Dating outcome breaks down approximately like this:

[CrackyLolra]

• Selection (where + who you're approaching) — ~50%
• Frequency (volume of interactions) — ~25%
• Tactics (frame, persona, game) — ~15%
• Looks (PSL at midcel tier) — ~10%, scales sharply above 7

The top of that stack is what 95% of you ignore. You spend 8 hours a day reading framemaxx threads and 0 hours auditing the pool you're fishing in. JFL.


Concrete example. Same guy, PSL 5.5, 178cm:

• Selection A: Tinder in a tier-3 city, 18–24 → 1.2% match rate, 3 dates in 4 months
• Selection B: same guy, same face, same frame, university overlap + one social hub → 8 dates in 4 months

Selection > frequency > tactics > looks Run the math