Hey!! What’s up playas?

Looks like you guys finally got your shit together and invited me in to your little forum, huh

So I thought I’d introduce myself!

Hi! I’m Sasha

I’m from Toronto. I’m 30. I was introduced to pickup in around 1997, soon after I started doing stand up. I ran into a guy called Erik (aka Mystery) at a stand up show and we became fast friends. We did cold approaches in Toronto, L.A, Vegas. He taught me some slight of hand. We were pretty good pals, I even lent him a whole lots of money to get his magic show together to take to vegas.

We lost touch and I left Toronto in 2001 to pursue a career as a stand up comic. I moved to the U.K in 2002 and Didn't do much “gaming” till 2006/2007. (I’d open the occasional set but just got “lucky” here and there from being a comic. So in I ran into a newbie PUA named Cajun in Toronto while on a bus sometime in ’06 or ‘07… this turned out to be a hell of a conversation, because it changed both of our lives forever.

We were both chatting up girls on the bus and he and his cousin had gotten off at the same stop as me. I was telling him some funny chat up lines I’d come up with, and we exchanged lines/routines. I remember he told me that he was telling me he tells girls “If I wasn’t gay, you would so be mine!” … I told him that was some cheesy shit. Hahahah. The conversation went like this

Sasha “oh I do some cheesy magic sometimes, check it out” and showed him the tricks Mystery had taught me years before.

Cajun “Dude, that’s pretty good. Where did you learn that?”

Sasha “Well, I was friends with this Illusionist slash pickup guy years ago who taught me. “

Cajun “Do you remember his name?”

Sasha “Erik Von Markovic”

Cajun “WHAT!? YOU KNOW MYSTERY???”

Sasha “uhhh, yea I seem to remember he called himself that”

Cajun “Are you fucking serious?! He’s famous now! He’s in this bestselling book called the game! I just finished reading it! Are you fucking serious?”

Sasha “What? What are you TALKING about?? He’s FAMOUS?? Does he have money? That fucker still owes me money!!”

Cajun “Dude, he’s loaded!!”

Sasha “Sweet!! I’m going to get PAID!!”

I read “the game” from my buddy matt and read it, mouth wiiiiiide open. Then I went and read the Venutian arts book. I was kind of pleased and kind of pissy to see that one of the openers I’d come up with was in there but I hadn’t gotten any credit for it. Ah well. (that fuck!)


So, turns out Cajun and his cousin lived like around the corner from me. I emailed Neil Strauss to try and contact mystery – he gave me his email and then I got in touch. We met up and hung for a bit…. He bought me chinese food. He drew me his new forumla for pickup and signed it, telling me it would be worth something. Mystery also told me about the LSS, I joined in March but didn’t post shit till Sept. Once I started posting, I started going out a LOT and really making improvements. I got obsessed with pickup and was doing daygame for hours on end every day. Another time Mystery was in town and I introduced Cajun to him and a couple of the other guys - now he's big time!

So there you go. Them’s my origins…. kinda nutty, huh?

Basically I’m at a good place - I’m constantly learning more shit and am always improving my game. There’s a way to go still – and I am certainly enjoying the journey! I think I appreciate the friends I’ve made thru game more than the skills I’ve picked up with women. Hopefully there will be some cool dudes on here….

I suppose I'm a great example about how "knowing" about game ain't shit. I'd known about it for 10 years and not done a god damn thing. Aye - the sauce is in the DOING, not the knowing.

That’s it really.

Oh yeah. And I’ve tasted Dr. Yen’s Cemen.

So don’t fuck with me… I never loose a game of gay chicken.

I’ve had a few ties, but I’ve never lost! hehe :P

Welcome to the forums dude; will be good hearing from an original pua.

PS: You shouldn't've have mentioned the gay chicken, there's a few guys on this forum that are gonna test your claim

That's gotta be a contender for 'Best Intro'. I remember listening to an Interview a while back with Cajun and he told the same story of how he met a random stranger on a bus who was friends with Mystery. I guess you were that random guy! So you say you moved over to the UK in 2002, where abouts are you living now mate?

Very cool introduction!

Welcome...

Damn...good intro dude! Welcome aboard!

good to have you onboard mate!

Welcome to the site mate

Welcome Sasha - as Flake says - it is nice to have an original/oldschool PUA here and be good to hear your theories on the methods used now and how they have developed (or not)! Enjoy the site Brother.

Supski welcome

Hahaha .... I'll take any gay chicken challenges!

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I'm glad I found this forum... I really didn't know it existed till recently.... you guys seem like - good people

Shit, I feel like a dinasaur... being an "old school PUA" lol .... I suppose at 31 I kinda am in PUA terms :P

Things have changed a ton obviously! But I was never into Mystery Method - even though I hung around Mystery during it's formation. BAck then, in the 90's he was mainly doing magic to pick up chicks - and a few "routines" ... it didn't become a solid system till after I split to UK and he went to L.A. I was the first guy he explained "neg" theory to... that was around 1998. And it was called a "neg hit" lol

Sigh... fuck... 12 years goes by quick. EVeryone get out there and FUCK while you still can!!!

See you all in the forum.