Troy – July 25 (Final)

Last Day: 25 July

I’m sitting on a blue couch which has been my bed for the past three weeks. It’s between the kitchen and the front door, the room doubles as a common room and my pull-out couch faces a window showing a dreary, grey-skied view. It was so sunny in Stockholm during Rockstar that on most mornings I had to close the curtains because the sun would literally warm me awake. It makes sense that it’s cold and wet right now, as everyone flies away.

On my right is a glass table on which, among other things, is my traveling phone. The traveling phone only receives messages now, and feels helpless when all that’s coming in are parting thoughts from friends, and I am helpless as I watch them go. I definitely cried at Cafe Opera having to shake those guys’ hands farewell, though I’ll see them again.

To sum up Rockstar, it changed my life. Not in a small, bought a new car kind of way. If you can break happiness down into the possession and quality of health, wealth and relationships in your life, Rockstar has given me everything I need to pursue each of these things with confidence in my ability of achieving them.

Nobody hands you a pill for a ripped body, a check for a million dollars or a supermodel girlfriend. But you do get the knowledge which you need to change your diet and lifestyle to live a longer, healthier life. You do get lecture after lecture on how to start and run a highly successful business and meet mentors who graciously offer to field questions (and who we also got to party with after their talks!). And you do make some of the most amazing friends in the world, who I will greatly miss for our time apart. There’s also that little last thing about being able to get a supermodel girlfriend if you want her.

I’m going to miss Ke for our drunken conversations and his intense motivation to achieve things most people perceive as impossible. I’m going to miss Laurent for that weird, magical vibe he’s got and his incredible depth that’s hinted at but hard to come by. I’m going to miss Collin for his ridiculous drunken antics and his ability to lighten up a room. I’m going to miss the Asian Sensation for being racist, black and probably the funniest guy I’ve had to shake my head at in shock (I have to do a weekend at gamecation just to hear you lay it out, Chase ). I already miss Gabriel for his deep passions and awesome sense of humour. I want to throw in Riddler and Prince here too, because they’re definitely Rockstars too – I learned a lot from you guys but more importantly you’re awesome to hang out (and pick up) with. It’s heart-wrenching to know that all these guys are disappearing through Arlanda as I write this.

Everyone else on the project lived a double life as a teacher and a friend. In Bullet’s case he was also a doctor (saving me from strep throat for the win), and he also happens to be one of the coaches I spent a lot of time with and whose company I enjoyed.

Aaron’s another great guy who put a lot of work into the project and the Rockstars, and there’s some vibe about him that made me like him right away. It’s a genuine, open feeling that, when we talked, made me feel like he was holding me fully accountable for my actions and ideas but well and honestly rewarded when I did something well.

Alex blows my mind with his drive to learn and improve himself and his environment. He’s a great coach and awesome wing, and his energy just moves people around him to have a good time.

I’m not sure how much I should say about Dom, but beyond being probably the nicest guy I’ll ever meet and great at what he does, he deserves every good thing he got out of Rockstar and life, and I’m proud to shake this man’s hand.

Vercetti is the funniest and yet somehow most concise speaker I’ve heard on game. Knowledge dropped out of this guy’s mouth and made you chuckle and then write it down and underline it twice. I will never forget the visualization exercise you taught us, because it changed my life.

Farmer we left back in London, but he was an unspoken hero for me. I would not be succeeding at day game on the level I currently am if it weren’t for his teaching, examples and motivation early on in the project. He’s also a really cool, open and honest guy who happens to have a ton of adventures as well. Farmer goes up there as my favourite LS coach and a dude I’d love to chill with again in the future.

I don’t think Mr. M realizes how profound his impact has been on me. If he hadn’t pioneered Rockstar years ago, I wouldn’t be here right now doing the things I’m doing and having done the things I’ve done. There’s something immense to be said for his teachings on game and social circle mastery, but the things he’s accomplished and is going to accomplish in his life trump how many and what calibre girls he’s slept with in my eyes. I have no slight respect for this guy, and it was a pleasure and an honour just to shake his hand.

