One thing I noticed with the traffic is that summer is over in Miami and the city is officially back. Summer is over, the venues are filling up, and Miami is back in season.

Before the dinner and an activity I have been doing.

Lately, I have been doing what I call “scoping” exercises. What this means is I go out and scope out the area but do no approaches. I want to see how many approaches I can do in a given hour in terms of the women that are available and how many sets are doable. Even as good as I am with cold approach, I prefer to do solo sets in daygame and no more than a 2-set in nightgame.

In some ways, it is relaxing for me to write down a set that was doable and then later on, think on how doable the set actually was. I ran through the numbers which I will share later.

For Brickell, I found that there are 5 realistic sets you can do on anyday in an hour where the girls are solo. On average, you can do 8 in an hour. If you are ambitious and down to tackle a two or three set, that number goes to 12. I want to keep the sets I do to 10 max per venue and location. I will walk through this logic on a separate post.

The Timeleft Dinner.

At the dinner, we had one woman and two other guys. One of the guys I already know who is this older Italian dude from the East Coast. I tell him, as he got there early like I did, that we should hit up Sugar to talk to some women. Unfortunately, the dinner was not that great and neither was the food itself.

Me and my Wing want to head to Sugar so we ask for our checks fast. They do bring it to us but the others at the table, especially the woman, is not that keen on us leaving fast. We get to Sugar and later, the woman joins us wanting to be approached. I did not particularly like her energy even though she was alright looking so I did other sets.

Sugar and some barriers.

Sugar, compared to other Miami venues, has a lot of good looking women in it. Unfortunately, there are certain obstacles:

• A lot of women are tourists on Holiday only there for a weekend

• You normally get really large groups (4+ people and often mixed between men and women)

• It is hard to move around there

Sugar is the type of venue where you might not want to do a lot of sets but instead move forward the sets that you actually do. I have found that compared to Regatta, my rejections at Sugar are rarely harsh and often quite polite.

I did a number of sets in the hopes that my Wingman wings me but he just sat at the bar instead in the open seat he could find. I did a three-set who were all Venezuelan, they were nice but I did not have the energy to keep it moving because I was a bit drowsy. It has led me to looking into bloodwork for my condition.

I had a funny set where a woman sitting next to my friend flung her hair and intentionally hit me in the face. It was an IOI if I have ever seen one. Once I did the set, I noticed that the interest in them died down as they were with one guy who they said was fucking both of them. Why I even choose to continue with that set? Once again, just rustiness and no consistent Game schedule going.

One other memorable set I had was a three set at a busy bar. One guy reached his hand in to grab a drink which pissed off this hot brunette in front of me in all black. You had a black-haired girl in all Black and her two blonde friends. I opened with “the most shocking thing about tonight is you all having American accents”. I told them they look foreign which the brunette took well too. They had gotten their drinks and were leaving the bar itself as I go to get mine.

I’d run into the three-set again but one guy gaming a three-set is tough. The girl in all black with black hair was one of the hottest I have seen recently in Miami. She lives in the city so I am sure I will run into her again. Not long after this, I decide to bounce. The girl was also Black Irish, never knew Irish people were this hot.

All in all, Sugar had 6 realistic sets. I also found that the girl from our Timeleft dinner is by herself and not getting approached at all by anyone.

Regatta.

We end the night at what is a place I would like to call the final boss. On an ideal night, I want a setup where I am not even having to go to Regatta. I am going to Regatta only to chill and nothing else. However, when I get there, the lines are quite long and usually flooded with college kids. It is hectic and a mess. I am starting to realize why girls at Regatta are the rudest in Miami, the stimuli is unreal when it is in season.

Unfortunately for me, I found that by volume, Regatta did have a lot of sets. A guy, even one who has standards, can easily find himself doing over 15 sets in an hour. I was not going to be that guy and I do not want to be that guy.

I also felt a degree of hostility in me at Regatta. I was just plowing through crowds at times and I sometimes have to check myself as I can easily get punched at this bar. However, in the past, I have had a lot of bad interactions here compared to anywhere else in Miami.

So one thing was clear, I am not going to do more than 10 sets at Regatta, ever. I am done being that guy. Some girls do not deserve to have a handsome and high quality guy like myself talking to them, they are better off alone.

Instead, I decided to design a system for Regatta:

• If its more than a 2-set you avoid

• Only Game in optimal areas of the venue that are not too crowded or loud

• Read body language and do not Game any girl that looks visibly pissed off

In an ideal night, I can eek out between 5 to 10 (max) sets at Regatta.

When I put it all together for a Friday system, I can get at least 15 sets in on even the worst night and 30 sets in on the best, but 30 is my absolute max. I want to coach myself to be hyper selective of who I approach. No more approaching any hot girl out there and dealing with a bitchy attitude.

It is a new system and a new setup.

The night before, I headed out to The Grove, especially the Barracuda area. I saw some baddies there but could not get the courage to approach them. It got so bad for me that I started recording a voice note where I would talk to myself. My will to approach in the past few months has gone down, it had to get fixed.

Friday.

I would go to my Timeleft dinner despite not getting that much sleep the night before. The dinner would be all dudes. Lately, the Timeleft dinners I have had have been more dudes than chicks and in some cases, all guys. Something definitely changed with the app or maybe it is because it is summer in Miami and the women are all traveling.

I’d meet up with this one guy who was early like me. He was a tall black dude from Ohio and once we sat on the table, we had more people show up. A couple of Colombians and then an Egyptian dude who was visiting. We would have our dinner and the two Colombian guys wanted to go home after it. The table was all dudes.

I tell the Black and Egyptian dude we can go to a bar to chill and watch sports or something but Egyptian dude was leaving town soon and looking to smash. He wanted to meet women for the weekend. I recommend we go to Sugar which we do. After ordering our first drinks at the bar, Egyptian dude leaves. Now it is me and the Black dude standing around finding sets.

Sets.

Hot blonde in flowery dress and sexy brunette.

I see this hot blonde in a flowery dress and open her complimenting her on her dress. She was with this brunette in a pink dress that almost matched her skin. I notice the brunette being way more receptive, as is the case with me. It gets to a point where me and my Wing are Gaming this brunette who is Italian.

She is from DC and lately, I have found that Italian American women are actually pretty cool so as long as they are not from NYC or Jersey. Once you meet an Italian American chick from anywhere else, she is a blessing to be around. However, her and her friend are two hours away and have to be at a friend’s party. At best we get the IG but realize we are not closing. Cool girl overall though and pretty too!

Large mixed group with Gay dude.

Near the bar, I notice a Gay guy with two girls. I open them with how they are all the best dressed. Reception was immediately great but they have a lot of other friends joining. It ends up being 7 girls and one guy. We could have done more with this set but it sort of fell off. In hindsight, I should have perhaps talked to the Gay guy more so he could have us tag along with him?

Minnesota girls.

I get another drink at the bar and notice this brunette get a red wine. I compliment her drink and call it classy. From there, the set starts with her and her blonde friend. Wing works the blonde friend while I work the brunette. The more I lean in, the more she leans away, classic compliance red flag. At this point, we read that this group is just there to hang with each other and not really be Gamed. Fine, we wish them well and move on.

Slovakians.

We approach these two blondes, one was older and had shredded abs. They were from Slovakia. While my Wing’s girls kind of engaged with him, mines did not. Kind of odd since I always found Slovakian girls to be a good time but Miami changes European women, a lot.

Later.

We bounce and I did one more street approach that went nowhere. We were going to go to Rosa Sky but it was too crowded. We went to Blackbird but it was too loud.

The Wing and I bounce and both of us head our own ways to go home.

I am glad that I am getting more naturals and normal guys as friends. It has not only been more fun gaming with them than PUA and Game guys, it has also been slightly more successful.

What if one can get his negative emotions to work for him? Almost some dark triad type of a Game. I am starting to think that the best guys in Game have a range of emotions and personalities they bring. They are like that team or that fighter that has a different gameplan for every opponent.

Some venues requires the most jolly and the best version of you that is positive and giving out the best vibes. Then you have Regatta.

A little bit of background on Regatta.

Back in the day, like 3 to 4 years ago in Miami, they had this venue called The Wharf. Everyone on a Friday night was at The Wharf. At some point, they closed it and Regatta in Coconut Grove was its replacement. I live right next to this venue and it is actually quite a beautiful venue. The bartenders are some of the kindest souls in the Miami nightlife industry, almost all of them good people.

However, the clientele at Regatta are amongst the worst people you will encounter in Miami. You get a lot of:

• Cliquey college kids (usually from UM)

• Cliquey locals

• Stuck up women who couldn’t get into the more exclusive venues and are now bitter about it

• Bitter dudes who couldn’t get laid and are just looking for a fight at times

• Women that just want to play guys

Compared to Brickell, Miami Beach, and Wynnwood, the women of Coconut Grove are just downright awful and quite stuck up. Generally speaking that is, you get a few gems in this area too.

Back a year ago, I would Game at Regatta often. My worst rejections have come from this venue and nowhere else. Women here are just a different breed of rude. Like they actually try to be rude rather than just rejecting you.

The night.

My plan was that I stick around at Regatta, eat a rejection or three, and then bounce to Wynnwood where the women are sexier and more receptive. However, due to walking so much and having a heavy meal afterwards, I took a mini nap. I ended up getting to Regatta later than usual as opposed to the 9 PM time I had planned.

As I get there, I decide to take a lap around. My mind is in somewhat of a negative place. So I decide to explore that side of me. I scope around and find that most of the women look awful and I even laugh about it.

I get my first drink, a Vodka-Soda. Then I once again walk around but I decide to try out a Power Move that I was thinking. Since I recently got unbanned from Hinge and I know Regatta is not where I want to end my night, I decide to sit down at an empty seat at the bar and just go through Hinge. I smile and reject most of the profiles as I make small talk with some bartenders. Before then, I am just browsing Hinge and ignoring everyone around me.

One of the bartenders is this gorgeous blonde with a bubbly personality. I end up catching up with her as I have spoken to her many times. At one point, she makes a drink and I call it out for being a Mojito. She says I guessed right and a girl next to me says “Wow you are good at this”.

By Regatta standards, this is excellent behavior from a random girl. Usually women at this venue are far more stuck up and rude. I will get to some examples later. I make small talk with this girl who is in grad school at UM. She is this gorgeous brunette from the Midwest and there with two friends who do not cockblock. Depending on where in the Midwest, I think we can use some more Midwestern girls in Miami, it is a great break from the trashy women we get from New York and Jersey here.

We talk for a bit and then I get her IG. Actually, I gave her my IG so she can follow me. Her friends leave after that and it was a pleasant interaction. I even tell the bartender about it as she smiles. Bartender gets to work and I get back to my phone.

