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This won't be as long or thorough as my other reviews, but I hope it will be as helpful.

I've now only listened through 3 of the 8 parts.

First, just a tip. You'll be able to get MOST of the utility from this just from the audio, but there ARE parts where TD is gesturing and explaining body language, and explaining a pickup or opener whereby you tap her shoulder or something, and he says, "Like this," a lot, and another part where he says, "Most newbies go into a club with creepy eye contact, like this." If you want the full blown Foundations, get the DVDs so you won't be lost when Tyler says "like this," or "not like this."

Here is why I'm writing this review. Tyler said one thing and it just blew my mind. I'd like to quote him and preserve it here in text:


"The opener is not your excuse to talk to a woman.
My opener gives HER an excuse to talk to ME."


I got chills. Maybe it's just me, because I've always felt like a wuss just for "needing" an opener. Now I feel good about it.

In fact, I'm a professional magician, but I've never opened a woman with a magic trick, on the grounds that I feel it would appear "try-hard." Now I may even re-think that.

It just reframed my entire view, and it's CORRECT! Women need an excuse to talk to US. Ask any woman how they might approach a guy they like, or what they might say. They will soon be at a loss and appreciate the challenge.

Thank you, Tyler.

So naturally, when the Foundations DVD course came out, I jumped on it. I'm pretty skeptical of Seduction DVDs because they are generally very boring and dry, but Tyler definitely delivers the goods.
Even if, like me, you think you've seen it all, just listening to the way Tyler frames important concepts with jostle your worldview and ultimately make it stronger.
There's another reason this product is so inspirational. If you've seen Tyler on David D's products, you might remember him as the scrawny, pasty guy with the Metro hairdo. He now sports long hair, a deeper voice, and bristling muscles. Man, if that guy can do it, so can I.

He tries to emulate David D's way. Good quality and good presentation with some funny dudes on his staff. You get tons of quality material and great new knowledge. He will pump you up and feels good watching his DVDs. However, I felt like his audience was 18 -27 range. I got the feeling of little bit of immaturity watching this DVD unlike professional David D. Just a gut feeling, solid 8 out of 10.

The DVDs are very good and probably worth the high price, though, in my opinion, not as good as Mystery's. Probably, one should see both products because they are complementary and focus on different levels. While it is actually Mystery who laid the foundations of modern pick-up, Tyler gives helpful additional information, which can be included in the Mystery Method.
General:
The DVDs are well done and high quality. Tyler is very good and clear in presenting his ideas- in contrast to his writing which is ok, but not great- he needs massive space to lay out ideas and most of his stuff could be written more to the point (e.g., even the presentation for the DVDs on his website is pages too long!). He has become a little bigger since his earlier days and does not seem to be so exaggeratedly hyped anymore. Generally, he seems to be trustworthy and very rarely bragging (also contrary to his earlier writing) although for many of his statements I would love to see live-proof, if these techniques really work in the field (unfortunately, his bootcamps are too expensive for my taste- especially taking into account the very varying reviews about their quality).
What is a little bit annoying is that Tyler often engages in cross-selling. He hints that he has much deeper knowledge than presented on the DVDs probably as an incentive to take his bootcamps. For that price of the DVDs, I would have expected a full disclosure.
Content:
Tyler has developed some new concepts that are very helpful while many other things on the DVDs can be found in other writings which in my opinion is ok because it makes sense to teach also other gurus wisdoms. Some of his helpful concepts include:
-Secret society and double standards;
-Buying temperature;
-Dealing with amogs (Tyler always was leading in this area);
-Elastic snap band effect;
-Being non-reactive.

Tyler gives lots of techniques and practical tips for a complete pick-up though, in my opinion, there could have been even more techniques. Often, he is a little bit vague, giving the 20.000 feet overview without any practical ideas how to apply these techniques. Again, his content could be more dense.

Still, in the modern pick-up world where mediocre products abound, these DVDs are a highlight. I would definitely include them in the top 10 pua products that are on the market (not that I know them all, though)

This is not a very good product. I have only seen it once maybe if I check it out again I will get more out of it. I do like a lot of what Owen Cook has to say about Game. Hope he will put something out better in the future.

I watched this and wasn't impressed.It's far too basic.
As for tylers muscles....What are you on about??? He's a fat pale guy, in a t-shirt thats far too small for him.
I don't like his delivery on examples either, his tonality seems agressive and seems to be wrapped in smarm with not a hint of charm.
While I don't doubt his knowledge on the world of pick-up, I really do find it hard to believe that hot girls would [have sex] this guy.

one of the best starter products you could ever possibly get. there is so much packed into such a simple system. it is a system like none other than i've seen. if i were to watch one product as a newbie over and over again, it would be this product without a doubt----8/10

You should start with the Foundations course. Transformations is pretty good but it's more inner game - identity related material. It can be used in conjunction with M3 model. The course tells a lot of stories, talks about the state you should be in when you go out, mostly inspirational and motivational stuff.

The only RSD product I like is foundations CD1 and 2. I think these two CDs are really awesome but I wouldn't buy anything else from RSD.