It seems that many people are still debating over which style of game is better: Routine game or natural game. As it turns out, this conflict has been raging for quite some time now and has gathered many supporters on both sides. I understand from a marketing and financial point of view it is only inevitable that such conflicts arise. However I have never supported the act of dogmatism or bias towards one method or another. I strongly believe that in order to become a true master of pick up one must have learnt and mastered a part of every method. This is exactly what Neil Strauss (Style) did and we all know how he turned out: ranked number one PUA in the world after only two years in the game. And I’m sure many of you who have been in the game for more than two years are wondering why you aren’t on his level. In this article, that question, along with many others, will be answered.
Going back to the major conflicts we find in the game, we see that the major one at the moment is between naturals and the un-naturals. Those who believe only in pre-written game plans and those who just go with the flow. Basically, its between routines and natural game.
personally, as a pickup artist, I naturally gravitate to the things that I know can benefit me and discard the things I know that cant. And after looking at both the methodologies of natural and un natural game and putting both methods into practice, I have come to realise one thing. Both methods are missing crucial components, components which, oddly, the opposing method has. In basic terms, each method is like a puzzle piece, they can exist in isolation, but it is only once we put them together that we understand the big picture.
To fully understand this we must dive into the mechanics of both natural game and un-natural game in order to understand both their natures.
Natural game.
Natural game is built on the concept that routines and canned material only limit the PUA when it comes to social mastery. This is because they believe that life isn’t perfect and that it is impossible to foresee the future dynamics of an interaction. It is also believed that not all women will respond the same way to same routine so it is better to understand the concept behind attraction and put into practice the concept instead of just a canned line. The third belief is that routines are limited to there quantity. In other words, once you run out of routines you’re fucked.
Pros- Natural game teaches you how to understand the concept of attraction techniques and by doing so also teaches you how to become socially calibrated. (being able to adapt and respond accordingly to unforeseen social situations). By being able to understand the concepts of the game, one can formulate his own routines according to the situation. I have always believed that the best method is that suited to the nature of the situation. And this is what natural game teaches.
Cons- It is extremely hard to learn and to teach. Imagine you have a student that is totally introverted to the extent that he finds it difficult to talk to his house pets (over exaggeration). Now imagine trying to teach him the concept of attraction. “Ok Elbert, women want a guy who is different and stands out form the crowd. A man who is confident enough to take charge. Understand?”
“Yes.” Elbert replies
“Good. Now go out and be confident. And don’t forget to come across as different.”
Do you honestly think that poor Elbert is going to have any success with women? Definitely not. It’s all well and good telling people what women want and what type of man they should be in order to attract women, but the question is, HOW do you become that man?
This is a question that natural game cannot answer. It is however, one that can be answered by un natural game.
Un-natural game (Routine game)
Routine game is based on the belief that seduction is a linear process that has a step by step nature that is always the same. There is also the belief that by using a series of pre written lines and routines said at certain points, one can hit a woman’s ‘attraction switches’ and eventually lead her into bed. Basically it has this attitude “say these lines and you’ll get laid”
Pros- Routine game is extremely easy to teach and learn as it presents seduction in a sort of criteria. Those who start of learning routine game are often the ones that get more first time successes because the concepts behind their routines are built to attract women.
Cons- Most people who use un-natural game become reliant on routines. They simply go out and say the lines without understanding the concept behind those lines. This limits the PUA greatly as he is only limited to the amount of word for word knowledge his has in his head. He can no longer think for himself.
Another con is that those who study routine game will only be able to get results with girls who follow a certain social criteria for conversation. If for some reason the PUA is faced with a social situation for which he has no material, he cannot interact in that situation. This is extremely limiting.
Putting it all together.
Now that we have a better understand of what natural an un natural game is, we can now move forward to extracting the pros from both methods to create the ultimate type of game: A hybrid of natural and routine game. We must take the importance of understanding concepts from natural game and fuse it with the importance of using routines as a means of example. I many cases this has already been done by those who are highly experienced PUAs. While natural game had the idea of understanding concepts, they did not have a means to effectively teach it. And while routine game had the ability to get fast and quick results due to easy to learn methods, they were limited by their lack understanding of the concepts of their own routines.
Let’s take the concept of negs and disqualification for example. Most people think if you tell a girl that she has a cute Bugs Bunny over bite, is will feel attracted to you just because of the words you said, like it’s a magic spell or something. This is NOT TRUE. It’s not WHAT you say to the girl that counts, its the CONCEPT. So what is the concept behind this example? WHY is she affected by the neg and HOW does it affect her?? It affects her because she is a perfect 10 and no normal guy would have the balls to something like which immediately makes you stand out from the crowd. It also shows that you aren’t interested in her physical looks which again will make you stand out from any other guy. This is WHY it affects her. Because you stand out from the crowd, you are immediately seen as something valuable and rare and that will contribute to the generation of attraction. This is HOW it affects her.
Now that I have understood the concept behind the neg, I don’t have to go home and look for more on the internet, I can simply come up with my own negs and disqualifications and determine their nature according to the situation at hand. This in term makes then much more effective. This is how we become socially calibrated and learn to develop our own styles of game.
This is why it is so vitally important to understand the concepts behind your routines.
This, in a way, breeds a totally new way of effectively mastering game. Adam Lyons was one of the first PUAs to properly master calibration game. although it is not a fusion of routines and concepts, he understood that it was a lot more effective to understand basic concepts and then learn them using routines as examples. Learning through example has always been the best way to understand something, and when it comes to picking up women, there is no deviation from that fact.
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