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{{Short description|Thought, self-image, and emotion underneath pickup}} | |||
{{Infobox term | {{Infobox term | ||
| image | | name = Inner game | ||
| caption | | also = mindset, cognition, self-talk | ||
| alt | | field = Pickup | ||
| origin = 2000s pickup; house use is [[Girls Chase]] | |||
| related = [[Outer game]]; [[Mindset]]; [[Congruence]]; [[Authenticity]]; [[Outcome independence]] | |||
| image = Comedy and tragedy masks.svg | |||
| caption = Masks (Commons). Inner game is the picture behind the face. | |||
| alt = Comedy and tragedy masks | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Inner game''' is the psychological half | '''Inner game''' is the psychological half: self-image, self-talk, [[outcome independence]], [[abundance mentality]], [[approach anxiety]], [[one-itis]]. '''[[Outer game]]''' is what a bystander could film. Girls Chase writers (including Halvor Jannike) map the split onto cognitive vs behavior therapy: inner game is cognition; outer game is behavior. Both beat either alone.<ref name="gc">{{cite web |url=https://www.girlschase.com/ |title=Girls Chase |website=girlschase.com |access-date=18 September 2026}}</ref><ref name="na">{{cite web |url=https://www.skilledseducer.com/threads/newbie-assignment.34/ |title=Newbie Assignment |author=Chase Amante |website=Skilled Seducer |date=3 November 2012 |access-date=18 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> | ||
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This wiki's gold standard does '''not''' make inner game the whole art. Chase and staff have said the late-2000s inner-game fashion made newbies vaguer and worse: they needed what to *do*. Outer game first; inner catches up once you have evidence. See [[Seduction Wiki:Point of view]]. | |||
== Method == | |||
# Go outside. The [[Newbie assignment]] is inner-game training dressed as homework: observation, posture, eye contact, talking to strangers, numbers. Affirmations without approaches are a stall. | |||
# After a night, name the leak in one sentence: [[neediness]], one-itis, waiting for an [[IOI]], [[auto-rejection]]. That is a [[sticking point]]. Fix the behavior next time, not the poetry. | |||
# Build a self that is not this girl: work, friends, body, a night that exists if she leaves. That is abundance and [[identity]]. Then [[congruence]] has something to match. | |||
Tony Depp's Girls Chase line (paraphrase): most of his content is outer because that is easier to train, and inner catches up when outer is tight.<ref name="gc" /> | |||
== Other schools == | |||
'''RSD / "inner is everything."''' Useful as diagnosis (the hostage face). Useless as a reason to skip talking to people. | |||
'''Mystery-era.''' Less vocabulary; freeze-ups still happened. They treated them as state, not as a lifestyle. | |||
== Failure mode == | |||
Reading inner-game essays instead of the assignment. Or the reverse: stacked routines with a mind that still believes one girl is the whole night. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Outer game]] | * [[Outer game]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mindset]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Authenticity]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Identity]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Outcome independence]] | ||
* [[Neediness]] | |||
* [[Sticking point]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Inner game]] | [[Category:Inner game]] | ||
[[Category:Pickup artist terminology]] | |||
[[Category:Glossary]] | |||
[[Category:Pickup]] | [[Category:Pickup]] | ||
Revision as of 07:38, 18 September 2026
 Masks (Commons). Inner game is the picture behind the face.
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| Field | Pickup |
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| Also known as | mindset, cognition, self-talk |
| Origin | 2000s pickup; house use is Girls Chase |
| Related | Outer game; Mindset; Congruence; Authenticity; Outcome independence |
Inner game is the psychological half: self-image, self-talk, outcome independence, abundance mentality, approach anxiety, one-itis. Outer game is what a bystander could film. Girls Chase writers (including Halvor Jannike) map the split onto cognitive vs behavior therapy: inner game is cognition; outer game is behavior. Both beat either alone.[1][2][3]
This wiki's gold standard does not make inner game the whole art. Chase and staff have said the late-2000s inner-game fashion made newbies vaguer and worse: they needed what to *do*. Outer game first; inner catches up once you have evidence. See Seduction Wiki:Point of view.
Method
- Go outside. The Newbie assignment is inner-game training dressed as homework: observation, posture, eye contact, talking to strangers, numbers. Affirmations without approaches are a stall.
- After a night, name the leak in one sentence: neediness, one-itis, waiting for an IOI, auto-rejection. That is a sticking point. Fix the behavior next time, not the poetry.
- Build a self that is not this girl: work, friends, body, a night that exists if she leaves. That is abundance and identity. Then congruence has something to match.
Tony Depp's Girls Chase line (paraphrase): most of his content is outer because that is easier to train, and inner catches up when outer is tight.[1]
Other schools
RSD / "inner is everything." Useful as diagnosis (the hostage face). Useless as a reason to skip talking to people.
Mystery-era. Less vocabulary; freeze-ups still happened. They treated them as state, not as a lifestyle.
Failure mode
Reading inner-game essays instead of the assignment. Or the reverse: stacked routines with a mind that still believes one girl is the whole night.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Girls Chase. girlschase.com. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ Chase Amante. Newbie Assignment. Skilled Seducer. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ Pickup artist. Wikipedia. Retrieved 18 September 2026.