I want to talk a bit about a Mr. Jeremy Soul, who organized this whole deal. Let us consider how much your average man does for others. Let us now consider that Jeremy Soul, despite hardships and complications outside of Rockstar, cobbled together this group of people I have mentioned above (and I only mentioned about half of the people who taught us or came out with us) and organized 40 days worth of content and training in two different countries and with participants and coaches from all around the world. Let us consider the knowledge and experience he passed on to us, the improvements he made with us, and the effort and dedication he applied towards our goals. Like you said, Jeremy, Rockstar is a giant dot that connects to everything in my future, and I am eternally grateful to you for organizing it and giving me this opportunity. I also consider you a friend, and wish you the greatest future you can imagine.

There are so many people I left out, like the film guys (we’ll have a cold beer back in Canada) and some of the business and other coaches who I’ll leave out for anonymity, but you guys changed my life with your teachings and I’m very grateful.

As I pack my bags and wait for inspiration, the sun cuts slightly through the clouds. It sucks to leave all of these people behind and it sucks that all of this is over, but it’s the most amazing feeling in the world to really and truly know that when I get home I can choose to be whoever I want and to do whatever I’d like. Hope you all had a good ride, and I’ll see you all soon.

Supernova.

-Troy

Troy – July 17-24

Day35 – 17 July

Josephina’s outdoor bar, Night Game.

Not too much happened today. Josephina’s was alright, but entirely devoid of girls to approach. The night portion was a little more interesting as I was working on setting up a date with the girl I’d met at Berns the night before. My text game was pretty normal since we’d basically made plans anyway, and she had almost agreed to grab a glass of wine at a bar near the place she was staying when the unexpected happened: she googled my name, found out about Project Rockstar and cancelled on me. The worst part is that I hadn’t really used lines or strategies or anything on her, I was just vibing from all the experience I’d had. I asked Soul and the film crew to change my last name to an assumed one to prevent future stuff like this, but it was pretty sad.

I’d been intending on going out tonight and getting into whatever state I wanted from whatever state I was in, and it worked despite my mood so I was pretty proud of that.

Day36 – 18 July

Morning Rock climbing, evening Gabriel’s going away party.

Shortie and I did some rock climbing today, which I haven’t done in forever and really missed. In the evening I ventured over to the Scandic where we mourned Gabriel’s loss in the hallway (and subsequently got kicked out) with a bunch of dudes and some random girls. One of the girls I was chatting with had read Atlas Shrugged, which basically screwed my game completely as I couldn’t stop connecting with her and freaking out about her awesomeness. Writing this three days later, I realize that she reacted well to my first text ping, but I just didn’t care or have the time to do anything with her anyway. She was awesome but I was only in Sweden for another hectic week.

After a long freaking night of partying, we wound up in the lounge of the Scandic reminiscing and just shooting the shit until about 9am when we’d all eaten a free breakfast and sent Gabriel off into the sunrise. We all got about an hour of sleep and then headed over to the Day37 activities.

Day37 – 19 July

Health, went out with Shortie.

Riddler and Prince blow our minds as usual, and now I feel like when I change my diet and implement this stuff, Health will be covered.

Day38 – 20 July

Group masterminding, mystery night game Q+A, Interviews, Ke’s girls.

It’s really hard to do justice to the seminars we’ve been having, since really all I can say is that they’re awesome. I take a ton of notes and apply them in field. Thinking of a set in terms of contrast was really helpful, and ideas re: closing were great.

After the second last set of Rockstar interviews Ke informed me that we’d be having guests that night – that is, a girl he picked up at the drop zone in Sweden and her friend. We took them out to SOAP Bar, they took us to a rocker bar, and finally they slept over. I spent about 4 hours trying to get my girl (C—)’s pants off, and didn’t end up doing anything exciting after they were crumpled in a corner by my bed. Yet another night with little sleep and blue balls.

Day39 – 21 July

Woke up with C— and tried for the gold again, but she was even less into it than the day before. I shrugged, made breakfast, walked her through a park and then left both girls with Ke and headed to Bullet’s apartment to listen to two awesome mystery men talk about business and for Mr. M to talk further about winging and social circle mastery. I talked to a cute Polish girl on the tunnel banana, and passed out when I got home. Fever, sore throat, drowsiness and I didn’t go out tonight.

