So guys, this is my first field report as I've only been in the game a short while. This may be a little long so apologise in advanced.

So I've been out a few times before and suffered badly from AA so I was determined it wasn't going to be a problem the next time i went out. So I have my friend who is a natural and not in the game (first mistake) as my wing and we hit a bar in town. Its kinda busy but there seems to be more men to women but undetered we set up camp at a table next to a 4 set. I blew the 3 second rule and was still wrestling with the AA and tried to work out the angles of approach which was making things worse cos they never seemed to be just right to open, suffice to say I bottled it.



We decided to move on and check out another bar, I was a few drinks in by now(not drunk) and I told myself I wasn't gonna let the bitch in high heels known as AA beat me tonight. we bumped in to a friend who was already established at a table and at the same time a 4 set asked if they could share the table. In the set was a HB8, HB7.5 and 2 HB5/6's so I said f#@k it and went in to open. I opened with 'My friend moved in with his girlfriend and then split up and still have 6 months on the lease yada yada yada'. Well I bombed hard. I didn't use a time constraint, I wasn't rocking as if to leave, I completely cut off the HB8 and lost her and I got a response I wasn't totally expecting, I felt like a DICK.



The set had moved off and I just sat a the table and preceeded to drown my sorrows. About 30 mins later low and behold the HB7.5 I had opened came back to the table with one of her friends and asked if they could sit. WOW! I was not expecting this but I played it cool, let her sit and listened to my wing try his luck with her. IT was painful, I think his technique is to bore them in to bed or something but whatever it is it seems to work. So to spice things up I thought I would have a crack at the prize. I threw everything I could think of at her. I was cocky funny, I told 'dhv' stories, I played some canned games with her and even used some push/pull techniques while filling all the blanks with fluff. Now what I noticed was interesting but not as cool as I thought it would be.



First of all I felt like a performing monkey telling these stories and playing these game, almost like I was there to entertain her and keep her interested.(I think I was trying too hard). Secondly don't sarge with a wing who isn't in the game, mainly cos he will f#@k it up!(I ended up AMOGing him just to stop him from making a prat out of us both). Thirdly, don't drink so much it's harder to judge your progress, read her responses and remember your material. But you know when is all is said and done, good things did happen. Like I noticed she had angled and turned her body towards me, However I didn't manage to get her to qualify herself to me, not that I could tell anyway BUT................... I managed to number close. Yes gentlemen! I.... An aspiring 'pua' but very much still an 'afc' managed to get a HB7.5's number. But as I was about to find out, my excitement was about to be short lived. Because my wing and so called friend after seeing me get her number then jumped in and completely cockblocked me and even started AMOGing me finally number closing on the same HB. But hey bro's before ho's and all that jazz.



Now I'm writing this post for a couple off reasons.

1. To help digest the evenings happenings and see where I could make some changes.

2. Get some input From you guys. Help make me a better pick up artist!

3. I just needed to get some things off my chest with guys who are going through the same thing as me or at least have been through it in the past!

So I apologise again if this post is too long and I hope I haven't bored the tits off you and also welcome any input, suggestions or questions you may have.



Crokker,

Crokker,

Not a bad first night at all man! I can very much feel your pain. I have had some rough nights starting out too and it can be tough to say the least. Field Reports are a great way to recap the events of the night in your head an look for ways to improve.

Alright you have definitely learned a lot just writing down your thoughts. It can be tough going out with a "wing" who's not in on the game. Mostly I have found they will interrupt you, steal your girls, and doing it all without thinking they did anything wrong. We can't blame them they are just doing their thing.

Keep in mind that with the type of process and material you are using that you are going to be kind of vulnerable in your sets for the first 5-15 minutes until the girl is really hooked into you and what you are saying. This can make it real easy for someone who doesn't know the game to get you off track or completely interrupt you. There are ways of handling this but just focus on the first steps right now until you get those down, don't worry about it.

I agree with you that drinking and going out to game is just not a good combination. I know it seems like it'd help and maybe a few drinks does help. Still, there is post after post in this Field Report section of people who have goofed up do to drinking. So that's out of the way.

Finally the biggest problem I see that you have while you are in field is that you are way too much in your head. This is very common for newer people out there in field. You are thinking too much! You are thinking about angles of approach, what to say, and everything else except maybe the humidity in the air.

RELAX! This isn't like dismantling an atomic bomb where every second is tense and thinking if you screw up BOOM! You need to relax and have fun out there. If you haven't having fun girls will pick up on this and it makes it harder. However, if you are having FUN and truly happy to be out and having a good time. Girls pick up on this too, and you can screw up a whole lot more, and they don't care because they're having FUN with you.

Just something to think about. Keep 2-3 openers in your head to use. Less thinking and more making moves!

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JSmooth makes some good points, but I think another problem was the apparent lack of warm-up sets... I can't stress the importance of this enough. Before you even start gaming or picking-up, bantering and saying random things to people (men and women alike) gets your mind into a more comfortable, social, happy state of mind. Everyone gets AA, but I think even "Master" PUAs would say this takes the pressure off.

Thanks for your input guys. It all helps!