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Good to see you're still taking action. CLubs become not so very intimidating after you spent alot of time there. Strangely enough I feel at home in them now whilst I was scared shitless of doing anything when I first started going (6 motnhs ago)
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Madness and Mystery ~ Dublin
To hell and back, a bootcamp survival story
[=rgb(46, 139, 87)][/][=rgb(139, 0, 0)]"Abundance is, in large part, an attitude." ~~ Sue Patton Thoele[/]
“A good plan, violently executed today, is better than a perfect plan next week." ~~General George S. Patton
To hell and back, a bootcamp survival story
[=rgb(46, 139, 87)][/][=rgb(139, 0, 0)]"Abundance is, in large part, an attitude." ~~ Sue Patton Thoele[/]
“A good plan, violently executed today, is better than a perfect plan next week." ~~General George S. Patton
Good to see you again dude, and glad to see you wasting no time getting out and practising.
A few things;
1) Stop making excuses. You don't need to know how to dance. Just get in there, spin/lift/whatever the girl
2) Buying random girls drinks is not exposure to fear. Your job is to expose yourself to your fears so that you learn to more effectively manage these. As you repeatedly expose yourself to your fears your comfort will rise, and you'll find you'll have less of a problem with energy/avoidance, because you no longer fear approaching
3) Spotting thinking errors is the key to managing the fears associated with them. Sounds like you're doing that, but don't get hung up on them. Spot and expose. That's all you need to do
4) Don't put pressure on yourself. Go out and have fun. You know what you need to do, but don't lose sight of the fact that you're out to have a fun time like everyone else in the club
You have everything you need to succeed. Stop looking for, and making excuses. Be positive and work with what you have. If you keep chipping away, you will see the success you want over the longer term. You just need to be patient and apply what you now know.
Keep it up.
A few things;
1) Stop making excuses. You don't need to know how to dance. Just get in there, spin/lift/whatever the girl
2) Buying random girls drinks is not exposure to fear. Your job is to expose yourself to your fears so that you learn to more effectively manage these. As you repeatedly expose yourself to your fears your comfort will rise, and you'll find you'll have less of a problem with energy/avoidance, because you no longer fear approaching
3) Spotting thinking errors is the key to managing the fears associated with them. Sounds like you're doing that, but don't get hung up on them. Spot and expose. That's all you need to do
4) Don't put pressure on yourself. Go out and have fun. You know what you need to do, but don't lose sight of the fact that you're out to have a fun time like everyone else in the club
You have everything you need to succeed. Stop looking for, and making excuses. Be positive and work with what you have. If you keep chipping away, you will see the success you want over the longer term. You just need to be patient and apply what you now know.
Keep it up.
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Ozzie Bootcamp Alumni - Bootcamp Review | Journal
Dude... something doesn't seem right here. It is NOT normal to have some guy throw water over your head. I mean this is completely unacceptable behaviour. I have to give you props for actually staying in the club after that happened! I would either have punched him or just left. Still, maybe this is just Belgium, or the clubs you are going to, but this should not be happening.
It's difficult to understand what is eliciting this sort of action from random chodes - but you need to be careful. If there is a genuine feeling of danger from over protective chodes, take the high ground and go speak to other girls. I'm on your side, but the fact is, this shit should not be happening, so either you are giving off some vibe or you just need to be more aware of chodes being dickheads.
Stay safe.
Nice to see you are spotting your thinking errors and acting on them. This is key.
In terms of 'drag aways' and managing mixed groups, you can either approach the whole group or I prefer to just approach in isolation, so you approach the girl you want and just speak to her. If the friends see that she is into you, normally they take care of themselves. Just remember though, if you go hardcore caveman on the girl, whilst she may love it, her friends might get freaked out that some random guy she doesn't even know is being so physical with her. Normal to us, not normal to over-protective friends. The best way to do this, is build attraction with the girl with light physicality and then when her friends are cool just isolate her 'we're going to the bar/adventure/outside/smoke/whatever' and escalate in isolation. In my experience, when you isolate a girl from her friends and escalate in isolation she is waaaay more receptive to it. Try it out.
