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Heya guys, sorry for the long delay but the much anticipated next update is here.
The chapters come thick and fast now so I will be running through them at a rate of knots. And to start with even the way they number the chapters is annoying. A die face with the 1 facing up? Seriously? 'cause I know the title is "the game" but it’s not as if you’re playing freakin' monopoly.
Anyway, S begins by saying that "If anyone were to find out about this I would be pilloried" mainly because you are having to learn basic human interaction through fucking. This is like trying to learn how to ride a bicycle by driving a car.
It also mentions how S has spent a great deal of time on boards talking to M about the various Catch phrases and other things in the seduction community. I mean what sort of freak does that spending hours per day on a meaningless forum full of acronyms annoying people... oh wait... shit.
Now we meet our initial protagonists in the second chapter, and so we meet Mystery and Sin (sin is short enough to be written over and over, but Mystery will become M from now on), the reason we meet them is that M is now opening a paid course to teach people how to be Pick up people. Now you may think it’s cruel to take socially awkward people, take their money and then teach them how to become miniature clones of yourself. But we are seeing someone operating on a high level of Narcissism here so let’s just ignore that.
Sin is introduced, as M's "wing", (I assume everyone knows what this means) and so are 2 other people (alongside S) who turn up for the course. They are Extramask (em) who grew up in a very Catholic area and who appears to just need some excuses to go out and drink. The next guy is christened "sweater" (fucking S's. Okay he's S1) because of a particularly ugly item of clothing, he's Australian and apparently is in his 40's.
S then proceeds to christen a statement that cements my undying hatred for him "The reason we were here ... was that our parents and our friends had failed us. They had not given us the tools we needed to become... social beings". This statement confirms to me something that I have an absolute loathing for, a sense of entitlement. Your parents owe you just about bugger all other than teaching you how to stand up and not shit yourself, and you choose your friends. You should not be blaming your own lack of FUCKING SOCIAL SKILLS on the people who fed and clothed you. Blame should perhaps be attached to yourself for not learning or observing or even questioning "Why don't girls like me" and somehow pulling the answer of "because they don't want to have sex with me!" out of your arsehole you absolute Gitwizard!
-cough- The next section codifies something horrible, you can lie your arse off to people as long as you cover it by going "it’s not lying its flirting". I could call bullshit on this till the cows come home, but I think that the sheer doublethink inherent in that sort of statement sort of speaks for itself.
Then we meet chapter three, leering at us like a horny eighty year old. In this chapter the group head out to a bar, I must admit I am not entirely enthused by the fact that the first woman that M hits on has breasts faker than M's personality. He does so by taking her away from her current date and making a watch stop ticking for a brief amount of time. TBH I could have done that with a big enough hammer, but "eh". M also makes the point of ignoring the woman pointedly whenever she tries to speak to him she is ignored. Personally at that point I would have decided "well fuck you to" and begun a conversation with someone else, but maybe she has a thing for tall guys?
Anyway, next there is a "psychic reading" which to me kind of implies "oh dear, someone is going to be told she has a wonderful aura" which is always a bad sign. Indeed it proves to be with M basically using what TV psychics do and repeating generic truisms back that people will believe. It is at this point where I hope someone would realise and go "actually I am not at all generous, I am a skinflint and proud of it, where are your powers NOW!" Also telling people you feel old when you are young is a good way to get into their pants?
Oh yeah, and apparently the person this girl was purloined from is someone named "Scott Baio"? Should I know him? Anyway, apparently he is a former celebrity and M is lauded as a God for being able to do this. Personally I would consider him a dick for stealing another man’s date, but presumably I am just operating on a different moral system. In that I have one not solely focused on getting my end away.
Anyway, S meets a girl and there is the kind of awkward flirting that happens between people. It would be sweet if I didn't know that the woman is essentially being fed a rote lead routine.
Well that concludes chapter 3 and holy hell I have written a lot. I will be updating soon enough guys, but I am worried for where this is going to go. None of the people seem all that likeable thus far, but maybe there will be something interesting happen soon right... right?
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He's apparently famous, but I can't recall having seen him anywhere.
