just to talk where Ruggedized started asking me about my sticking points and giving me pointers on all elements of game, and he seems to know his stuff. There weren't a lot of people in the bar since it was like eight pm on a Monday night, so we shot a couple of games of pool and talked more about the kinds of things I needed to learn.
Before too long we went up to the bar and there was this two set of "practice girls" I think is a nice way to put it. Ruggedized sat right down and opened them with some kind of line, it was something like "the energy seems high here. What's going on?" The girls were very responsive and he started talking to them. I don't really know how to wing so I sat down next to him and just watched and listened for the most part. Apparently I was supposed to go away for a couple of minutes and then come back and allow myself to be brought into the set but live and learn. I wanted to be close so I could see what he was doing.
As near as I can remember the way it went was Ruggedized opened the girls, they started telling him about their drinks, which were blue (later I tasted one, it was delicious but I don't remember what it was called. Just as well I don't want to become a "girl drink drunk".) They talked a little about steaks and Rugged actually used something similar to the "two girls fighting in the parking lot" story ( it was different but I don't want to give away the guy's material). I couldn't believe it actually worked. I thought it was cheesy and they would see right through it. He did deliver it well. This got the girls laughing because it was funny, and they chatted some more.
Rugged told the girls that we had just successfully pulled off a "caper" and were going to play some pong, and they should come cheer us on. They declined in a friendly way and we headed over to play some pong, where Ruggedized beat me pretty soundly. When we had finished our game of pong we sat down at a table in the same room with the bar. The two set from earlier was still there at the bar and they kept looking over, it would seem as though Ruggedized had managed to create attraction.
Before too long Ruggedized decided we needed to move within the venue, so we went back into the room with the pool tables and continued our conversation about game and gaming. I had already identified a couple of my sticking points as approaching and kino. We chatted and then Rugged said he wanted me to go and re-open the two set with an opinion opener. I didn't feel ready and hemmed and hawed for a few minutes over what I was going to say to them, he had a few good lines but I somehow thought they were cheesy. One was the fake breasts opinion opener, one was original I think and they both probably would have worked if delivered properly.
I finally settled on an opinion opener about a really expensive shirt. I still didn't feel ready. Soon enough Ruggedized asked me if I was ready and I said "No, let's do this.", or something to that effect and we both got up. Rugged went to get us both another drink and I approached the girls.
I totally stammered out "Can, can I get you guys' opinion on something?" As it was a warm set they were very receptive but somehow we got to talking about those damned blue drinks instead until Ruggedized came back with our drinks. He told me to kino and took his "target" away, I think to the jukebox. That's when the other one asked me to taste her drink. As I already stated, it was delicious. Then she said "oh yeah you wanted an opinion." Eek. I totally choked on the mutilated line about some imaginary expensive shirt that spewed forth from my mouth. I can't remember exactly how I said it but the delivery left much to be desired. I feel like the girl saw right through the line but she was friendly and offered me her opinion on the expensive shirt, and then proceeded to tell me the price and purchase location of every item of clothing she had on. I never did kino and it wasn't long before Ruggedized came back with the other girl and said we should all move to a table. We did.
When we got to the table, my “target” sat down at about the same time I had placed my hand on the back of a chair. We had left our stuff at that table earlier and I instinctively went for the chair that had my jacket on it, even though my target had sat a chair away from it. I sat anyway, thinking that to change chairs at this point would look “try-hard”. In retrospect it really probably wouldn’t have looked that way at all. We continued chatting about random stuff. The entire time, I realize now, I was too engaged in whatever drivel was dripping from her maw. I gave IOIs when she did not deserve them and listened to her drone about her horses and her kids. All the while Rugged was kinoing and escalating with his girl. Occasionally the whole table was engaged together but mostly it was Rugged with his target and me with mine. At around this time, my “target” mentioned that she was married. At that point I abandoned all idea of gaming her and became focused on just keeping her occupied so that Ruggedized could get on with his target. So I basically just acted exactly like I had been except that there was no longer any pressure to escalate.
Apparently Ruggedized did notice that my target was giving me IOIs, but in whatever state I was in I never even picked up on them. That’s most of what happened. Not long after this, my target told Ruggedized that he should buy her a “woowoo” (whatever the hell that is), and he told her maybe she should buy him a drink so he would stay around and keep talking to them. It came out a little harsh but whatever. Ruggedized number closed his target and was ready to leave. We got up, I said “It was very nice to meet you. Good luck with them boys.” Or something like that, because she had two sons. We left the bar.
So, there you go. I have never even read a field report let alone written one, so I’m not sure if I should have formatted this differently or anything. I put in way too much detail because I was writing the report in order to relive the experience and analyze what happened more than for entertainment value. Good advice is always appreciated.
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