Program Review for Mystery by Larry V., Chicago Bootcamp

Being no stranger to the seduction community, I've been using SS since late 2002, with some mixed results.

Earlier this year there was the NYTimes article written about RJ that was promoted on the SS list, but upon reading the article, it was more about a fellow named Mystery, then RJ. At this same time, top students on the SS were kicked off and whatever they posted, and I used in the field, worked.

Gee, there must be more to this.

So began searching around more on the web and discovered mASF and Thundercats site and began reading the postings from Mystery and his archive. Went out into the field, mainly bars and clubs, and got better results using his tactics. Also a friend who got me into the seduction community just came back from the Mystery bootcamp and said I had to go.

So, I called Savoy, who was very easy to do business with, and reserved my spot. Only downside was not knowing what hotel it would be at, until a week before the bootcamp. I made my reservation for the bootcamp back in late September.

Traveled by plane/train to the hotel in Chicago and in the meantime began to think, what have I gotten myself into? I can't believe I've paid x amount of dollars to do this. I wonder if the other guys who signed up for this are going to be complete nerds, or what?

I arrived for the first day and metup with the other guys, while waiting for Mystery. Turns out these guys are just like me, who are mostly successful in most areas of their lives, but want more, or what to make major improvements with women.

Enter Mystery. He came out of the elevator, almost like a scene from a movie, and instantly we were all sucked into his reality. It was one of the most bizarre feelings I've ever felt in my entire life. He quickly moved to introduce himself and make us feel comfortable.

Class began with him talking about basics and structure behind what he does and. He gave good, common examples that we could all relate to. He also went into the social makeup of how we live, how we used to live, and how our brains are wired. He then started into the M3 Model, which simply explains what he does and how to do it in a linear way.

We ate dinner around 8pm, rested for an hour, and drove off to downtown Chicago. During the drive, Mystery would give a very cool pep talk, almost like a briefing of what to expect. We hit the club, and instantly Mystery opened two HBs, he used openers, incredibly body language, and props to gain incredible rapport. Later he left that set, opened two other HBs, and merged both sets together successfully. While this was going on, the guest instructor pushed students into mix sets to get more experience. I've open sets before in the past, but I was mainly crashing and burning that night for experience, and also ended up getting slapped by an HB, who I grabbed too hard to open. By the end of the night, Mystery # closed an HB and pulled another HB back to his hotel room.

Day Two: Mystery gave a debriefing of the night before and we also learned from a student, who went out to breakfast with him that morning, that he #closed the waitress using push/pull tactics. Mystery explained more of his tactics, like negs, qualifying/disqualifying, routines, body language, and kino. I thought I had a good understanding of his material, but I felt my brain exploding trying to get all of it in, plus being tired from the night before.

We did dinner again, got a disco nap, met the next guess instructor and did it all over again. This time we hit a three story techo club in the downtown area. The music was loud and lots of flashing lights, but the students were going into sets now with more confidence and more material, along with instant feedback from instructors. One of the students, opened a HB involved in a bacheloreet party, got her buying temp up, while competing with another guy. Her friends took here away, but Mystery seemed impressed with the results. Other students were opening sets, and there was the challenge of language, alot of the people in this club were either Russian or Polish. I opened mostly mixed sets and was able to stay in set longer than I was ever before and was able to calibrate better than before. Mystery said that his mystery method is not fullproof though. He opened a mixed set of two Paris Hilton lookalikes along with their borefriend. He instantly blew him out and was working up kino, when the HBs would break it off. He would start all over again and work up to kino and they would break it off again. It was odd, but still impressive, and even he admitted that nothing is foolproof. We later hit another club, more of a hip-hop environment, and it was 4am, and the students were tired. Not Mystery, he opened the bartender, and was making out with her in less then 10 minutes and #closed her.

The last and final day, covered grounding and identity, and three rock stars and a journalist sat in on the seminar and gave ideas and feedback, which was great. We also did a debriefing of the previous night, talk more about tactics. During the lecture, I wrote down so many questions I wanted to ask, but we just didn't have time, because there is so much material.

Again, we went out to eat, where Mystery again #closed the waitress. At the same time, he was working HBs he had #closed the last few days over the phone, trying to arrange for them to meetup with him. We took disco naps again, and then took off for Rush St in Chicago. Again in the car ride, Mystery gave us a pep talk. First club we hit was like another hip-hop club that was packed with Bears football fans. I opened a two set that claimed they were lesbians lovers, and opened other sets. One of the students, #closed. Mystery again opened two HBs, and was doing everything he normally does, but didn't get anywhere with them. The HBs were more interested in the pro. sports players coming in and that was our que to leave. We hit a few more bars in the area. Another student pulled an HB away from her borefriend and Mystery went into set with him to help. One of the last sets I did was open two dudes and tried to merge in into a three set. Opening the two dudes was no problem, but when it came to the merge, didn't go well at all. Mystery gave me pointers and then he opened a couple at the bar, and within 10 minutes was making out with girl. Impressive. With dawn a few hours away, we left Rush St, and Mystery brought back another HB to his hotel that he #closed the night before. We all said our goodbys and that that was the end of the bootcamp.

All in all, I'm still in disbelief over what I've just experienced, but very happy. Mystery and his guess instructors are very cool and very professional with the students, offering many pointers and tips. On the downside, we cover so much material and talked over the night before, so there isn't alot of time to answer all of the questions generated.

But now the real challenge lies with me and taking the material, what I've learned, and using it successfully.