Day40 – 22 July

Today was worse health-wise. I realized I had strep throat and panicked a little bit about how much time, energy and money it would take to get it handled. I was panicking on the tunnel banana to Bullet’s place for one last interview, and miraculously the problem was solved by Bullet, AKA “The Doctor.” We were supposed to do some daytime dating with Soul, but after about half an hour of walking around (we checked out Cafe Opera) I realized that my body wanted to curl and up try not to die, so I called it a day. Shortie came over and took care of me.

Day41 – 23 July

Aaron’s Rockstar talk, business talks and Berns at night.

I enjoy hearing Aaron talk because it comes from a place of usability. Everything is an action point or a focal point for helpful thoughts. The business guys were great, as usual, and the day ended early enough for me to take a nap (still recovering).

Gaming when sick is pretty shitty, but I managed to get in state anyway (thanks to Riddler and Prince and their crazy teachings). The recurring theme of the night was that I’d open a set, meet someone incredible, and then they’d get taken away. I didn’t have a working phone so I didn’t go for the number and game them through that, and I’d just open something else until I found the other set again. Only, every time I opened a set, a previous (and more awesome one) would walk by, get pissed off at me and then leave. Blech. The good experiences of the night were mostly related to winging.

Dom and I opened a couple sets outside that went amusingly, including a Swedish-Irish girl with massive breasts and the worst case of ADD I’d ever seen, and her Swedish friend. Both girls tried to get us out with them the next day, but I had basically shut off making time for girls for the remainder of Rockstar at this point. Fun night

Day42 – 24 July

There’s no field report here since the Rockstar Party was ridiculous (read: holy social proof, alcohol, beautiful women, awesome people, great venue) and I spent the whole night with Rockstar people. I wasn’t in the mood to game, and luckily I had arm-candy with me anyway. The previous two sentences probably don’t compute, but no, I just wanted to spend the last night with the guys having an awesome time. Ke left for the airport some time early in the morning, which was like losing a brother.

Troy – July 12-16

Day30-32 – 12-14 July

Council, Affiliate Marketing (Chase).

Council was a bit of a downer for me. Most of the Rockstars got solid feedback, but I came out of it with a pat on the back. I hate that. I understand that I’m doing well, but I don’t want or need encouragement. The most defining moments in my life are when I’m required to confront my flaws. I let the coaches know and hope that I’ll get some kind of wrath of the gods next time.

Chase’s talks on affiliate marketing were good, though there’s always a question of grey morality. With women, I believe that what I’m doing is in their best interest: I appreciate them and I’m honest with them in regards to my intentions. Soul said to us that most guys try to be the boyfriend-type just to get laid. I do the opposite: I will tell a girl that I’m not a relationship guy and that this isn’t going to be that kind of thing. I tell her that I care about her when I do and appreciate things that I truly appreciate.

The information Chase gave was functional, but some of the products and methods are things I wouldn’t feel comfortable selling or using.

Day33 – 15 July

SEO, Hypnosis, Ke and A—’s girls.

A— and Ke had met these girls a while ago during the day and somehow today they all came over to Ke and my place to party. Laurent, Prince and Riddler, Ke and I were chilling waiting for them. They all stopped outside and wouldn’t come in, so J— and I went out and just chilled with them until they decided we were trust-worthy and came into our backyard. I ended up entertaining all of them for 10 minutes or so while the guys got all our beer and stuff together and joined us.

This was amazing for me because I’d just done hypnosis with J— that day and when we went out, I consciously decided to be in the state we’d been working on. It made the whole night a good experience. There was some drama with Ke, whose girl ignored him and assigned a friend to cockblock him. A—’s girl wandered off with one of the other guys. No one really had positive thoughts about the girls, though I was getting along pretty well with one of them. I told her friend to turn around, grabbed her and made out with her, and then make-out slammed her into a tree.

Farmer, if you’re out there, I salute you.

Day34 – 16 July

Speed and Photo reading, State, Meaning etc. with Riddler and Prince. Berns Night Club with everyone.

