London
02-12-2019, 08:24 AM
London, London, London.
I could write essays on this place and its potential, and how very often it misses the mark. I have been reading this thread for a while now, and back when I started I was about 19 years old. Now, I'm 21, and I have had a bit more experience with game and life.
I still have plenty to learn, which is part of why I have spent so much time lurking rather than posting, but here, in this particular thread, I think I may be able to provide some useful insights.
I have lived in London my entire life. I have barely left the country, and don't worry, that's right up there on my priorities. To be honest, even seeing other bits of the UK would be great, because the small amount of time I have spent in other towns and cities has been proof enough of just how lacking London and its contemporary natives can be.
I could talk about pretty much any aspect of game in regards to this city, but I'll just to say to you guys who have been dismissing the city, that you're not foolish for doing so. Going to other countries sounds like the best way forward, and perhaps the most efficient thing to do. As someone said in a previous post, nearly everything good about London is foreign.
I do love this city in my own way, and I do think it has a lot of potential. But with feminism, gynocentrism, and plenty of other diseases we all know about, there's no reason why you should stay here and put up with the nonsense.
I agree with most of what giama is saying. As someone actually from this city, I can tell you he is giving perhaps the most accurate information, albiet with a tinge of salt, but that's to be expected. Almost every post of his I've read about the UK/London I've found myself nodding to. I like to be as objective about a situation as possible and not get all in my feelings about things, but the truth is this city is not the place for if you want local girls.
I could point out loads of strange things most people wouldn't think of, as indicators/explanations for the sexual marketplace, or the openness of the people.
But since this is my first post, I'll just tell a little story.
From the age of 16 I spent a lot of time watching pickup videos. A LOT of time. It all began with the American material, but my GF (yes, girlfriend), would sometimes watch them with me, and asked me, "How comes you don't ever see these guys do this here." And I thought, "yeah... that's a fair point". But to be honest, I had never really thought to look.
So, then I looked.
Naturally, I came across Torero, Krauser, Street Attraction, and many others, and I began to see that Daygame was much more prevalent here than nightgame seemed to be, at least in terms of actual pickup content. That alone was an interesting distinciton. But the more I watched, the more I realised that many of these supposed pickups didn't seem like they would lead to anything.
I started going out and practicing game, and I started to understand what different types of interactions would generally lead to. I could spot the little signs much easier (and tbh, I was good at it with very little experience, because I have very good intuition).
So, I started to realise a lot of the content online wasn't actually all that great, because much of it was way too edited, or too much smoke and mirrors. Now, arguably, the entire PUA scene is like this anyway, but it bothered me that it even happened here in London.
Still, it was inspiring to see that it was possible and that at the very least, there were guys here trying their luck.
Now, here's the point where everything started to change for me, and my little honeymoon phase with game began to end.
I noticed something, and my girlfriend (astute as ever) also noticed this, and made a point of it. These London daygamers seemed to only be capable of picking up girls who were foreign.
Okay, so the argument comes in that they only like a certain look, and that it just tends to be euro girls who fit the bill. Also, couple it with the fact they tend to game in central London and tourists areas, and of course, they know that those types of girls will generally be easier to sleep with. Okay, I get all that, it makes sense.
BUT.
Why was it that almost NOBODY could post an infield of anything else? Why was it that British guys in Britain's capital, could not CLOSE their own women? I'm not talking about numbers, but even then, there's a scarce amount of infields of guys getting numbers that I would actually believe are genuinely solid.
Some of this forum have addressed the whole "can you daygame british girls" thing in another thread from a few years back. Now, yes people have done it. Maybe some of you have even done it. But I'd be questioning the quality of those girls for sure, as well as how well connected they were.
But here's one of the key observations I've made about London, one that has lead me to believe that for as much as I love this city, the locals are perhaps some of the hardest in the world to actually game without a social circle, assuming you're interested in them.
Some Americans argue that their women are no good. I would agree. However, I can see plenty of infields of different types of American guys picking up different types of American women. I read plenty of lay reports from all types of American guys sleeping with all types of American women (and in an array of situations).
Now, the common argument I would hear against my point about London locals is: "every girl is harder in her home city." I agree. But their level of difficulty is ridiculous.
Consider this: All you guys who go abroad have managed to bang locals girls in the counties you've gone to right? Including North America. But how many guys come to London and bang girls born and raised in London who are actually attractive (tbh I'd say any looks level, but I'm sure that's a bit more manageable).
Even guys from other bits of the UK who I know slay it with chicks in other parts of England will say that London girls are ridiculously rude and all-around difficult.
If you want to achieve anything with any hot girls raised here, you'll almost certainly need to be in the social circles that will allow you that, and even then you'll need to be essentially their type, or around longer than the competition.
London is essentially a social circle city if you want to get with the locals. That's why my guy earlier was saying he had more success when he was younger and going to house parties. Even foreign girls who come here say that Londoners are cold and they can't connect or befriend them.
There are exceptions, of course.
My girlfriend who I've mentioned here is mixed-race and I'd argue she's an 9 or 8.5 (for some) in looks, and a 10 for personality. It helps massively that her white half is EE and not British. Which means she has a bit of UK culture, but many of the values from the traditional African or EE countries.
So, to you guys' points earlier about mixed girls, yes they typically are jarring, but I managed to find a gem and a half. And guess how? Social circle.
I'll just throw out a quick query for you lot: How many of you have ever met with a girl from London off of a dating app, let alone it actually resulting in anything? If you have, how hot was she and was she under 25?
I'll leave it there for now.