CAZ'S PROFILE

Well I'd happily volunteer to do some judging or help work out some rules!

It's okay, I'll make a purple market stall just for Sana. :P

Yeah, at the minute they've only got a teeny-tiny border on them, but they're essentially just blocks of tiles currently. I intend to make a rounded edge to them so they're not so hideously square once I've got some more 'furnishings' done. I'd hate to put a buttload of work into the floor tiles and have them not match the stalls/trees/etc. :(

Hmm.. I think I'll just download a bunch of random games from the list and try them out, see if I can't write down a few things and cobble a review together. That way I can't be too biased and judge them by their covers.

Those videos are so tacky.. I just had to stop watching them. XD

I think you ought to, you know, talk to a person and make sure you like them as a person before deciding you want to hit on them - that's probably the biggest mistake people make. And it's not difficult to go, "oh hey, your hair looks nice, what gel do you use? Blahblah.." Complimenting people is a really easy way to get them to like you, just not to a point where it's obvious and you look like a douche. This 'confidence' thing that these videos seemed set on (up to the point where I stopped watching anyway) is balls. Not every man/woman likes people who seem too confident (if even slightly), and these videos are generalising a lot to assume everyone is the same and likes the same thing in a person.

I realise that sex culture is probably a lot different in America, though, so I can't exactly speak my expertise in that field. In Britain however, we have chavs who tend to just impregnate the other chavs and then run - but that's fine because they're all part of the giant incest pool that everyone tries to keep confined to certain areas. In the more civilised people of the country, some people are in a relationship for months without doing anything. My point is that, unless someone just wants a one night stand, no one is going to have sex with you IMMEDIATELY upon talking to you. And if they do, they're either a chav (this is a bad thing) or they will most likely never speak to you again afterwards (for whatever reasons, usually awkwardness).

I'm going to keep this short because I could go on and on about this. My advice for getting people to like you enough to form a relationship is:
1. Start conversations in the same way you would with anyone else who you don't know, regardless of whether you would like to sex them or not. Compliments and asking questions are good ways to talk to people. Tell someone you like their shirt design, ask them where they got it, ask them about possible interests that could be linked to your own. Sensible things. (See stage 3.)
2. Don't try and hit on someone who is obviously busy. If they're waiting for a train/bus perhaps, that is a good time to talk to them and keep them occupied while they wait. In fact, you're probably doing them a favour by entertaining them. Just read the signs for when to stop, like if they start looking around or if they stop looking at you - that is normally a good time to leave them alone. If they are walking through a supermarket, following them around and talking to them is slightly creepy.
3. Talk mainly about the person you're trying to hit on. No one likes the person who constantly talks about themselves without being asked. This also stems from people really, really loving to talk about themselves. People like people who make them talk about themselves, and it makes for really easy conversation if you can reel off questions while they are forced to give the answers. It's little work with a lot of reward. And people love it, and they love you. (See stage 2 for "when to stop".)

These seem like pretty obvious points, but I see people make these mistakes all the time. I will end with with the cheesiest, most awful statement in the world: you can't teach someone how to love another person (especially not for money). Also, you should not change your personality or what you feel comfortable with for the sake of getting into a relationship. These 'workshops' and 'dating agencies' may work for few people, but that's a very slim chance we're talking about. They are designed to sap money from people.

So uh, that's pretty much it from "Caz's Dating Advice".

TLDR;
- Complimenting people is a really easy way to get them to like you, just not to a point where it's obvious and you look like a douche.
- You can't teach someone how to love another person. Also, you should not change your personality or what you feel comfortable with for the sake of getting into a relationship.
- 'Workshops' and 'dating agencies' are designed to sap money from people.