{"id":12935,"date":"2020-08-23T17:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=12935"},"modified":"2020-09-04T23:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T03:24:42","slug":"david-x-pua-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/david-x-pua-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"David X: What Style Learned From One PUA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who was David X the PUA? What was his role in The Game <\/em>and in the PUA community?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David X was popular and influential in the PUA community. He was known for his confidence and carefree approach to sarging<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about David X and his role in The Game<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

David X: The Success of an “Ugly” PUA <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

David X was a relatively recent PUA discovery. He was a former biker who now worked in construction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite being one of the ugliest PUAs, David X oozed alpha male confidence. <\/strong>His rules for seduction were: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Don\u2019t care what the woman thinks. <\/li>
  2. Remember that you\u2019re more important than the woman.<\/li>
  3. Never lie to a woman. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    David X the PUA flipped women\u2019s words to corner them into going out with him. For example, he\u2019d lead a woman to say she was spontaneous. Later, if he asked her out and she was hesitant, he\u2019d challenge her about being spontaneous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    David X the PUA was known for dating multiple women\u2014the seduction community called it harem management\u2014without lying to any of the women about it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Style’s Style: Meeting The Gurus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Mystery had another workshop coming up in two months, in Miami. Style set a goal to meet all the top pickup artists (PUAs) before then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The seduction community had several pickup gurus, each pedaling a different seduction strategy. <\/strong>For example, Ross Jeffries\u2019s Speed Seduction was based on subliminal messaging through sequences of scripted lines, while David DeAngelo\u2019s Double Your Dating strategy used a hybrid of arrogance and humor, called cocky funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The gurus competed for disciples, discrediting each other in the process. However, most men in the seduction community didn\u2019t want to commit to just one guru\u2014like Style, they wanted to pick up as many strategies from as many sources as they could. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Improving His Game <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    It had only been a month since Style\u2019s pickup education began while attending<\/em> Mystery\u2019s workshop\u2014and soon he\u2019d be helping Mystery lead<\/em> a workshop.<\/strong> Style began training rigorously to improve his game in the six weeks before the next workshop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Style read books on a range of related subjects, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n