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Chad Thundercock
Aug 1, 2015
The Sigma Strategy

The phrase “sigma male” is used in the seduction community and Manosphere to denote strong, attractive men who run a nomadic strategy. Instead of trying to climb to the top of the social hierarchy, they ignore or make an effort to avoid social hierarchies in the first place. Thus, they don’t really have any definite “rank”.

They are the attractive stranger at a party that somebody brought with them, or the hot guy who goes out alone and returns with a woman. They might challenge the group dominance of alphas, but pure sigmas have no strong interest in having subordinates for extended periods. They will instead release control of the group as soon as they get their preferred outcome.

Sigmas tend to spend at least some time in isolation and only go out in order to meet women or close friends. They may be rather antagonistic towards people who don’t interest them, as they don’t have to care much about social consequences.

The sigma strategy is more relevant today than what it was in the Stone Age. Today’s societies are much bigger than prehistoric tribes, many individuals are members of multiple social hierarchies, there are many more strangers, and there is a bigger opportunity of psychologically challenging the alphas in today’s “tribes”, as there are legal sanctions against the use of violence.

However, it must be noted that the fact that one does not belong to a social hierarchy is not, merely by this fact alone, attractive. An unattractive guy sitting by himself in a corner when everybody else has fun illustrates this point.

The aspiring sigma needs to have his fundamentals in order; otherwise he will be that guy in the corner.

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STABASS
Apr 18, 2009

Fun Shoe
I'm a smegma male

Chad Thundercock
Aug 1, 2015
Sigmas are all around you. They cook your meals, they haul your trash, they connect your calls, they drive your ambulances. They guard you while you sleep.Sounds familiar? Here are some common traits of the Sigma in game, life, and dominance.

Genius/Cleverness
Determination to not be dragged into a system where they are either ruler, or servant.
Unique experiences that changed them both for the good and the bad, it motivates and informs but never warps
Success at something obscure, but valuable
Always sort of..off key..in a room full of people who will raise their hands in approval of something the Sigma is the one who will raise their hand against it and not care what the others think.
Odd sexual successes, the pretty girl gets down in the stair case with the Sigma then moves on and never talks about it again.
Walking in cold, the Sigma tends to draw eyes to them, instead of returning eye contact, we do what we came to do without the whole backslapping "hey how ya doing" BS that a Beta will do, we may nod a head to the eye contact but not be troubled by it either way.

Sigma knows instinctively that a Beta will roll up, we ignore them and bother with the Alpha if we feel like it
Will also have fun, oddball, but true stories to tell the women eat up like chocolate to the point they often say "tell me more"..which of course..we won't
Important difference b/t Alpha and Sigma is empathy, we won't put up with someone punking someone weak out. Sigma knows this and thus avoids social situations where that is likely to occur
In general a good test of Sigma is how many places a Sigma male is invited to, or events to go to, how good she looks that does the invite, that we turn down not out of fear..we have better things to do then put up with that bullshit.
Have an on/off switch, when a Sigma wants to, we can charm any women, we know it, but why bother?
Common saying among women about a Sigma is "..there is something about him.." ie "I tried to throw him some pussy and he turned me down"
A high sense of perception on social dynamics.
Sigmas also tend to attract beta male followers, as if he could also build an army. Tyler.
The Sigma always reads the group environment, and will seldom put himself in a social situation where he does not possess leverage.
Ejection, sigma will quickly vanish if he doesnt get what he wants
Charismatic, I think this is a defining quality
Sigmas are darker on whole, they are not happy chirpy individuals, unless it is needed to gain something.
Shock factor, there is always a shock factor and inability for people to read them
Not mainstream, they will never reflect an ideal, they are fringe members, but situated at the top of the fringe

Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3
Nov 15, 2003
if this is how people think now i say we go back to the church

Roy
Sep 24, 2007
*is bad at social life*

hmmm, guess I'm a "sigma"

serious norman
Dec 13, 2007

im pickle rick!!!!
Cool. I myself am a Beta male.

STABASS
Apr 18, 2009

Fun Shoe
Once again, I am a smegma male

GET IN THE ROBOT
Nov 28, 2007

JUST GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT SHINJI
I'm a Sigma male too. This is me irl

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
im a unique snowflake, thats why im so unsuccessful at life. people just dont get me. im pretty complicated, if only you knew the real me. my mommy didnt love me. im a loving failure. :(

Wicker Man
Sep 5, 2007

Just like Columbus...


Clapping Larry
This is totally a Sonic villain. I can just tell.

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:

Cantaloupe posted:

I'm a smegma male

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
It's all like "hey look at me I'm the dumb gay OP I love typing out tons of stuff no one is going to read!"

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 11 days!)

Doctor Robotnik got buff

Chad Thundercock
Aug 1, 2015
If alpha's are the top of the heirarchical world, then sigmas are masters of the underworld. Black, red, and a tinge of white are the colors that marks their banner. They are masters of the dark arts.They are not like the alpha - bright, shiny, good looking -- but instead possess a handsome vibe similar to the wolf.

There is always something mysterious about them, a tinge of sorrow, a tinge of humanity.


Tyler is Sigma, not Alpha.
At their core lies an alpha soul; however, this alpha has been transmuted by the sigma's usually darker and less than vibrant past.

Their lives had not been rosy cookie-cutter but rather it had taught them morbid lessons and a sense of distrust.

But do not mistake the sigmas as negative-thinking introspective sulkers for they are not. They just operate in a way congruent with mother nature, closer to ground where the creatures lay.

