About two years ago I stopped giving game advice to my buddies because the moment I explained a fundamental game principle with an illustration of how that principle might play out in real life, they’d run off and deliver my illustration verbatim with no regard for the underlying principle. When they got shot down, they’d say game doesn’t work, and delivering cheesy lines just wasn’t their style. The problem is not that game is broken but that they were treating rules as a script

I always laugh when I hear the “game doesn’t work” argument, because it’s not like the men who say it never speak to women again. They say they’re taking the high road and just being themselves, but in practice they’re still doling out compliments, buying drinks, and trying to get numbers. Game detractors come in two types: the man who opposes it on moral grounds and the man who memorizes canned lines without understanding the principles behind them.

Reciting a few lines from a game blog does not make you Roosh V any more than reciting a few lines from Star Wars makes you George Lucas. Game doesn’t favor the man who recites the lines; game favors the man who writes the script. A line is like hydrogen: it’s not an energy source, it’s a conductor of energy, and it only works when it’s plugged into the correct underlying principle. When a man focuses on the line instead of the structure, he’s bound to fail.

It’s important to remember that no line works on every woman every time. If you approach, you will get shot down; if you engage, you will get blown out of the water from time to time. Rejection simply comes with the territory, so when you do start chatting up an attractive woman, don’t sabotage yourself by delivering lines that aren’t grounded in principle. Observe the setting, your own vibe, and the girl’s vibe, then rewrite the line so it fits the energy instead of breaking it.