The Game

instructor and a yoga teacher.
    Thanks to Courtney Love, who has resolved her court cases and managed to stay out of the tabloids so far. She is happily living in her own house in Los Feliz with her daughter and working on a new album with Billy Corgan and Linda Perry. She says that she wants to play Katya in the movie.
    Thanks to Formhandle, who has thanklessly and tirelessly kept this community running. His Fast Seduction website remains the clearinghouse for allmatters pickup-related, and his research and website were instrumental in putting the glossary together. And to Cliff, the other pillar of the community, who recently brought hundreds of students and several dozen instructors to Montreal for his first annual pickup artist convention.
    Thanks to Sin, who married the woman he liked walking on a leash in Atlanta. I recently had the honor of meeting her; you’d never suspect it.
    Thanks to Britney Spears, who also got married. Twice. And to Tom Cruise, who recently announced his engagement and wasn’t afraid to proclaim his love from the rooftops. Every time I have to make a tough decision, I ask myself: “What would Tom Cruise do?” Then I jump up and down on the couch.
    Thanks to Dreamweaver, who is now writing screenplays. Shortly before publication of this book, he was diagnosed with brain cancer and brought to the hospital by Maverick. The father of Versity, one of the members of Mystery’s Lounge, is a top cancer surgeon, and has offered to help. Dreamweaver, you are one talented, creative person, and our prayers are with you.
    Thanks to Grimble, who devoted himself full-time to marketing his seduction e-books and audio courses; to Twotimer, who left Los Angeles to attend graduate school; to Vision, who recently became the godfather of Versity’s child; and to Sweater, who is in the process of separating from his wife.
    Thanks to the community itself and to the hundreds of friends I’ve made over the last two years. May you all find what you’re looking for—in love and in life. Some of you may fret that I’ve given the game away. But don’t worry: There will always be a way for a man and a woman to meet and have sex. And whatever that way happens to be, all of you will find it.
    Thanks to Caroline, Nadia, Maya, Mika, Hea, Carrie, Hillary, Susanna, Jessicas I and II, and all the other amazing, unique women who became part of my life. Call me, and I’ll explain everything.
    Thanks to all the rest of the gurus: David DeAngelo, whose mailing list has grown to an estimated 1.1 million names and who is now offering women advice on how to catch and keep men; Rick H., who moved to Romania to pursue his latest business and romantic adventures; Steve P. and Rasputin, who are sharing their techniques in a video series. Thanks also to Swinggcat and David Shade.
    Thanks to everyone who allowed me to reprint their posts and field reports. Juggler, who has put his comedy career on hold to expand his seduction business and complete his e-book, is living with his new girlfriend, a fitness trainer and marathon runner; he still likes Barry Manilow. Extramask, who separated entirely from the community to focus full-time on starting a comedy career and a weekly live show. Jlaix, who found the bisexual girlfriend thatMystery has always dreamed about and has detailed their adventures in a series of careening field reports that are worthy of their own book.
    Thanks to Judith Regan, who accused me of attracting her thirteen-yearold daughter on page six of the New York Post. She was joking, I think. And even if she wasn’t, I’d forgive her. She supported me in this whole crazy adventure from day one, and has been not only a publisher but also a patron saint.
    Thanks to the rest of the staff at ReganBooks, particularly my [insert hyperbolic adjective here] editor Cal Morgan, who was so excited to meet Lisa after editing the book that when he saw her he was too tongue-tied to speak a word. Thanks also to the long-suffering Bernard Chang, Michelle Ishay, Richard Ljoenes, Paul Crichton, Cassie Jones, Kyran Cassidy, and Aliza Fogelson.
    Thanks to Ira Silverberg, my agent, who keeps trying to get me to write about a highbrow topic. And thanks to Anna Stein and the rest of the staff at Donadio and Olson.
    Thanks to David Lubliner, Andrew Miano, Craig Emanuel, Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz, Andrea Giannetti, Matt Tolmach, and Amy Pascal for support with the other Project Hollywood.
    Thanks to Fedward Hyde, my humble