I just said "come over". It wasn't really that needy, I don't think I really made a mistake there other than perhaps being too aggressive and then trying to walk it back the next day rather than own it.
The mistake is you rewarded her when she didn't make any efforts to seduce you, so she ended up placing zero value on you.
By now, you all should know what my game is. I frame my escalation as a reward and I only reward women who make efforts to seduce me or efforts to comply with my leading. As soon as she pulls back, I dismiss.
It's like a game of tennis. You can't play tennis by yourself. Your partner needs to hit the ball back. Once she went silent, you kept hitting the ball to her, and thus, displayed more low value.
I know times are desperate, but these are universal principles of value and attraction that you cannot break.
Back when I was known as the "bartender puller" amongst my friends, my game was to have a cool conversation with bartenders and then at a HIGH POINT (When she is really into it) I do a false takeaway by pretending I'm all cashed out or left my card at home or whatever. 9 times out of 10, if there is high interest, she would grab a drink and put it in front of me just to keep me there. This shows effort and compliance (which is absolutely necessary before an escalation), and so I would use a "plausible deniability" excuse to invite her alone. This would work 10/10 times because she feels like she has earned my escalation.
Women only place value on you when they feel like they worked for your escalation.
Escalation is a TIMING thing. When she was crying and showing that she was worried about you, you should have escalated right there and then. It would have made perfect sense. And if she pulled back, you could have just pretended that you misread her.
Either way, women never punish you for perfect timing.
Even in desperate times, my game doesn't change much. I prompt the woman to make an effort somehow, and only then do I reward her with an escalation. This could be done overtly by asking for compliance, or it could be done in a sneaky way by doing false takeaways or creating competition anxiety.
The woman makes an effort -> you reward her for her efforts -> the relationship between you and her escalates towards a romantic/sexual vibe.
It doesn't matter if there's a pandemic, world war, alien invasion, etc. The principles of game all work the same.