@Crisis_Overcomer I set it to Manilla and got a few matches. They were all trans apart from 1. It can't be that my profile is REKT, because as you can see, it IS getting matches in some places. Nonetheless, I am not sure what you wanted to prove with the location switch. I am not exactly impressed by what came through here dude. Why were you so sure you'd prove your point if I did this....? Needless to say, this was not the outcome I was looking for.
I would be down to roll through the Philippines at some point. It looks beautiful, and I gotta say, the chicks look quite cute tbh. I do not expect this will be very fruitful in terms of dating. My sense for this is quite keen. You seem to gloss over the multitude of locations I have tried. And the warrior grinding required to achieve some modest outcomes. Hard fought progress was made. And yet, the gap between where I am, and where I want to be, remains pretty significant.
My issue was, I just wasn't closing that gap in any appreciable respect. The work, focus, and dedication was there. I failed to close the gap, because my SMV development is very slow.
Being tall as fuck (6ft5) is just a massive pain in the ass for dating at low SMV, because muscle gains are so slow, your SMV takes so, so long to move. Stoicism and patience is the answer for this problem.
Continuing to play on nightmare mode, is not what I am looking for. I have explained this in conversations with people, where it's easier to convey the textures and hues, and most people actually reach a moment where they are like...damn...ok...and accept what I say.
Communities like ours are prone to drawing in quite autistic men who are overly atomistic and reductionist in their thinking and often struggle with complexity and multivariate problems. It takes a lot of patience to have to express the same ideas and present the same problem, for multiple years.
I may just make a video to express it clearly. For the sake of posterity if nothing else. It is my opinion that SMV solves dating "quality" problems. And I expect, if I am able to properly move up a point, my issues will go away overnight, and I can essentially just enjoy the fruits of my labours.
I am looking to find a way where it's workable. Having switched to many different locations now, I am hardly able to report a discernable improvement in quality. And that is after 3 years of hardcore self improvement. The truth is, the gains are very slow, and at SMV disadvantages, finding ways to compete visually, is a very tall order. It turns my stomach to even think about this problem to be frank, and it is not one I wanted to still be grappling with at this point in the game.
Anyway, having fulfilled my obligation to testing, auditing the Greeks hypothesis, to no real avail, we can resume business as usual.
The next level for me, will be found in:
-SMV Raising: Go from 5 to 6/10. Done. That will be enough to get what I am looking for. It must be done. This can be done with muscle, low bf, tattooing, style changes, and cosmetic surgery.
-Location Switching: UK = death. Will stay out of that place. Europe, was just as bad. NYC, was glimmers of hope. I got 1 or 2 decent matches there. Mexico and Latin America, sadly, looks bleak here. Pains me as these women are brown themselves. But hey, they are entitled to their preferences. No use in arguing with reality. I am no longer optimistic about location switches, having done them a few times and been entirely underwhelmed.
.....That's it.
The sheer stupidity of some of the stuff I read makes me want to slam my head against a wall. There is little utility in continuing to switch locations, approach, and use apps when we have systematically proven at my current looks level, we are counting on miracles. They do happen. It is just a tonne of grinding and for the "rewards", it just ain't worth it.
I got my current chick, by sheer luck. Right place, right time. I was not even trying. She is AWESOME. But I just can't look past certain things. My choice. Do I like her A LOT? Yes. She also likes me. I am happy with her, and will roll with it, but it has an end date in the future because there are certain things that are just a deal breaker for me. I will enjoy every day, until then. We're in each other's life right now, for a reason.
There WILL be deeper and strategic ways to improve SMV. Men smarter than me, are able to do it. They know the correct optimisations and have a superior aesthetic sense than I do. I will keep pushing, consulting more widely, and do what it takes. My body recomp coach, will get me there. He wants me to get to 100kg as a priority, and then we will cut down. That should produce a good step change in SMV. That should be enough for half a point. The surgeries will be done later this year (rhinoplasty) which will correct my face and maybe add 0.25. There are men who ascended from 5 to 6 and I have seen how it changed their reality.
...If you think this preoccupation is a bit annoying at this stage for you to read, I'd invite you to go do 2 - 3000 approaches this year, and see no difference between the outcomes now, and at the end of the year. What would you do if this metric just didn't move no matter what you said, did, or tried?
Like me, you'd have to face the music and make the visual adjustments it takes.
The hive mind, can slightly annoy me at times, but I am patient, and open to feedback.
Having addressed the above now, and having actually tried the aforementioned advice, anyone who is fair minded and reasonable who reads this log, will understand I will just have to keep hitting the gym, saving for the procedures, and keep researching far and wide how to genuinely shift SMV to where your attraction levels start to change.
I am a firm believer in the answers existing. It often takes a lot of persistence with research and trial and error. The good news? Have tried and tested a bunch. Took what is useful, discarded what wasn't. That got me further along.
Now comes the game of patience, waiting, and just letting nature take it's course.
Through INTENT, FOCUS, and DISCIPLINE, and learning how to really raise SMV, I will make this happen this year.
Thanks all,
-MAC
