category: Field Report

I’m writing in my favorite Caffè Nero in Nişantaşı, looking back on the last ten days of daygame Istanbul. These stats conclude my third daygame trip to this city: Opens: 80 Numbers: 22 Replies: 9 Dates: 01 Lays: 0 This was by far the worst conversion from numbers to dates since the beginning of my daygame career. About half of the numbers replied, which in itself is better than my average. However, all of these leads eventually fizzled out over text, with the exception of the 3 leads that left town. ...

This Saturday was my last evening in Istanbul. My flight would leave tomorrow at 14:40 and all my leads were dead. Given that I had already two near misses this trip, I was determined to fly home with a new notch. The night before, I agreed for my long term Turkish girl to meet me in Amsterdam end of September. Combined with a proper gym session that Saturday morning, I started my last daygame session with an outstanding vibe. As this was my last evening, my game automatically became more r-selected: I started filtering for rebellious girls and refused to take phone numbers unless I was certain that I could get them out on a date that night. ...

I’m back in Istanbul on a two week trip (one week holiday plus one week of remote work). This time I absolutely nailed my logistics: I’m staying in Nişantaşı right next to Osmanbey metro station. Not only is it arguably the best area for daygame, it’s also a pleasant upscale neighborhood to live in. This is also reflected in the pricing of accomodation and food… but so worth it. What I was expecting to be a solo daygame trip quickly turned out to be more social than anticipated: I was hitting the streets hard from Saturday to Monday and was spotted by two distinct daygame groups. “Bro, are you daygaming?” I heard on two distinct occasions. Both guys didn’t look like they were going to stone me, so I opened up. I ended up winging with two Turks and bumped later bumped into a coach working under the pseudonym “Casanova”. Alright. Overall I’m pretty happy: winged daygame is easier, and the decent male company boosts my vibe and gets me out of my head. ...

I’ve been winging with a Dutch beginner daygamer for a few sessions now. Found his post on Thomas Crown’s forum1. He’s a cool dude: surprisingly little AA for < 20 lifetime sets while still being normal2. We did some great sets today! Well, he got 5 blowouts and one Instagram, which isn’t at all bad for his experience. I felt on fire today though! Two strong sets with solid numbers that both replied the same evening. Nice girls as well. ...

I saw this short girl stroll along Na Příkopě by the old town. She was dressed in black leather shorts, a leather jacket, and had fluffy blond hair with a single small braid. “She looks R!” I yelled. My wing nodded, and I went in for the approach. “Oh wait! I think I got an IOI,” he suddenly exclaimed. “It’s alright, though. You go!” I was confused. I was already catching up to her as she was passing New Yorker. “Are you sure?” I asked him. “Yeah man! Go - open her!” he yelled. I went in… ...