Leicester Square
Aug 27th 2005 | 9:02 pm
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Leicester Square
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...3782_1,00.html
Casanovas make Leicester Square a global pick-up point
John Harlow
SIR ISAAC NEWTON and the young George II once called it home, but now
Leicester Square, heart of London’s theatreland, has been named as the
centre of a global network of professional casanovas.
Tourists and hen parties on summer outings in the square are unwitting
targets for men being instructed in the techniques of how to seduce a
woman in 10 minutes by highly paid pick-up artists (PUAs).
The status of the square has been described by Neil Strauss, author of
The Game, which outlines the activities of the PUAs. He eventually
tired of bedding beautiful strangers, however, and found himself a
steady girlfriend.
“Leicester Square is undoubtedly the most extreme pick-up arena in the
world  every Friday and Saturday night you can see all these AFCs
[PUA jargon for average frustrated chumps, or novices] going through
their moves, who have no finesse at all,� said Strauss.
PUA “lairs� have sprung up all over the world, from Sydney to Dublin,
over the past decade, boosted by the internet and a growing
uncertainty among men about how to deal with modern women. Many feel
they are just too ugly or clumsy to get a date without help.
They are turning in their thousands to gurus who give themselves
pseudonyms such as Mystery, Papa or Loverboy and charge up to £1,500 a
night to teach the ego-boosting secrets of how to pick up a woman in
10 minutes.
Men are advised not to target lone women but to approach a mixed
group, known as a “set�, with the help of a friend who acts as a
“wingman�. A lone male may be thought threatening; the wingman can
deal with potential threats to the seducer from members of the set.
The man should penetrate the group by addressing the alpha male with a
prepared “opener� such as: “Can you help us to settle an argument?�
Moments after that, students are told, they must “neg� or jokingly
insult the target HB (hot babe), focusing on her only after she has
shown an IOI (indication of interest). The routine closes with a
touch, or “kino� (short for kinaesthesis, meaning touch or movement).
This, in theory, should result in “doggy dinner bowl looks�. These
moves must be completed within 10 minutes: any longer and the seducer
is deemed to have “crashed and burned � and should move on to the next
group.
According to Strauss, whose book is being published next month and is
also to be turned into a film, the skills were developed from
scientific research in the 1970s called neurolinguistic programming.
It is based on mild hypnosis.
“Many women want to sleep with men, just like men want to sleep with
women, but you have to make them feel comfortable about it,� said
Strauss. “It’s an art, not a science.�
Strauss, who lives in Los Angeles, denies that he has invented or
exaggerated anything in the book. He claims to have picked up all
sorts of women, from supermodels to happily married wives, and held
“sarging [seduction] competitions� around Los Angeles bars with Heidi
Fleiss, the former Hollywood madam.
It all ended last year when, living in a “project� or PUA commune in
Hollywood, he fell in love with Lisa, his girlfriend, and gave up his
lifestyle. “Lisa thought my methods were reprehensible and
disgusting,� he said. “But I might never have got together with Lisa
if I had not learnt self-confidence and style.�
Last month Strauss briefly returned to his old ways when he held
workshops for aspiring lotharios in London. It was then that he formed
his opinions on Leicester Square.
“It’s an amazing place  there is nowhere like it in the United
States,� he said.
Adrian Dale, a computer expert who founded the London Seduction
Society five years ago after realising that he was “lonely and smarter
academically than socially�, said that he visited Leicester Square
only for training purposes.
“It’s quite horrible, really, but there is a huge volume of women to
practise on, girls that you are never going to see again if it all
goes embarrassingly wrong,� said Dale.
“Many of the women are also looking for a bit of fun so nobody takes
it too seriously.�
GLOSSARY FOR THE WANNABE LOTHARIO
# AFC: average frustrated chump, where most men begin
# Amog: alpha male of the group, the main competition
# Bitch-shield: a woman’s defensive reaction to strangers
# Chick-crack: subject that’ll fascinate a woman, ie shoes
# Group bang: winning over the group before the woman
# Kino: from kinaesthesis, to touch
# MPB: male pattern blindness, not to recognise a woman’s interest
# LMR: last-minute resistance
# MPUA: master pick-up artist, the most skilled players in the seduction game oDazzler: someone who dresses loudly
# See-saw: to feign indifference as a means to attract
# Wood: a fake phone number given by women to AFCs
Sources: Neil Strauss, the London Seduction Society and other pick-up
artist clubs
--
Martin
Casanovas make Leicester Square a global pick-up point
John Harlow
SIR ISAAC NEWTON and the young George II once called it home, but now
Leicester Square, heart of London’s theatreland, has been named as the
centre of a global network of professional casanovas.
