The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists: Difference between revisions

''The Game'' was a bestseller, and caused a firestorm of controversy from fellow pickup artists who believed Strauss had sold them out. A companion book, "Rules of the Game", was released in 2007.

 

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=== This book contains examples of: ===

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: All the PUAs out of which Strauss is just one feel the need to repeat endlessly the man has to approach all women worthy of interest, even if he gets rejected hundreds of times, to build up a thick skin and to get a sizable number of female contacts [[A Million Is a Statistic|by the law of numbers]], the more unattainable the woman is, the greater the heroism into approaching her. Now let the poor guy [[Suicidal Overconfidence|think]] ''[[Suicidal Overconfidence|unattainable]]'' [[Suicidal Overconfidence|literally]] [[Too Dumb to Live|and approach Angela Merkel or Carla Bruni-Sarkozy]].

* [[Sensei for Scoundrels]]

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Strauss goes from an "average, frustrated chump" who can't get laid to save his life into (for a time) the foremost authority in seduction and pickup artistry ''in the world'', and gets paid thousands of dollars to teach workshops where he seduces even more women.

* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: Papa

 

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