I can’t stress how amazing Riddler and Prince’s teachings are. They’re things you can’t possibly forget because of how intrinsic and valuable they are. I know everyone wants to know what that stuff is, but the information isn’t mine to give, and no, I’m not being a LS fanboi here (though I am anyway): Riddler and Prince have their own company and interests outside of LS.

At night we all met up in front of SOAP Bar (not inside because the bouncers were stupid) and then made our way over to Berns. It’s amazing to chill with the Rockstars because there’s just so much awesomeness packed into such a small group. People brought girls they’d just met off the street, some wandered off to pick up girls passing by our little group, and we exploded once we got into the club. I was in set most of the night with different wings and different girls, and spent downtime chilling with the guys. I watched Mr. M with one of the hottest girls in the club, and as I was leaning against the bar I opened a 9 who was just walking by and got into a 10 minute conversation while Ke magically appeared to ward off the obstacles. Didn’t work out (she had a boyfriend).

My favourite conversation of the night was with this really cute girl who was standing with two of her friends, and when I came in direct they just left (some dude handed her a drink and she shooed him away too). It’s really hard to find a girl with the energy this one had. Probably the best vibe I got off of a girl in Sweden, and she was interesting and intelligent to boot. Oh, and sexy. Yeah.

It was late when I opened her and I’d already texted Shortie that I was coming to take her away, so my time was limited, though this girl seemed like she really wanted to spend more time with me. I got her number after she badgered me for it, and I’ll try to get her out tomorrow or the day after (she’s not from Stockholm, leaving soon). Awesome girl.

Troy – July 5-11,13

Day23 – Monday 5 July

Off day, tiny bit of day game.

We didn’t really do anything today. I was supposed to meet up with some of the Rockstars at 3 for day game but no one showed, so I grabbed some groceries. Flaking is not cool, especially without cell phones. I talked to a couple girls on the street, but nothing really hooked or interested me.

Day24 – 6 July

NLP, Public Speaking, night game.

I learned a lot about myself from Riddler and Prince (as per usual) and otherwise had a great day. The highlight of July 6th, however, was SOAP Bar.

The first set I approached opened pretty well (I still don’t know which brother is Prince and which is Riddler… A— was my wing). A and I saw these two girls immediately as they walked in – they were the hottest girls I’d seen all night. Turns out they were sisters. I originally opened the pink one, but she ended up moving closer to A so we switched targets. It’s a good thing too, because Pink slapped me; she asked how old I thought she was, and I guessed 18, 25 and then 12, the last was obviously a joke – I’m not a violent person, but if you hit me either A) violently or B) in the face, you’ve crossed a line. I was kind of in shock that she had a gall to do that, especially without reason, so I just pointedly ignored her while she tried to explain how much I deserved it, as I talked to the sister in black.

Long story short, I made out with the sister in black and tried several times to get her back to my place (she was very much for it, even suggested going back for drinks), but the evil sister would rain on the parade. We exchanged numbers at the end of the night and she quickly became the shortest fuse I’ve ever had.

Day25 – 7 July

NLP and Public Speaking with Riddler and Prince, night game.

The group is so tight-knit now; chilling with them feels almost like hanging out with high school friends. Riddler and Prince are basically Rockstars themselves with their tenacity, mindsets and just because they’re cool to hang out with. The coaches are all great, though the ones we see most are Bullet, Mr. M, Soul, Mark V, and last year’s Rockstars Micha, Alex and Aaron. It’s crazy watching everyone working together in field, getting
coached and being pushed by wings.

The bar tonight was mostly a sit-down place, which made things a little tricky logistically. I talked to a couple sets, but they went down like a hanged man. Everyone else was in set, so I eventually opened a two-set in a corner table with some corny line (“is this seat taken?”) and then sat with them and chatted. They seemed entertained. Gabriel came in to wing me for a bit though he left pretty quickly for another group and I had to play out the entire thing myself. Turns out they both had boyfriends, but they seemed fun so I stuck around for the rest of the night.

Day26 – 8 July

Comfort, Seduction and Relationships with Soul, Productivity with Whim, ASmallWorld event.

