 Alright, what's up you guys, it's Lloyd here with the single guy and I've got a very special guest here, Mr. Brian Black. Brian Black's here. We've got a video coming at you guys, so we're going to be talking about the difference between indirect and direct game. Which you think is better, which you think is worse, we're going to get into that right in this video. Okay, so how do you like to think about this, Brian? So my thing is, whenever I was getting started, I had a really hard time being intent in letting the girl know that I liked her. I don't know about you dude, but I was scared. Yeah, I was pretty scared too. Just even, I just remember back in the day I was looking at a girl and just even the thought of getting myself to walk over, my knees, like, funny enough. You started to get nervous already. And so, when I was starting, like, I would go direct and I'd be like, excuse me, you're really cute. Okay, so yeah, the way I think about direct and indirect is, you know, if you walk up and you say, hey, I thought you were cute, you know, I just wanted to get to know you or I wanted to say hi, because, you know, I thought you were pretty or something like that. That can work and I definitely recommend, like, a lot of students do that at the beginning just because they have a lot of trouble coming up with something to say. But as I talk to you right now, I usually don't say that when I walk up. I would say like 95% of the time, I come in and just say hi. Or like, hey, you know, you seem cool or something like that, or how's your night going, just whatever. Or literally, if I can't think of anything to say, I'll say, hey, what's up, I'm Lloyd. Like, you don't really have to say or do anything like, you don't have to convey your intent immediately. And on top of that, if you convey it too strongly, you can actually mess up the interaction that you're having. Like, you know, if you walk up with a girl and like, maybe she's into you or maybe she's not into you. If you come in too strong, you might scare her off. But if you come in in a way that's like, kind of friendly, like you're just having an average conversation with somebody, then even if she likes you at the beginning, she's still going to be interested in you. Even if she was kind of on the fence or like she didn't really know yet, she can relax and she can decide if she likes you. And so I think even if you're in a situation where the girl's obviously really, really into you, I think you can still go in direct and still just start an average conversation and it's still be successful. The only time, and we talked about this just a little bit earlier, the only time where I think that going direct really, really works is if it's like late at night or like a festival, everyone's feeling good, like high energy and you see that girl and you know it's on already. Like there's no reason to like, hey, how was your night? I like her out. Yeah, in fact, doing that if she's like ready to go, she's going to be like, I just want to do to like make out with me or something or like, you know, I'm trying to get some dick right now. Like this guy's not doing it for me. So go up to some other dude who is going to give her that. So in those situations, and only those situations, I would say going direct is probably the thing to do. But what do you think about that, Ryan? Yeah, so adding on to what you said earlier, where you teach your students to go direct. I actually recommend it if you're getting started. You should go direct because one of the biggest sticking points I had when I was getting started was just the lack of intent. So conveying intent is better than not conveying intent. I know a lot, or at least a lot of my beginner students, it's not necessarily that they can't talk to girls in a friendly manner. It's that the way they're talking to girls ends up getting the results that they are not getting. And so by going direct, you're giving yourself more of a chance. It's a freaking dust storm in Vegas right now. Jesus Christ. What's up, man? No tripods? Yeah. Can we finish the video? We got like two minutes left. Can we just finish it up and then we'll get out of here? Okay, we'll wrap this up in about a minute. Alright, thank you so much, man. Appreciate it. So once you start getting more intermediate, you actually want to take off the direct approach. And the biggest reason this is a different angle that I've heard other coaches talk about is that it's actually very, very low value. You're like running up to the girl like, oh my God, you're so amazing. Yeah. And that's just not a really good... You put yourself down there and her up here. That's not a really good frame to start the interaction in. So nowadays, just like he said, unless if I'm feeling super, super into the girl, I most of the time just go up with something very neutral and very bron-blase. Like, oh, like you looked interesting. Who are you? Like, oh, like, where are you from? Or just a simple hi. I'm Brian. I felt like saying hello. Yeah. And that's a really high value way of doing it because you're like, you're not trying to impress her or anything. No, you're not. You're not trying to put her on a pedestal. You're just being yourself. You're curious. That's what you are. You're curious. You're like, hey, what can you do for me? What's up, I'm Brian. Exactly, yeah. I would say, guys, in general, if you're just starting out, direct is totally fine or for those particular situations. But for most of the time, I would say 95% of the time, I would go in indirect. Yeah, and I agree with everything he said. But once again, it's like, this is our experiences. So don't just let it limit your experience. Feel free to go out, experiment with both of them. Maybe you're a guy who just, like, it's very congruent to be super direct. I know at one point in my life, like, I was a horn dog, asking your girl, like, how are you? Like, I didn't care. It wasn't congruent. I was like, yeah. It wouldn't make sense. Sexy. So go out there, try it out for yourself, and leave a comment for Lloyd letting him know what you guys are, like, what your experiences were. Yeah, check out Brian's channel. Just Brian Black. He's got a lot of awesome, really good infield footage on there. He's the man. Check him out. If you liked what you saw, consider subscribing to my channel too. And if you're interested in one-on-one weekly coaching, join me up at thesingleguide2017 at gmail.com. Thanks a lot, y'all. Good luck out there. Thank you. See you guys.