At some point, my bartender asks me about my ex and where she was from so in other words, I get reopened by the bartender. We talk for a bit and I get her to take her phone out and get my IG. She said she could put in mine but I lied and said mines is dead. She is not gonna follow me back because of how many followers she has so might as well. We chat some more, great vibes, and then I head elsewhere.

The villain arch.

I walk over and as I am walking through the floor, some drunk chick gets in front of me and tries to dance. I simply shake my head and keep moving. Not even sure why I did that but I guess something happened to me a year ago at Regatta. I learned that the usually jolly and kind me cannot survive in this kind of a hellish environment so I will save it for Wynnwood and other areas.

Not long after, I get to the nets which are where a lot of people at Regatta want to have their photos taken. I browse Hinge some more. A woman and her friends were gonna sit across from me but I said the seat was taken. Not long after, I talk to these 3 guys sitting next to me.

They are all from Jersey and seem like cool dudes. We talk Game. Minutes later, the woman moves to that end with her friends and I tell her “Looks like they are not coming back”. She doesn’t even acknowledge me, such classy behavior. She was there with a gay dude and a fat friend. She also looked to be over 50 from her face so have fun in the nursing home grandma.

Me and the guys talk for a solid 30 minutes. I straight up tell them that the women at Regatta are cunts and they laugh and agree. We chat some more and then I get up to leave.

The villain arch might be going too far.

As I am walking through the bar, I turn into this one area with the fan. I do not get skinny or make way. What ends up happening is I feel a bump, like I actually bumped into someone. I looked back and a girl had spilled her drink in that area as people sitting down (two guys and some dorky Asian girl) open their mouths in shock.

I slowly jog back and apologize, I guess I kind of meant it to a degree but the bouncer was there looking and I know optics are huge. I tell the girl I am so sorry and I am happy to buy her another drink. She says I am fine and the drink tasted like crap anyways. Something about that whole ordeal was primal to me.

Everything is cleared up but at some point, as I am taking my final lap around, I see these two Basic Bitch White girls. The one group that has always given me the worst time at Regatta. I open them with a “Are you guys from Mississippi?”. For international readers, Mississippi is America’s poorest and trashiest state. They say no, I say they dress like it. They say was that a compliment? I say not at all and walk away.

Yes, it is time to bounce. I walk home, a bit annoyed that I could not get to Wynnwood as it was past 1 AM. However, the night wasn’t terrible. It is far better than the nights I spent at Regatta a year ago when I was doing a lot of sets and at times, getting some of the worst rejections I have ever gotten.

How this all started.

Back on Wednesday, I did Timeleft and my dinner table was all dudes. For some reason on Wednesdays, we end up having all dudes for our dinners now in Timeleft. My table was a cool Black dude who turned out to be gay, one of the guys who I have had other dinners with, a young Mexican guy, and at one point an older Latino dude.

We look around and tell each other we are bouncing from the restaurant, the other table had a more even ratio. We go to Moxies for a bit and get to know each other. I just come right out and tell them I am a degenerate that loves pussy and women, in my fuckboy phase. They do not judge and actually like my stories, the younger Mexican guy wanting to know how I work.

A day later, we decide to meet up again at Barracudas in The Grove since I hyped the place up. The crew did not eat at all so we had dinner nearby and some drinks. Our convos were around things like AI taking all the jobs and all that. It ended up being a fun convo. We did go to Barracuda which was empty so we ended up crashing at Level 6. Everyone had Espresso Martinis, I did not sleep the whole night because of it.

The next day, they are having a Mojitos Festival and the crew and I decide to go. This is where the fun starts.

The festival.

We all get our tickets to the festival and at around night, get to it. We all end up having about 4 to 5 Mojitos, I had about 2 before coming at a bar I love going to. As usual, we chat as friends and I am not even sure what we really chatted about as the music was kinda loud. I know we chatted about what kinds of women we like.

At one point, I decide to approach two girls at a nearby table and it was going well but then the guy performing the music on stage turned the volume up 10x. We could not hear anything, fuck that guy!

Soon after, we bounce from the festival but as we step outside, we see these two girls in a white dress. I open. One is an Asian with blonde hair and the other is a cute white girl with black hair, just my type. I talk to them by a direct openers complimenting them on their dress. We chat for a bit, the brunette is from Atlanta and we connect around that. I keep it direct and about my time in Miami.

I ended up getting both of their IGs, the Asian girl unfollowing me soon after. Then I head to my friends and we walk a bit. We were thinking of going to Dirty Rabbit but even after 11, it was a bit empty. So we take a lap around and then go to a rooftop. I was egging the Mexican guy on to approach since he said he wanted to see me approach.

Dante’s.

Later on, we end up at Dante’s Hifi and I am getting that urge to do more sets. It is an indoor bar with a cocktail bar vibe. I see a lot of couples and large groups. At one point, I see a three-set walk in and they are just beautiful. One of the girls is dancing pretty well too. I was standing around with my friends and occasionally looking in their direction as they get drinks.

I hang with my friends and a few moments later, the girls have had their drinks. I try not to get in their way or anything and the path to the other side of the bar has some place. All three girls bump against me while walking over. A few moments later, my friends and I walk near them. One of my friends, the gay Black dude, said he would wing me.

So I open the set direct and tell them they have the best energy at the bar. They are tourists in town for the Morgan Wallen concert. They are all from Canada, two from Vancouver and one from Toronto.

I guess I let my subconscious mind get in the way. These girls were beautiful and they had great energy but as soon as they said they were from Vancouver and Toronto, cities I consider to be some of the worst for Game, my energy went down a bit which is huge. I do feel like I need to lose my biases. We have a great convo but my energy is not there, I also got no sleep the night before. I excuse myself as I see the vibe die down even though the girls were pretty cool in terms of personality. Just Game stuff I need to work on.

Ice cream time.

As we passed by Salt and Straw, I proposed to my friends we get some ice cream which they are down for. We get the ice cream and then stand outside. Randomly, these two girls open us. They wanted to know our age. I think they were into the younger Mexican guy in our crew as both girls were from Mexico City.

They are in town for a month, I get both of their IGs.

The night then ends with us reuniting with a larger social group. We karaoke and then I am tapped out as I have had no sleep for over 24 hrs. Go home and pass out with some great sleep!

Reflection.

The girls and vibe in Wynnwood were both amazing. It is far better than dealing with the cliques in The Grove or at a venue like Regatta. Much happier people and much happier personalities all throughout. Meanwhile, last summer when I gamed at Regatta, I was dealing with lots of girls that had resting bitch faces and were grumpy. I will still try Regatta out since it is next to where I live and I can meet cool women there on some occasions. Tough venues tend to toughen you up. Then I can try out Wynnwood or Brickell later on for a better vibe.

For those of you who have been reading this blog enough, you know that Barracuda on Thursdays is that venue that gets flooded with college kids, especially college girls. I also had a theory I wanted to try out that worked wonders for me in college.

Cliques, cliques, and cliques.

American college girls are tough to Game in a lot of cases, really tough. The reason is down to cliques and the fact that at most party schools, the hottest girls are in sororities. This means you deal with the fact that her friends are in ultra-cock-block mode. That means even if she is into you, she can’t go for you because her friends and social clique is in the way.

Barracuda was tough because we dealt with so much of this. You’d have a set going well and her fat friend or some random nearby girl who happened to know her from a class would yell her name at the top of her lungs. Set over.

What I did find in college was that summers in a college town were prime for pulling as an outsider. The friends and tight cliques were away and women would be more down to go home with you. So I wanted to get back out to a venue that had defeated me countless times.

What changed.

A while ago, I met this one Italian dude from Boston who was a degenerate but a cool guy to hang out with. He drinks, smokes weed, and does coke so not exactly a typical neurotic PUA guy. I have long wondered why so many guys who do Game do not drink or do any of the degenerate stuff but are around it 24/7 for the sake of closing.

As I am out for my walk, this dude hits me with a text. He asks me what I am doing and for now, we will call this guy Sal. Sal and I meet up after I am exhausted, having walked over 20k steps by now. Barracuda is somewhat emptier and after meeting up, we do things differently off the get go. I will post a pic of Barracuda to kind of give more context.

So Barracuda is actually the venue itself but the road you see? No cars or anything go through that. On a typical Fall or Spring, that whole road is crowded with people who are all outside. The bar inside is relatively small and there is a karaoke night too.

Usually, past wings and I would walk around but Sal found one of the pink tables open and we sat down. We ordered a pitcher of beer and just started talking to each other, just to chill and have a fun night. Sal said he has over a 150 lay count, mainly from the apps and he reached 100 when he was still in Boston. However, he is not a big fan of cold approach as it is tough.

Then things start to happen.

I tell Sal that the second pitcher of beer is on me since he paid for the first one. Latina sitting next to us at the table smiled and me and we made some small talk with her. Next up, I get the pitcher of beer and we were talking about losing weight. These two black girls sitting next to us came into our convo. I am not into Black chicks (even though I have slept with some) but I am all about having fun and a good vibe.

There were other good looking girls around. We’d even meet Mario. Mario is this suave and buff Latino guy who is in his late 30s and goes out alone. My thoughts were I would just go out and have a fun social time.

I was not in Game mode but it did actually warm me up to start the habit of going out to a venue I had seriously crashed and burned in. It was a lot more fun than going out with Andy (a PUA) a year ago but the results were kind of the same.

Lesson Learned.

I have never been a fan of socializing with dudes at night because realistically, I am there to get laid and meet women. However, lately I have started to realize that state, mindset, and vibes are so important. I used to always look down on guys that would say “just go out and have fun” because in reality, I am out there to get laid. However, I think that it is not a one size fits all kind of a deal.

For example, you can go to certain venues in “Game” and “Hunter” mode and approach enough girls. Eventually, you are going to get laid. I found that to be true with Sugar in Brickell and other places. Women are there to meet men and the bold guy who approaches her gets her.

However, when I look at the Regattas and Barracudas of the world, I am starting to have a change of heart. Maybe sometimes, it is better to go into that mindset of having fun and a couple of drinks instead of being in PUA hunter mode.

I’d be open to learning more.

Last week, this friend who we will call Ben was visiting and he decided to stay an extra week. We did do some sets and had a Friday where a number of us went out together. However, I had a flight back home that weekend that set us back when it came to momentum.

Tuesday.

I was at a lack of energy on Tuesday due to having a crappy day at work. However, I go out to Brickell and have dinner and drinks at a spot as I get ready to meet Ben. I have 4 glasses of wine. Somehow, drinking becomes my escape as I deal with crappy days and stress.

We go to Sugar and Ben approaches a two-set. One woman is really hot, the other is her aunt. They are both Hungarian which is a good omen for me because I plan on being in Budapest later on in the year. Anyways, they are a fun group to talk to. Ben hits it off with the girl and I decide to make a pivot, something we have been working on forever.

