Memorising patterns... worth it?

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

De La Soul

Master Don Juan

Jan 5, 2003

Hey, boys. Just checkin' in on the "Unusual Techniques" forum for a couple of minutes... seems a little bit quiet, but nevertheless, there are some quality posts going around. Personally, I've been in and out of SS for about a month now, and I'm still not sure whether I need it. By "it" I mean things like learning how to properly deliver patterns and use the values that I elicit...

It seems like I often end up doing things like patterns and eliciting values without even realising it!! Does anyone have any opinion about whether or not it's worth memorising patterns (considering my game is mostly based around ****y/funny, kino, GM style, and a bit of eliciting values and feeding them back to her)?

De La

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.