Tourists and hen parties on summer outings in the square are unwitting
targets for men being instructed in the techniques of how to seduce a
woman in 10 minutes by highly paid pick-up artists (PUAs).
The status of the square has been described by Neil Strauss, author of
The Game, which outlines the activities of the PUAs. He eventually
tired of bedding beautiful strangers, however, and found himself a
steady girlfriend.
“Leicester Square is undoubtedly the most extreme pick-up arena in the
world  every Friday and Saturday night you can see all these AFCs
[PUA jargon for average frustrated chumps, or novices] going through
their moves, who have no finesse at all,� said Strauss.
PUA “lairs� have sprung up all over the world, from Sydney to Dublin,
over the past decade, boosted by the internet and a growing
uncertainty among men about how to deal with modern women. Many feel
they are just too ugly or clumsy to get a date without help.
They are turning in their thousands to gurus who give themselves
pseudonyms such as Mystery, Papa or Loverboy and charge up to £1,500 a
night to teach the ego-boosting secrets of how to pick up a woman in
10 minutes.
Men are advised not to target lone women but to approach a mixed
group, known as a “set�, with the help of a friend who acts as a
“wingman�. A lone male may be thought threatening; the wingman can
deal with potential threats to the seducer from members of the set.
The man should penetrate the group by addressing the alpha male with a
prepared “opener� such as: “Can you help us to settle an argument?�
Moments after that, students are told, they must “neg� or jokingly
insult the target HB (hot babe), focusing on her only after she has
shown an IOI (indication of interest). The routine closes with a
touch, or “kino� (short for kinaesthesis, meaning touch or movement).
This, in theory, should result in “doggy dinner bowl looks�. These
moves must be completed within 10 minutes: any longer and the seducer
is deemed to have “crashed and burned � and should move on to the next
group.
According to Strauss, whose book is being published next month and is
also to be turned into a film, the skills were developed from
scientific research in the 1970s called neurolinguistic programming.
It is based on mild hypnosis.
“Many women want to sleep with men, just like men want to sleep with
women, but you have to make them feel comfortable about it,� said
Strauss. “It’s an art, not a science.�
Strauss, who lives in Los Angeles, denies that he has invented or
exaggerated anything in the book. He claims to have picked up all
sorts of women, from supermodels to happily married wives, and held
“sarging [seduction] competitions� around Los Angeles bars with Heidi
Fleiss, the former Hollywood madam.
It all ended last year when, living in a “project� or PUA commune in
Hollywood, he fell in love with Lisa, his girlfriend, and gave up his
lifestyle. “Lisa thought my methods were reprehensible and
disgusting,� he said. “But I might never have got together with Lisa
if I had not learnt self-confidence and style.�
Last month Strauss briefly returned to his old ways when he held
workshops for aspiring lotharios in London. It was then that he formed
his opinions on Leicester Square.
“It’s an amazing place  there is nowhere like it in the United
States,� he said.
Adrian Dale, a computer expert who founded the London Seduction
Society five years ago after realising that he was “lonely and smarter
academically than socially�, said that he visited Leicester Square
only for training purposes.
“It’s quite horrible, really, but there is a huge volume of women to
practise on, girls that you are never going to see again if it all
goes embarrassingly wrong,� said Dale.
“Many of the women are also looking for a bit of fun so nobody takes
it too seriously.�
GLOSSARY FOR THE WANNABE LOTHARIO
# AFC: average frustrated chump, where most men begin
# Amog: alpha male of the group, the main competition
# Bitch-shield: a woman’s defensive reaction to strangers
# Chick-crack: subject that’ll fascinate a woman, ie shoes
# Group bang: winning over the group before the woman
# Kino: from kinaesthesis, to touch
# MPB: male pattern blindness, not to recognise a woman’s interest
# LMR: last-minute resistance
# MPUA: master pick-up artist, the most skilled players in the seduction game oDazzler: someone who dresses loudly
# See-saw: to feign indifference as a means to attract
# Wood: a fake phone number given by women to AFCs
Sources: Neil Strauss, the London Seduction Society and other pick-up
artist clubs
--
Martin
Aug 27th 2005 | 9:59 pm
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Re: Leicester Square
Nice try, Martin
Still, no travel
Another polluting useless copy/paste showing all the free time you have
"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...3782_1,00.html
> Casanovas make Leicester Square a global pick-up point
> John Harlow
> SIR ISAAC NEWTON and the young George II once called it home, but now
> Leicester Square, heart of London's theatreland, has been named as the
> centre of a global network of professional casanovas.
