A review of the annihilation method
The Annihilation Method is a tutorial series by Neil Strauss, author of the best-selling book The Game. It comes in DVD / CD and downloadable PDF formats, and contains a part of what Neil Strauss teaches in his books and his training camps. If you’ve never read or heard about it, but would like to know how you can contribute to your seduction strategies, please read this review in its entirety.
Why ‘Annihilation’?
Although the title conjures up images of a massive arms race somewhere, the name is about casting off or annihilating inner demons, insecurities, and whatever is keeping you from getting what you want out of dating and out of life.
But it’s a long shot that someone gets the hidden message just by name; and the images of some war, or something equally negative, still weigh heavily on the mind of a potentially good novice artist. Worse still, it can be assumed that the name denotes some kind of declaration of war on single women in nightclubs, setting it back 70 years in terms of civilized social behavior. But then again, it’s not about that, it’s about seduction and dating techniques.
Striking similarities to the mystery method
Mystery, or Erik von Markovik, is another notable seduction guru of VH1 The Pick Up Artist fame. The only difference is that The Annihilation Method includes a bit of Neil Strauss’s own philosophies, as well as some mind-reading strategies.
Here are the basic problems with The Annihilation Method: There is too much entertainment value and not enough skill set tutorials. Although the main focus of the book is attraction, defined as capturing a woman’s attention and wonder, you will be surprised how little all of this contributes to the overall change in your life.
What to expect
Expect to be entertained. The appearance of Hypnotica, Steve P. and Mystery makes reading and viewing entertaining. If you’re looking to learn real tactics and techniques to get closer to women and move from friendship to lovers, then you may want to save your few thousand dollars for a better resource. The techniques they teach will make you like them, if their definition of ‘likes’ involves drawing attention and performing antics for the viewing pleasure of women in a club.
I still maintain that a good seduction resource should treat sexual anxiety or social anxiety, which is a good start if your goal is to learn a long-term strategy for removing internal obstacles to effective seduction. All in all, the Annihilation Method is entertaining, but it adds nothing when it comes to dealing with what happens after the attraction.