Random Talk

[Nintex]

It's going bad with the folks again. I'm pretty sure part of that has to do with the decision that I've made. 

I asked about it and sure enough 39f has a nice Christmas tree and a stylish interior, likes Ballerina John Wick style action movies and the secret of her tight ass is... bellyfit belly dancing. It took her a while to respond about the comment about her butt but that and Christmas were certainly the icebreaker. Tommorow we'll throw in the gym progress. She helped me to put together my gym playlist. She is ahead of the pack again.

[Nintex]

Plot twist fellas. 39f asked me out. Out of the blue she texted me.

Beachwalk on friday she more or less made the only possible answer "yes" and was certainly happy I accepted. Funny though she did the "I'll text when I'm leaving work" dating courtesy routine and then realized she could just continue yapping when I ignored that. "I'm 5 minutes away from the beach whatevs"

Somewhat surprising though, it's Sinterklaas, there are lots of things to do especially in that singles community.

With this one my strategy boils down to

 

Cool Christmas tree babe here's a clip of Ana das Armas with a flamethrower

I googled that bellyfit dancing thing nice, so what's more difficult what these chicks are doing the weight or the technique
Both actually and then she shows us the routine and it looks easy but... :')
Well at least you're not the worst of the group right

Her profile picture is her dog, her phone background is her dog. Because I think that's all she really has?

Do I cancel 38f if she comes back and also wants to date friday? Nope, I'll cancel that one on the day if I have to and otherwise I'll hit the jackpot twice or have 2 attempts. 

[filler]

fhuta!

[Besticus Maximus]

I dare you to not talk about any of that shit and just listen to her waffle on and see what happens

[Potato]

Just follow this playbook. Don't be Nintex, just be Neil.

[filler]

sometimes I want to type up a well thought out post, but then I remember this place full of retarded chuds 

[Nintex]

She might just take control anyway. In our first convo there was this weird moment where she was talking about the Lion King and I wanted to show her the clip I caught of Lebo M at the Hans Zimmer concert and she just pulled up her hand like "wait your turn". What she greatly approved was me asking the guy to turn the music on when she complained there wasn't any. 

If I joke that she's "the worst of the group" I'm not getting the typical: "Nooo I'm not!! teehee" response. I get: "haha no thankfully not".

The clip with Ana das Armas burning guys with a flame thrower, if I would send that to the German girl she'd go 
39f simply said: "that looks great you like action movies?"

Maybe that's the thing that moved the needle "he likes strong women with flame throwers, bingo"

If I read between the lines this wasn't the "ooh hi I want to get to know you better how do you feel about..."  invite. It was more or less an order to show up at 2 on Friday. I tried to see if I could have any say in the matter by suggesting a place for her to park but she send back "thanks no worries". 

Obviously I have to initiate anyway but once she gets that green light I'm 75% sure she'll handle the rest.

[filler]

mew mew mew mermer minghje mew nnana mew mew mew

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

mew mew mew mermer minghje mew nnana mew mew mew

I know, right.

[Nintex]

[Nintex]

Texted her at 10 AM'ish: "Added some Oakenfold time to teach these zoomers some culture "
She texted the Dutch equivalent of: "Hell yeah good job" later today.

One more text tommorow after the town council to confirm the date for friday if she doesn't call it off. Which at this point I highly doubt.

Funny enough my trainer is having trouble after 3 dates. The girl doesn't want to put a label on it and he's seriously the only simp brings flowers to dates PT in the whole world.
They had a work out, drinks, a dinner date with flowers and then a forest walk. But he doesn't know if he's interested in a girl that hangs out with other men.

I told him, you put the standard high for any of the others. That's what she'll demand from them all and if you can hit it for free with no effort while they take her out for dinner and she's cool with it, why not. They do the work, you reap the benefits until you find something better. But he's literally on the flip side of me, girls want to fuck the gym bro but he lives with his parents still, works a parttime job at the gym and has a heart of gold. I told him it was likely a shit test and he just hates these games. 

He read my message that could be summed up as: "It's either me or the retards" when 39f started playing games early on and he was like goddamn bro.