I decide to propose another venue and they go, it is a fancy cocktail bar. After that and having some fancy cocktails, we go to Blackbird. It is Ladies Night and PUAs are usually on the prowl. I end up isolating the aunt to the dance floor and then came back to see Ben making out with her niece.

However, the pull ultimately does not happen. Ben faces what I find a lot of dudes I wing with face, the ability to ultimately close. We get all the way in where her buying temperature is high but the trick is bringing her back to have fun.

Wednesday comes and I am hungover like a motherfucker.

Thursday.

On Thursday, Ben and I meet up again and the same bar too. I do an approach or two on the way. Ben did take a while to get there and the Miami humidity is driving me insane. As we get to the venue, I open a two-set of Brazilians.

They are from Atlanta but I can tell from the first minute or so that there may be social interest but not really any sexual interest. Then, their aunts are at another table. I am thinking of slipping away but Ben stays in the set. Their aunts come to break up the set and I excuse myself. Ben is still in the set. Eventually, the set ends.

Minutes later, Ben opens up a Black three-set. This is a time for me to admit that I am a bit prejudiced and not into Black chicks but for a friend, I would work a set. For the record, I have slept with Black women in the past. What I find is that even if they act more aggressive in public towards you, in private they are surprisingly more submissive. Strangely enough I find that the desired “Redbone” (Black women with a lighter skin tone) are actually bossier in bed than their dark-skinned counterparts. On the other hand, White women can act like passive princesses in public but turn into authoritative dogs in the shack. I digress.

These women are super into me which kind of sets off alarm bells. One reasoning I have is that Black women are generally quite forward but then, not even a couple minutes in, these girls are asking what I do for a living. I am somewhat taken back from this question because women do not ask you that this early.

One thing I have identified with Ben is that while he has a lot going for him, there are a couple of things he does that stop him from hitting a true ceiling:

• He volunteers his STEM job and talks in detail about it but in a very dry sort of way

• He stays in bad sets for too long as long as they talk to him socially and just burns the entire night that way

I get really frustrated with the set and am getting frustrated with this lack of awareness from Ben. I’ve also had a rough week at work so when the girls ask me what I do for a living, I tell them I work for Male Only Fans models and help them get more business, so I practically look at Dicks all day. The girls are having a laugh about it but I am disqualifying myself. I was just not feeling the girls while Ben was.

It gets to a point where I excuse myself from the set and sit hidden at the other side of the bar where the trees are supposed to hide me. Half an hour goes by and Ben is still in there socializing. Even in Prague and even a week ago, this crap is starting to annoy the life out of me. Dudes just socializing and yapping with women all freaking day and night but not moving things forward at all. Not getting the number and not bouncing them to another venue.

Like…why are we even there?

I part ways with the venue and then hang around Mary Brickell for a bit. My mood is wack.

A morning later, I find that Ben blocks me on Telegram. I did notice that my gay Onlyfans story and the fact that I was talking about dicks with the chicks turned him away. However, my take is bro, I freaking winged a set for you earlier in the week which included a girl’s aunt and stayed in there forever for you, even though I was not super into the aunt (cool woman and all and good looks but come on, she was taken), and then you do this? However, I guess no ill will on my side, maybe I deserved the block, onto another Wing.

The details are a bit hazy because a ton happened and I am still recollecting it all.

The bootcamp itself.

Most of us were not getting any coach but just paid to live in the flat. We had one guy in particular, this German/Polish dude who lives in Switzerland, getting the coaching. The background is that he was neighbors with this suave Colombian guy who was staying with us and the suave Colombian dude referred him to Coach Abe. Most of us were just out and about usually doing out own thing. I daygamed solo.

Thursday.

I go into the flat where I would meet Mr. Tall, who is this tall Romanian dude I also linked up with when he was in Miami. We kind of took it easy on that day. I was running on little to no sleep due to getting laid the night before. My lay was on Espresso Martinis and could not shut up after I had smashed for the 4th time. Her flight was at 11 so she left at 8 in the morning. I extended my hotel stay to catch up on some sleep before heading to the Airbnb.

I would meet up with the crew and we went to a spot called Lokal to eat. They were out of the chicken rissotto and I did not want to flood my body with pork and beef. Instead, I ordered the seafood on the menu. The seafood was disgusting, really disgusting. So I had to order takeout afterwards to ease my appetite.

We would go out at night to do nightgame. I believe the student had daygamed with Coach Abe and managed to get some number closes. At night, I would do a high volume of approaches doing Street Game in Prague but land almost nothing. The rest of the crew was asleep or at least catching up on sleep.

Friday.

I believe this was the day the student managed to get the girl he had number closed on a date. The coach was talking to him via a mic and headphones. I was not a part of it but could imagine how fun this would be. Meanwhile, I did some daygame on my own and managed to have some promising prospects. We got back to the spot to do some nightgame, this time taking it seriously.

What I do remember is doing a set where I opened this Armenian girl and a minute later, her dad came in. It was in a tourist area so I immediately had to save face. The two guys in the group sort of went and did their own sets. After that, I headed to Popo but I had a bad night there. My energy was not there and I was feeling a bit bitter. I would see Coach Abe and the student work a two-set quite well but they did not close.

We headed elsewhere and I went back to the area our Airbnb was in. I did do some street sets and hooked a two-set. Two Italian dudes would try to AMOG me with one putting his arms around me. I pretended to act confused. He would compliment me and the girls but I took a friendly, laid back, and non-confrontational approach. The guy kissed me on the cheeks and I acted traumatized after they had left. The girls laughed which allowed me to hook them further and pull them to the new nightclub we have called the FU club. The girls immediately hated the place because it was “so Russian”.

I would go to Moon Club but found that it was full of stuckup Russians and almost none of my approaches landed. There was a fat girl dancing and some fit dude tried to do dance floor game on her. Comes to show you where the status of game is in Prague right now. The city may as well be a carbon copy of any city in the Western World. I would tell almost everyone to not spend much time at Moon Club.

Outside of that, we did not have much going on. I would do some late street game approaches but they did not amount to much. Two more days left in the trip and I was gearing up for Saturday.

Saturday.

I actually had a slow start to Saturday and did almost little to no approaches. My energy was not there. Not sure what it was but maybe it was the days of approaches where I would get a number but it would not really amount to much. Instead, I ended up going to a food court to eat and then linking up with the crew. Saturday was it for nightgame. Instead of being results oriented, I decided to just have a good time.

To start the night as I was passing by, a random girl approached me and asked “Kiss Cam?”. Not even sure what this is but I said why not. I ended up making out with her as her friend recorded. Great way to boost your ego.

This would workout as we had a promising set with a group on a bachelorette party. It was high energy Woo Woo game. We did hook them and Coach Abe made out with one of the girls. Once we tried to get them to come to our spot, my girl was down but her friends were not. This set lasted a while but it sort of died out after that.

We then did some street game. I linked with the student to do some street sets and while a couple of them had promise, most of them did not hook. The suave Colombian guy on our trip did pull this Aussie girl back to the AirBnB but from what he told me, he could not close and got LMR. Coach Abe and another guy managed to pull these two German girls back to the spot but could not close.

What I noticed was that all the pulls happened earlier in the night. After the girls had left, the guys did try to pull in the latter half of the night but with no luck.

However, the highlight is that the student had managed to get his daygame date and actually closed. He got her back to the spot we were in and they fucked multiple times that night. So for all that went on in the bootcamp, the one who did close was the student. I don’t count my lay as a close for the bootcamp since it happened before the bootcamp started.

Sunday.

My flight was going to be the next day and I was going to take it easy. I woke up a bit late and after making it out to the living room, noticed the student carrying two cum-filled condoms he wanted to throw away. I almost barfed because I was on an empty stomach and that just looked nasty to me. However, happy for the guy for closing. The girl he had fucked was pretty hot too so the bootcamp paid off.

I would spend the whole day touring the city. I did do a couple of sets but not enough since at this point, I had kind of thrown in the towel. On that night, we had some food together as a group in the food court. I was not going to have anymore Czech food. We caught up on everything and I have to say, this was a good group of guys.

Conclusion.

All the guys in the bootcamp and on the trip were great guys. We are thinking of doing something else in Budapest later on in the year and I do look forward to that. This was a fun experience for me and I am glad I took Coach Abe up on that offer. The student who was on the bootcamp closed and got laid and the girl was hot.

I’d say that I ended up being friends with everyone after that bootcamp. I’d love to take part in more Game Houses because the concept is so fun. You travel to a city, already know some guys, and all you do is try to get hot chicks that week. While my Game performance in Prague was not great, I would do this all over again.

The background.

After July 2024, I started to live the hermit life for the remainder of the year. I was unemployed, not making much money, and kind of hitting a low in life after my horrible trip to Sweden. In some ways, I was burnt out. I would have a couple of experiences that would stick with me.

Currently, I am in a building that I lucked into. It has a lot of college girls, young professionals, some club promoters, and maybe some families. Every month, we have a community event at our pool and a giant lobby attached to it. I went to about three where I felt socially rejected, included one where I talked to this semi-cute blonde but her friends tried like hell to end the set. These are meant to create community and bring people together but they just show how snotty and smug some of the people in the building are.

As 2025 comes, I get my life together. I get a new job, start making money again, and come out of a rut. At this point, I had not really cold approached since my trip to Sweden in July. Getting back into the normal daygame sessions as well as nightgame was going to be tough. My consistently good wings had either moved cities or moved on from Game altogether. I had to get some social momentum going.

So I would go and sign up for an app called Timeleft. What they do is they put you on a random dinner with 6 strangers every Wednesday. I started doing it back around February or so and did it consistently. Some dinners had no chemistry but in others, I would make some great friends. The dinners are usually split 50:50 between girls and guys in terms of ratios but lately, there have been dinners with more guys in them.

The outcomes.

Out of the 8 or so Timeleft dinners I have done so far, 3 have been amazing. By amazing, I mean that I would meet people who I would actually reconnect with over brunch or just going out with. Compared to what I went through in 2024, some of these outcomes were vindicating. One in particular sticks out.

Building salsa event and hot Brazilian.

One of the best dinners I had, I met this badass Venezuelan dude who recently got off a divorce. The guy was a playboy through and through. I decide that I will call my Timeleft friends to these events as well as my date. My date was this White girl that goes to UM and my Venezuelan friend brings this tall hot Brazilian blonde with him. This one Italian girl that was in our Timeleft dinner came too.

The Brazilian was miles ahead of all the women at this event. We do the salsa dance class and we see a bunch of dudes drooling looking at the Brazilian and the Italian girl. My date was pretty decent looking but not a model. Rest of the women at this event were pretty meh. A couple of guys would try to dance with the Brazilian but she felt creeped out so we went closer to the pool.