It's difficult to understand what is eliciting this sort of action from random chodes - but you need to be careful. If there is a genuine feeling of danger from over protective chodes, take the high ground and go speak to other girls. I'm on your side, but the fact is, this shit should not be happening, so either you are giving off some vibe or you just need to be more aware of chodes being dickheads.
Stay safe.
Nice to see you are spotting your thinking errors and acting on them. This is key.
In terms of 'drag aways' and managing mixed groups, you can either approach the whole group or I prefer to just approach in isolation, so you approach the girl you want and just speak to her. If the friends see that she is into you, normally they take care of themselves. Just remember though, if you go hardcore caveman on the girl, whilst she may love it, her friends might get freaked out that some random guy she doesn't even know is being so physical with her. Normal to us, not normal to over-protective friends. The best way to do this, is build attraction with the girl with light physicality and then when her friends are cool just isolate her 'we're going to the bar/adventure/outside/smoke/whatever' and escalate in isolation. In my experience, when you isolate a girl from her friends and escalate in isolation she is waaaay more receptive to it. Try it out.
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Ozzie Bootcamp Alumni - Bootcamp Review | Journal

Wolfie
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Join Date: 02/20/2010 | Posts: 99
I did bootcamp in february with ozzie in london. After bootcamp I wanted to get this woman thing handled as soon as possible but I did not came prepared.
I did some travels after bootcamp and it took a lot of time searching for venues that are perfect to go out near my livingplace. I lost a lot of time doing that and I lost also the energy from bootcamp the weeks afterwards. I have finally a list of venues and I can start developping a strategy. I think clubs are good for building your game and getting outside the comfortzone, but daygame may have more results because you speak with the real girl and not just some bitchy/slutty fantasy madeup character of her.
Now its summertime and I'm loaded up with hormones. I finally feel I'm ready to start gaming like I want to game. yatta !!
I deceided to write my experiences down on this forum to give myself a kick in the ass and to look back later to the progress I make. I want this topic to be a new start.
So basically my main challenge will be to get the energy from bootcamp back.
Anyway, I have some good intents:
-Go out three times in a week; build energy up and get used to "hard" environments.
-For starting, try to do 1 daytime cold approach each day: this will be the hardest intent. Daytime is hard.
-Each day sport, preferably fitness exercices or adventurous stuff: get energy, loooots of energy!
-More vegetables and fruit, less fat and sugar: get rid of belly.
-Alpha mindtraining: convince yourself you are cool.
-No negative thoughts or mental masturbation: no more shit in my life. I don't accept negativity, even from others.
-Carpe diem: you only live once, enjoy it.
Night 1:
First time in a new club. Place is just PACKED !!! I planned to do dancefloor approaches and this worked well. I ordered a redbull to not fall asleep and went to dancefloor. There i started dancing side by side with two girls. I bump my ass with them. If they respond I do a highfive. One girl is very responsive. Her friend does not like it and she drags the girl away. It's funny because I encoutered these two girls a few times during night, and the responsive one signalled: 'it's you again!!!', and gived a highfive everytime. This build social proof.
I started to talk with other guys. This place is full of drugs and a lot of people ask me for xtc. When you are alone people think you're a dealer. I get some interesting conversations this way. Even got a joint from one :p.
I become thirsty so I went to the bar. The girl besides me passed out and I had to drag her to the doors. The whole event pushed me far outside my comfortzone so I was loaded with confidence. Back to the bar and I start talking with a 2set about the event. They just look at me noninterested and the first thing they say is "do you want to buy us a drink". I respond with "that depends on how good you can kiss.... oh, sorry, you don't look like a good kisser". Girl looks shocked. She jumps on me and start making out. Whoohooo.... she was a bit unsure and I stopped her with "do you call this kissing, it's worth a 5 on 10. You have to put your feeling in it, it is....". Girl start a heavy makeout. I respond and I stop her after a while "this is more like it, you deserved your drink". I start talking but I didn't notice her girlfriend who was almost red of anger. She grabbed the girl and away. Just got a "byebye". Okay, so makeout after 10seconds is possible.
