ever open a practice set of like 5's/6's for social proof,only to have one follow you around later when you break off to approach a hotter set??

How about start by approaching the hotter set?

The best form of pickup avoids dishonesty and manipulation. So...that involves not talking to women you honestly have no attraction towards for the sole purpose of having DHV'ing women. Find a female friend, which honestly isnt that difficult to pull off. And if you need to approach less attractive women to build up to the 9s and 10s of the world, you aren't over AA.

Some of us need to warm up with sets and get in talkative mood. Hell, even pro baseball players gotta warm up.

If your only opening 9's and 10's. Here is what's happening.
-Your opening but not closing
-your a forum junkie that don't go out and approach
-Your just standing there choding around thinking your too good for everyone. The "Cool Guy" at the bar.

Even the guys that are really good open sets below 9's and 10's. It social profs you, and gets you warmed up. Also, every night you go out, there isn't always a 9 or 10.

What you do is make her your wing women without letting her know. I create a fake argument about what cheating is (classic stylelife opener) and I tell her, "lets go ask those girls and see what they have to say." If she keeps following you around, you can be honest and tell her to leave, or just escalate and pull her.

yeah man, open as many sets as you can, just go have fun at the bar, when you meet targets your interested in, try going direct to weed out if they have no interest in you, just try to have fun and not worry so much about the social proof etc. a 5/6 could be even more fun to talk to then a 9/10, and if you don't want to sleep with them you could still get the # and make a new friend