The eyes were on our table and it felt somewhat validating. The Italian and Brazilian girl were leagues ahead of the smug women in the building you usually see at the event. However, the thing is we do have a pretty cool team working at the building so that improves the vibe.

But that is really all social circle and expanding it seem to be, validating and vindicating.

Look, it feels vindicating and will boost your confidence when you show up to a spot or party and the girls with you are the hottest. However, just because they are with a guy does not mean they are sleeping with him. I found that trying to date or hook up with girls that are your friends is tricky.

It is also why I realize so many of these Men Of Action guys like Sartain might not really be sleeping with the girls they are in pics with. On the other hand, there is a special kind of validation of bringing out hot girls with you brings that not even getting laid would.

And it does get in the way of you getting laid.

At the end of the day, you only have enough hours in a day. You can use those hours doing whatever you want but they pass nonetheless. Social Circle brings with it activities like:

• Brunch where you have mimosas that get you drunk and might even give you a headache

• Wine tastings where you drink

• Parties where you are with your clique

• Outings where you are somewhat obligated to be with your group and not really cold approach

The other thing is that when you talk to a lot of women in these social circle settings, you find that they tend to look down on the player life or cold approaching. In fact, as you do more and more social circle things, you realize that it takes away that boldness you had as a guy. You are with your group and expected to be with them so cold approaching kind of fades away a bit.

How it can help you with Game.

Despite its downfalls, here are some ways Social Circle Game can help you with Game.

• Social proof at venues you are a regular at

• Group photos show girls that follow you on social media that you are a normal guy people can be around

• Cool guy friends might help you meet women

• Cool guy friends can be better Wings than most guys in the Game community

• You interact with a lot of women and learn how they think and behave in conversations

• You fix some weird traits you may have and become more relatable

• Can be great for Long Term Relationships

I see Social Circle game as a great way to work on your social skills and lose the awkwardness of speaking with hot girls. However, when it comes to the actual outcome which is getting laid a lot or being with lots of different women, it works against you.

A Caveat.

The thing for me is that I love meeting new people so Social Circle Game has been fun. I have also been doing it for a little over a month so it might be too soon to tell. For all I know, it can pay off in the long run. For now, this is what I have experienced with it.

Thursday.

I met up with a random guy who is a college dude in a Game community I am a part of. We meet up and at first he was a bit quiet but then overtime, we started to get out there more. We go to the infamous Barracuda which almost all Miami Game guys are too chickensh*t to go to because of the amount of college girls there.

Had a few good sets but I knew I was rusty due to being out for so long. Friday, I would not be able to go out because of fatigue and being insanely tired from a long day that took a lot out of me.

Saturday.

Earlier in the day, I had a wine tasting with some new friends I had made. I am going to write a little bit more about having expanded my social circle in an upcoming post so be on the lookout.

I knew I had to get going so I went to Regatta solo. There, I would see a dude who lives in my building. He is this Fobby Arab guy and while he might not be decent wingman material, it is still a guy I am out there with. Being out solo for nightgame is a huge hit on your social proof so just being out with a guy is better than nothing. I find that even if they are not the most popular, having a somewhat normal guy is way better than having 95% of dudes from a Game Group or Pickup Chat out with you. You can actually socialize and not have to worry about some dude chatting Game or trying to put some weird pressure on you to approach.

There were a few sets that really stuck out to me from this night.

Cute Iranian chick in all White.

She had that dirty blonde curly hair and I opened her and her friends. The blonde goes away while only one other girl sticks around, before going away. Some fat black chick keeps cutting into our set. Not sure what it was about this chick but she had me harder than most girls I have run into in nightlife. I ask her what has her out and she says one of her friends is getting married.

We were five minutes in but I tell her all good, she can chill with her friends and go with the IG close. Propose we meet up for drinks. I do not really go all the way. Pulling large groups is tough so I knew I was not taking her home and what if her friends judge? A day later she unfollows me. Sucks.

Peruvian two-set.

This is where I should have consulted my friend more as I wanted the blonde girl who looked White. However, she was there with her more ethnic looking friend. I knew that this one was going to involve a lot of cockblocking as darker ethnic girls can sometimes feel insecure, especially true among Latinas. The blonde was visiting while the ethnic girl was a local.

I gas up the ethnic girl and compliment her. She said she had recently gone through a breakup. In this set, as I am complimenting her and occasionally negging, I show her my building. A minute later, I propose we get drinks at my place instead but the girls back out after that. They make excuses for it but I knew I could have framed it better.

To make matters worse, Arab neighbor was hitting it off with the blonde I wanted. We see these two girls talk to a bunch of fat Hispanic dudes who were not going to have much luck with em either.

Blonde with dog shirt.

I see a blonde across the bar with a dog shirt on and I open her. She was there with her friend and her friend’s boyfriend. I compliment the couple and they were cool enough to let me talk to the blonde. She was from Denver and visiting Miami. We make some chat but she is a tough nut to crack.

It seems like she was being nice enough to talk to me but there was no sexuality there or tension for it to be an actual close. I excuse myself after that because I don’t see it going anywhere.

Girls with glasses I should have NEVER approached.

There were these two girls that my Arab neighbor wanted me to approach but I did not want to at first. For some reason, women with glasses at clubs that act attention hungry are almost always screwed up in the head. These girls were also acting corny and weird, like in a dorky weird Gamer girl type of way. They were dressed slutty while wearing glasses.

I open but the blonde had turned towards me and lightly screamed, I tell her I did not mean to scare her but she says I am all good. We chat for a bit but her Latina friend is dancing to a Pitbull song that comes on. Blonde says “oh this is my friend’s song”.

This made me realize why clubs and bars can be awful for pickup unless they are nice chill cocktail bars. You can have a decent set but the song they play 20 times a day gets played for the 21st time and the set is done. Arab neighbor comes in asking the girls “is my friend bothering you?” (I told him to say that) and the blonde says yes. I bounce.

This was a set I did not even want to open. Something about the energy of these women made me ick. They were not bad looking but I have found that attention hungry girls tend to be some of the worst you can approach at a bar or club.

• Timeleft dinners

• Relying way too much on friends when going out

• Only going out when friends were going out

This past Saturday, I had a dinner scheduled with my neighbors who were this cool Ukrainian couple. We went to a steakhouse and talked about the building we live in. They also told me their situation coming from Ukraine and even flat out said how life in the country is miserable. The guy would even proceed to call it a shithole.

They said as much as they love Trump, his policy will ultimately work against them and make it tough for them to stay in the US long-term, especially as the war ends. I guess that conversation knocked a bit of gratitude into me. Different hearing about Ukraine from actual Ukrainians rather than some annoying American liberal.

The momentum from this dinner and walk, like actually socializing with people, made me want to go right to doing nightgame. I had no wing to count on and was going at it solo.

Onto Socialista.

One of the best venues in Miami with the highest quality. I arrive and notice that a bouncer I was cool with was working the upstairs restaurant. I made small talk with him and then went downstairs to the bar. The picker who had let me through in the past told me I had to have a girl with me. Fair enough, I smile and walk off.

I was going to game the area near the bar and talk to girls heading there. On the way I see these two brunettes, one tall and attractive and the other short and kind of cute (but not exactly hot). So I open them asking if they were going to Socialista and they said yes, they had never been.

In that time, I start telling them it is hard to get in but the more people you have in the group….shorter brunette immediately cuts me off and says “not interested”. Oh I felt it, that feeling you get after a harsh rejection. I had not had one of these in a while but after a while, I finally got it.

And there I was faced with a decision.

They say some men, when they get punched in the mouth, fold and quit. Other men, the few, actually wake up. They get focused and that punch wakes them up. It is almost like they were begging for it all along as an excuse to unleash their inner beast.

I was going to be that man. For far too many weeks I had sat on the sidelines and relied on others, no more. There is a bootcamp that my friend needs help running in a month and I was not going to go to Europe stale and not having gone out. Wings be damned, I am going to go at it alone.

I waited about 20 more minutes to see if anymore girls would roll in but no, none there. So I made the decision to go to Regatta.

Regatta.

After taking the Uber to Regatta, I arrived and started doing approaches. That approach at Socialista was not going to be my last one tonight, not a chance.

Girls taking pics.

I noticed that near the marina, these girls were taking pics. One was kind of cute and the other you could barely see her face. I approach them and the one taking the pic showed her face. Whoa nelly this woman was not hot at all. They said they have boyfriends and those boyfriends saw me. I smile and walk away.

Two blondes who almost got me in their selfie.

I was going to go at the part of Regatta where they have the nets you can sit on, they were full. Meanwhile, behind me, these two blondes are taking a selfie. As they are taking it, I look their way. I do not approach at first but when they finish I do. I said they almost got me in their selfie and should be careful in a playful way. One blonde was young and the other looked like she was a grandma. Younger blonde smiles and then they walk away, another bad set.

At this point, a part of me is filling up with doubt. Am I aging poorly? Have I really aged like shit in the past 2 years? Is something off about my look? But I cannot let my mind ponder on that.

Dark-haired girls with sports hats.

Then I opened this dark-haired girl with a blue and white hat, classic colors of either Kentucky or Duke. So I open with that and she is actually receptive. Quite a shock compared to the first 3 approaches being rejections. We make small talk but my verbal game is trash. I remember the wrong details or get the things she said wrong. We talked, her friend and I, for at least a couple of minutes before a guy in their group broke up the set.

These girls were not hot per se but they were definitely kind of cute. Despite the set going sideways, I was happy because I finally had a set that was not an immediate blow out. If I had better verbal game, I could have done something here so now I know what I needed to work on.

Hot blonde with her friend.

Earlier in the night, I saw this hot blonde and her friend with a really tall dude that I thought was in their group. Then I see them by themselves and open. The bar, which usually plays some of the worst music in Miami, played a good Calvin Harris song which I liked. My opener was “Best song they played so far right?”.

Situational has always been my best friend. The set is progressing well actually, these girls are friendly, laughing, and having a great time for the minute I am talking to them. Then, I guess in my head I had this fear that the guy would come. Maybe it is due to being so far away from game all these months.

I excuse myself for some reason that I cannot explain but that approach really did escalate my confidence. The blonde was flat out beautiful and prettier than any girl I had talked to tonight by far.

Two Latinas.

I remember being near these two Latinas near the harbor earlier in the night but they were too busy talking to each other so I wandered off. However, later in the night I would go back to them. I opened them as they were looking out at the views and ask the most interesting thing they have seen.

From here the set lasted for what seemed to be almost an hour. I was not way too into these girls but they were cute. The thing is, I found that they looked almost way too young, like 19 or 20 or something….However, I still number close after what was an hour of a great vibe.

Lessons

I had a few takeaways from my first solo nightgame lesson in ages

• Must be shorter and to the point with my approaches

• Verbal game needs a lot of work as it is rusty

But most importantly, it is about grit.

