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| also = cold approaching, street pickup, daygame approach | | also = cold approaching, street pickup, daygame approach | ||
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A '''cold approach''' is opening someone you have no social tie to — no friend-of-a-friend, no app match, no workplace. [[Daygame]] is cold approach in daylight on the street, in shops, on transit. [[Nightgame]] is cold approach in bars and clubs. The [[Newbie assignment]] is a cold-approach on-ramp that starts with "hi." | A '''cold approach''' is opening someone you have no social tie to — no friend-of-a-friend, no app match, no workplace. [[Daygame]] is cold approach in daylight on the street, in shops, on transit. [[Nightgame]] is cold approach in bars and clubs. The [[Newbie assignment]] is a cold-approach on-ramp that starts with "hi." | ||
<ref name="s1">{{cite web |url=http://www.pualingo.com/ |title=PUA Lingo |author=Vince Lin |website=PUA Lingo |date=2008 |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref><ref name=" | <ref name="s1">{{cite web |url=http://www.pualingo.com/ |title=PUA Lingo |author=Vince Lin |website=PUA Lingo |date=2008 |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup_artist |title=Pickup artist |website=Wikipedia |access-date=18 September 2026}}</ref> | ||
== Why it is the prestige skill == | == Why it is the prestige skill == | ||
The seduction community treats cold approach as proof you can generate romance from a blank street. Social-circle and app game can produce more sex per hour for many men; they do not produce the same "I can do this in a foreign city" claim. PUA Lingo called cold approach the form that makes a man "free in the world." | The seduction community treats cold approach as proof you can generate romance from a blank street. Social-circle and app game can produce more sex per hour for many men; they do not produce the same "I can do this in a foreign city" claim. PUA Lingo called cold approach the form that makes a man "free in the world." | ||
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* [[Approach anxiety]] | * [[Approach anxiety]] | ||
* [[Direct game]] | * [[Direct game]] | ||
* [[Approach]] | |||
* [[Indirect game]] | |||
* [[Statement of intent]] | |||
* [[Approach walls]] | |||
* [[Spam approaching]] | |||
* [[Set (pickup)]] | |||
* [[False time constraint]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 01:01, 19 September 2026
 Conversation (Commons). Cold approach is talking to a stranger.
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| Also known as | cold approaching, street pickup, daygame approach
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A cold approach is opening someone you have no social tie to — no friend-of-a-friend, no app match, no workplace. Daygame is cold approach in daylight on the street, in shops, on transit. Nightgame is cold approach in bars and clubs. The Newbie assignment is a cold-approach on-ramp that starts with "hi." [1][2]
Why it is the prestige skill
The seduction community treats cold approach as proof you can generate romance from a blank street. Social-circle and app game can produce more sex per hour for many men; they do not produce the same "I can do this in a foreign city" claim. PUA Lingo called cold approach the form that makes a man "free in the world."
Cost
Approach anxiety is the tax. Most dropout happens before the first "hi," not after the tenth rejection. Training programs (Mystery bootcamps, the assignment, daygame in-fields) are almost entirely anxiety-exposure machines with technique bolted on.
See also
- Daygame
- Nightgame
- Opener (pickup)
- Approach anxiety
- Direct game
- Approach
- Indirect game
- Statement of intent
- Approach walls
- Spam approaching
- Set (pickup)
- False time constraint
References
- ↑ Vince Lin. PUA Lingo. PUA Lingo. 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2026.
- ↑ Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 September 2026.