Jeremy had kind of walked me through Comfort, Seduction and Relationships while I was in the workshop with him in Toronto, so it was mostly refresher. I think the ideas are pretty important in general, but I’d basically memorized everything the first time around. The biggest thing for me was the observation that lots of guys get into relationships with girls in order to get laid, while it’s more honest and effective to just let the girl know that a formal relationship won’t necessarily follow – right now it’s just about getting to know each other and enjoying the experience.

Whim’s productivity training is explosive. Everything he said is going to be implemented in my life. Minus the “buy a mac” stuff. I’m way too in bed with Google, Microsoft and Canonical to switch. And the sex is good.
I brought the girl from SOAP Bar to the ASmallWorld event. Whim asked me if I had a game plan. I replied, “well, we hung out at the park, she saw my apartment, we made out, now I’m introducing her to some of the coolest people in Stockholm who just happen to be my friends, and afterwards I’m going to bring her back to my place.” I think he said “good plan” in an approving-mentor kind of way. She stayed over.

Day27 – 9 July

NLP, nap, night game.

I didn’t get much sleep with SOAP girl (I woke up repeatedly with blue balls), so NLP was promptly followed by a “nap.”

Night game sucked hard for me. I entered the venue, thought it might turn out well, and blew out the first half dozen sets. The first one technically wasn’t that bad, though I wasn’t attracted and it definitely felt like a warm-up set. Amusing anecdote: I guessed that a 32-year old was 19 (she got offended) and later that a 19-year old was 32 (she, too, was offended). I wasn’t just being a dick, they actually looked those ages.

I ended up leaving early after my last set, a super cute polish girl, was pulled away by the friend who I thought Gabriel was winging (he had turned to another girl next to him since the friend had done a weird pirouette when I was going to introduce them). I got McDonald’s and commiserated with my cheeseburger.

Day28 – 10 July

Day Game, chilling with Shortie (SOAP girl).

Day Game was fun. I wore the microphone for night game last night, and that probably wasn’t great for the record books. I wore it for day game after Chase today and Bullet probably got tons of solid audio and footage. I tore Stockholm up. One of the major changes I made was working on “trigger words” specifically related to the main topics that came up. “What’s your name?” “Where are you from?” “What are you doing in Stockholm?” and “What are you doing today?” all come up basically every time, so I now have a couple stand-by responses for them (I’m continually working on more though). They’re witty, amusing and come with role-plays. “I’m here on business for the Canadian Mafia. We don’t really have to be secretive, nobody suspects us of anything.” “I’m Troy. Like the movie. Just think of me and Brad Pitt *flex*.” I also have stand-by statements that evoke responses related to Jeremy’s daytime dating structure so I don’t have to ask questions all the time.

The schedule had “House Party” for tonight, so I had four or five girls who were going to show up that I had to cancel on when it was decided to go to a bar instead. I figured I’d just bring Shortie and we’d chill, since I hadn’t sealed the deal yet and she was a spectacularly short fuse. I ended up spending the night in the suburbs watching Fired Up and worrying about not having enough condoms.

Day29 – 11 July

Off-day, Shortie and hookah.

I had a weird, relationship-y day with Shortie (so named because she’s 5′0” and weighs less than her dog, who is a beast but immensely cute). We went shopping (my idea) and she bought sexy clothing to wear with me. I’m really unsure of how to feel, but I’ve been upfront about the whole non-relationship, 3-week deal. I am a bit of a romantic, so the cuddling and constant sex are great, but it’s kind of hard to talk to her. We’ll see. I’m going to cut down on the time spent together by setting up the next date as next weekend.

Hookah with the guys was awesome. J— got a beautiful, intelligent and witty girl’s number while we all chatted casually over clouds of flavoured smoke. Good vibing time.

13 July

I was going through my notes on NLP and found that one of my goals was as follows:

“I would like to be comfortable and skillful when displaying sexual intent.”

I read it and crossed it out instead of copying it onto my computer. This was one of my major sticking points coming into Rockstar: I felt that I was a good conversationalist, could open fairly successfully, and then I would falter because the interaction was going nowhere. Uncle ABE (Always Be Escalating) is probably the guy who saved the day, and Jeremy’s talks on smooth kino escalation as well as DaHunter’s sexual hoops (in the classic writing section, also I read a bit more about them in Phone and Text) offered the technology I used.

