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Most lookism theorists and [[blackpill|blackpillers]] believe game is mostly determined by one's looks, and can hardly be improved for most incels. I.e. they believe good looking people are allowed to express themselves more than ugly people, and hence develop a more compelling demeanor. Indeed, multiple studies indicate that out of diverse measures of physical and personality traits, including extroversion, gregariousness and intelligence, only physical attractiveness predicts initial romantic interest and strongly so, meaning game is probably largely ineffective in one-on-one dating settings like blind or online dating.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Looks_are_most_important_to_women_in_blind_dating</ref> However, game may be useful in other mating settings as it amounts to criteria important for social status. Someone who is smooth, eloquent and witty will be more popular, i.e will achieve higher [[dominance hierarchy|social status]] and hence get access to reproductive opportunities.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> | Most lookism theorists and [[blackpill|blackpillers]] believe game is mostly determined by one's looks, and can hardly be improved for most incels. I.e. they believe good looking people are allowed to express themselves more than ugly people, and hence develop a more compelling demeanor. Indeed, multiple studies indicate that out of diverse measures of physical and personality traits, including extroversion, gregariousness and intelligence, only physical attractiveness predicts initial romantic interest and strongly so, meaning game is probably largely ineffective in one-on-one dating settings like blind or online dating.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Looks_are_most_important_to_women_in_blind_dating</ref> However, game may be useful in other mating settings as it amounts to criteria important for social status. Someone who is smooth, eloquent and witty will be more popular, i.e will achieve higher [[dominance hierarchy|social status]] and hence get access to reproductive opportunities.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Men.27s_social_status_accounts_for_62.25_of_the_variance_of_copulation_opportunities</ref> | ||
== Conversation game == | == Conversation game == |