I watched this video and it resonated with me a lot: Real Social Dynamics' Brad Branson | Becoming the Gorilla | Full Length HD - YouTube

This guy doesn't seem like a typical smoothie PUA.

I've always hated anything canned. I need to have the feeling that I can walk up to a woman I like and talk to her as me. If I can't do that then there's work to be done on myself.

Hard for a newbie like me but I've tried this and it worked well. Either she likes you or she doesn't. Very simple. Strong frame, feeling of entitlement, showing your intentions. She knows exactly why you've approached. It's very direct. Rejection seems worse to me when I've tried to be indirect.

It's quite alpha but you don't have to be 6 feet four and chiseled to be alpha (you don't have to actually look like a gorilla). To a woman any man can be alpha just by his actions and behaviour. It's inner game really but it's so simple there's no confusion involved. You can't fluff the lines, it's just calibrating yourself through practice.

Start with the 6's and move on up as you get more calibrated. But it probably won't work on a shy girl early on in the night. And it won't work unless you actually believe you are entitled to the girl (thus starting with girls you do feel entitled to).

When I tried it on Friday (before I'd seen that video btw) it was after midnight and she was a 7 (on my limit at the moment). Part of the calibration is knowing when and where to use it. Let the other guys do the warming up then you use this on girls who have already been hit on a few times (by less direct openers). That's when I think it really works.