tag: Player Journey

I suppose I can call myself a daygamer now. Today I completed my 1000th set. As expected, there were no fireworks. Nor did the sets feel like the “1000 sets of hell”. Instead, I experienced a mild feeling of contentment and accomplishment: I set my mind to daygame, and I persisted for 562 days. Compared to Prague in April 2024 (300 sets), I feel the following changes: I still feel approach anxiety but manage to overcome it consistently. Girls no longer question my intent: they know I’m hitting on them. I’m only beginning to weave in actual Game into my sets (opposed to friendly chit-chat). Improved non-verbals: I’m standing close, touch them, and hold strong eye contact on green lights (when the girl gives good signals). Inner game issues: still too focused on impressing the girl (lack of entitlement). My goal is to reach 2000 sets by the end of 2025. ...

May 2023, I was not familiar with pick up and have never heard of The Game by Neil Strauss. I know some bad men went to bars to hit on girls and “pick them up”, but had no clue that this could be done on the street in broad daylight. Quit Porn EasyPeasy → Rational Male → Nick Krauser → Tom Torero At the time, I was dedicated to cure my porn addiction through NoFap. The only resource that cured the problem for me was the “EasyPeasy method to quitting porn” (which I recommend). At the end of that book, the author recommends reading The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi as a way to “avoid bad relationships”. The author had already won my trust, and avoiding bad relationships sounded important, so I gave it a go and downloaded Rollo’s first volume. ...