Magnus and Tribal formed project Ibiza for the summer months, together with a European summit held there. The only official seduction summit this year as far as I know. Magnus also branched out into the self-development seduction field with the creation of the inner-game tapping technique. Mystery too got back into seduction project sphere with the residential seduction mansion at Project Miami (just learned this from TCs post).
As far as saleable production from seduction is concerned. Well, products don’t always follow innovation, and yet getting a particular perspective on seduction method or a take on the universal principles, or expertise in an area of seduction is the foundation of furthering learning with seduction. Along these lines we saw most releases this year. And in this regard, Style courted controversy with the $3000+ pricetag of his teaching videos The Annihilation Method. On further commercial fronts RSD released The Foundation Series and Zan brought out his Enlightened Seduction DVD set. Pickup 101 had new products, and followed with some footage. And also, Cliff held the 2nd annual Cliff’s List Convention in Montreal this past summer, introducing new and reaffirming established guests.
Charisma Arts with Juggler and Johnny Saviour had a success with the one-off television show Seduction School.
The men of the year: This regards contribution to seduction over the year, and is not about rating pickup artistry in terms of skill or individual seduction achievement. Brad P. is a stand out success of the year. Virtually unknown in 2005; 2006 saw him become one of the well known names within the seduction community. His seduction style contributed both innovation and furthered established learning to the community. Mehow continues to develop and have success in seduction application. These are candidates for innovation that have an impact on the way we learn and practice seduction. Mehow has provided the benchmark for footage to learn by, with seduction method that furthers Mystery Method and seduction closely related to that school. Brad P’s sexual seduction style has successfuly imported many aspects from areas of practical and psychological game and is credited for his application and growing teaching success.
These, of course are just a few of the stories of the year for the seduction community. Anything else?
Best of success for 2007! let’s get to the countdown…
1. Swinggcat
2. StyleWe have a new number one this year! And that honor belongs to Swinggcat, a PUA who is no stranger to the top of the list. He has consistently been very highly ranked in the top 10 for the past couple of years, and this year he finally breaks into the #1 spot, dethroning past champion Neil Strauss, who’s held that honor since the rankings have begun. This is not to say that Neil’s skill as a pick up artist has deteriorated in any way (in fact, he’s just as good as ever!). The reason for the sudden jump to number one has to do with many things…
Swinggcat’s game has been consistently getting better and better, and 2006 was definitely his year. Swinggcat has been going out pretty consistently since the year began, we’re talking like 4 to 5 nights a week. And more often than not, he pulls women back for a lay.
So the prevalence of his seduction prowess has really grown in 2006 - both in club game and day game. In fact, I’d go so far to say that he’s pulled as many chicks from walking down 3rd street promenade in Santa Monica as he has from the night clubs in Los Angeles. Not only that, but evidence of him pulling girls away in front of their very own boyfriends and banging them in a nearby bathroom while the boyfriend wonders where his girl went is getting to be a pretty standard staple for Swinggcat, who seems to have perfected the art of “instant powerful attraction.”
But more than his incredible pick-up prowess, and probably the biggest reason why he has jumped up to the number one spot this year, has been his innovation and development of pick up skills. Though Neil Strauss had the Annihilation Method, which was definitely a huge benchmark in 2006, Swinggcat has been developing a very different - but no less powerful, method of seduction and attraction. Unlike Neil, though, Swinggcat has kept this system mostly to himself, though he’s shared a few of his new ideas with me, and I must say, they are quite fascinating.
Not only that, but Swinggcat has also been actively involved in the community in 2006, in a distinctly non-commercial capacity, which is another reason why I decided to rank him #1 this year. Where other seduction gurus tend to charge for workshops and seminars, Swinggcat has been very good about meeting up with local pick-up artists and taking them out to sarge. He’s even fostered a few guys I know of, taking them under his wing and showing them the ropes.
All these factors have combined to bring Swinggcat to the top of the list. A surprise, no doubt, to some - but not anyone who’s seen Swinggcat in action this past year, for sure.
3. MysteryI had to think long and hard about the role Style was going to play in this year’s Top 10. Sure, technically he’s “out of the game,” but ever since his break up with his girlfriend, I know Neil has been up to his old tricks. This was a tough one, because I have such a high respect for Neil and his abilities, and the fact that Swinggcat and Mystery are both such impressive PUAs in their own right, that Mystery should probably be in the number two spot this year, but I’d be remiss in giving Neil anything less than a second place ranking for one very big reason…
2006 was most definitely the year of the Annihilation Method. Neil’s revealing of his special techniques to a lucky 375 people was clearly the biggest event of the PUA community in 2006 - not just for the fact that he revealed an incredible amount of Pick Up knowledge, but the success of his product could very well change the business landscape of the community at large.
But as always, Style is one of the best there is, and unless he settles down in 2007, I’m sure he’ll be on the list next year as well. Heck, he might even be able to reclaim his #1 spot!
4. ZanI feel bad about dropping Mystery to #3 this year, probably because he deserves better due to his skill set, but there were a few factors that weighed heavy on my decision. The first was the lack of innovation Mystery showed this year. Not to take anything away from Mystery Method, but it’s exactly the same as it was last year. Mystery also cut back on his workshops, so he wasn’t as prolific as he was in previous years. But that said, 2006 wasn’t a bum year for the man. His business got huge, he created Project Miami, the sequel to the ill-fated Project Hollywood house, and he also shot a pilot for VH1. And of course, Mystery is still Mystery - charming, funny, sauve, and crazy as ever. I’m hoping to see great things from him in 2007, and maybe he can finally be ranked in the #1 spot he, by all rights, deserves.
5. Sinn
6. Lance Mason
7. David DeAngelo
8. Juggler
9. Playboy LA
10. Mehow
cheers
