The Metagame: August 18, 2007
example:
You open a mixed set next to the HB's and get talking to them.
Vibe with the group, showing the room that you are adding value to the group. Pretty soon into the conversation you can go around and introduce yourself to everyone in the group and then literally continue introducing yourself into the 2 set.
There'll be a moment of awkwardness as they explain they aren't part of the same group, which you can then laugh at with them and then continue introducing yourself to them anyway.
Nothing particularly new there and obviously there are a million other ways to bridge sets but the point is you looked at the room as a means of opening the set rather than working out which opener would work best.
This is the Metagame at it's simplest form. It is a way of dealing with average PUAs and naturals. But what happens if the PUA didn't get blown out of the set?
What if the natural was doing well?
Then we have to AMOG right? Go in and be friendly to the guy? Then we are looking at a situation where it is possibly PUA vs PUA, a true test of who has the best game. However, that may not be a completely fair fight. What if they do have more skill than you or more routines? Maybe they can perform real magic and card tricks. What then?
We need another way of playing something that will knock them down before they have even started. Let’s look at how the Metagame would deal with this. We understand from the community that the core principles that govern attraction are
Comfort
Attraction
Seduction
Managing these is a key part of securing the girl. What if we messed with the other PUAs game by altering one of these without them knowing?
Let’s take the above example of the 2 HB's and assume that the Natural/PUA didn't get blown out.
As before we could build up social proof by opening the same mixed set then lean over to the 2 HB's and casually remark say, "Hey looks like you've pulled there."
I have used this countless times and will almost always receive the same response.
HB: "I'm sorry, what?"
Then all you do is simply explain what you said.
"The dude there. It looks like you've tagged yourself a new boyfriend"
Now what you have done is completely mess with his game by making him appear completely available. Essentially you have made him gain so much comfort with her, ideally at a point so early into the interaction that she will see the pick up for what it is, and then either blow him out or store him in her pocket and continue looking for better options in the room.
Either way you've just opened the HB in a very warm way and can begin trading knowing glances or "girl signals" with her as she continues to get picked up. Which will make her incredibly receptive to your future advances.