FR#15: P&S with Rufio

Date: 2009-10-25 Sunday

Place--Subway, St Marks Place, Times Square

Time--03:00

11 Approached

3 Hooked

0 Closed

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Rufio calls me. I go to Astor place to meet up and as I'm passing Cold Stone, I see one of the older PUAs that was at the Mystery Meet Up. I run over and talk with him.

Rufio calls me and tells me to go to St Marks Pl and 2nd Ave, but that on the way, I should ask directions from a bunch of people to warm up. Cool.

I start asking people where 2nd Ave is, then run into a Chinese 9 on her earphones. I tap her on the elbow, but she admits she's not from the area, so I throw some Chinese at her and she hooks. We walk and talk, but then has to go eat, so I break.

I ask three more people - all of whom are right next to each other. They are all giving me questioning looks like - didn't you just ask me the same question? Very amusing.

I meet up with Rufio and Lupin. Lupin has to go, so Rufio and I sit on a stoop and chat. Suddenly, he jumps up. "Excuse me, Sparrow." He sprints down the street and opens a girl. I watch from a distance and she starts chatting the hell out of him - awesome.

I turn around and open a Chinese two set by asking if the nearby Japanese place is good. After a few minutes, I go into a Korean jewelry store. I chat up an HB9 who turns out to also be a Sophomore at my school - I use my Korean on her, ask her some questions, but as I feel the conversation dying, I tell her I'm looking for a present for my girlfriend. That buys me another five minutes, but it still is kind of silly.

I exit and grab a $1 slice from Two Brothers' Pizza (Just walk down St Marks Pl from 3rd Ave to 2nd and it'll be on your right. Don't you love free advertising?).

I head back and meet up with Rufio, who had opened two girls. One of them had this sexy Arabic accent. We chat, but Rufio says good-bye, so we go.

As we take the subway to 42nd Street, Rufio tells me about Lupin's exploits today. They were playing "Point and Shoot," which is when Rufio sees an HB and literally throws you at her. A friend of his, Dark Nes, once grabbed the hand of a trainee and stuck it on the shoulder of a passing HB. It's a good method for getting over AA.

On the subway, he points out a girl. I hesitate, then walk up. She takes one look at me and mumbles, "I am really not in the mood to talk to anyone right now. Good night."

Rufio tells me I approached slowly, like I was nervous, etc. Nervousness has its place in street game, he says, but right now it wasn't working for me.

Later, we see someone else. "Sparrow, d'you like Jewish girls?"

"Yeah, sure - oof!" Rufio launches me in the girl's direction. I almost fall over, but I recover and start sprinting towards her as I laugh. She is already half-way up the stairs out of the station, and a couple people suddenly get in front of me. She passes through the turnstile and...is gone.

Rufio is coming up the stairs behind me to get a look and I'm grinning and shaking my head.

We exit in Grand Central. Rufio needs to use the bathroom. On the steps leading down, there are a couple people sitting - in particular an HB8 Philippino. I sit down next to her. "I was passing by and noticed you. You are so cute, so I just had to talk with you." I am extremely nervous and try hard to slow down my speech. I think she notices and it opens her up. We talk for a couple minutes until Rufio comes out. "Hey man! We've got to go!" I say good-bye, which was retarded. The girl lives in CT, but I should have number closed her. Rufio kicks himself for being so abrupt, but it was perfect - a false time constraint - I just didn't capitalize on it.

At Times Square, we get free hugs from some French people, check out a cool bar called Havana Central, and talk. Eventually, we head back.

As I'm nearing my stop, I see these two frizzy-haired girls - maybe 19. I want to approach, but AA really bad. They look over at me a couple times, but I can't do it. I get up to get off, but the train stalls for a few minutes. I take it as a sign from God and approach.

I'm really nervous and they blow me out quickly and my stop soon arrives. At least I went up.

Rufio: Guy is way cool, has a lot of good advice, and he is all about sarging. He style is natural and his strong point is street game, but I am not sure how he'd work that in a club. On the street, everyone is bored and is going from point A to B. In a club, girls are hyper-stimulated and are are getting approached all the time. You need something that really catches their attention.