"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.
Thinking of getting WoW
- Thread starter ChrizZ
- Start date
"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.
Shiftkey
Master Don Juan
NWN2 and Oblivion for PC. Gothic 3 is fun if you can handle the bugs and know how to tweek the settings right. Zelda for Wii. Two Worlds is coming out pretty soon for PC.ChrizZ said:Ahh fvck it. Why risk my future because of a stupid game? I changed my mind. I´m not gonna buy it!
If you don´t have it you don´t miss it
Would anyone recommend me some other good games for the pc or wii?
http://www.2-worlds.com/
What about blaming the woman for a change?realsmoothie said:A co-worker of mine actually just dumped her boyfriend of a year because he played too much WOW.
That should tell you something... he was so addicted he'd rather play WOW than get laid.
She sounds like an HORRIBLE lay!!
ExploringOne
Don Juan
Good choice. :rockon:ChrizZ said:Ahh fvck it. Why risk my future because of a stupid game? I changed my mind. I´m not gonna buy it!
If you don´t have it you don´t miss it
Would anyone recommend me some other good games for the pc or wii?
I reccomend Star Craft. It's old, but it's cheap, free online, only game i've been playing consistently (meaning once in a while) for the past 9 years.
Shiftkey
Master Don Juan
For a change?? That's all you guys do here!djbr said:What about blaming the woman for a change?
She sounds like an HORRIBLE lay!!
Pathetic.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
If you have the type of personality that would get so into the game that you would lose sight of your real life then I wouldn't get the game. If you can honestly say that you can play the game like I play FFXI...being able to turn it off and not let it interfere with your real life, then it should be alright...but you should limit yourself to a set amount of time each week to play and not let yourself play more than that...EVER.
Shiftkey
Master Don Juan
It has a monthly fee. Very few online games are free.
"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"
Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.
She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.
Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.
So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.
The words come later. The impression comes first.
Warpath said:How did he spend thousands on WoW? Was he buying in-game items with actual money?
At first it started with him buying gold with actual money. Then it moved on to paying people in another country to level his characters. Over the course of 7 months he had spent probably $1500. The thing that helped aid our breakup was him buying someones character off of ebay for $1200 and lying to me about it (he told me it cost $600 originally). After about 2 weeks the ACTUAL owner (not the person who sold it to him) of the account took it back and so he lost all of that money. He lied to me again by telling me that he sold it for $1600. Eventually the truth had come out. Now the thing is, I never asked. He would tell me this stuff like "guess what, I bought a new character" so it hurt me that he was lying to me when I wouldn't have been too upset since it was his money.
This game can bring out the worse in people, with him he was a great guy beforehand, he had stuff to talk about and he was very honest. Ever since he started playing all he talked about was WOW and spend his money on it. I told him I felt like it was as if he was cheating on me because he did all of the things with WOW that you would do with a new girlfriend.
^/agreed
Psychologists have opened centers for help for addicts of ALL mmo's. The main point of why/how people get addicted is the "reward" syndrome gambling addicts face. It's never ending. As long as the company and game exist, there will always be more. The difference is, there's no risk, just keep playing. In life, there's SOME risk. Emotional, financial, psychological, etc. In life, few people can try and do and then fail and try and do again. In a fantasy world, you can do it over and over until you're tired.
In the sense of video games, it's fun. But it's a time-drag, like anything else NOT being focused upon as your main core outlook in life.
In the sense of addiction, it can be addicting, as many articles and real world events notes.
It personally disgusts and depresses me that people get like that...so obsessed. That guys would ignore or dump gf's over it. That they have nothing else better to do than lvl characters in a fake world. I'd even lump Second Life into this category because it has even a more non-sensical way about it, and a more glaring and depressing name. "Second Life." When my buddy showed me that game with people banging IN-game, and told me it was real people playing their character's, I knew it'd be FUBAR. How would you feel if your wife/gf's/sister's character was virtually banging some dude. "Oh honey/brother/bf, it's only a game! I have to so I can get more X!"
The same can be said of ANY video games, but because of their nature, MMO's have an addictive feature built in. Play more, get richer, get more gear, beat more people, beat bigger bosses, etc. It's pathetic.
The lesson learned is life balance. Guys in the PUA community can be victim to the same mentality of addiction to reward, but sacrifice of soul. Sacrifice of life. If you play the game, there's no rush. If you don't, good. Fly a kite. Run. Play games. Do whatever you enjoy. Ala, Virtue of Selfishness.
Work hard, Play Hard.
A-Unit