I am starting to realise that cold approach is maybe not the only way. It's better than nothing and I am a lone wolf but, there is another more natural way. It is touched on briefly in Magic Bullets, but is actually the way that most (normal/non PUA) people do it and it seems to work fine for a lot of them.

In Italy, at least, people like to be introduced to people; that's the way they do it; no need for openers and there is immediate comfort. So basically the emphasis is on widening your social circle.

I have been watching a guy I know, he's a complete chode and I don't like the slippery cunt, I'm just being honest. However, I have been noticing, his success with women is better than it should be for such a skinny spaghetti armed dork who is also a lying womaniser.

Why does he get laid? He runs the Erasmus scene over here and organises student parties, he also has a flat with a spare room, in which he has many couch surfers stay (like every fucking weekend); by the law of averages he is successful with some of them.

Guys over here, that want to get laid, invent elaborate systems, which I find a little creepy. One of my good (Sicilian) friends told me, that he has not been with an Italian woman in over six years. All the women he has had have been through this slippery worm who informs him who is arriving and when. It hasn't escaped my attention that when they do this they make a point of not inviting ME. I've randomly turned up during these interactions and walked off with the girl, so they make a point of not letting me know when the next foreign girl is arriving.