He asked me how I felt about it if she had other guys apart from me and I said well in that case she'll be recreational for me also.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Found a nice lady for Nintex:

@shagisabadword

 

[Nintex]

08:18 AM - K: did you have a good workout
10:30 AM - N: yeah it was chill
01:29 PM - K: haha trained hard

I guess the best next move is to not start a convo but send a message around 18 - 20 PM to signal we're on for tommorow.

With all these vibe checks I guess she's locked in. Yesterday I had to go against my instincts not opening the conversation more but not engaging seems to work so far. 

It's certainly a sea change between friendly yapping about healthy habits last week and being objectified(?)

[Nintex]

At the town council

*pic of desk with mic*
N "Decision made. The beach will stay open"
K "Oh wow specially for me?"
K "So nice  "

This town council system doesn't work.
They're discussing new buildings blocking views.
We need a strong leader. Everyone fears AI. 

I want to stand up and say. Look folks

[Nintex]

The Leon jacket outfit works, the weather is ok'ish, the appartment is moderately clean.

We're going for not too much but not too little effort. The kind of 'man who has his shit in shit order and leads but is not a perfectionist and doesn't try too hard' the 39 y/o's allegedly like best.

She texted 30 minutes late that she's on her way. Double texted, was already long typing the next one until my reply hit: "Cool, see you in a bit"

Commence operation Simple and Clean

[Nintex]

Opened with a hug. Walked the beach, the dunes, went for a coffee. Let her do 95% of the yapping. When I proposed warming up inside she happily accepted but asked where we were headed later and that was the signal that it wouldn't be my place. She was visibly happy I took her to the coffee place next door and didn't break her trust after she had been following me like a pet for 2 hours. I could tell that was a gamechanger again. Called it quits when I felt we had hit the limit for today, got the bill, walked her back to her car. We warmly embraced and she said we'd be in touch. Part of me thinks I should've taken more action the other part of me thinks this is a great result from a cold number grab to a rejection to turning a 'friendly' walk into a 2.5 hour date. 

The only thing that didn't check out was her age. She accidentally let slip she turned 40 in August. 

Despite the hug close it was the most fun first date I've had this year. It seems she had not forgotten I had complimented her starry earrings the first time we met overall we had a bunch of inside jokes from our first encounter and the chats. Today she had seashell earrings to match the beach theme which did not go unnoticed. I'll give her space if I don't get the HR message and get back in touch Sunday to signal my interest in another date.

[Besticus Maximus]

Nothing wrong with a 40 year old brosef

[Besticus Maximus]

company Xmas party. Only been there a few months and I was nervous cos I don’t know that many people and it’s a serious bizness. Anyway a few hours in and me and the senior leaders are in a mock up igloo. Someone puts a wolf skin around my neck and we all start chanting King in the north! King in the north! Then a round of witches cackling breaks out. And you know what? They’re right.

[Potato]

[Nintex]

Nothing wrong with a 40 year old brosef

If she's game, I'm game  

She thought the beachhouse looked nice so that would be the next stop. Drinks on the sofa 8PM'ish. The lookout after to gaze at the stars or the lights at sea. Sets the stage for more romance. I think that's what she expects moving forward, me to lead like I did today. If there's nothing from her past or a factor I don't know about blocking her to call it off that's the next step. This is really a one step at a time thing. Cold(event) -> Warm(chat) -> Friendly(Beach) -> Trust(Dune) -> Connection(Coffee shop) and each step took about ~30 minutes.

[Besticus Maximus]

another detail while i've got pints in me and feeling loose.

Got talking to some guy who was introduced in the xmas party awkward kinda way. Anyway, this guy worked at Eutechnyx, who used to make motorcar games back in the day. We had a very good chat about the decline of games retail and then at some point he goes, did you ever play soul reaver? 

So the next 20 minutes were spent setting each other up on talking points about how rad soul reaver 1+2 were, and how awesome amy hennig was, and the tragedy of never knowing what happens. Then I asked him if he ever played blood omen. He said no, and I tried to remember the name of the studio who made it but I was a bit too drunk. I told him I'd not google it and remember it. About an hour and a half later, after i'd been muttering dennis dyack in my head for unknown time, I was in the toilets waiting in the queue and SILICON KNIGHTS appeared in my brain. I found the guy later and told him it was silicon knights.

