Day Game

Zooming in on the front end

Paul Janka's other two products to date, the 6 DVD set Beyond the Digits and the Attraction Formula ebook, presented his overall dating “system”, which requires a high volume of approaches and getting a lot of phone numbers upfront, in order to “play the marketplace” later on (see the above 2 reviews for more details on that).

Obviously in order to get those numbers on the “front end”, you need to learn how to approach and carry a conversation with women, while communicating the right mix of safety and intrigue, Janka-style. This product focuses on precisely that, zooming in on the day/street game part of the system and going more in depth about how to approach and handle objections.

Somewhat familiar material

The downside of “zooming in” on a part of the system: you may be familiar with a lot of the material if you have seen Beyond The Digits or The Attraction Formula before, which is sort of required if you want to make sense of the approach used here. The Movie Trailer Concept, Assuming Familiarity, Mojo, etc, are explained again. However, Janka has more time (about 6 hours total) to develop each point and explain more about his practical street techniques.

We are taught to be ready for objections, and Janka list the most common ones and possible replies. As usual with Paul Janka, it's all very simple and straight-forward: try this, if it doesn't work, try it again on someone else. Rinse, repeat, and don't over-analyze it, the volume of approaches will compensate for mistakes and losses.

Janka usually opens with something innocuous then transitions to something more personal and then gets the number within 2 minutes or so (consistent with his Movie Trailer Concept). He uses situational openers (commenting on the environment, ie “Can you help me here, are those tomatoes ripe?”) or direct openers (statement of interest, eg “You are cute, I like your smile”) - no routines or rehearsed scripts here but a spontaneous, free-flowing approach.

Janka explains the most effective time of the day to meet women, how to pace conversations, the difference between silence and perceived silence, how to handle obstacles, and many more techniques for street game.

On the last CD (CD 6), he lists his 4 categories of girl (party girl, bitchy girl, girl next door, fun girl) and how to handle each of them - this part was quite interesting and is exclusive to this audio programme.

A few downsides

One of the downsides of Janka’s method is the “2 minutes and out” approach, ie how he recommends to open and leave within 2 minutes, to create intrigue. This is also recommended in Vin DiCarlo’s The Attraction Code, and one might wonder is there isn’t a “hot guy” bias going on here. In my experience, using this approach if you are very new at this or not gifted in the looks department will lead to a lot of flaky numbers (ie the girls won’t pick up or won’t meet you again). I agree that it can be effective, in time, but I would not suggest newbies to do it.

Another problem: Janka also doesn’t really teach you how to “rap”, how to have an interesting conversation that leaves the girl interested. He has some general tips, but nothing that would really get a shy guy prepared (for this, check out my review of Vin DiCarlo’s Conversation Cure, which does a good job at getting you there).

A narrower focus

Due to its narrower focus and lack of an overall system description, we would not recommend this as a stand-alone product; you would miss critical pieces of the puzzle if you were to watch this by itself. The most inventive parts of Janka’s method, ie his overall mindset, funnel and end-game techniques, are not described here.

This is an OK buy for newbies/intermediates who purchased Janka's DVD set “Beyond the Digits” or his book The Attraction Formula, if they are interested in the details of his approaching method. To avoid disappointments, note that this is the same material, expanded; it is not brand new stuff separate from the DVD/book.

Unless they are big fans of Janka (and many are), advanced guys probably should not bother, as most of the techniques are already outlined (more briefly) in Beyond The Digits / The Attraction Formula, and they should be able to understand and build on them already, from experience.