The game

The basics

• Modern dating terms: the 2026 glossaryA plain-English glossary of current dating slang, from rizz and aura to talking stage, dry texting and the ick, with what to do about the ones that matter.
• What is pickup? The pickup community explainedPickup is a community of men working on meeting women in person. Where it came from, the main schools of teaching, what people actually do, and how to start.
• The pickup glossary: sets, openers, IOIs, frames, and morePlain-English definitions of the pickup terms you'll see on forums and YouTube, from sets and openers to IOIs, frame, daygame, and inner game.
• How to write a field report: a template and an exampleA field report is a short write-up of a night out. Two templates (2 minutes and 10 minutes), a 250-word example, and the mistakes that make reports useless.