Socializing Is Peacocking still a thing in night game?

[Atlas IV]

I was chatting today with my ex who recently went to a nightclub with her hot friends. She was telling me about the guys trying to pick up girls at the club.

As is usual in Asian night clubs, most of them are tactless creeps who sit at their tables leering at the hottest girls until finally working up the nerve to approach, at which point the girls are usually already weirded out by them.

But she described one Korean guy that I thought was interesting. All the girls in the club were fawning over him, and she described him like this:

“He was super handsome. He had lots of rings, earrings, cool pendants, amazing hair, and sexy, tight clothes. He was just standing by the bar the whole night, with a single drink. He was watching the stage the whole time. Occasionally he would walk around the room or go to the bathroom, and he would make brief eye contact with a girl, but he never stared at the girls. My friend and I couldn’t stop thinking about him. My friend really wanted to go home with him, but before we had the chance to talk to him, some other hot girl approached and he went home with her instead!”

Now, last night I had just happened to watch Mystery’s recent interview, in which they talked about peacocking back in the day. So I heard this story I thought… huh, doesn’t this sound familiar? Is this how Korean guys pick up girls in night clubs these days? A persona of aloofness and mystery sounds effective when your competition is a bunch of horny idiots with no self control.

I'll be going out to the night clubs this week to see if I can spot one of these “Korean peacocks” in the wild, perhaps it will inspire me to upgrade my fashion. To put a question to the community, though, is peacocking still taken seriously in night game in the West? I know it’s kind of old fashioned at this point, but that actually might be an advantage since there’s an entire generation of young people now who don't even remember it.

 

[Swati]

interesting topic, yeah real PUAs still do this

your peacock has to match your style. I believe you need a certain degree of fundamentals to pull off your peacock, it's like bonus points adding to your arsenal.

this appearance thing is very useful in night game, peacocking could create openings, pre-openers, or like you said "get approached"

is not old fashion, based on your comment you seem to be from the West and society tends to produce a bunch of ugly shit clothing.

fashion appeal has undoubtedly come down, north Americans aren't fashionable in any sense which is why if you know how to display yourself there's a specialty to you.

Based on my experiences, the clean, two-tone (1 plain dark/light background color and a flashy piece to "peacock", is too much flashy that you come off like a clown.

 

[Dragonetti]

IMO peacocking should just be an excuse for people to notice and want to talk to you. A stylish outfit with some accessories that stand out. It doesn't involve dressing like a clown.

 

[rockstar]

Yes, but you should be careful about this. Look at what types of celebrities are popular where you are and take inspiration from them. You need to be somewhat congruent with it too. Don't copy a style that was cool and edgy 10 years ago. This is also very city-dependent. The fashion bar is a lot higher in certain cities than others

 

[Michael Chief]

I hate to admit it, but in a way, yes, especially when it comes to Korean fashion.

I sometimes wear a satanic pedant necklace, as cringey as that sounds. It goes well with my outfit, though, I swear! It's subtle enough to look more like a complementary accessory than a "peacocking" piece, but it's still peacocking nonetheless.

You in Korea?

 

[Atlas IV]

I hate to admit it, but in a way, yes, especially when it comes to Korean fashion.

I sometimes wear a satanic pedant necklace, as cringey as that sounds. It goes well with my outfit, though, I swear! It's subtle enough to look more like a complementary accessory than a "peacocking" piece, but it's still peacocking nonetheless.

You in Korea?

That's a cool idea. A satanic pendant sounds like a polarizing accessory, but for the girls who like it I bet they LOVE it. I have a black jade necklace made by an indigenous craftsman in my country. It's always a good conversation starter.

Nah, I'm in Thailand. There are a ton of Koreans here now and the Thai girls seem to be really into them (I attribute it to the influence of K-pop and K-dramas, plus their general fashion sense).

 

[Michael Chief]

A satanic pendant sounds like a polarizing accessory, but for the girls who like it I bet they LOVE it.

That's what I thought, too, but the field can surprise you. One girl was like "I have the opposite" and she pulls out her necklace with a huge cross. I found out she's super Christian, like every-other-instagram-post-saying-something-about-praising-the-Lord Christian.

And I'm not wearing the satanic pendant necklace just because I think it looks cool - I'm actually a fan of The Satanic Temple and the work that they do, and very much NOT a fan of the church.

We didn't fuck because she's saving herself for Jesus or marriage or whatever like a good little Christian, and I respect her devotion and wasn't trying to trample on her beliefs, but we were still flirting all night. If she were just a liiiiitle bit less religious, a hell of a lot more would have happened.

 

[West_Indian_Archie]

It always has been.

In the old school PUA, it was wearing something ridiculous that drew the attention of broads.

Something that made you look like a freak. Feather Boa, Top Hat, Moon Boots, black eyeliner, skin tight pants/jeans (when that was not the fashion - nowadays guys seem to rock tight jeans and sag them at the same time)

In the real world, guys that tried to be these "club kids" but were not and did not live in that type of environment - if you kept it really real and wore a pink cowboy hat -

1) Guy Haters - You'd run into guys that wanna mess with you (practically nobody in the community, self included, looks like they can handle themselves in a fight - even those of us who can fight).

2) Female Thieves - Girls would try to take whatever you had. Chicks running off with hats or whatever bauble you had around your neck. How do you get back something of yours from a female in a club environment? If you don't think she'll weaponize the bouncer, club staff, police against you....I don't know what to tell you. (it was a quick lesson in the red pill if you were aware, but probably not)

So instead of mohawks, feather boas, and moon boots - regular students of PUA just wore a lot of "Hot Topic" type stuff. So studded belts, those leather bracelets, chains with interesting pendants, and rings on every finger.

And that lead into Mystery talking about Tribes and Brad P's "Sexy Stereotypes" - you can peacock - stand out from the rest of your environment.

• So you'd have guys with the motorcycle jackets and their bikes
• You'd have the dudes that were suited up.
• Grimy dudes in white t-shirts, jeans, diamonds, and boots
• Euro Trash looking guys
• Black fingernail polish, rocker looking guys
• Cowboy boots and Western Snap Shirts..
• Slam Poet/Hippie/Jimi Hendrix/Jim Morrison vibe

I'd rock a Misfits/Danzig Shirt to a hip hop spot, and wear Wu Tang t-shirt at a Rock Show. As time went on, I'd only wear pink dress shirts, while everybody was "all thugged out"

The more you understand women, the more you understand your specific target market, the more subtle you can be.

In this modern era, gurus recommend stuff like

• Long hair that looks good at a distance
• Dressing well as a tall guy
• Muscles...to an extent.

But the old school stuff, still works, to draw attention.

That said, just putting the stuff on only attracts attention.

You've got to know what to do when she likes what you're doing, or when she "doesn't like" what you're doing.

So let's say you're running day game and you have a puppy.

The puppy is gonna get a lot of attention.

The same with dressing up as your favorite pokemon.

Now that you have attention - how do you turn the interest in this externality into an interest in YOU.

It's almost easier if a chick has something sassy to say, because you can have a comeback ready - and that will just get her reacting to what you do.

It's when she's all compliments where most guys struggle...