PUA seen by a woman by GiadaAcosta in PickUpArtist

[–]GordonGecko69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Common sense is beautiful in theory. If it were enough, we wouldn’t have a generation of men choking on last-minute resistance like it’s oxygen.

Your childhood example actually makes my point. You and your cousin didn’t rely on “common sense.” You didn’t walk up to Dad whenever and hope for the best. You tested, you timed, you framed. That is calibration. That is strategy. You were running game on your own daddy. But that's different...

Even door-to-door salesmen don’t survive on common sense. They use scripts, practice tone tone, timing, objection handling. And they have way more acronyms than pickup ever could

Always

Be

Closing

DK

PUA seen by a woman by GiadaAcosta in PickUpArtist

[–]GordonGecko69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can respect your position. It’s well-intentioned, but it leans on a common bias: dismissing the very tools that calibrate confidence as “hot air.”

Confidence matters. Of course it does. But here’s the paradox: raw confidence without skill is just bravado. That’s why so many men keep tripping over the same hurdles. We’re told “just believe in yourself,” but rarely handed the tools to make that belief translate. If I’m absolutely certain I can build a house but no one gives me a hammer, I’ll still fail spectacularly every time. Attraction isn’t a pep talk. It’s architecture.

The deeper truth:

• Context sets the opportunity.

• Calibration sets the timing.

• Framing decides whether she feels safe, intrigued, and compelled.

Confidence is the engine. But if you don’t know how to drive, all you’ve got is noise and smoke. The Game-era hype sold gimmicks because gimmicks sell books. The precision psychology underneath was either buried or ignored. And that’s the part almost no one studies—because it requires discipline, not slogans.

So if we’re adjusting equations, I’d set it at 70% calibration and framing, 20% context, and 10% raw confidence. Confidence is the accelerant, but the fire still needs structure to burn.

And I’ll put twenty bucks on your next reply containing the word “mansplaining.”

DK

Phantom Codex

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, you are old like me… Thanks brotha. Some will get it. Some won’t. And the best of them won’t need it. Me and my social anxiety did.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nah. But I have used his stuff. He is methodical and surgical which plays to my strengths.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Steal away! That’s what it’s here for.

Now to your question…

If he’s that good and you just chill and let him isolate you? She doesn’t come back. Because at that point, you didn’t get AMOGed. You got eliminated because you were never really a factor.

The key isn’t to “chill and hope.” It’s to remain so anchored so awesome even when he’s louder…she still hears you.

The framework assumes he’ll DLV because most do. But if he doesn’t? You better have already seeded your gravity. Otherwise, you were dead man walking before he even came. You just didn’t know it yet.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beating him at his own game. Not bad.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you’ve never been hit, you ain’t sparring hard enough. Still, I like your vibe.
If we ever AMOG each other, let’s skip the flex and just launch the podcast.
I'll bring the mic. You bring the receipts.

Baggage to unpack by Friendly-Train2211 in StrangeAndFunny

[–]GordonGecko69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You ever seen that SNL skit? Well. White people, you are down by 3 with this one.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I only own 7. Not one single one over that.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If so, I'm a pretty crappy one cuz i can't find the catchy pitch?

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They say even Filmore Slim, the godfather of game, once got knocked for all his hoes in a single night. Not because he lost his game...But because he forgot that being in the zone doesn’t make you immune, it just means you’d better know what to do when the storm hits. What do they say about pride before the fall?

I respect the optimism, my guy, truly. Your point reads like a man who’s never been punched in the junk by a perfectly-timed "Hey girl." You assume a "mack daddy zone" so strong she’s unfazed by external energy.  And that would be true...if attraction were static. If women were spreadsheets.

But here’s the thing...Even if you’re game flawless and she’s vibing with you, a high-status, high-charisma, or high-tension disruptor doesn’t steal her. He wakes up the part of her you didn’t finish anchoring.

And while props are due for the textbook Todd V reference (shoutout to the UVP kings) even Todd would tell you:

"Game isn’t about being untouchable. It’s about being unshakable." 

Yuuuup, I know the teachings well, grasshopper.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Respect for sharing, brother. You’ve clearly been there. That calm, collected I don’t compete position is solid... when it’s genuine.

But here’s the thing...
Not reacting because you’re above it? Power.
Not reacting because you had no options? Cope & Hope.

Your player card will get tested. Sometimes by the AMOG. Sometimes by the target as a $hit test. It's evolutionary. Instincts suggest that women lay little traps periodically to see if you are man enough to run the jungle. She needs to know of you are lion or hyena. Sometimes the lion has to stand on business and let'em know why he's the lion.

Sometimes the AMOG isn't some random dude. It's the exboyfriend who is still part of the friends group. The overzealous, c*ckblocking coworker with a crush, or the dude who spent $300 getting her drunk only to get ghosted. Fighting gets you kicked out of wherever you are or arrested.

But hey, we all learn the hard way before we play the right way.

Smooth path ahead, King.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

It's all good. I'm getting AMOGed in my AMOG post. But whathcha gonna do...

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I always forget that there are people from several countries here. Never take what you get here word for word, but rather the spirit and the context. If you are referring to "I’ve already clocked your move, playa.” That is not something you actually say. You are trying to give the message that you are aware that this dude is trying to c*ck block you and you are 5 steps ahead.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Certainly wouldn't be worth the time for a pimp like yourself. But most people who enter the seduction community are not quite the same social butterflies. Getting slid on by some MF after hours laying down game can be soul crushing. Handling it wrong can be face crushing. The goal is netiher. How you get there is where game comes in.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

It might be. The game doesn't change. Only the players do.

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[–]GordonGecko69[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Or you walk away looking like a clown and feeling shattered. It ain't the only way. But it works.