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Welcome,
A lot of people start by reading The Game (I did) and it does still leave many questions. Don't worry because the game has moved on a bit more.
Good luck

I truly agree, i too read the game and analyzed it to the best of my skills and a lot of the stuff still escaped me.
So, here is what i did to get myself started:
An ordinary night out with a mate suddenly got very fun when i decided to try out some of the principles of the game, and mystery method, but as an average (not so frustrated) chump i was terrified when it came to approaching random girls in bars, especially when I thought that they might have read "The Game" (since it is a bestseller) and thus call me on my sad attempt at a pickup.
So what did i do? i invented an opener on the spot, not a very hard feat for me due to the fact that my girlfriend had just ditched me for a friend of mine, i fed them a truth-ism about a friend of mine whose girlfriend just left him to screw one of his friends and asked for a female opinion, then i responded with what ever opinion i honestly had on her answer and turned away for about 3 seconds, i then turned back grabbed an empty seat and asked her:
"the things is though, he is now trying to hook up with her best girlfriend just to get back at her, is this fair or is he just stooping to her level"?
and bang! the set was opened and firmly at attention, i only applied mild kino and it worked like a charm with multiple sets through the entire evening.
I highly recommend doing this, the spontaneous opener eliminated any fear I had of the girls calling me on my pickup, and after 2 sets, my confidence was through the roof, just note that the opener is split in 2 on purpose so i had a natural way to continue the conversation after my first opinion opener was answered.
I wish you good luck getting started mate!