Went to dancefloor and started assbumping with a girl. She was responsive but was looking sometimes sideways. I notice a huge guy who was 'not amused' with my escapades. Girl was into me, but guy gived me signs of "go away". I do this because a bouncer was nearby.
Other dancefloor game. Heavy dancing with girl. Tried to do makeout during dancing but I'm not a good dancer and I can't stop her. She seemed to want the makeout but was also resisting. Because nothing happens after a while she dances away from me.
This process repeats itself
What did I learn:
-guys are responsive if you find common interests. Talking with guys gives social proof and you feel also better.
-makeout after 10seconds is possible. You just have to believe it and encounter the right girl.
-dancefloor game is just not for me; but it builds confidence
Night 2:
There is only one club open in my region so I don't have a lot of choice. It's 50 minutes driving with the car and they don't spreak my navite language here. This is a large club (to my standards). This club is especially challenging because it's a extremely high energy place. So, I don't have any advantages besides my looks.
I arrived there around midnight but there are not a lot of people there yet. I came here several weeks ago as a recon-mission and I recognise a lot of faces. I deceide to wait a bit until there are more people and I can work more in anonymity. So, clubenergy start building up. I got really into my mind from the long cardrive and being in spectatormode so I have to get out of it. Go on dancefloor and start yelling and being crazy. I’m not noticed because half of dancefloor is really freaking out. Did I tell that this place has a lot of energy? I’m there just for going out of comfortzone. After I thought I built up enough energy... first set. Cutest girl I have seen so far.
Me: Hello there. You are soo sexy. What is your name?
Girl: (open ups, smiles and hugs me) sfqsfsqfssf qsfd(don't understood a thing)
Me: You are here alone?
Girl: grrsssrrrr good friends. grrsssss... best friend ..... grrrserzedqsdf
Girl: (shows if I have cigarette)
Me: okay, but you have to kiss me first
Girl: giggle, giggle, no, no I don't do that (another hug?)
Me: (Tried several times but she did not want to. Put endpart of cigarette in my mouth and so placed cigarette in her mouth.)
Me: so, you are my girlfriend for tonight. That's arraged then. Where are you from?
Girl: lqskjfqsklfjqsldkqjfslkdjfsldjkfqsjfq
Girlfriend of girl : pops up, grab arm and away
Then I walked around a bit and I waited too long before approaching new set. I stop walking girls and start talking to them. One girl disappears while cutest girl stays with me.
Me: Hello, are you a cute girl?
Sunglassgirl: lqsdjflqskjfqslkfjqmlksfjslfkjsklfsdf
Me: nice, what is your name?
Sunglassgirl: qlsdjfqslkjfqsldjfqslkdfjqklsdf
Me: is this your friend?
Sunglassgirl: sljkfqslkfjqsldlskjdf (propably yes, and she looks very happy)
Me: you look freaking hot in the sunglasses. Why do you wear those?
Sunglassgirl: sdlkfjsmldfsfjlskfjdsjklj
Conversation dies out because verbal communication is almost not possible.
Then I saw cutie on dancefloor. I enter dancefloor. They have turned up the volume but I don't have another choice to back off. Energy on dancefloor is extremely high, close to dangerous. Ears hurt a lot. Basses vibrate my heart. Couldn't even place my drink on a table because of the vibration. Said something in her ear but she couldn't understand a thing... offcourse. She was into the dancing … a lot. New set.
Me: Hello, why do you wear a cap?
Girl: qslkjflkqsdjlkjsdfkj (none of your business, I guess)?
Me: what's your name?
Girl: qslkjfslkfqlksdjfqlksd
Me (to guy who stood next to her): is this your girlfriend? She's cute.
Guy: don't know her
Me: you are much cuter without cap (put cap off her head). See, what a beautifull blonde hairs.
