Venue One Proper If you had to reduce the first venue down to the bare bones it would be this: the first venue is simply a conversation where you’re going to attempt to achieve three things: Pull her into your frame, and if so: Qualify her. Using this information you can: Decide on your next … Continue reading The Anatomy of a First Venue: Part Three (Aims, Body Language, Conversation and Escalation)
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The Anatomy of a First Venue: Part Two (Initial Stages and Energy)
Initial Stages (Meeting) The golden rule of the initial stages is “be normal.” Get to the meeting point on time. In girl world anything up to 15 minutes late is on time so be ready for it. In fact, her being there early or within five minutes of the agreed meeting time is a small … Continue reading The Anatomy of a First Venue: Part Two (Initial Stages and Energy)
The Anatomy of a First Venue: Part One (Disclaimers, Assumptions, Closing, Texting and Selecting Venues)
Any general will tell you that knowing the terrain and position of troops is paramount to success. It’s the same in Daygame and dating: the most technical section is the street set and it becomes less technical from there. I thought about what the next most complicated part of the process is and settled on … Continue reading The Anatomy of a First Venue: Part One (Disclaimers, Assumptions, Closing, Texting and Selecting Venues)
Recommended Reading Updated
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while: update the recommended reading list which lives at the top of this page. For a long time it’s stood unedited and un-added to. It’s also been more of a list of books I’ve read since I started Daygame, rather than an actual list of recommendations. Now, … Continue reading Recommended Reading Updated
#57: The Show Must Go On (Analysis)
This is the first of the Analysis posts which will be released a week after each lay report. I’ve described them in the order they appeared in the lay report so you may benefit from reading them side by side. I won’t be crediting as I go along so remember the Thomas Crown maxim: if … Continue reading #57: The Show Must Go On (Analysis)
#57: The Show Must Go On
This year the lay reports will be following a different format. Rather than posting memoir style lay reports and then collating them for a book, tarting them up a little before releasing them, I’ve decided to post executive summaries to this blog and then release the 12 best lay reports of the year as a … Continue reading #57: The Show Must Go On
25/01/19
RE: A Message from the Desk of Thomas Crown The last week at work, and surely the week ahead, was tough. With two colleagues absent I’m left to manage a typically lazy Italian, nurture a team in another location, and deal with all the extra crap coming my way in my boss’ absence. Most of … Continue reading 25/01/19
2019 Goals, Contradictory Aims, Newbie Lays and Notch-Hunger
I had two goals for 2018: 24 lays 50:1 approach to lay ratio As you can read here, I’m an abject failure. Boo hoo, woe is me! Just kidding, I’m awesome. The only time you lose is when you fail to learn. The problems I built into my 2018 goals were twofold: Contradictory aims Compliance … Continue reading 2019 Goals, Contradictory Aims, Newbie Lays and Notch-Hunger
2018 Statistics
As I stated so wisely in my 2016/17 statistics: “competition exists only with yourself.” Let’s see how I fared: 2018 Overview 815 approaches 221 numbers 37 dates 14 lays (plus another Daygame lay but the approach was done in 2017, so it doesn’t count for the ratios) Ratios 3.7 approaches to each number close 22 … Continue reading 2018 Statistics
My Daygame Route
If this blog ever contained a fluff-piece, then this is it: my Daygame route. Together with sets and stopping to buy a coffee, it takes around 2.5 hours. I start at Oxford Circus and then walk to Tottenham Court Road, up Tottenham Court Road a bit towards Goodge Street and back again. Diving in at … Continue reading My Daygame Route
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