The Under 21 Convention!
So it’s been about a week since I got back from Florida and I decided I’d finally post my thoughts on the U21 Convention.
The Under 21 Convention was a complete success. For those who know me know that I flipped back and forth a lot about going and that it would have been so easy for me to just say no and blow the entire thing off.
That being said I’m so happy I didn’t. The life experience, confidence gained and friendships established were worth going on its own.
The convention itself went off without a hitch other than a dead laptop battery and some lazy attendant’s who slept in and missed out on my presentation (Mehow I’m looking at you).
I was really nervous about my presentation during the days leading up to the convention. I worked on it frantically and am I ever glad that I did. I have had nothing but rave reviews about it which makes me so happy. At one point I was having so much fun delivering the presentation that I almost forgot to plug the company (don’t fire me yet I made sure to get that part handled). I guess I got wrapped up in the moment of answering all the questions I got, and trust me I got a lot.
It’s funny, I have no fear of approaching strangers and groups of people and pushing the social norm but tell me I have to speak in front of a large group of guys and I get all nervous. Go figure right?
The other speakers were really good. Not everyone represented companies which meant that they were up there just to help out the guys and give value, fantastic attitude in my opinion. I was kind of upset that my friend and roommate Vincent Chase wasn’t able to speak but we drunkenly recorded his speech at about 4AM after hanging out with a couple from Ireland. No sweat!
That being said, Vincent Chase was an awesome roommate although he was really fucking messy. We slept in a couple times and couldn’t have housekeeping come through for a few days and the room looked like a post apocalyptic nuclear warfare battlefield. Zine, Thad and Respeck also spent a lot of time in my room hanging out (it was party central what can I say) and these guys were also top notch dudes! Zine and Thad have very different views about game which kind of removed them from the general population but they didn’t let that stop them and I’m glad they were there!
The night life in Orlando is dramatically different then anything I’ve ever experienced. It’s almost as if everything I know about the bar/club industry is completely backwards down there. It’s like some guy moved to Orlando and decided to put a bunch of shitty bars in a bunch of strip malls near UCF and play some shitty music… and it’s a huge fucking success. And then you’d go to clubs like Roxy and Club Paris and it’d have nowhere near the volume of hot (and I mean smokin’ hot) women. It just doesn’t make sense to me.
The first night was the approach-a-thon or as it became lovingly deemed… the approach-a-gongshow. Hahaha what a mess that was. I ended up taking out two guys who turned out to be awesome, gave them a quick rundown of what we do at Vin DiCarlo and then sent them into multiple approaches. They both had incredible sets with KnockOut ending up holding the hottest girl in the club for about 45 minutes while 4-5 PUA’s would rotate winging the obstacle. Oh did I mention she didn’t speak any English? Yeah, that’s how we do it at Vin DiCarlo!
At the end of the night I pushed them into one last set outside of the club. They ended up pulling back to the girl’s place but couldn’t full monty due to logistics (read: girl throwing up all over the place). Never the less my two students were the only one’s who pulled girls on the first night!
Throughout the convention we had varying experiences. Friday we went to CityWalk and me and Vincent Chase ran a couple killer sets that lit up real quick due to a strong open. One was a pair of Irish girls and no word of a lie my girl was absolutely fucking beautiful and had the hottest Irish accent. 9.5 on the hot scale. Vince didn’t hold the obstacle properly and we ended up losing the set but not before I tattooed her arm with my phone number. Oh well they were really fun for the half hour that we held them.
Saturday night we went to Roxy with half the convention. I showed up in a full suit and Vince was lookin’ like a rockstar. We honestly looked like a couple celebs, the fact that we’d have 5-6 guys talking to us at a time and rotating around probably didn’t help that. I must say though, the noobs sarged out the entire venue within the first hour. Every set was bitter and upset with being approached so much. It was hilarious to see all the PUA’s talking to the fat and ugly girls at the end of the night since they’d burned out all the hot ones. At the end of the night we ended up waiting outside Roxy until about 5AM waiting for cabs with 16 PUA’s. Me and Vince ran a little coaching session in the parking lot to keep everyone occupied but the whole thing with the cabs was fucking retarded.
Sunday night we hit probably the best venue for pickup I’ve ever been to in my life, with 45 minutes left in the night. Walked around, checked out the venue and made a note to go back when we had more time. It turned out that a fight broke out which cut the night even shorter as the bouncers kicked everyone out after that had happened.
The rest of the week was a combination of more of the same. Going out with people and enjoying my time in Orlando.
All in all this trip was absolutely mind blowing. Absolutely worth my time and the money I ended up spending. Thanks to everyone that was involved and everyone who showed up! I didn’t get a ton of time to get to know everyone but definitely made some friends.
Remember that being under the legal drinking age doesn’t mean you can’t have fun and still learn pickup. Keep at it guys, you’ll get there soon!
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I’m still upset I didn’t go. Hopefully I get a crack at you next weekend and we can double team Krystal.
Next years gonna be REDICULOUS! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-DICULOUS!!! Get excited.
Much love to a top-notch PUA and even better friend.
-Big Daddy Rewok