what about warm up and social practice. I thought its supposed to be better to talk to random sets to get experience?

Why practice playing the tuba to learn how to play the trumpet, when you can practice playing the trumpet to learn how to play the trumpet?

i know what you mean now, since sarging part of my brain is asking "where'd those pretty girls go?, find more". So yeh, go for the target and other social practice will happen anyway. New motto "ABG always be gaming"