by Guest » Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:06 pm
[QUOTE=Just/Us;36995]The community is full of charlatans, very few live up to their hype.[/QUOTE]
"Charlatans." I had to look it up because I couldn't stand not knowing what the fucking word meant. Good man.
Now - Way, way, back in the day, when I was starting out, I did a bootcamp. Can I complain? I actually got an SNL on that bootcamp, so I thought it was pretty awesome. I mean, that was some great $2000 pussy.
Overpriced, yeah, but it did teach me some stuff. Could I have learned it myself online? Yes. Would I be 10x better at everything, not just pickup, if I didn't need other people to motivate me? Fucking absolutely. But this is a problem for me, and maybe it is for some others as well.
Now that point's been made, let me move on to another one.
That said - thinking about it some, I feel guilty now for making the original post - not because it is incorrect, but I feel bad for calling out Prodigy's friend in public. If I were in his shoes, and someone did that to my friend after I invited them out, I wouldn't appreciate it. So I owe the man an apology, which he will get, and I reckon I gotta own being an asshole on this one.
Back to bootcamps and gurus for a second - I don't agree that all gurus suck. We all know one or two gurus, unnamed, who live in dallas, who well...suck. But there are others who really do have quite a bit of value to offer. Even after years in the game, I would consider a bootcamp with Sean Newman for example. The man can banter, I want to learn that. I would do the Di Carlo drills. I would like to take some kind of acting class or something for my body language. I'm not always a great example of how to be humble, but sometimes the best way to learn something is to admit that there are people out there who are better than you at some things, and learn from them.