Game is ultimately about grit unless you find a gimmick. You have to go out and make things happen even when all the cards are down. When no wing is available for the night and you know that the night is going to be unfriendly towards you as you are out solo, you have to make it happen. Run towards the tough situations that are likely to emotionally hurt you at first.

We talk about strategy and all that which is important but at the end of the day, you have to get out there. I will write more about grit later.

On top of job stress, I also need to redo my apartment in terms of getting rid of an old bed and assembling new furniture. There is a lot going on in my life right now. It is frustrating because after months of unemployment, I thought this is when it would come together.

Back a couple of weeks ago, I got into the habit of doing nightgame again despite takes almost half a year off of it. Immediately, I am noticing that my interactions are off, I can’t even get IG closes like I used to, and at times I have to force myself to go. The only thing taking me to the venues are friends who are willing to meet me there for a drink.

Fridays are turning into hell.

After a long work day, all I want to do is take a long nap. Sometimes during the weekdays I am drinking to cope with what is a beyond stressful day at work. On Fridays after work, all I want to do is take a long nap before going out. My energy levels are crappy and I am using alcohol to compensate.

I go out and do some volume approaches but looking back at it, my openers are crap. I am no longer as smooth or crisp as I was back in 2023 and early 2024 when I was pulling. The rust is real and I am feeling it. It just hasn’t been the same since when I was hitting my stride. With some travel looming, I know I have to get it together fast.

Overly reliant on male friends to get me out.

I feel like the reason I have been able to get out of this hermit mode for nights is because I have had guy friends call me out. It makes it easier to socialize with them, build momentum, and then go talk to some girls. If they do not call me out, I can’t exactly go out. This is the reality I deal with as of right now. Finding a stable wingman has also proved to be challenging.

So that is my sticking point.

I feel like I am bringing too much of my stressful life and job into the game and it is impacting me with women. My vibe, state, and energy are not right. This has to get fixed.

We had a table of 5 guys and 3 girls. Amongst those 3 girls, one was this really hot Venezuelan chick with bimbo looks in her 30s. This girl was not supermodel hot but she was more pornstar botox hot. Point being, most of you would hit it.

At one point, the conversation goes to our types. Venezuelan girl flat out says she does not like Latino guys and only likes guys with blond hair and blue eyes. She was also a Country Music fan so it all made sense. To a point she would even say how she loves dorky and nerdy men.

To make matters worse, we have a dark-haired Russian guy on my chat who is an absolute slayer. Dude gets models on a boat almost every weekend, he is that good. She was connected to him on IG and flat out said she hates him, he is not her type because of his dark hair.

To put it bluntly, she was the Manosphere and Red Pill space fantasy.

You have heard it all over the Manosphere and Passport Bro travel forums how being White is some easy golden ticket in life. At this point one would think that White Incels are an anomaly because they could just go to South America, right? But it is a bit more nuanced than that. All I can say is if a Red Pill Incel or someone in the Manosphere was at this dinner, they would have creamed their pants.

But at the same time, YOU WILL encounter women like this.

When you are out approaching, you will encounter women who flat out not only hate your look but make it clear you are not their type racially. For example, you could be some pale Ginger White guy approaching her and she will tell you to get lost but if some Mixed Race Black dude approaches her, she is suddenly receptive.

As a 5’10 Indian guy, I have encountered women who were closed off to my approaches but when a White guy approached them, they were receptive. How often has this happened to me after years of cold approach and doing at this point what would seem like a thousand approaches? I can count on one hand.

Funny to think that in the majority of those cases, it was usually Latinas and it happened in NYC as well. But at the same time, I have smashed quite a few Latin dimes in NYC to even be bothered by it.

I’d say that I have been on more of the winning side of this than the losing side of it. For example, one of my close wings was a muscular red headed White guy and I seemed to always get a better reception from him. I used to also have a wing who was a buff Blond guy and in a few cases, women flat out told him “Yeah I am not into blondes”.

All in all, women on this end of the spectrum are rare.

Women who will rule you out exclusively for your race are in the minority. This is not to say that women lack a racial preference. In fact, most women do have a racial preference. However, in most cases, it would break down something like this:

• 20% will absolutely disqualify you for your race

• 60% have a preference but will not disqualify you

• 20% will be partial to your race

The other thing about the last bullet is that you have to be the right guy.

One part I left out about the dinner? We had a blond haired All American White guy but she was somehow not that into him after he came off as a bit meek.

And this is exactly where some Asian and MOST Indian guys fall short.

Indian guys have such awful fundamentals and game that even if the girl is into Indian culture, they cannot capitalize on it. Meanwhile, if she has a thing for White, Black, Latin, or even Asian dudes, at least there is a guy to capitalize on it. With Indian guys, our culture (both in India and abroad) raises men to act like they have just been neutered to the point that women who have a thing for Brown guys are just SOL.

It’s not that there is a lack of women out there with a thing for Indian dudes, there is just a lack of Indian dudes with the game and fundamentals to capitalize on those groups of women.

But more important takeaway, in the grand scheme of things it matters little.

The Black Pill and internet forums will have you thinking that the Venezuelan chick I met at dinner is most women. However, after years of doing cold approach game, I would say that less than 20% of women are like her.

Now is that to say that most women do not have a racial preference or type? Heck no. I’d say most absolutely do. It is just that most are not that strict about their type.

Think about it as a guy, you are the same way. You may like Blondes but if a hot Asian girl comes along, you would get with her even if you are not into Asians. Even the odd guy out there saying “Well I wouldn’t” would make an exception when actually confronted.

Women are the same way.

They might like guys with dark hair but if a cool suave Blond guy comes along, they will make an exception.

They might think they prefer White guys but if a cool brown or black guy comes along, they will make an exception.

My point being, you can win over most women in the race part. Now granted, she might still disqualify you for a bunch of other reasons.

In other words, the amount of times you would meet women who disqualify you just for your race is rare. At max, I would say out of 10 maybe 2 do so.

Unless you game in some real backwater town but…

Let’s face it, rarely any guy is cleaning up in those places. Its these kinds of places where everyone is married by 22 and has a family by 25.

Stop worrying about it and go talk to girls.

Get it out of your head. Stop listening to Incels online. Stop watching Doomer videos that are Black Pilled in nature. Just go talk to girls.

However, on March 14, my fortunes would somewhat change. I had a long Thursday night and had drinks with coworkers. As I got home and woke up on Friday morning, I was slightly hungover. I was also really hungry and ordered some Uber Eats but the moron driver could not find my apartment, despite the many others before him having no issues in that regard. As a result, I had to go downstairs and found that the order never came.

In that time, I run into a guy in my building who is also a friend. He invites me out for a Happy Hour later that night. I go and then met a mutual friend there. We end up going to dinner with him and his friends afterwards. After that I plan to meet a friend at my usual venue that I used to go to be a regular at a year ago.

While I can walk through all the approaches, what matters more is the actual theme and vibe.

I was not getting blown out at all but my approaches fell off after the first couple minutes. Somehow, my conversational skills seemed to have died down. I was not getting blown out at the start but could not manage to hold convo for more than a couple of minutes. It seems like I was a bit jittery and had that rust of being out for so long.

My energy levels were not exactly there but I did have friends to talk to and socialize with. In the past, I have had to nightgame solo and it is not really the same. TBH, I think that solo nightgame is done better at cocktail bars and lounges. In large venues, you need insane momentum.

Needless to say, I do have a lot of work to do.

My old method.

When I was regularly doing “game”, especially during the day, I used to do “daygame sessions”. I would set aside a certain time of the day to go out and do game. However, I started to notice a psychological impact it was having on me. Here is some of what I noticed:

• Pressure to get there at “peak time”

• Frustration of not finding “enough sets”

• Pressure to get enough approaches in

• Pressure to get enough numbers

Nightgame was even worse. I drank too much, woke up with hangovers, and ended up impacting my overall health.

Game started to feel like a chore. Game was its own little silo in my life. After a layoff from game starting in July 2024, mainly due to unemployment and trying to get my life together, I knew something had to get fixed. The old ways were not working so I needed to set aside a new system. By accident, I found a new system.

The new and accidental system.

One of the other setbacks I faced in 2024 was weight gain. The reality is that I was drinking too much on weekends and that was messing up a lot of my gains. Hitting the gym to lift heavy weights can be tough. Going from a long layoff to intense exercise can be a lot. What I decided was to go for an exercise I was comfortable with.

I always loved running so I started to track my 1 mile runs. I also loved walking around the beautiful city of Miami, especially at a Marina near me. One of the goals I set was to get 10k steps on weekdays and 20k steps on weekends. This would help me get burn a few extra calories.

In hindsight, when I was only doing daygame in 2022, I was far better looking and in far better shape.

As I walked on the Marina and towards the venue called Regatta, I ran into some sets.

I will break them down by days here.

Saturday (Jan 25, 2025).

1. Two random girls taking pics of the Marina, weak opener and everything. Goes nowhere.

2. Spanish tourists but they were ugly as fuck and unreceptive.

3. Cute chick with a Yankees hat walking a Cocker Spaniel. Open her on her dog but it does not go that far.

4. Use a situational opener with a 2 set in Regatta. It goes well but they have three friends nearby that end the set and disrupt it big time.

Sunday (Jan 26, 2025).

1. Open a blonde with good style but she is Russian so I do not go further.

2. Open these 3 cute white girls watching the Eagles-Redskins game, guess they are Redskins fans, they are Eagles fans and it kind goes sloppy. I nope out.

3. Open these two Latinas telling them they look Brazilian but it lands flat.

Takeaway.

Initially, I thought that my “return” to game will look like daygame sessions at Brickell or Miami Beach again. This past weekend, I realized something else.

Integration is the name of the game.

Game should not be done in a silo. It should be something where it is ever-ready for you. You go out for a walk at a spot you like, find a girl you like if she is there, and go for it.

Now game is no longer a chore, task or a silo. Game is now a part of your everyday life.

However, for some of us hermits, we need another lever. For me, it was getting outside and getting those 10k steps in, 20k on weekends. Then throw in the nice views. After that, sets that come as they may are a bonus.

That quote stuck with me and I remember it from a meme many years ago. I was visiting family for the Holidays and on Saturday, I had to catch my flight back. Since my family is in a small town, we have one of those airports that is regional and about the size of a department store for the most part.

My trip back home was also plagued with massive allergies, poor sleep as my childhood mattress is not comfortable, and a lot of work that I had to do for my family. All in all, I was not in the best mood. The day of the trip, I also fapped a couple of times.

My style was also somewhat comfort and looked bummy. I am trying to grow my hair out as well so it is in that awkward phase. I am thinking before I go bald, let’s try it.

