DYD Mastery Recap, Day One --By Thundercat

Probably the biggest "Bad" to speak of was David D's delivery of his material. His voice is very bass-heavy and monotone. Most of his presentation is the projection of powerpoint slides and him reading from said slides in a very business-like manner. This can get exhausting to listen to (and for those of you who have listened to his advanced series, you may know what I'm talking about). This was never more apparent than when he had a guest speaker up, most of which were more animated and interesting to listen to.

Another big bad was the lunch available at the hotel. The hotel offered Box Lunches going for upwards of $20 a pop. From what I heard, the food wasn't all that great. David allotted an hour for lunch. It would have been nice to have a bit more time so some of us who wanted to go get food elsewhere could do so without being rushed. This wasn't a big deal, but after being cooped up in a seminar room for a couple hours, we needed some sunshine and fresh air.

The Ugly

The first day had a good many "Pick-Up" dudes in attendance. Offhand, I recall seeing the Real Social Dynamics boys, namely Tyler Durden, Papa, and Twentysix.

Swinggcat and Merovingian were also in attendance, along with Little Big Dick, Craig (who's archive is on mASF), and the one and only Mystery.

The presence of Mystery was an interesting one, because there was definitely some tension associated with his presence. Mystery is known to have an ego not only about his status, but his method as well, so the fact that he was basically in the same seat as one of David D's students probably caused a little insecurity. This wasn't more apparent than when Mystery disagreed with one of the things that David D was teaching and spoke up about it. David D quickly NEGed Mystery on his views, and then ignored him. It was hard for Mystery to retort to someone social proofed on stage with a microphone without coming off as Beta, and indeed, Mystery looked like he'd just been scolded by the teacher during class. Afterwards, it was apparent Mystery had lost most of his interest in the seminar and spent his time working quietly on his own theories and ideas at his seat. Most likely this instance will be edited out of the finished product, but it is something that was interesting to watch.

The biggest "Ugly" of the seminar came when David X took the stage. There was obviously no rapport between David X and David DeAngelo as the two struggled to find their stride through a rather awkward interview. David X started off the interview joking about how the microphone he had reminded him of a dildo. David D. tried to play it off, but the dildo jokes continued until DeAngelo decided to nip it in the bud and have a lavaliere mic placed on everyone's lovable foul-mouthed pick-up artist.

David X looked quite uncomfortable on stage. He was wearing dark sunglasses and fit awkwardly into the narrow chair David D had for him. In a way, with his rotund belly and open shirt, he looked a bit like you'd imagine the Comic Book Guy from the Simpson's if he owned a Porno Store. David X's humor was rather blue, (blue enough to make Andrew Dice Clay blush, if that's any indication). Most of his jokes were peppered with references to women's boobies and ass fucking. The audience was laughing, but it was more laughing at David X than with him, which is a shame because he had good things to say. Plus, as the interview went on and the jokes got more and more raunchy, David D became visibly uncomfortable as he was probably thinking how the hell he was going to edit this rather poor interview. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole interview was cut out of the final product, but I doubt it, since there was good material to share and it wasn't all bad.

But the David X drama didn't end there. Many of the better known Pick-Up Artists in attendance were shaking their heads in disbelief for the most part when it came to David X and his methods. Many of them had a hard time believing he gets laid. Others believe he gets laid, but mostly by women who open beer bottles with their peg legs and spend their time counting what's left of their teeth, if you get my drift. That, and the fact that David X is married cast a real shadow on how field experienced his is.