> Tourists and hen parties on summer outings in the square are unwitting
> targets for men being instructed in the techniques of how to seduce a
> woman in 10 minutes by highly paid pick-up artists (PUAs).
> The status of the square has been described by Neil Strauss, author of
> The Game, which outlines the activities of the PUAs. He eventually
> tired of bedding beautiful strangers, however, and found himself a
> steady girlfriend.
> "Leicester Square is undoubtedly the most extreme pick-up arena in the
> world - every Friday and Saturday night you can see all these AFCs
> [PUA jargon for average frustrated chumps, or novices] going through
> their moves, who have no finesse at all," said Strauss.
> PUA "lairs" have sprung up all over the world, from Sydney to Dublin,
> over the past decade, boosted by the internet and a growing
> uncertainty among men about how to deal with modern women. Many feel
> they are just too ugly or clumsy to get a date without help.
> They are turning in their thousands to gurus who give themselves
> pseudonyms such as Mystery, Papa or Loverboy and charge up to £1,500 a
> night to teach the ego-boosting secrets of how to pick up a woman in
> 10 minutes.
> Men are advised not to target lone women but to approach a mixed
> group, known as a "set", with the help of a friend who acts as a
> "wingman". A lone male may be thought threatening; the wingman can
> deal with potential threats to the seducer from members of the set.
> The man should penetrate the group by addressing the alpha male with a
> prepared "opener" such as: "Can you help us to settle an argument?"
> Moments after that, students are told, they must "neg" or jokingly
> insult the target HB (hot babe), focusing on her only after she has
> shown an IOI (indication of interest). The routine closes with a
> touch, or "kino" (short for kinaesthesis, meaning touch or movement).
> This, in theory, should result in "doggy dinner bowl looks". These
> moves must be completed within 10 minutes: any longer and the seducer
> is deemed to have "crashed and burned " and should move on to the next
> group.
> According to Strauss, whose book is being published next month and is
> also to be turned into a film, the skills were developed from
> scientific research in the 1970s called neurolinguistic programming.
> It is based on mild hypnosis.
> "Many women want to sleep with men, just like men want to sleep with
> women, but you have to make them feel comfortable about it," said
> Strauss. "It's an art, not a science."
> Strauss, who lives in Los Angeles, denies that he has invented or
> exaggerated anything in the book. He claims to have picked up all
> sorts of women, from supermodels to happily married wives, and held
> "sarging [seduction] competitions" around Los Angeles bars with Heidi
> Fleiss, the former Hollywood madam.
> It all ended last year when, living in a "project" or PUA commune in
> Hollywood, he fell in love with Lisa, his girlfriend, and gave up his
> lifestyle. "Lisa thought my methods were reprehensible and
> disgusting," he said. "But I might never have got together with Lisa
> if I had not learnt self-confidence and style."
> Last month Strauss briefly returned to his old ways when he held
> workshops for aspiring lotharios in London. It was then that he formed
> his opinions on Leicester Square.
> "It's an amazing place - there is nowhere like it in the United
> States," he said.
> Adrian Dale, a computer expert who founded the London Seduction
> Society five years ago after realising that he was "lonely and smarter
> academically than socially", said that he visited Leicester Square
> only for training purposes.
> "It's quite horrible, really, but there is a huge volume of women to
> practise on, girls that you are never going to see again if it all
> goes embarrassingly wrong," said Dale.
> "Many of the women are also looking for a bit of fun so nobody takes
> it too seriously."
> GLOSSARY FOR THE WANNABE LOTHARIO
> # AFC: average frustrated chump, where most men begin
> # Amog: alpha male of the group, the main competition
> # Bitch-shield: a woman's defensive reaction to strangers
> # Chick-crack: subject that'll fascinate a woman, ie shoes
> # Group bang: winning over the group before the woman
> # Kino: from kinaesthesis, to touch
> # MPB: male pattern blindness, not to recognise a woman's interest
> # LMR: last-minute resistance
> # MPUA: master pick-up artist, the most skilled players in the seduction
> game oDazzler: someone who dresses loudly
> # See-saw: to feign indifference as a means to attract
> # Wood: a fake phone number given by women to AFCs
> Sources: Neil Strauss, the London Seduction Society and other pick-up
> artist clubs
> --
> Martin
Still, no travel
Another polluting useless copy/paste showing all the free time you have
"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...3782_1,00.html
> Casanovas make Leicester Square a global pick-up point
> John Harlow
> SIR ISAAC NEWTON and the young George II once called it home, but now
> Leicester Square, heart of London's theatreland, has been named as the
> centre of a global network of professional casanovas.
