NewAndImproved
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There's a new statistic that says the average video game player isn't a 21 year old dude living in his parents basement, or even a fairly-well adjusted 18-35 year old male who plays video games a few hours a week...
... Nope, the average video game player is a mid-20s female!
Of course they're not talking about "real" games like Call of Duty or Halo, but if you include things like Farmville, Facebook/twitter/pintrest/instagram and the newest social networking tool du jour, females actually "play" video games more than us.
With that in mind, I'm going to share a few rules of thumb as I've recently applied while gaming women who are obsessed with social networking. By obsessed I don't mean if you're on a date with them they're on Facebook or texting, I just mean they spend a significant amount of downtime on these sites.
It's the kind of woman with over 1000 friends, who gets at least 100 likes when they update their Facebook photo and even if they were to post the most mundane thing ever like "hi" they'd probably get at least 30 likes... Whereas I post that I graduated with my masters and I get 15 likes, hahaha.
1) GET THEIR NUMBER ASAP. With this one plate, I ended up having her Facebook first but immediately pushed for the number. Not only that, I made a comment about hating to communicate through Facebook. It wasn't necessarily a neg "ugh I hate Facebook... shoot my your number" -- but I made it clear that if we were going to continue to communicate, she's going to have to communicate thru phone.
2) EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED, DON'T LIKE THEIR STATUSES/PHOTOS/ETC. I'm not saying ever do it, I'm just saying do it rarely so you seem congruent. Don't go back on what you originally said even if things get more serious! With this one girl, not only was she initially just communicating with me thru Facebook PMs, she was liking my stuff, too. This came to a screeching halt when I got her number. I took this not as a bad thing but as a very good thing.
What you're doing here is actually quite powerful. Whenever a girl communicates one way with a majority of people (girl friends, male orbiters, family even) but communicates with you in a unique way, she becomes heavily invested. There's great power in knowing that all of those orbiters leaving lame messages are operating in one sphere and you're operating in another. You're different!
3) DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN AWs AND INSECURE "GOOD" GIRLS. I actually believe AWs are also insecure -- that's why they act the way they do. Now I've gotten to a point where if a girl posts something and it's mostly male orbiters and lames commenting and liking, I won't bother with the girl. She's just doing that stuff for attention and while I might be able to game her, it's probably not worth it if you're looking for something more serious. You can also tell the difference when it comes to the kind of photos-- are they homely, are they those myspace "sexy" mirror photos?
Insecure "good" girls on the other hand, while also hot and getting attention from male orbiters, the majority of people she's getting attention from are GIRL FRIENDS and EVEN FAMILY. This is a good chase. While I'd argue she's (ab)using social networking, she's just looking for love from her friends and family, not intentionally stringing along a bunch of chumpish dudes like an AW would do.
Anyway, I hadn't seen a post like this yet so I thought I'd drop a few of my experiences. Maybe most of this is obvious. Feel free to correct/add to this list. The most important thing I'd say I've learned is that the virtual world means nothing. She might appear all put together and loved online, but incredibly insecure in person. Whereas you, who keep it low-key online, deliver when it really matters-- in person.
... Nope, the average video game player is a mid-20s female!
Of course they're not talking about "real" games like Call of Duty or Halo, but if you include things like Farmville, Facebook/twitter/pintrest/instagram and the newest social networking tool du jour, females actually "play" video games more than us.
With that in mind, I'm going to share a few rules of thumb as I've recently applied while gaming women who are obsessed with social networking. By obsessed I don't mean if you're on a date with them they're on Facebook or texting, I just mean they spend a significant amount of downtime on these sites.
It's the kind of woman with over 1000 friends, who gets at least 100 likes when they update their Facebook photo and even if they were to post the most mundane thing ever like "hi" they'd probably get at least 30 likes... Whereas I post that I graduated with my masters and I get 15 likes, hahaha.
1) GET THEIR NUMBER ASAP. With this one plate, I ended up having her Facebook first but immediately pushed for the number. Not only that, I made a comment about hating to communicate through Facebook. It wasn't necessarily a neg "ugh I hate Facebook... shoot my your number" -- but I made it clear that if we were going to continue to communicate, she's going to have to communicate thru phone.
2) EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED, DON'T LIKE THEIR STATUSES/PHOTOS/ETC. I'm not saying ever do it, I'm just saying do it rarely so you seem congruent. Don't go back on what you originally said even if things get more serious! With this one girl, not only was she initially just communicating with me thru Facebook PMs, she was liking my stuff, too. This came to a screeching halt when I got her number. I took this not as a bad thing but as a very good thing.
What you're doing here is actually quite powerful. Whenever a girl communicates one way with a majority of people (girl friends, male orbiters, family even) but communicates with you in a unique way, she becomes heavily invested. There's great power in knowing that all of those orbiters leaving lame messages are operating in one sphere and you're operating in another. You're different!
3) DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN AWs AND INSECURE "GOOD" GIRLS. I actually believe AWs are also insecure -- that's why they act the way they do. Now I've gotten to a point where if a girl posts something and it's mostly male orbiters and lames commenting and liking, I won't bother with the girl. She's just doing that stuff for attention and while I might be able to game her, it's probably not worth it if you're looking for something more serious. You can also tell the difference when it comes to the kind of photos-- are they homely, are they those myspace "sexy" mirror photos?
Insecure "good" girls on the other hand, while also hot and getting attention from male orbiters, the majority of people she's getting attention from are GIRL FRIENDS and EVEN FAMILY. This is a good chase. While I'd argue she's (ab)using social networking, she's just looking for love from her friends and family, not intentionally stringing along a bunch of chumpish dudes like an AW would do.
Anyway, I hadn't seen a post like this yet so I thought I'd drop a few of my experiences. Maybe most of this is obvious. Feel free to correct/add to this list. The most important thing I'd say I've learned is that the virtual world means nothing. She might appear all put together and loved online, but incredibly insecure in person. Whereas you, who keep it low-key online, deliver when it really matters-- in person.