Girl: pushes me away and goes away
Saw a cutie standing with her friend. Thinked in a flash about approaching but her friend kind of feeled it. Suddenly she looks to me, stops her look suddenly on me and her eyes said "don't even try". Didn't approach but 10min later cutie was making out with a guy. don't know if it was boyfriend or random guy but this learned one thing: girls see you coming even before you think about it.
Then I did some more approaches which goes basically like this:
Me: hey, you are cute
Girl: no, not interested
Me: is this your friend/your name/you like it here?
Girl: turns around and away
I order a drink (a fanta), but bartender misunderstood me. I get a cocktail. Fuck, what do I have to do with this?
So, I stop girl in corner.
Me: Hello there, I have a problem
Girl: Oh really
Me: I ordered a drink, but they misunderstood me. I asked just a fanta, but they gived this mess. Since I’m here by car I can’t drink it. You may have it.
Girl (get into light), (fuck, she’s older and so I’m not attracted anymore). Oh really?
Me: do you really think you can earn this drink so fast? We do a little quiz. Nothing is for free in this world.
Girl (okay, woman): giggle, giggle
Me: shoots questions, woman responds, and I give drink after three correct answers
This shows woman are most of time in for a little test, I guess.
While my comfort decreases I witnessed a really horrible fight. It's late already and there are more drunk people. The aggresiveness of the fight really stuck me deep. Victim was unconsious lying on the ground and the attacker just kept stamping on his bare head with all his power. Since I'm peaceloving guy this fight made me really sad and sick, I almost had to vomit of abominatoion. The guy stood up after a while and his face was… almost not human anymore… It took a while before I got myself together and had the balls to approach another one.
Me: you should go dancing on dancefloor
Girl: no, don't like it there
Me: don't you like attention? Come with me, we can go dancing there.
Girl: no, I like it here.
Me: anyways, what is your name
Girl: backoff, turns away and walks
Then I got into my head and wanted to go home. One last one to give myself a good feeling.
Me: hello
Girl: avoid, avoid
So, what did I learn tonight
-Arrive at least 1h later in this club so I can start immediately
-Voice. This club is loud and communication is close to impossible here. Vocal projection is key to success.
-Not my native language. I lack "pickup" vocabulary so girls loose interest very fast.
-Just being on this dancefloor is bad for health. So avoid.
-I didn't spot other players.
-Approach more sets. Don't wait 5min before going to new set.
-Approach immediately after spotting. 3s rule is way to long.
Night 3
To my favorite club again. I start with choding around a bit and waiting until atmosphere goes up.
I see a guy making contact with a girl, but he is a bit unsecure. This is very funny because he really looks like a dangerous badboy. He stands behind the girl and you see him thinking… ‘should I touch her or not?’. After a while he has the balls to touch her, then she starts responding to him. I deceide to help a bit. I go into set and tell the girl ‘hey, that guy seems to like you’. Girl responds with ‘yes, it seems so :-s’. I deceide to concentrate on the girlfriend who is very surprised that I approach her. The other girl and guy are starting with sexy dancing, while I talk with the other girl and other girlfriends. I notice that behind me the guy fails to isolate the girl and she comes into the set and start talking to her girlfriends. So I loose the set, and the other guy loose the set. Dumbass !! Grrrr.
Then I see a –for me- very attractive woman. This is the normal type of girl for most guys but she is totally my type. Because I like her very much I deceide to go direct. I jump into the middle of the set (she was with 3 girlfriends), and I just tell her: “hey, I like you, I just looooove girls with short dark hair, who are you?”. She is … wtf? In my eyecorners I see the girlfriends disappear and they leave us alone. Jiiiehaa !! I start talking with the girl but more in “dominant mode”. She tells immediately that she has a boyfriend, and don’t let me cross a certain line. In fact she was communicating:’ I appreciate that you like me but I’m boudned to my boyfriend. We talk for 20minutes orso, but she keeps repeating her boyfriend’. I tried to get her number but she said she can’t do that. I can’t get sexual and I deceide to eject. She HAS a boyfriend.
