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Roosh is kinder than I am and feels this shit can be taught to everyone. Me, I’m still old school and believe that a man needs certain physical and mental characteristics to begin with or there’s the fact that I’m a lazy fuck and don’t feel like teaching some fat, middle age Chinese dude how to say hello to a girl without cumming in his pants. But then sometimes you meet a guy that reminds you of well you at his stage of game and life. He’s a tweener, he’s got the physical looks to pull women, but his one step away, missing that one chemical agent that will make him explode. He isn’t battle tested in a wingman setting. But you realize that he is the future of game. That’s where the Rookie comes in. When Roosh left he took a pocket knife and sliced open my palm over an open fire and made me swear to the gods to get him ready for when he returns. Ever since then it’s been on like Kong. Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the rookie.
“Consistency is the hardest part of the game.” -Roosh (How To Pick Up Girls For Real) post.
Indeed. My experience with game has been like a nomad, wandering around in the desert, stopping here and there, but never really going anywhere.
I briefly entered the game when Barnes & Noble prominently displayed Neil Strauss’s “The Game” in its bookstores. I read it with a good friend of mine, and we were determined to put it to good use. About a month later, he picked up a girl on MySpace, and my first official wingman was gone forever.
After wandering further, I entered the salsa scene. It was fruitful. After spending $$, I picked up good dance skills and landed some above-average girls. But I noticed that while I was spending too much to learn to dance, I still really didn’t know how to talk to girls. I definitely lost a few simply by not knowing what to talk about or how to close. I could approach on the dance floor, but then what? I just had to hope the girl had a good time dancing with me, and that somehow, things would progress. After a while, it seemed like I wasn’t getting very far. With a move to a larger city for grad school, and my best friend and wingman leaving for Iraq, I gave up on the salsa scene.
When I began grad school, things seemed like they would improve. Eventually, I landed a cute girl. However, with the studying pressure, and spending my free time with the cutie, I forgot everything I knew about how to meet new girls. But I knew I could do better. I knew I was attractive enough alone. I wanted to do better. I just needed to learn what to do. I would have to start over.
Not able to start over alone, I tried to enlist my fellow grad students. What a frustrating waste of time that was. One friend said he was happy with his “unhealthy” LDR with some unattractive chick. Others were too timid to get involved. And others openly mocked the idea of proactively going out to get girls. I said “hey, just read Roosh’s and Roissy’s blogs.” But they didn’t even comment on them. Instead, they dismissed them for some unknown but undoubtedly beta reasons. I realized I had to make a change.
As I started to ween myself from the grad school group, I wondered how I could hang with the guys I read about on the blogs. “It would be sweet.”
Then Roosh advertised his day game workshop. I knew I had to do it, even if the thought of paying someone to teach you how to talk to women was embarrassing. “Fuck it,” I said. I went alone, telling no one. I would have to take the steps myself.
During the workshop, I told Roosh of my problem, that even though I had success in the past, it was usually the girl who came on to me first. I was inconsistent. I had no support system, no way of improving with the crew I was hanging with. He told me that I was cool enough to come hang out with him and VK, once, just to see how they did it, how real wingmen work.
The experience was many things: eye-opening, fun, and anxiety-loaded. Roosh and Roissy said it was a shame that my looks were being wasted. But Roosh and VK gave me what I needed, some knowledge on what to say, but most importantly, forcing me to push and work. They showed me how important hanging out with cool guys ways, how the small group could draw curious girls to them. How working alone, or with the wrong group of people, you weren’t going to go anywhere. How competent wingmen, who are better than you, could help one become more consistent, and just have more fun period. And for me personally, how to ramble, to just keep talking and talking, even if it was about nothing, and do it consistently. I knew that would be hard for me, growing up shy, but now I had support.
I’ve pretty much started over. That’s why I’m The Rookie. And I’ve got a long way to go before I can shed that title. VK wants me to share my story, my journey, with you guys. I hope that by sharing my experiences I can learn from those better than me, while inspiring others to just take action. And most importantly, helping others realize that this type of journey is ultimately worth it.