Just above these goals is a bullet point that reads: “Focus on Aha! moments. Feel great about them. Celebrate them!” Well, I’m stoked! I knew I was seeing improvements, but it’s even better to realize that I’m not just improving randomly but rather on the path I’ve decided myself.

I’m going to sound like a LS fanboi for a second here, but there’s so much that I’ve gained from LS materials, instructors and exercises. My verbal game has gone way up after mindmapping conversations/trigger words etc, involving teases and role plays (often with sexual hoops) (which I learned from Mr. M in his bootcamp), and since all of this can be shrunk into text game (I learned calibration on text investment and more about role plays, teasing and hoops in Phone and Text), that’s exploded too and helps my verbals in turn. Some of my texts are starting to look like “Callback nickname + slightly teasing small sexual hoop role play on trigger word + calibration for investment found in last ping in <80 characters.” My conversational structure was driven home again and again in Vercetti and Soul’s bootcamps, among many others. /fanboi rant

Troy – July 3,4

Day21 – 3 July

5.0 Bootcamp, rampant alcoholism.

The last day in London was a little anti-climatic for me. I walked over to McDonald’s with the girl from the night before, dropped her off at the tube and passed out until just short of 5.0’s bootcamp. I really wasn’t feeling it, and the venue destroyed any urge I had to game. I’ve been to biker bars (Dominion <3), ear-shattering techno clubs (Heaven R.I.P.) and bars packed beyond the safety limits (Hull, the dirty dirty). This was the loudest, most packed, and least appealing atmosphere I could imagine. I ran one set with Ke, which involved me screaming at a grenade over a table while being jostled constantly and having drinks spilled on me. Beyond that I talked to maybe one other girl and then left.

When we all got together Gabriel, Ke, Collin and I drank the rest of the vodka, some whiskey, beer, etc. It was pretty exciting to see everyone under the influence. The next morning sucked a little worse though.

Day22 – 4 July

Travel, 1-set regret.

Gabriel and I wound up having to cab to Heathrow. That sucked.
I didn’t realize Copenhagen was in Denmark, but connecting through it was uninspiring and so this realization struck me as less than grandiose. Woo Denmark … where’s my gate?

Gabriel had luggage issues again so I had to find my way around solo, which is what I had been expecting anyway. Asking directions, I ran into this beautiful English girl who was apparently staying right next to the park I was looking for. We chatted as we walked and I felt all the Love Systems stages filling up as we got to the park and her hotel. I even went in to get a map, but I didn’t try to get her number. Worse, I found out later that she’s staying in the same hotel as half of the Rockstars (thus I’m there all the time and it’s two blocks from my place).

You regret only those actions you do not take.

Troy – June 30, July 1-2

Day18 – 30 June

Boat ride slash beauty shots, NLP and public speaking with Dom, Prince and Riddler, one on one life coaching, night approaches at Zoo Bar.

The seminars today were amazing. I have so many notes from them and I’m sure I’m going to go over them at least a couple times while I’m still on Rockstar. The one-on-one life coaching was amazing too, and I have a reasonable plan to get my life to where I want it to be. This one had nothing to do with seduction, by the way.

Zoo Bar was basically my plaything for the night. Ke and I downed a bottle of Jaggermeister and headed out to Zoo Bar. When I’m in state, all of my practice with night game just comes out and I have ridiculous amounts of fun. I was throwing girls around, spinning them, leaving them wanting more. I walked outside at some point, stole a girl’s cigarette, realized that I didn’t smoke, handed it back, asked her hot friend if she had ever shotgunned before (she didn’t know what that was), so I took a puff of her cigarette and I slammed her up against a wall and we made out (this isn’t exactly what “shotgunning” implies).

Unfortunately the times that this happens are few and far between, and even when it does I tend not to stay still long enough to actually game girls beyond attraction. Looking back, I easily could have taken the hottest girl off the dance floor (I had done some dance floor stuff with her despite her being surrounded by chodey dudes and annoying obstacles), but didn’t because it was more fun in the instant to just walk away and chase some other shiny thing. Focus!

