I’m agnostic on the whole issue of immoral or dark dating game versus moral or light game. Whatever gets the job done for you, go with it. Anyone who observed me back in the day would have said I practiced dark game, but I think I just approached game amorally, the same way girls do. If the result was effective, that was enough for me. The method mattered less than whether it worked. I did not spend much time worrying about labels. I cared more about outcomes than about appearances.

There were two main drivers behind my game: my feelings and manipulating the girl’s feelings. My first priority was making myself feel good, both physically and emotionally. This meant that the girl’s emotional state had very little bearing on my own happiness. Of course, there was occasionally a girl who was so sweet that it hurt me to hurt her, so I let her go. Most girls, though, were simply part of the experience. I wanted pleasure first and everything else came second.

The second driver of my game was emotional manipulation. I took my own natural Machiavellian intelligence, added in what I learned from game, and became a master of the crimson arts. In my mind, I had a very good model for how women react to different actions, words, or silence. With sex as the goal, I would trace back the emotional paths that led from where I was to where I wanted to be. Most of these paths were emotional roller coasters for the girl involved.

At the time, I felt good about what I was doing. Now, I don’t really feel anything about it. The only guilt I feel is about the few nice girls that I hurt, and that is guilt I felt back then as well. I view my past with neutrality, and I don’t regret it. I would probably advise a man with weak game to follow a similar path, if only because it is the only one I know well. Looking back does not change what happened. It only changes how calmly you can talk about it.