Sigma is a gamer. He knows game.

A sigma often realizes that his play will always be different, that the card he was dealt needs a master-hand to play it.

He turns his weakness, his never-belongingness, and enhances his deck to make plays that alphas cannot play , that betas are too lazy to execute, and that the deltas never think of.

He is master of the dark arts. His power attracts at the base level.

Wicker Man
Sep 5, 2007

Just like Columbus...


Clapping Larry
Alphas do push ups and only eat when necessary.

Anything below alpha hates to get sweaty and comfort eats like a bitch.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

(and can't post for 11 days!)

Porkin Across America is a great show if you've never seen it.

CISMALES DID 9-11
Jun 5, 2002

chaotic good STEM major; INTJ
i like to do fun stuff and

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
im the omega man

Dial-a-Dog
May 22, 2001
I'm the guy inventing elaborate social hierarchies for human interaction based off of discredited notions about how wolves organize

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord

dad gay. so what posted:

im a unique snowflake, thats why im so unsuccessful at life. people just dont get me. im pretty complicated, if only you knew the real me. my mommy didnt love me. im a loving failure. :(

hosed up if false

Kuato
Feb 25, 2005

"I CAN'T BELIEVE I ATE THE WHOLE THING"
Buglord
Myself, I'm such a singular and exceptional person I evade any type of broad classification. They will need to come up with an entirely new way of classifying people to capture Kuato's unique essence.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

Kuato posted:

Myself, I'm such a singular and exceptional person I evade any type of broad classification. They will need to come up with an entirely new way of classifying people to capture Kuato's unique essence.

Same but for me.

pixelbaron
Mar 18, 2009

~ Notice me, Shempai! ~
i'm a smegma male

Moon Atari
Dec 26, 2010

You need to stop being so influenced by poo poo written by other outcasts with an inability to understand basic social interactions. The people who write this pua garbage are like you: incel. If you want to learn how to interact naturally, in a way women will actually respond to, you should stay far away from all of these desperate loser communities, and instead try to socialise with normal people who haven't turned resentful virginity into a defining world view. Start with therapy, then move on to social groups (without the intention of trying to pick up, just to make friends of any gender). When you're no longer alternating between self-hating and woman-hating you can maybe consider trying to date.

This assumes your posts are legitimate and you haven't just been reregging repeatedly to troll.

poverty goat
Feb 15, 2004



sigma squad, best squad

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless

Kuato posted:

Myself, I'm such a singular and exceptional person I evade any type of broad classification. They will need to come up with an entirely new way of classifying people to capture Kuato's unique essence.

same but me

Digiwizzard
Dec 23, 2003


Pork Pro

Chad Thundercock posted:

The Sigma Strategy

The phrase “sigma male” is used in the seduction community and Manosphere to denote strong, attractive men who run a nomadic strategy. Instead of trying to climb to the top of the social hierarchy, they ignore or make an effort to avoid social hierarchies in the first place. Thus, they don’t really have any definite “rank”.

They are the attractive stranger at a party that somebody brought with them, or the hot guy who goes out alone and returns with a woman. They might challenge the group dominance of alphas, but pure sigmas have no strong interest in having subordinates for extended periods. They will instead release control of the group as soon as they get their preferred outcome.

Sigmas tend to spend at least some time in isolation and only go out in order to meet women or close friends. They may be rather antagonistic towards people who don’t interest them, as they don’t have to care much about social consequences.

The sigma strategy is more relevant today than what it was in the Stone Age. Today’s societies are much bigger than prehistoric tribes, many individuals are members of multiple social hierarchies, there are many more strangers, and there is a bigger opportunity of psychologically challenging the alphas in today’s “tribes”, as there are legal sanctions against the use of violence.

However, it must be noted that the fact that one does not belong to a social hierarchy is not, merely by this fact alone, attractive. An unattractive guy sitting by himself in a corner when everybody else has fun illustrates this point.

The aspiring sigma needs to have his fundamentals in order; otherwise he will be that guy in the corner.

instead of the fedora and bowtie the sigma male has an epic trenchcoat and fingerless gloves

Burt Sexual
Jan 26, 2006

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Switchblade Switcharoo
jon pop fanfic and username combo

Clemocracy
Jul 21, 2015

by Ralp
i am actually an alpha male

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
i am the alpha and the omega

bow down

root beer
Nov 13, 2005

please explain why any of us should give a gently caress
i'll pretend to listen, but i won't put more than the minimum effort into it i didn't even read the op

Clemocracy posted:

i am actually an alpha male

you post here, this proves otherwise

Phobic Nest
Oct 2, 2013

You Are My Sunshine

Gammatron 64 posted:

I'm a Sigma male too. This is me irl


Yeah right, more like



Oh snap

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


sigma is what betas in denial call themselves

also im gay

Weener Beater
May 4, 2010
Im a member of sigma force. Also, I'm bi

Nuclearmonkee
Jun 10, 2009


i am a

Gay
Beta
Sigma

Arkanomen
May 6, 2007

All he wants is a hug
I don't think any woman anywhere has said "I tried to throw him some pussy and he turned me down"

Coolie Ghost
Jan 16, 2013

sensible dissent dispenser
Which color is the pill I take to release me from this mortal hell

ghosTTy
Sep 22, 2008

Coolie Ghost posted:

Which color is the pill I take to release me from this mortal hell

Who Is Paul Blart
Oct 22, 2010
human being op

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naem
May 29, 2011

So, every 24 year old, ever

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