Yeeeeaaaaa buddy….You’re in good hands, but don’t feel obligated to try out all of VK’s new openers!
“I bet you look good in a thong and snuggie” hahaha.
ARE YOU AND ROOSH DATING VK? SOUNDS LIKE IT. ARE YOU STILL VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE? YOU ARE SO FAR UP ROOSH’S ASS IT MUST BE HARD TO CHAT UP GIRLS FROM A BUTT HOLE. ESPECIALLY ONE SO VERY HAIRY, I’M SURE. TOOLS..ALL OF YOU.
I take anon’s comment as a compliment. this may sound gay, but the game keeps friendships strong. You have a solid man bond that is hard to break.
Rookie: i’m keeping tabs on your progress remotely. I like what i’ve been hearting.
Tyler,
in my defense at the time.. it was money, I throw everything against the wall some sticks some doesn’t but I went with it.
Anon,
Why Yes.
Roosh,
The final test will be Vegas. He either passes or fails
oh shit vegas is the test?!?!?
That answered my question. I am resigned to going solo(my friends sucks at game). I play the lone pussy ranger
I love VK
Iit will be good to hear about this stuff from the perspecive of a beginner…
Haha I would love to see Roosh or roissy dress up like mystery in a top hat and VK pose like Matador and do challenges in Vegas, maybe KassyK or Lemmonex could even step in as a fake Tara
I say VK is Matador because of his muscles, Roissy seems like he could pull the top aht better than Roosh though
Is The Rookie going to be a co-blogger here now or will it just be you documenting the Rookie’s adventures.
Also, is the Rookie white and younger than you? Because if so, you guys can get a nice little Training Day vibe going:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NyPHUBmXIw
agreed on VK’s point that “a man needs certain physical and mental characteristics to begin with” to pull chicks. Even Roosh agree with this point in a roundabout way when he argues in Bang that you need to improve your physical appearance by lifting weights as a pre-cursor to learning game.
Genetic talent first and foremost is the number on factor that determines your success with women. after that its how you carry yourself naturally, followed by your experience level. Game ,as taught by the PUA community, just maximizes your returns within your given “talent bracket”.
I have a friend who always asks me to teach him my “tricks” with women. “What do you say to them?” he asks. My response is that there are no tricks. I just say “Hi Im Dave” or some other topical opener. He doesnt believe me and insists I know some secret knowledge that, when revealed to him, he will also be able to get laid. Internally Im well aware that my success getting women to sleep with me using a tactic as basic as simply introducing yourself is because of the fact that I’m tall, handsome and am always well dressed. Most women would like to talk to me anyway. Because these factors led me to have success from early on, I have a wealth of experience with women to draw on which allows me to be confident, further magnifying and validating these traits in their eyes. I cant bring myself to tell my friend that I can do this, but he cant because he is an out of shape, poorly dressed, not good-looking, awkward, dorky Chinese guy who speaks in an accent so thick (and stereotypically Chinese) that it’s indecipherable. Nevertheless he tries to talk to girls and I watcht the sad scene unfold and see the girls immediate reactions of uncomfortableness and sometimes shear horror. He is just clueless. He doesnt fit a mold that girls like. That mold is largely determiend by inherrent traits but can certainly be shaped. He is the Anti-Poon and doesnt know it.
The point is that my friend is an example of a guy that would not benefit from a bootcamp. If he learned to speak better English, learn some humor, lost 30 lbs, learned to dress well, got a cooler haircut and worked on not having awkward body language and then maybe, just maybe he would be a workable lump of clay. Not everybody can be an Olympic athlete, no matter how hard you train. Not every can be great with women.
Your Rookie, just needs some experience. If he is good looking that its just a matter of time. Dude - your good looking. Just have the mindset that every girl would be interested to talk to you. If you truly you’re better than average looking - then its likely true. Once you interalize this you’ll be fine.