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Well, if you friend is being one type of Alpha then you project the other.
i.e. for a loud, brash Alpha become the silent, strong Alpha.
It's a stupid concept that there's always one Alpha in every group. Plus, women will love the differences between the both of you. Win-Win situation for both.
This. While you may think there's not room for two leaders in a group, there are many cases where democracy works. Your friends hopefully have similarities and one of these similarities can easily be that you are good leaders. You don't need to constantly lead a group to show that you are a good leader.
I have to disagree with a bit of what GameIsOn said. Making your presence the biggest in the group by standing out, making hand gestures, and making jokes about other males isn't the only way to show you're "the man" in a group. In fact, the last bit can show some insecurity. An intelligent alpha knows he doesn't have to tear other guys down to exert his dominance. A strong silent guy who doesn't exert unnecessary energy and allows this C&F guy to entertain him can be just as alpha. He gladly lets his friend amuse the group while he takes to his target and isolates.
As I said before, multi-level communication and remaining sociable in this setting can easily be to your benefit. You and the girl you are gaming can have your side conversations that nobody else needs to know about. As long as you're not too busy being in your head about "aww man, he's being so alpha

" you'll be fine. Your boys should NOT be tearing you down, they should be willing to help entertain the group while you look to close your girl. If you're lucky there will be several good targets for all of you and you can pass off entertainment duties "Oh, hey Sybax, didn't you have a great story about [blah blah]?" " [blah blah... take over conversation] Oh man Zip, that reminds me of that time we [blah blah] you have got to tell them that one."
DHV each other. Be awesome. Have fun with it.