[Rendle]

Did I ever tell you guys about the time I held hands with a girl in highschool? It was on picture day too, so we both looked cute af. That's basically the whole story.

[Uncle]

siliicon knights...weird ass company and somehow through pure chance I played a third of everything they released



fantasy empires is a lite D&D 4X game, more strictly war than civ, but really fun and with good art

and then also loved eternal darkness and the twin snakes

sounds like they were assholes and then got fucked

On July 19, 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic Games for failure to "provide a working game engine", causing the Ontario-based game developer to "experience considerable losses."[12] The suit alleged that Epic Games was "sabotaging" Unreal Engine 3 licensees.

In August 2007, Epic Games counter-sued Silicon Knights, alleging the studio was aware when it signed on that certain features of Unreal Engine 3 were still in development and that components would continue to be developed and added as Epic completed work on Gears of War. Therefore, in a statement, Epic said that "SK knew when it committed to the licensing agreement that Unreal Engine 3 may not meet its requirements and may not be modified to meet them."[14] Additionally, the counter-suit claimed that Silicon Knights had "made unauthorized use of Epic's Licensed Technology" and had "infringed and otherwise violated Epic's intellectual property rights, including Epic's copyrighted works, trade secrets, know how and confidential information" by incorporating Unreal Engine 3 code into its own engine.[14]

On May 30, 2012, Epic Games prevailed against Silicon Knights' lawsuit, and won its counter-suit for $4.45 million on grounds of copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract,[5] an injury award that was later doubled due to prejudgment interest, attorneys' fees and costs.[17] Consistent with Epic's counterclaims, the presiding judge, James C. Dever III, stated that Silicon Knights had "deliberately and repeatedly copied thousands of lines of Epic Games' copyrighted code, and then attempted to conceal its wrongdoing by removing Epic Games' copyright notices and by disguising Epic Games' copyrighted code as Silicon Knights' own."[17] Evidence against Silicon Knights was "overwhelming", said Dever, as it not only copied functional code but also "non-functional, internal comments Epic Games' programmers had left for themselves."[17]

since the bankruptcy of silicon knights it seems denis dyack has been spinning his wheels in shit, accomplishing nothing, failing a kickstarter twice and trying to get a different game going that's still TBA

[benji]

I still have no idea how they thought they were going to win that and no gaming journalists ever seemed interested in asking.

[HardcoreRetro]

I remember when they tried to get an Eternal Darkness sequel off the ground and one of the guys turned out to be a pedophile.

Good times.

[Nintex]

I think we were matched, I need more data points to confirm but I'm pretty sure there is a dating coach/agency in the mix. Probably the organizer of the event I emailed with.

All our interactions have two things in common. She carries out the instructions and sometimes quite poorly so "someone" steps in to help. 
Her instructions run out and I have to take over.

[Polident]

I’m in the sketcher parts of Shinjuku after many many months of avoiding. And way back when, the people propositioning you were annoying. But I’ve heard stories of them getting worse, more aggressive, and physically attacking perceived tourists. It unironically feels like Ryu Ga Gotoku where you turn a corner and see a group clock you. You turn back as they approach. Some days you don’t want somebody yelling “titties??” at you.

[Nintex]

The break up message more or less confirmed it.

She got cold feet. More looking for friends now I think.

Maybe I will sign up for that community see if the dating coach sends more of them my way.

[Nintex]

haha she keeps texting "such a shame blah blah blah". You know what, fuck it later tonight I'm going to see if I can turn this into something more 'casual'.

Cold number grab -> rejection -> meet/walk (bored) -> coffee shop date (serious intentions) -> not ready -> casual 

She wants a man to lead after all.

[TylenolJones]

I’m in the sketcher parts of Shinjuku after many many months of avoiding. And way back when, the people propositioning you were annoying. But I’ve heard stories of them getting worse, more aggressive, and physically attacking perceived tourists. It unironically feels like Ryu Ga Gotoku where you turn a corner and see a group clock you. You turn back as they approach. Some days you don’t want somebody yelling “titties??” at you.

lol, when I was there in the summer I had the exact same impression of being in yakuza land. I was there early killing time before catching my flight home so didn’t get harassed. The garden there were nice.