Quote: (05-09-2012 06:32 AM)P Dog Wrote:
Quote: (05-09-2012 05:04 AM)Sargon of Akkad Wrote:
Quote: (05-09-2012 02:58 AM)P Dog Wrote:
This is fundamentally stupid, you shouldn't be working out a success rate on an approach by approach basis. It puts you in the wrong mindset. You want to track it methodically, do it night by night instead.
Why?
Because you're going to spend the first chunk of your night being social and getting into a good vibe. I can't really explain it well, but you're A LOT better off not using an approach ratio at night time. It simply puts your head into the wrong space. If you want to you can use a ratio or rate or whatever during the day, but at night I think it hurts you. Especially in a "closed" venue like a house party.
That's true, and admittedly, it can often be difficult to define what exactly counts as an approach.
However, this thread has little to do with what mindset you should have when going out at night (I spend most of my time approaching during the day nowadays, so night game doesn't come into the picture that much, anyway, at least for me). It's just a question I thought was interesting, little more...