Day19 – 1 July

Canada Day, Rockstar Council, goal review with Dr. Stuart Sadler, lunch with Carbeau, Day Game with Jeremy, date instead of Stripper Game.

I’ve always been a romantic. Maybe not monogamous, but in love with ideas, emotions, thoughts. My greatest emotional pain is from my inability to express those feelings at the right time, to the girl I want to express them to, in a way that sweeps her off her feet. When my heart throbs at the flickered reminder of her soft hands, when the sweet spicy smell of her sweat makes me smile, when her breath against my chest is that memory that pulls me out of reality, I start to realize that I’ve been empowered with some ability to achieve the romance that has always defined me, with the girls I’ve always desired.

“By allowing after each pleasure the calm which ought to follow the enjoyment of it, we have time to realize happiness in its reality.” – Casanova

Day20 – 2 July

80/20 with Farmer, Day game, night game with 5.0.

I didn’t accomplish very much during the day today. Farmer’s talk about 80/20 cemented a couple things, and talking to Whim revealed the secret of the green powder drinks that last year’s Rockstars survived on.

Night game started off slow with Collin and I chilling and grabbing drinks. Mr. M’s workshop was kicking around, the soccer game was on, basically everything combined at the beginning of the night to fill the place with dudes. I opened my first set when I arrived (“Excuse me, there’s no dancing here.. You can either leave peacefully or I can escort you out.” She replied, “I don’t need an escort.”). Technically not as bad as it felt, but I wasn’t really feeling it. PS: that’s generally a bad excuse. I’m not so down on myself because I stopped a model on the staircase and chatted with her (my hands on her hips) for long enough for the whole club to see. She took my number, which is my one unhappy memory of the night. I should have shown the ability to walk away, or gotten blown out by escalation, instead of settling for that flaky close.

I spent a little while looking for 5.0 (who we were supposed to be working with.. my bad, even sober I’m easily distracted), gave up and walked around with some Rockstars (mostly Ke) destroying the place. Here’s the feeling: I’ve stopped caring about girl’s reactions, I just want to meet them. Half of my openers were “Hi, I’m Troy.” Even on the dance floor I’d just introduce myself, take her hand, spin her, and move into dancing. For one beautiful Italian set, the first girl ignored me so I turned to her friend who was very receptive. I introduced Ke and we ran that set until they had to go (though I contact closed). I opened one girl from a 7-set and ignored her friends, to great effect. All of the little things are coming together, but I think the “inner game” changes are what are giving me results.

Here’s the finale:

I ran a regular bar opener on the girl next to me, “Have you ordered yet? No? Can you order me a water?” She seemed really receptive, so I pushed it a little bit and she opened wonderfully. Ke handled two obstacles for a bit while I talked to this girl, found out a little bit about her and then #closed because I knew the obstacles weren’t Ke’s type. Text and Phone Game (this and Dahunter’s sexual hoops are the biggest game-changers for me tonight) talks about same-night texting for emotional escalation, so I figured I could mess around with that anyway. I had gotten through some attraction, had my hand regularly comfortable on her back and had mini-isolation by the time I left.

I was with Ke at this point, and I didn’t really want to spend the whole night gaming one girl (I have a short attention span in clubs) so I decided to go for the pull.

Laurent and I had been sent on an errand by 5.0 for me to make out with this chick and Laurent to handle the obstacles.

We couldn’t find her, so we opened some more sets. Danced with some Spanish girl who was mildly attractive, spun some other chick around and walked away just because I thought it was funny.

We ran into the girls accidentally and I said “Hi!” made out with her, grabbed her ass and unsnapped her bra, all the while entertaining her friends. At some point I slammed her up against a wall and made out with her some more, and verbally tried for the extract. No dice.

I got on the bus with Ke and figured logistics were crazy, but I might as well go for it anyway. After all, this was my second last night in London.

She gave me her life story the next morning, and I didn’t have to pay her cab fare. She was 27, just out of a long term relationship and was both a romantic and a computer slash graphic design geek. She doesn’t think she’d fit in my suitcase, but I figured I’d offer.

“Text her, ’smile if you masturbate’ when you’re there. ‘Oh you dirty girl!’” -5.0