It was almost exactly 13 months ago since we wrapped up production on Infield Exposed. Taping myself changed my game. Then I started thinking:
“What would happen if we took the best guys in the world and put all of them on tape?”
I got very exited. With independent 3rd party video we’d finally see the truth about where all the self-proclaimed gurus we’re really at. More importantly, we would see what works and what doesn’t. We would see which dogma actually changes reality and which is just armchair fantasy. We would see all the different ways to be good with women. I knew that my own view of what worked and what didn’t would radically change. I braced myself, swallowed the ego bashing that I knew I was going to get, and Infield Insider was born.
I learned from absolutely everybody we have had so far on the product. But I had no idea of the magnitude of the lessons I would learn and how all that ended up changing my game.
This list isn’t about hype. It’s based on two things. The performers ability to a) create real results with real women and b) their ability to bring value by breaking their method down in a learnable format. Also, nobody that is a Mehow, Inc. instructor, including myself will ever be on the list for obvious reasons.
But there is a deeper reason behind the list. The list itself is evidence of the changes that are coming to the community. It turns out most of us have been drinking the wrong Kool-Aid and I’m going to expose some of that today. Insanity, after all, is believing in something even though you are presented with clear evidence to the contrary. You can keep drinking the Kool-Aid or read on …
Here is the First Annual Infield Insider Top 8:
1. Hypnotica – March/April 2008 – “Hand me my light saber … it’s the one that says ‘Hypnotica: Bad Motherfucker.’” Hypnotica is in my humble opinion the best actual pickup artist in the whole world (from all the guys I have videotaped so far). Furthermore, it’s highly likely he is the best in the world, period. His skills are paranormal. Hypnotica was forged by 15 years of constant, frequently brutal, self-imposed self-improvement. He put himself in the most challenging female laden environment ever by managing exotic dancers (who are the most impossible women to deal with on a daily basis) professionally for the entirety of those 15 years. Those years of training gave him truly super natural intuitive abilities with women. If I had to take a wild guess, I would say that Hypnotica runs a minimum of 50 “sets” a week. Over 15 years that’s 39,000 sets. To top it off Hypnotica is a master hypnotist and NLP practitioner. His infield footage showed it. He made out with a ton of girls, got a ton of phone numbers, and bounced a set out of the venue right on camera. That was only the 3rd bounce ever recorded on tape (the other two were myself and our coach Kamouflage on Infield Exposed and the premier issue of the Insider). But it wasn’t the results that were amazing. It’s how he did it. Pay careful attention to what I’m saying here because you will start to notice a pattern as we go through the rest of the Top 8 list. Hypnotica rarely talked for more than 10 seconds before the woman spoke and he always got a response. There wasn’t a DHV story to be found. He was constantly plowing massive sexuality and edgy dominance and everything was super interactive. Additionally, he ran around the entire night with no wing. Plus, his command of NLP based techniques was so good it was spooky. From my own background his game shouldn’t have worked. For a while I rationalized that all that was because of his mega dominant vibe and that somehow that style of game wouldn’t work for most guys, including me. I was wrong. Watching his footage changed mid game and winging for me forever. Hypnotica is the #1 PUA in the world, and his teaching ability is also quality. From the time it occurred to me to have a list in 08, I had no doubt, even before the year ended, as to who would be #1. Hypnotica deserves it. No “PUA” has worked harder and longer than him. He is the definition of “Natural Game.”
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2. Sinn – September 2008 - Sinn had the fastest kiss close ever recorded on tape: under 3 minutes. Sinn’s background was very similar to mine, we were both Mystery’s instructors for a bit. You can see those MM roots in his footage but he brings the heat in all sorts of unique ways. To just name a few: he is extremely dominant, his sound bites are very high impact, his sexual frames are genius, and the “ex-fiance” tweak I’ve been using ever since I heard it. His mid game style is a mix of traditional DHV storytelling comfort and brief high impact sound bites. On his footage, he kiss closed and got numbers, but the best thing about him is how he can break it all down. I pride myself on my understanding of PUA theorycraft but Sinn definitely gives me a run for my money. His episode was the best explained one. I hardly had to talk at all which was a relief. Sinn is super focused on brining value to his students. None of the “old Sinn” stuff is true anymore. The cat is a down-to-earth, uber cool guy who brings loads of value to anybody within a 5ft radius at all times. If PUA’s had 5 star hotel ratings, Sinn would have 6 stars.
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3. Ryan Stock aka Jack of Diamonds – August 2008. Ryan is the sleeper hit of 08 on this list. He is barley in the PU space commercially. On his footage he got number closes but what shocked me was the totally different style. His game is all NLP based 10 second sound bites that result in tons of interactivity. He never talks about identity. He never tells any stories. Yet the girls are really into him. He taught me all sorts of NLP based communication tweaks that I have since been adding to my own game. Just like Hypnotica’s game, Ryan’s mid-game was wildly different from my own understanding yet it was incredibly effective. You have to see this footage, it’s completely and totally different from anything else you have ever seen before. I’ve never even heard of anyone else that runs this style. It’s not “natural game,” it’s more like synthetic interactive NLP game. Plus Ryan can break it down very succinctly.
