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{{Short description|Canned cold-reading routine from Mystery-era clubs}} | {{Short description|Canned cold-reading routine from Mystery-era clubs}} | ||
{{Infobox term | {{Infobox term | ||
| name | | name = The Cube | ||
| also | | also = Cube routine, cubing | ||
| field | | field = Pickup | ||
| origin | | origin = Mystery Method / The Game (2005) | ||
| related = [[Routine game]]; [[Cold reading]]; [[Opener (pickup)]] | | related = [[Routine game]]; [[Cold reading]]; [[Opener (pickup)]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Cube''' is a canned cold-reading routine that dominated mid-2000s club pickup: you ask her to picture a cube, a ladder, a horse, flowers, a storm, then "read" her answers as personality. It is the type case of '''[[routine game]]'''.<ref name="game">{{cite book |last=Strauss |first=Neil |title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><ref name="mm">{{cite book |last=von Markovik |first=Erik |title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref> | '''The Cube''' is a canned cold-reading routine that dominated mid-2000s club pickup: you ask her to picture a cube, a ladder, a horse, flowers, a storm, then "read" her answers as personality. It is the type case of '''[[routine game]]'''.<ref name="game">{{cite book |last=Strauss |first=Neil |title=The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists |publisher=ReganBooks |year=2005 |isbn=0-06-055473-8}}</ref><ref name="mm">{{cite book |last=von Markovik |first=Erik |title=The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36011-5}}</ref> | ||
[[Neil Strauss]]'s ''The Game'' spread it. Later schools kept the idea of a structured conversation and dumped the props. | [[Neil Strauss]]'s ''The Game'' spread it. Later schools kept the idea of a structured conversation and dumped the props. later pickup usage does not start beginners on the Cube. | ||
== Method == | == Method == | ||
A common later method is [[direct game]] plus [[calibration]]. The Cube is history: a way 2000s students occupied eight minutes when they could not talk. If you can talk, you do not need a cube. | |||
== Other schools == | == Other schools == | ||
Mystery-era: run it after the open, before kino. London daygame: no. Girls | Mystery-era: run it after the open, before kino. London daygame: no. Girls no. | ||
== Failure mode == | == Failure mode == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:09, 18 September 2026
| Field | Pickup |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Cube routine, cubing |
| Origin | Mystery Method / The Game (2005) |
| Related | Routine game; Cold reading; Opener (pickup) |
The Cube is a canned cold-reading routine that dominated mid-2000s club pickup: you ask her to picture a cube, a ladder, a horse, flowers, a storm, then "read" her answers as personality. It is the type case of routine game.[1][2]
Neil Strauss's The Game spread it. Later schools kept the idea of a structured conversation and dumped the props. later pickup usage does not start beginners on the Cube.
Method
A common later method is direct game plus calibration. The Cube is history: a way 2000s students occupied eight minutes when they could not talk. If you can talk, you do not need a cube.
Other schools
Mystery-era: run it after the open, before kino. London daygame: no. Girls no.
Failure mode
Running it on a woman who is already hooked. That is over-gaming. Running it as if you invented psychology. That is cringe.