The Return...

[LavianOrlandu]

Hey guys, I've kind of been away for a while now because I got sucked in by WoW. Last night, I realized that my play had reached ridiculous proportions and that I badly needed to go out. Thing is, I never go out "sarging" persay. I go out doing something else and see who I can meet and talk to at the venue.

So I head to Main Event because I'm a DDR and Para Para junkie and they have a special deal that's $10 for unlimited videogames (and another $10 for bowling, pool, laser tag). I'm pretty good at DDR and Para Para, so I draw crowds at whatever machine that I happen to be playing on.

I noticed, however, a set gathered around the Para Para machine while I was taking a breather over at DDR. I walk over and notice that it's a 5-set with two HB's. They look a little on the young side, but since it was past 10:00 and under 18's were kicked out, I took my chances.

With games like Para and DDR, the best opening, I've found, is to yell suggestions to help out their playing, and cheer whenever they do well. In the meantime, you game the others in the set to work yourself into the group. I didn't really have a target, but I started fluffing with the guys in the group, asking them if they've ever done this before, have they played DDR, wow, she's doing pretty decent actually, etc. In-between songs, the HB playing turned around to ask for help. I'd just shoot her one-two word answers and continue fluffing.

When she was done though, she turned around to ask me if I'm pretty good. I say I'm decent. I walk up, swipe my card, and proceed to freestyle my ass off. BIG DHV. Apparently, one of the HB's is a raver, so we fluffed about that in-between songs. After my second, I turn to the other HB and suggest that she should get up and do it too. I deliberately show more interest in talking to her than to the other HB who I can tell is used to being the center of attention.

We move over to DDR and I DHV again with some freestyle that I knew. The entire time, I'm teasing and ragging on the HB who I'm ignoring about not being able to keep up, and for acting like a little brat. "Fix it! Fix it!" she kept kinoing me after a particularly bad song. "Wow, is she always like this? How do you deal with her?" I turned to ask one of the guys in the set. I then told her I wasn't her personal repairman.

"Do you see a leash and collar on this bad boy here?" I can't believe I actually said this, but by now, I was having so much fun messing with this girl, that I was overly-confident to the point of being an ass.

"Yes there is! Fix it! Fix it!" I gave her my best I'm top dawg/I do what I want smile and go back to picking the next song. By now I knew that the other guys were just friends/wannabe boyfriends. After seeing that I was cool, they left, leaving me alone with the HB I'd been ragging on the entire time.

I asked her if she had an older sister, because she looked like my friend except my friend is an uber-christian.

She gives me the you-just-fucked-up look. "I teach Sunday school at a church." Oh shit. Backpedal, backpedal. We fluff a little more, but that really threw me off my stride. We walk over to her group lining up for laser tag. I kino her and suggest that I hook her up with my friend who's now playing DDR. She says that she's leaving for the Navy in 6 months and that she's not really looking for a relationship.

"But what about a guy who's just looking for some fun?" I point my hands in towards me as a not-so subtle cue.

"Another friend wouldn't hurt," she responds.

I make a time limit, tell her I've got somewhere to be soon. I go back to playing DDR. As I'm walking away, she yells out that they'll still be around. I turn and smile before joining my homeboy at the DDR machine.

Why oh why didn't I ask for the number?! Sorry about the long-ass post, but I think I did pretty well for my first night back and relying on sheer personal charisma and indirect game.

[Westfall]

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[MagicBalls]

Oh shit. Backpedal, backpedal.

I'm curious about how the "backpedal, backpedal" look looks like.

[Rhody]

I asked her if she had an older sister, because she looked like my friend except my friend is an uber-christian.

She gives me the you-just-fucked-up look. "I teach Sunday school at a church." Oh shit. Backpedal, backpedal.

That's cool, but we're on opposite teams. I mean, it's not like I worship the devil or anything....he's just a really good friend.

WF

"You know, you have a bad girl face, but... every once in a while... you make like a little good girl mannerism." (opposite of a TD line)

"Really? Let me see the face. You know, the face you make when one of the boys isn't acting Christian enough."

[BluesCluesPUA]

"I could use another friend" is never a great sign, but then again, friends can always turn into more. It sounds like you did really well though. You've mentioned being better at chatting girls up when you're at work, and now it seems like Main Event fared you well. Maybe it's just a matter of comfort zones: work, DDR, etc. It sounds like these are good places for you.

As far as the "you just fucked up" look, that comes down to controlling your frame. If you start getting antsy and feeling like you fucked up, she can pick up on that. Just remember that you're the baddest mother fucker in that place, and she is lucky to be talking to a DDR-star like yourself. Seriously.
If you keep that frame, nothing can tear you down.

[MagicBalls]

As far as the "you just fucked up" look, that comes down to controlling your frame. If you start getting antsy and feeling like you fucked up, she can pick up on that.

Yeah, that's kinda was I was alluding to, only it was too good not to make a crack about it. I don't know why I break guys balls around here, especially since I'm such an easy target lol