4. El Topo – November and December 2008. El Topo is another uber natural. His game starts off by “standing around” (his words not mine) and then using a variety of techniques to screen women who are open to sexuality, have good logistics, and are his type. On his footage he kiss closes and number closes. His main focus and strength is his midgame. His game is also highly interactive with less than 10 second sound bites. Not a lot of stories in his game either. I got tons out of his advanced concepts on analyzing and using sexual body language. His style is also totally different from traditional community game. The only constructive criticism I have for El Topo is that his teaching style seems currently far better suited for guys that have a solid grasp of the basics already. But he is a closing and closing education machine. If it wasn’t for modern prophylactic technology, there would be a lot of buns in a lot of ovens with El Topo’s name on them. His mid-game is epic. To top it off, El Topo is super dedicated and passionate about his students.
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5. David Wygant – March 2008. His was the best daygame episode we have produced to date from any commercial PUA. He number closed a very hot blonde in a very serendipitous manner. The set was so smooth that a lot of people accused him of staging it. We were there, it wasn’t staged. David is one of the best “Natural Game” gurus out there. I learned a lot from him about the importance of serendipity, listening to girls more, and being “king of your domain.” I’m a huge fan of structure, so I deeply appreciate when someone that comes from an unstructured background can teach me something.
6. APB – February 2008 – APB is an innovator and his footage showed it. He was the first guy to show me that solo winging of any variety was possible, his “you are absolutely fucking adorable” sexual direct style is something everyone should try and his set splitting techniques were solid. He number closed on his footage and proved that dominant game works even if you aren’t huge like Hypnotica. APB’s comfort game looks like very traditional DHV story based comfort phase. APB is fanatically dedicated to helping Asian guys (and all guys) everywhere be better with women. He is now coaching Kevin from PUA2 according to my sources.
7. Sean Messenger – June 2008. I’ll be honest, our cameras spooked Sean. He got a major case of stage freight and posted in his blog about it afterwards. But he still got out there and delivered quality day game footage and number closed. Sean is amazing at “naturally connecting” with women. If you are into day game at all, then his episode is a must have. I learned a lot from him including how to steer conversations into more useful directions without it being weird (that btw is a common problem in daygame).
8. Carlos Xuma – October 2008 – Carlos, via his “Alpha Lifestyle,” is one of the founders of the natural game movement. Carlos is really NOT into PUA material. His game is all about taking exactly where you are right now in your life and using your genuine personality to get results. On his footage he proved that you can pickup women in the Mac store by being yourself.
There you have it. The Top 8 of 2008.
I want you to ignore the hype that’s probably going through your head right now and look at the type of game employed by the top 4 guys:
1. Hypnotica – no storytelling comfort, lots of interactivity with sexuality and dominance, doesn’t ever talk for more than 10 seconds
2. Sinn – some story telling comfort, but his most effective segments are again “lots of interactivity with sexuality and dominance.”
3. Ryan Stock – no storytelling comfort, super interactive, doesn’t ever talk for more than 10 seconds
4. El Topo – little storytelling comfort, more interactivity, more sexuality, rarely talks for more than 10 seconds
Guess what? All these guys are by all reports freaky good at closing the deal and you can see it in their footage. The single biggest differentiator they have from community game (aka Mystery’s game) is the way they run midgame/comfort phase is somewhat to completely different. Specifically, Hypnotica, Ryan Stock, and El Topo have radically departing styles from “the norm” as written in the bible called “The Game.” Their styles very much feel like “natural game.” That obvious difference, combined with a lot other factors forced me to take a good hard look at the structure of comfort. I knew I had uncovered something huge…
There was only one problem. Nobody has actually broken down natural game into its start to finish components. Apparently, the only way to master “natural game” for real was to run 39,000 sets on strippers. I’d be 60 before I was done. There had to be another way to find out if storytelling comfort was broken and natural game was the answer. (To be continued …. )
This is turning into the longest blog I have ever written so I have to wrap it up.
But before I go let me give a bit of a clue as to what’s going to happen with the Insider in 09. First off, we have some of the best in the industry lined up including Entropy, Doc Holiday, AFC Adam Lyons, and Spear. Were also going to have repeat performances by Hypnotica (daygame) and Sinn. And I can already tell you that the Top 8 list will see some significant changes. You are also going to see a lot of new footage from me, the new coaches, and both Kamouflage and Fuji on both the Insider and new Infield Exposed. Who knows what we’ll discover next year (but you should get on the bus, fyi). You will even see me running mid game something akin to Hypnotica BAMF style … it works, I’ve been running it for the last 4 months and it’s amazing. More on that in the upcoming weeks.
Finally, to continue impartiality we’ll take do our best to accommodate any guru that want’s to be on the Insider in 2009. And if you are unknown the simply send a demo reel to
mel@mehow.tv and we’ll consider you.
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***Looking at the list and the reasons why he chose these guys I can see it. I know a lot of people are going to followup behind me stating why Mystery, Style, David D. are the best. Remember that Mehow is basing everything on what he sees when he takes these guys in field, and the results they get.
Congrats to Sinn and Sean Messenger our featured posters on the site as they made the Top 8.