Using magick for pick-up

There's a company that actually dedicates the magic craft to pick-up. There's an introduction that is up here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4559351/Puma-Skills-Manual

A few of their PUA videos can be found here:



The first thing that I like is these guys use very practical magic tricks. If you have ever screened through books on magic tricks, you might find one or two tricks that can work in a bar setting. This cuts down on all that searching and shows you how to have really simple, easy magic tricks that can help convey personality.

The reading is important because they talk about some major problems you should avoid with the pick-up:

1.) Do not open with the magic trick. Doing tricks for girls to impress them is a major DLV. You also don't want to get a reputation as "that guy".

2.) Like anything else in pick-up whether it's humor (evil clown vs. dancing monkey), intelligence (sophisticated man vs. boring bookworm), or magic (intriguing man vs. bar magician), you should calibrate magic tricks to the level of effort your audience is putting in. If they work hard, a good magic trick is certainly useful, particularly if you are in a group setting and want to control the crowd.

3.) Running routines is a good complement to what we call "intrigue-based" game. Here's the link:

http://www.pumaskills.com/