I arrive at the regional airport and staff are away so we cannot get through security checkpoint. A girl was looking at the flights too and she was almost my type. Dirty blonde hair, basic chick outfit, and Northern European features. Oddly enough, in Miami we do not get many women like this, more than half of our “White” girls are Latinas.

This is something that I have lightly discussed with a highly successful player, Bowtied Passport. Bowtied Passport is in Mexico and gets laid like crazy. However, almost all of his lays are Latinas. I wonder if it ever gets old smashing the same ethnicity regardless of how hot they are.

I chat with this girl, her name was Heather, and she was from Kansas City. This is a huge green flag because KC girls and girls from Midwestern US states are often the friendliest and most chill. If she had said she was from Jersey or New York, I may have bailed.

At the same time, there is this older but cool black dude with impeccable style also talking to her. I did not see him as any rival or anything but instead just made friendly conversation with all three. We made small talk and I asked her questions about her background.

Fast forward, we are in line and I probe or make assumptions about her. She is a cocktail bar type of girl. I talk about different kinds of alcohol, she says she loves margaritas and I say she is a party girl type. She smirks and says she is not. I talk to her about the benefits of red wine and how athletes drink it before some guys to raise testosterone. She says “oh yeah aphrodisiac”. I smile and tell her “I meant more for athletic performance but I love the way you think”.

After this, things get awkward. She is on the phone as we wait for our flight. The flight then lands in a connecting destination and I actually run into her again but she is behind me. It was awkward in a way since it was a busy airport and we were all rushing to our connecting flight. We made eye contact but she did not reciprocate, perhaps she was in a rush.

Why some guys struggle despite knowing everything about game and being so into it, it’s because of what they are doing with their entire day.

I won’t name names, yet, but there is a guy in the game community who did over 10k approaches and got little out of it. He is known for his signature black leather jacket he has up in all of his pics on game communities he is a part of (there are a few). To date, he has complained about how Miami, NYC, and now even Colombia are tough places to get laid in.

Years ago, I met this guy in person. Well, I tried to make sense of why this guy knows so much about game, has mostly looksmaxxed, and has done so many approaches but is still struggling. Then it hit me when I read this book called the Power Of Your Subconscious Mind.

The content you consume everyday and the stuff you put inside of your head impacts your results with women no matter how much you study game. You cannot read an angry incel post about female nature and hypergamy on the same day you are going out to interact with people. The content of that stuff will seep into your subconscious and women are going to pick up on something being “off” about you, no matter how good your game, style, or lines are.

Trying to game while filling your head with negativity is like playing Jenga. The lines you say and the game you do is stacking the blocks but after a while, it all collapses because your foundation is so weak. You cannot consume politics, negative content, and depressing stuff day in an day out and then expect to walk up to a hot girl and win her over.

In most cases, for most hot girls, life is a fun game. They are constantly getting positivity and validation thrown in their direction. They are constantly being invited to fun social events where they can have a great time with others. A guy who watched a depressing video from some black pill content creator and is now trying to interact with them on the same week if not day is not even a part of their world! Now it makes sense to me why this guy struggled so much.

The lesson and takeaway: BE READY.

This is one of the most significant lessons I have learned over the past few months. As guys who are in “Game”, we go out to do daygame sessions and at that moment, we are “on”. However, I have realized over the years we are actually just passing up the best women that can come into our lives on a day to day basis.

You could be taking a flight to another city for work and the woman of your dreams is right there. You could be out running an errand and she is right there. We think that for a daygame session you need to dress your best and “get in state”. However, you should already walk out of your house in state no matter what it is for.

More importantly, you should have excellence in every day of your life and be ready. Lift, get in shape, look good, dress well, and always work on yourself. You never know when the woman who is just your type shows up. When she does, you don’t want to be caught being a sitting duck like I was.

It’s time to have the momentum and continue to improve my life, some serious things need to change.

Life had been tough for me. I was unemployed for months and it was one setback after another. A hurricane had almost destroyed my mom’s house so I had to fly back and visit her back in September. My car had randomly been hit one morning and I had to get it fixed in October. 2024 would not let up but the thing is, neither would I.

A new mindset.

I was back with tenacity and I was back with anger. I wanted to get back out there but this was different, this was that boiling anger. This was the anger of someone who had for months sat on the sidelines and had the game mock him. This was the chip on the shoulder of someone who had to endure and persevere. Someone who was helpless for months because of what life threw in his path and had pent up anger locked in his soul. It was ready to be let out.

I saw all these obstacles life threw in my way and the circumstances of neighbors partying as enemies. In a way, I would exterminate and destroy these enemies by getting results with the game. This is what it became in my head. I had never felt this way before but I also knew how to control this anger and turn it into drive.

The meet up.

I meet with my friend who, thankfully, is a natural. In order to get results this time around after what were countless lackluster outings, things had to be done differently. I cannot meet with wings from Game Global anymore as 95% of them are utter trash at best. Instead, I met with my friend who was visiting and is a natural.

We decide to head to Socialista, one of the best venues in all of Miami. The door is tough but the quality is high and you are not dealing with entitled 6s like you would at Regatta. Since we both dressed quite well and arrived early, we got in. Earlier in the day I had done an intense full body workout as I am taking lifting seriously.

For a minute, we sit down and have a drink. We both order Margaritas since after a long week of work, we could use it. We socialize a bit. My wing is currently living in NYC and he is absolutely killing it there. I am not shocked as NYC is a rather easy market and a cakewalk compared to Miami. He starts showing my receipt after receipt.

Let me introduce him, his name was Ross. Yes, we will call him Ross even though that is not his real name since I do not want to give his real name out. Ross is a Mexican American guy of mostly Spaniard roots so he looks like a white guy with dark hair. He is also 6’1 and in great shape.

The game begins.

Socialista starts to fill up and as usual, the girls are as hot as ever. We see two blondes near us ordering drinks and immediately open them. As a venue, Socialista is one of the very few places in Miami where you can find hot white girls as most venues in Miami are all Latinas and have relatively few white girls.

My girl’s name is Lexi and she is from New York, Ross’s girl’s name is Lisa and she is from New Jersey. Lexi is a tall blonde with a nice tan and cute face. I start by opening her and having a smooth conversation. As I studied game, I realize it is less about what you say but more about the flow of the conversation.

If you get some of the basics down and let them guide you as a framework, it usually works out. My basics are DHV, tease a little, plant the seeds, test for compliance, and go for the close. With Lexi, I do just that but then realize that there are two more girls in their group and a guy.

This is where having a natural for a wing comes just in handy. We work the group quite well and to our fortune, the other girls and the guy are super chill. The guy is dating one of the girls so really there is a third wheel in it. The third wheel is this cool Irish girl we will call Becka. Becka is a brunette with pale skin, freckles, and blue eyes. Girls with her look seem to break hard for guys like me but I wanted Lexi.

I work both of them and bring a more fun vibe. The goal is to build comfort and make the group feel like they can trust us. At the end of the day, closing is about comfort. If she does not feel safe or comfortable around you, you won’t close her. So my mindset shifted toward bringing the fun, some light teasing, planting the seeds, and building comfort.

At some point, we notice that inside the bar gets big and we move the group outside. Since they are compliant, I keep talking about the building I live in. We propose playing pool there and the group is down with it. I had kept Lexi’s attention and playfully flirted with her but in front of a group, you cannot be too obvious.

We call the Uber to get back to my building, Ross gets his girl and the couple, I get Lexi and Becka. In the Uber, we chat and they ask me about myself and all. Becka is more flirty with me than Lexi is. I notice Becka is touching me and giving me the eyes while Lexi is looking. I put my arm around Becka while Lexi gets on her phone.

“She is texting her hitman in New York,” I said, teasing Lexi. She found it funny and said she was actually looking at my IG. I did leave out how I got all of their IGs. Lexi pulls up a highlight of me in Prague and I talk about it with a more chilled voice.

The building.

We arrive at my building and go to the floor with the pool table. What awaited me was almost karmic. The club promoter I have beef with is there with his two friends, these dudes seem like some super seedy guys. To make matters tricky, Ross gets there with Lexa and the couple later. I cannot leave Lexi and Becka near these creeps so I bring them with me. They are eyeing us like a bunch of hungry hyenas.

I propose Lexi and Becka to come with me and they do. In the elevator, Becka says how creepy the guys are and Lexi agrees. We get Ross and his group in our building. Once we get them, we go to the pool room but I pull Ross aside. I had told him about the sketchy club promoter and told Ross he is on that floor.

We go to the floor and then enter the pool room. Ross closes the door and our group starts playing pool. Things are going okay until the creepy guys come back but it gets even trickier. Club promoter is friends with some chicks in my building, they are no higher than a 6 except for one blonde 7 that I approached at a building event.

They come into the room and try to almost, pathetically, wing him with Lexi but she comes over to me and Becka. As we play pool, they whine about us taking too long and even start getting involved in our game. Ross and I are annoyed as well as the guy.

The contrast is also insane here. Girls in our group put the girls in the other group to shame. Like it was insane how much hotter our girls were compared to theirs and you could tell by their predatory behavior that they knew it.

Then, the blonde 7 I had approached tries to talk to Lexi and I immediately break that up as I wait for Ross. I whisper to Becka and tell her we should check out other parts of the building. Becka agrees and tells Lexi and we head over to Ross. We put the pool cues down and say we will be right back to the aggressive group. As soon as we step out, our group looks at each other in a weird way.

“Who the fuck were those people?” whispered Lexi.

“Yeah, so one of the guys is a club promoter and those are apparently his friends in the building,” I said.

We go to the theater room but nothing really works there. Then, the vibe sort of dies down. The group has to go to LIV and we do not feel like joining them. We try to get them to stay but the creepy residents of my building really did scare them. It’s strange, I thought club promoters had women in their lives so they had no reason to be predatory.

Looking back and reflecting.

Ross and I chat a bit as the group we were with goes away. The vibe in the pool room was bad and I did not expect for the predatory residents to be there. Girls in their group trying to get at girls with me was also new. I laugh and tell Ross “it means we are doing something right”.

As Ross and I sit out and chat in that giant lobby, the group actually comes out of the pool room. The guys have had too much to drink and the girls seem frustrated. The blonde 7 I had approached actually yells out to me and says “what happened to your friends?”. We ignore them but then one of the drunk guys who is the promoter’s friend looks at us and shouts “FUCKING PUSSIES!”.

Welcome to Miami folks, where money does not buy class and trash like this can live in a pleasant building, this shit would never fly in an NYC. Ross and I know we are outnumbered so we give the guys the amused but indifferent look. Then, the blonde 7, and thinking of it now, 7 is putting it kindly, opens me again.

“What happened to Lexi?” she asked, clearly a bit drunk. I look at her and before I can say anything, her friends pull her away. I laugh out loud and say “oh my god” as Ross does the same.