> Tourists and hen parties on summer outings in the square are unwitting
> targets for men being instructed in the techniques of how to seduce a
> woman in 10 minutes by highly paid pick-up artists (PUAs).
> The status of the square has been described by Neil Strauss, author of
> The Game, which outlines the activities of the PUAs. He eventually
> tired of bedding beautiful strangers, however, and found himself a
> steady girlfriend.
> "Leicester Square is undoubtedly the most extreme pick-up arena in the
> world - every Friday and Saturday night you can see all these AFCs
> [PUA jargon for average frustrated chumps, or novices] going through
> their moves, who have no finesse at all," said Strauss.
> PUA "lairs" have sprung up all over the world, from Sydney to Dublin,
> over the past decade, boosted by the internet and a growing
> uncertainty among men about how to deal with modern women. Many feel
> they are just too ugly or clumsy to get a date without help.
> They are turning in their thousands to gurus who give themselves
> pseudonyms such as Mystery, Papa or Loverboy and charge up to £1,500 a
> night to teach the ego-boosting secrets of how to pick up a woman in
> 10 minutes.
> Men are advised not to target lone women but to approach a mixed
> group, known as a "set", with the help of a friend who acts as a
> "wingman". A lone male may be thought threatening; the wingman can
> deal with potential threats to the seducer from members of the set.
> The man should penetrate the group by addressing the alpha male with a
> prepared "opener" such as: "Can you help us to settle an argument?"
> Moments after that, students are told, they must "neg" or jokingly
> insult the target HB (hot babe), focusing on her only after she has
> shown an IOI (indication of interest). The routine closes with a
> touch, or "kino" (short for kinaesthesis, meaning touch or movement).
> This, in theory, should result in "doggy dinner bowl looks". These
> moves must be completed within 10 minutes: any longer and the seducer
> is deemed to have "crashed and burned " and should move on to the next
> group.
> According to Strauss, whose book is being published next month and is
> also to be turned into a film, the skills were developed from
> scientific research in the 1970s called neurolinguistic programming.
> It is based on mild hypnosis.
> "Many women want to sleep with men, just like men want to sleep with
> women, but you have to make them feel comfortable about it," said
> Strauss. "It's an art, not a science."
> Strauss, who lives in Los Angeles, denies that he has invented or
> exaggerated anything in the book. He claims to have picked up all
> sorts of women, from supermodels to happily married wives, and held
> "sarging [seduction] competitions" around Los Angeles bars with Heidi
> Fleiss, the former Hollywood madam.
> It all ended last year when, living in a "project" or PUA commune in
> Hollywood, he fell in love with Lisa, his girlfriend, and gave up his
> lifestyle. "Lisa thought my methods were reprehensible and
> disgusting," he said. "But I might never have got together with Lisa
> if I had not learnt self-confidence and style."
> Last month Strauss briefly returned to his old ways when he held
> workshops for aspiring lotharios in London. It was then that he formed
> his opinions on Leicester Square.
> "It's an amazing place - there is nowhere like it in the United
> States," he said.
> Adrian Dale, a computer expert who founded the London Seduction
> Society five years ago after realising that he was "lonely and smarter
> academically than socially", said that he visited Leicester Square
> only for training purposes.
> "It's quite horrible, really, but there is a huge volume of women to
> practise on, girls that you are never going to see again if it all
> goes embarrassingly wrong," said Dale.
> "Many of the women are also looking for a bit of fun so nobody takes
> it too seriously."
> GLOSSARY FOR THE WANNABE LOTHARIO
> # AFC: average frustrated chump, where most men begin
> # Amog: alpha male of the group, the main competition
> # Bitch-shield: a woman's defensive reaction to strangers
> # Chick-crack: subject that'll fascinate a woman, ie shoes
> # Group bang: winning over the group before the woman
> # Kino: from kinaesthesis, to touch
> # MPB: male pattern blindness, not to recognise a woman's interest
> # LMR: last-minute resistance
> # MPUA: master pick-up artist, the most skilled players in the seduction
> game oDazzler: someone who dresses loudly
> # See-saw: to feign indifference as a means to attract
> # Wood: a fake phone number given by women to AFCs
> Sources: Neil Strauss, the London Seduction Society and other pick-up
> artist clubs
> --
> Martin