Next set, I see a girl dancing, very sexy. She is on a balcony and she only has… panties on, so you see her intimate zone. I’m turned up by that and I deceide to approach her. “Hello, who are you?”. Her voice is extremely high and I have no problem understanding her though the music. She just don’t stop dancing and I don’t have the balls to start dancing with her. Okay. So far so good. I try to talk but she is more interested in her “dancing” (what you call dancing, pfff). Go away.
So, what did I learn today:
-Other players who are busy with a girl but are having trouble with confidence are just “lost”. Next time I try to steal the girl. I’m just tooo good for other people.
-If the target puts her line and don’t let you cross it; forget it.
-Dancing girls: probably horny. Start dancing with them without “small talk”.
Night 4
Went to a club closer to my home with a friend. This club is much more quiet and classy than the club yesterday and I have to drive 35m for this one. We arrive around 1h. It’s not yet exploding, not so much people and energy seems low.
When I enter the club I approach the first girl I see. She is waiting for a friend. Just warming up and being social, since music is not loud here. Do some small teasing, she teases back but girl goes into “businessmode” when her girlfriend arrives.
Then we did some recon of the club. I do some direct approach of hottie but boyfriends pops up and tell me to back off. I see the other players calm down because “atmosphere” goes down.
Do approach of girl who seems a bit drunk.
Me: LOL, are you drunk?
Girlie: nono, not drunk. (Manly voice. Attraction on my side goes down. Just look how long I can stay in this set)
Me: really, you are ! What are you drinking?
Girlie: some cocomartini, you want some?
Me: (taste drink); it’s good but I don’t drink alcohol
Girlie: I do! (grabs glass drinks all of it)
Me: well, you really are drunk now!
Girlie: feel sick…. Bathroom…. (she was about to pass out, never saw here again that night).
Did some sets but most of them just fail
I approach other girl, talked a bit, some light kino. She acts a bit attracted but because my friend is there I do nothing. Got back to talk to her; got her phonenumber. Go back several times to her but never went really sexual.
What did I learn tonight:
-Going out alone is far more productive, higher frequency of approaches and more sexual
-Low energy place: approach friendly indirect, not direct
-Watch other players to monitor “atmosphere”. When they do nothing, you better stay with superfriendly approaches.
Night 5:
Went to another club. 1h driving. There are A LOT of people because everything else is closed I guess. Club was just full packed. Long rows for waiting. Inside, lots of people and all moving. I went into my own head because of the long cardrive. Big inside my head. Did maybe only four direct approaches but all failed immediately because I hesistaited too long and because the crowd pushed us away. I don’t like this place . Also no IOI’s. Just started approaching after a while.
Me: hey, you look like a nice girl
Girl: this is xlkdjflqkjdklsfj (pushed away by crowd)
I’m inside a “stream” moving and there is a girl behind me nonstop touching me
Me (turnaround): hey, stooop touuchhinngg meeeee (achmed dead terrorist voice)
Girl: gni gniii
Me (turnaround): why do girls always want to touch me?
Girl: gnii gniii laugh, laugh
This repeats but she is not so responsive
Me: let her pass (maybe a bathroom urgency)
Other set:
Me: What a nice cap, may I put it on? (take cap and put it on my head)
Girl: give that back.
Me: okay, maybe after a kiss
Girl: no way ! (suddenly grabs my cigarette out of my mouth)
Me: wtf?
Girl: gnii, gniii, gniii
Me: okay, you give back cigarette, I give the cap back
Girl: no, no, the other way, you give cap, then you get cigarette
Me: IIII’m the boss here
Girl: suddenly takes cap and gives cigarette back
Me: nice, what’s your name?
Girl: not interested…
So, really unproductive night inside my head. What did I learn:
-1h driving + long waiting row=very low energy when you arrive. I have to find ways to get into the zone directly when I get in the club
-Packed place: difficult because group of girls is pushed away or yourself are pushed away in interaction