“You wanna fucking go bitch? You wanna fucking go!” shouts one of the guys in the group, he is the promoter’s friend. The promoter seems frustrated.

“Fucking go bitch!” shouts the guy as we laugh. Thankfully, our building was nice enough to hire security. Security guy comes and asks if everything is okay and promoter immediately says it is, getting his friends.

Oh man, shit just got real didn’t it?

How Paul and I met.

On a large Game Chat I was a part of, a formerly banned member who used to be a leader had it out for me. The guy was supposedly doing thousands of approaches and held toxic views about game, bordering on black pill content. The admin finally came to his senses and outed the guy as well as his crew of other leaders who were poisoning the chat.

I show my appreciation for this and this banned former leader, who has a ton of time on his hands, creates an alt to constantly attack me. Paul was one of the two people who stuck for me and for that, we became e-friends.

At some point, I start my own game chat and Paul was one of the people I invite. Things go well at first and me, Paul, and Andy start a plan to travel to Europe together to game. Paul was British so he was familiar with the territory.

Me and Andy have a falling out because Andy not just sucks at game but also loves ghosting and playing mind games. I am not a fan of this so I boot him off the chat. I go to visit my wing in Prague and arrange a trip to Budapest with Paul.

Paul’s weird approach I overlooked.

Despite pushing 30, Paul was adamant about booking a hostel or staying in one. As an American, I am unfamiliar with hostels and put trust in Paul’s judgment. Paul also wanted to do Serbia or Rome but I pushed back. Eventually, we agreed on Budapest.

As time goes on, I would realize what a mistake this was.

Meeting Paul.

Paul was an overweight man from the UK but he did look out for his grooming. The guy trimmed his beard well and did not dress the worse, despite being overweight. Paul also smoked every day and had quite an unhealthy diet. In our chats, Paul would talk about his aspiration of eating Popeyes fried chicken when he visits the US and how much he loved KFC.

Once again, I do not judge the man. Not long after, Paul makes a joke which set off alarm bells in my head. We were talking about going to a strip club for fun and then I did some research. I told Paul that Budapest strip clubs are not safe. Paul says “yeah those girls are forced to work there which is good for us but bad for them haha”. In that moment, my eyes opened wide and I was taken back by this man’s nasty comment.

I should have cut him off then and there but I was wondering if this is how European humor is like perhaps?

Inconvenience strikes.

I sort of left the gameplan of the trip to Paul since he travels around Europe a lot. Well, I come to find that Paul’s gameplan relied heavily on the hostel. The idea is that the hostel gets full and he finds a way to form a social circle and game that. Paul claims that in Italian hostels he had done just this to great success.

Well, the hostel in Budapest was not full at all. When this happened, Paul started to almost unravel in a way but I ended up just talking to a few people. I talked to a couple who seemed friendly and made small talk with them. Then at that time, Paul pulled me aside to a room he was staying in to talk in private.

Paul complains about me talking to a couple and says “a couple mate? A couple?”. I was trying to salvage a bad situation but Paul complained. Paul shared stories about how he had wings in the past that would shout at him in public, I started to realize why.

Being around Paul.

Paul had a habit of shaming you and I cannot help but think if this is a British thing. Around Paul, you had to watch how you came off to everyone because he would chastise you for it. In Paul’s world, everyone was watching and you had to watch your behavior so even cold approach was quite taboo. Paul made me feel like an awful person for talking to strangers at a hostel and being around him made you feel as if you had to watch every word.

Paul also went around pointing out how I was “emotionally” off. I had noticed the same exact behavior with Andy so I took mental notes.

But I decided, let’s give it one more night.

Paul did stick up for me on a game chat so I gave him more leeway. Usually, after one bad encounter, I would cut a guy out but I thought let’s give Paul one more chance. We had met one other cool dude from the hostel so we went out to the one bar that was great in Budapest. I also gave Paul more leeway because he did make small talk with that guy who was a cool guy and we went out.

The next night.

We go out to Szempla and do some approaches. It was me, Paul, and that one cool dude from the hostel. When I say we, I want to clarify that Paul did not do one approach. In fact, Paul never did any approaches on the entire trip. Despite being a part of a game chat, this dude never cold approached.

So I open a two-set and talk to the girl’s friend while Paul talks to his girl. Paul would join in on our sets but this leech never approached. We talk to this set for what seemed like well over half an hour and nothing was moving forward. I proposed a date with my girl who said she had her parents visiting over the weekend. The staff told us that area of the bar is closing and the set ends, after well over 30 minutes of chatting.

Paul did not move the interaction along at all. If I left it up to him, we would talk to these girls for 2 hours with nothing in sight. So I open this set for the guy and how does he thank me?

I told Paul what I had to the girl and he had an issue with me being “too forward” and asking a girl out on a wine date. The night ends and then Paul, as we head out, grabs a massive Gyro. This dude was a glutton through and through.

After that, Paul chastises me the whole time and I had a couple drinks in me. I had it and I did point aggressively at him which he took offense to. Notice, this leech has not opened one set and then criticizes everything I have done.

Then as the conversation unfolded, this leech talks about how “pointless” cold approach is as it fails most of the time. The guy then shames me for not having any results on my European trip so far.

Paul also continues to gaslight me and says how I was wrong for approaching this one Italian girl who was super into me and how her friends were gossiping. The rejection I had from a couple of English girls? Paul said how that is what they are like and talks about the fake nice English behavior.

In no way was this guy supportive or doing anything about a poor situation but if you tried to improve it, he gaslighted you. I finally understood why people shouted at this leech in public.

My issues with Paul.

1. Paul did not do one cold approach or open one set.
   

2. Paul joins in on all the approaches I did.
   

3. Paul then chastises and nitpicks all the wrong things I did.
   

4. Paul was a negative black hole that sucked life out of anything good. The guy would complain non-stop about damn near everything and see the worst in every situation. No matter what you did, Paul made you feel small.
   

5. Paul had this weird way of taking a moral high ground on you despite being a guy of questionable morals himself. The man made a nasty joke about human trafficking and then tells you to watch what you say in public…..

It gets even worse after the fact.

After that night, I cut Paul off entirely. However, I came to find that Paul was a massive creep even on the chat I started. Paul would privately message members and talk about the dirt he had on them, including an old video he dug up of another member. Paul also talked with Andy, another wing that turned out to be crap for me but not nearly as bad as Paul, about me behind my back.

I wish I had dropped Paul a lot sooner, I should have done it after his nasty comment about sex workers. Thankfully, I found the right wings and my Budapest trip was saved. Paul was, for all intents and purposes, the worst wingman I have had to date.

I see the big black bouncer which is a sign that the door is going to be tough. In a way, I get it. Socialista is the elite venue it is because it has a picky door. We overthink for a few minutes but then Rob had told me he had arrived but been told they are not open yet.

One of the kind bouncers at Socialista told me the night before you should come near opening time. Rob goes in again after 15 or so minutes, alone, and they let him in. I also go in minutes later and the lady in white is working the door alongside the bouncer. The lady in white tells the bouncer to let me in, she has been a good omen every time I have been to Socialista.

Entering Socialista.

We get into Socialista and Rob works his magic with one of the bartenders. The bartender is this sexy Ecuadorian woman, who looks sort of white, and Rob has great chemistry going with her. I strike up a long convo with two brunettes next to me and we go for almost half an hour as the bar starts to fill up.

Come midnight, Socialista fills up by a lot and it is almost impossible to get in even if you bring girls.

Familiar faces.

I run into two guys who are actually in the chat I help run. One of the guys is a coach for Alex from PWF and has been on his videos. The other guy is this ripped Russian dude with dark hair who lives a pretty high end life. I follow the Russian dude on IG and he is clearly one of the top tier players in Miami. The guy is constantly on boat parties with hot girls and at least a quarter of the hot girls I have IG closed from nightgame follow him.

For now, I will call the PWF coach PWF and the Russian dude Rus. Rus and PWF approach a few sets though PWF is more active. PWF is approaching left and right while Rus is helping out here and there.

PWF also gave me some unsolicited advice that I found annoying. For the moment, I forgive him as these PUA dudes just want to help everyone. At times though, I do feel like the vibe between me and PWF is a bit off but I will let time tell this story.

Rob approaches a set near the outdoor bar and I realize who they are, it is the same set that I tried to help me to get into Socialista on Thursday. The Indian girl in the set recognizes me but she is also the one hellbent on crashing the set.

More sets.

Rob is going to work and hits it off well with this brunette. As good as the set is going, this Indian dude tries to interrupt it. I step in and tell the brunette that her and the Indian guy are such a cute couple, she says she does not even know him as the Indian dude walks away and Rob works his magic.

We would go around approaching a good bit. PWF and Rus are having a great vibe going with one of their sets but I am standing around waiting for Rob. It looked awkward on me. Clearly, this night was not a good one for me. Energy levels continue to be an issue and I have some ideas on how to fix them.

From what I saw, Rus and PWF pulled. I am not sure what happened after that but they clearly left with one of the women. Meanwhile, me and Rob left empty-handed because my game was off. I would later find that Rob got an interesting close the next night due to Socialista.

The Indian dude who was interrupting the set also seemed to pull these two brunettes as I saw him and his friend walking home with them. I call it a night for myself.

Takeaways.

Socialista is definitely one of the best venues

It took me forever to get the plan to go to Socialista more together because back then, I was winging with a pansy who was habitually late. I had a pansy as a wing that would gameplan all week but then when push came to shove, be all deer in headlights. As a result, Socialista never took off as a project until now. The plan was always to go to Socialista first and then as a backup, end up at Regatta.

Naturals are far better wings than PUA and Game Guys

I would define Rob as a natural even though he has taken PUA content before. Rob was tall, jacked, and a social guy. Come to find, Rob actually closed on his trip to Miami. In getting to know him, Rob was a fun guy who was into sports and traveling. Rob was friends with promoters and as a result, a better wing than most game guys I know.

Rob was on time, socially calibrated, and a cool guy to have as a wing. Most game guys I have winged with lack all of this.

I need to explore Miami more in terms of venues.

I thought Regatta was it due to its size but every guy I talk to tells me how much it sucks for game. While I did pull and close twice from Regatta in April, it has historically been a hellish venue for game. I will still go to Regatta every now and then but for Fridays, the magic seems to be in the cocktail bars that everyone names. I will continue to check these bars out and see what the vibe there is like.

Even now, I daydream at times of the perfect weather, the beaches, the hot blondes (or hot whatever kinds of women they have), the Hollywood sign, and am amazed at what LA looks like.

More importantly, why the hell am I even talking about this?

As usual, I have made it a goal to go out on a Thursday night as often as possible. On this Thursday, I went out with a guy I met on a large Game chat I am a part of on Telegram. The guy is visiting Miami and we will call him Rob for now. Rob is from LA and visiting Miami.

