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- Famous pickup artists: who they are and what they taughtA fact-based guide to the best-known names in pickup, from Ross Jeffries and Mystery to Roosh V, Todd Valentine, and Matthew Hussey, and what each one teaches.
- Ross Jeffries and Speed SeductionWho Ross Jeffries is, how his NLP-based Speed Seduction worked, the techniques it taught, and the habits from it you can use in conversation this week.
- Mystery and the Mystery MethodWho Mystery is, what the Mystery Method teaches (phases, the three-second rule, DHV, group approaches), his books, and the VH1 show.
- Neil Strauss and The Game: the book that took pickup mainstreamHow Neil Strauss's 2005 book The Game brought pickup to a mass audience: who is in it, what it describes, what came next, and how to read it today.
- Real Social Dynamics and the rise of the pickup bootcampHow Real Social Dynamics built the in-field bootcamp: the format, the founders, the instructors who left to start their own brands, and a DIY version.
- Julien Blanc and the 2014 visa bansWhat happened in November 2014: the campaign against RSD instructor Julien Blanc, the visa decisions by country, his CNN interview, and what he did next.
- David DeAngelo and Double Your DatingHow Eben Pagan, writing as David DeAngelo, built Double Your Dating into a $20 million-a-year business, and what cocky and funny actually taught.
- Owen Cook (Tyler Durden): RSD's best-known coachWho Owen Cook is, how he co-founded Real Social Dynamics, what the company taught, and the documented 2014 events. Plus what to take from the bootcamp model.
- Love Systems and Nick SavoyLove Systems grew out of Mystery Method Corp. Here's who Nick Savoy is, what Magic Bullets teaches about daytime approaches, and what to try.
- Roosh V: the Bang books and his later turnRoosh V (Daryush Valizadeh) self-published the Bang travel guides, ran a forum, then converted in 2019, pulled his books, and closed the forum in 2023.
- Richard La Ruina and The NaturalRichard La Ruina founded PUATraining in London in 2007 and wrote The Natural. Here's what he teaches and what to take from it.
- Zan Perrion and The Alabaster GirlZan Perrion is a Canadian author behind Ars Amorata and The Alabaster Girl, a book written as a conversation on a train. What he teaches.
- Tom Torero and the rise of daygameTom Torero (Tom Ralis) wrote Daygame and the Conversation King course. What he taught about opening with statements, and what Newsweek reported in 2021.