In the past, I have had bad experiences with most wings I have met so I made my expectations clear to Rob. Rob was cool with my expectations and agreed to meet up with me. The plan was for me to go to Socialista.

Socialista.

I arrive at around 9:30 or so when they open and I think I saw a good sign. This time, this one Latina wearing a white dress was working the door. Whenever she works the door, I manage to get in. I did try to approach some girls upstairs but it came off as a wack approach since I was somewhat rusty.

Anyways, I end up going in minutes later and the woman at the door let me through. I am noticing a trend that whenever there is a big black dude working the door, it is tough to get in. I get in and use the restroom where the bouncer who guards the path to it is different.

The bouncer is a black dude with glasses who seems like a chill guy. I talk to him about getting into Socialista on Fridays and he says you have to come really early, like 10 PM at latest, or else you are SOL and need a reservation.

Soon, Rob joins me and we get a drink.

Some good signs about Rob.

Rob did not come off as a typical PUA guy, he was social, tall, and buff while also being well-dressed. More of all, he drinks rather than being like these pickup guys who won’t even have alcohol because of what they read on the internet.

I know I am going to get some guys disagreeing here but drinking, as long as a guy does not get drunk, is a good sign.

We chat and approach.

I chat with Rob for a few minutes and get the vibe that he is a normal and cool guy. Moments later, Rob notices a girl looking at him and approaches her which I respect. He talks to the girl for quite a bit as she is with a mixed set (guy and girl). When he comes back, he tells me how the girl kept on telling him to buy her a drink so smart on him to not stick with it.

Rob also chats up the bartender who is this sweet Ecuadorian woman. The bartender tells us about the good vibes of the bar and also how to get in on Fridays and Saturdays. Since Rob speaks Spanish, it is a very easy conversation for him and he learns a lot from the bartender.

I go to the restroom and when I come back, this blonde from Boston takes my seat. No harm no foul, I try to chat her up but she is not interested. Me and Rob then go outside where we have a few memorable sets.

Mexican tourists.

We talk to these white women who end up actually being Mexican tourists visiting. Rob speaks great Spanish and chats with some of the women in the group in it. I hear a lot of Spanish words hinting to having a spouse and get out of there. We leave the set altogether as we realize that this is somewhat of a girl’s bachelorette type of trip.

Moments later, this one woman in the group who practically looks Scandinavian comes in. The woman is from Mexico and has been there for generations but looks as white as your typical Swede. Apparently, she has Polish and American ancestors and stuck around. Rob was speaking to her in Spanish and somehow a super white looking chick speaking Spanish just turns me the heck on.

We hear about her going to or being from around some of the parts of Mexico that are famous for all the wrong reasons. Soon we leave the set.

Two Brazilians.

We cold approach these two girls, one who looks very Russian and the other that looks Latina. Both of the women are Brazilian and we chat them up for a bit. I DHV about my knowledge of Brazil and end up getting them to open up a lot. I do not sexualize as much as Socialista is not the environment for it.

The set goes on well enough but the blonde chick is not feeling it as much. I do end up getting their IGs since the brunette says she works for Inter Miami. Overall, my experiences with Brazilian women are not too good. You get led on a lot and they want hyper macho guys or very rich guys for the long-term.

The Italian.

Rob had his eyes on this one cute blonde at the bar and I decided to talk to her friend in red. I opened and told her that the red dress looks good on her. We chat for a bit as she is receptive and she has an exotic accent, it ends up being Italian. I am getting decent vibes from this girl so I try to get a number close.

She asks me what am I looking for. I straight up tell her “take you out on a date, get to know you better, see what you are about and see what happens from there”. She tells me “why don’t we make some magic happen now?”. I smile and I guess I took the bait but seconds later, her friends were getting involved.

The set had 4 people in it, 3 girls and 1 guy. One of the women who is with the guy says that the woman in red is her girlfriend. Moments later, I talk to the girl in red who tells me that it was just a joke and that the guy is actually the woman’s boyfriend.

My game was surely rusty but then the girl and her friend that Rob was talking to decide to go to the restroom. The friend had been the one to drag her away. Set was basically over.

We decide to consider more sets but then one of the guys I met at Regatta a week ago tells me Barracuda is lit.

The decision.

Our original decision was to either go to Wynnwood after Socialista on a Thursday since volume there is consistent, although kind of trashy. The other decision is check out Barracuda to see how summer impacts the volume and quality. My take is that May is going to be a down month due to Maymester but June and July should be better and have higher volumes.

The DM from the guy I met confirms it and we head to Barracuda. The volume is lower than normal and I also have an early morning call I need to be on. I do not open any sets except for one which are these 3 tourist women from Nashville, they were not very receptive. Oasis was bare empty despite it being 1 AM and so was Sandbar.

Sandbar was so empty that we actually saw old people having beers and drinks. Usually lines are out the door on Thursdays in Sandbar as it fills up with college freshman and sophomore girls wanting drinks. Barracuda has some sets but the volume is relatively low.

Takeaways.

Thursday was meant to more scope out the land, I learned a few important things.

• Socialista is easy to get into on Thursdays

• To get in on Fridays or Saturdays, get to Socialista very early

• The Grove is quite dead in the summer

• There are still sets to be had despite the Grove being somewhat empty

• Normal social guys are far better wings than PUAs

I love what the charity is actually about as I own a shelter animal myself. In past years when I have gone, I have met a lot of cool girls. In Miami, the quality gap is massive in some events and venues. You got Wynnwood, Regatta, and especially Blackbird, you are left with the trashiest women in the country that make you wonder if you are on Bourbon Street. You go to Socialista, Babes In Toyland, or Mila, you meet some of the best looking women in the country who have their lives together.

While I do love meeting hot girls with great things going for them, I care about animal welfare. Throughout my life, I have only gotten my pets from the pound rather than a breeder. While Babes In Toyland does various charities, I like the one about Animal Welfare.

My thoughts on Sartain.

Michael Sartain is a polarizing figure to the PUA community. My thoughts are that he is a very opinionated guy and I do not agree with everything he says. I have even known guys who took MOA and it did not work out for them. However, I judge guys by their outcomes and what they can prove.

To me so far, Sartain lives it. Sartain has hot girls around him at all times and manages to get them on podcasts. Higher status and popular women vouch for Sartain in ways they do not for other dating coaches and pickup guys. You can deny a lot of things, you cannot deny results.

I will also post my honest thoughts on Social Circle Game in later articles.

A little pregame.

There is a wine bar near me which has Happy Hour after 8 PM almost every day. I decide to head there first dressed in all white which includes a white blazer, white pants, and white button up. As soon as I walk in, I have one hot blonde sitting down eyeing me up and down but she is in a large group so I do not approach.

What I really wanted were a couple of drinks in me. I have a couple glasses of wine and then talk to two women near me. As soon as I open them, they say “where are you heading? You look great!”. We have a good vibe going and get some good banter. I spread great vibes their way. Both are married so I do not want to try anything but I compliment them to build a positive vibe before heading out.

After talking to those women a bit, I finish my drinks but compliment two older women sitting next to me, they are married. One of the women had talked to me beforehand so before leaving, I tell her and her friend they look great and wished them an amazing night. The two kept me around and were overjoyed by the compliment. I do not want to get in the habit of flirting with married women but I thought why not in this case, it would make their night and they know I am not trying anything.

I leave in good spirits, got some socializing in before heading out. The Uber driver more or less left me to be as I listened to some Kendrick Lamar on the way. However, as much as I love the disses, I changed artists and listened to some R&B instead. Not long after, we arrive to Hyde Beach at SLS where I get going to the event.

The event.

The last event I went to at the SLS was garbage, it was an overhyped Halloween party which was a total sausagefest. I have gone to previous Babes In Toyland events before and they were always great. Criticize Sartain all you want but the man has access like no other guy in the industry. I saw Rollo and Sartain at the event but noticed that this year, Rollo was a lot less social.

As for the event itself, it was also a bit underwhelming. I noticed that the back of the pool of Hyde Beach, which was active and even had the photoshoots, was closed off. I did see Sartain but he was doing interviews as usual with hot girls, this time more towards the front. I start the night off talking to one of his top students who is recruiting for MOA.

The top student.

I am not going to unveil too much about him but my experience with the guy was mixed. On one hand, we have gone through similar issues with the PUA community. I also feel like the guy gave me honest feedback which I appreciate. However, I found that the guy in the moment was slightly pushy and can come off as brash even though he seems to be a genuinely good dude.

In that time, I also talk to other students but one white guy in particular and one Cuban guy came off as cool dudes. Both of the guys also live in Miami which is good as lately, I have been struggling to get any decent wing with social skills.

Approaching.

Compared to past years, the volume of hot women this year was significantly less. I think this primarily has to do with the weather. Miami has been hit with an unreal heatwave and no one really wants to go out in this sort of climate. I was also slightly buzzed but after a while, started to get going.

I ended up approaching quite a few women. Despite the volume being lower than usual, this event just about blows out any other event in Miami as well as any other venue in terms of quality. The only place I can see competing is Socialista on a good night.

My goal was not to pull because I thought that it was going to be an uphill battle. My point was to get IGs and have hot girls follow me so it helps to boost my status. Lately, I am starting to realize how much of a difference a good IG can make.

Long story short, I got 4 IGs of where the girls followed me back. In such an event, every girl has a high status Afterparty she is going to which makes pulling hard. However, while this Babes In Toyland was underwhelming in terms of volume, it was not in terms of lessons. Here are a few things I observed.

PUA guy pulls hot girl.

I recognize this one guy who is buddies with one of the guys in my chat. The guy has pulled before in Wynnwood and I approach him. Overall, the guy mentioned how a lot of the dudes have wack game when they do this social media stuff. This guy, who is an Italian dude with glasses, ended up approaching this dark-haired hottie. It is almost like he had an eye for this woman.

Towards the end of the night, the woman was in arms with him and walking out with him. Even I was a bit amazed at seeing how well this guy had pulled. I almost respect that he was able to cold approach in such an event and pull a hot girl.

Celebs.

In the event, I also had a chance to meet Adam Sosnick from Soscast. We chatted for about a minute or so but he seemed to be keen on pulling that night. Given that he is Adam Sosnick, he had status. I saw him approach a dark-haired woman who I am not even sure if he came with. Towards the end of the night, he leaves with Sartain’s top student, another girl, and the dark-haired woman.

The lessons.

After a week where energy levels were a massive issue for me, I feel like this event woke me up. I also feel like I learned that as much as we debate social circle vs cold approach, the answer is in the middle. I talked to a lot of hot girls and got their IGs as some followed me back but I doubt anything comes of it.

In hindsight, I notice that as long as you are not gaming the most popular girls at these events and just going for hot girls who got invited, your chances of pulling are there. I will keep this in mind for future events like this.