Many people following the Red Pill use Looks Money Status (LMS) as an absolute rather than a relative anchor for their SMV.

Feeling like they have to achieve these levels to qualify to get girls through the reality of Hoeflation.

The reality is that your SMV is fluid (=Self-Perceived SMV), not static.

Fluid in terms of your geography, environment, niche, and other people's perceived value of you through time, despite the relative stickiness of LMS as a yardstick.

We are currently seeing in the West a market failure due to the Self-perception of girls of their SMV (again, Hoeflation). This means that if you are, on average a 7, you will be perceived as lower because of her higher average reference points with the guys who she chooses who are higher than you.

Women tell you their past by what they are not willing to tolerate or entertain, and so do you.

It is not Real SMV (LMS) which drives deal-making (hookups and/or relationships).

It is the conflict between the Self-Perception of both individuals, their respective counterparts' Perceived Value of them, and the willingness of both parties to come to the negotiation table with subtlety and tact.

So, what many guys are missing out on? It is not the reality of their situation that matters; it is the Perception of where they are coming from compared to her reference points.

IG and social media are cheat sheets that girls can use to get to the truth, or what they believe it is. That is why they seek to get it before engaging with you. So, when they would rather have your IG before exchanging numbers, it is her to weigh you out because she is monetised one way or another on the dating streets.

Game is the countermeasure of guys to offset the in-built tech disadvantage they are currently facing. That is why when you send an average IG, no matter the amount of Game you think you have, it will decrease the realm of Game efficacy. Game is typically communicating that you are of higher value than her, but her seeing your average lifestyle will act in negation to who you truly are, decreasing in her eyes the information asymmetry that Game is here to address.

More importantly, value is derived from the Perception of reality that both people display rather than actual reality. In other words, you could be in the top 10%, but if your marketing looks like that of a 50th percentile guy, you will be the average guy. Whereas you could be a 50% guy and con your IG with a fake amount of followers, a fake high engagement rate, and a fake lifestyle, you will be a top 10% guy.

The levers under which you can reach the outcomes you seek are communication and sub-communication, whether digitally or non-digitally. It is harder to apply Game when the barriers to entry are becoming more expensive, especially when it comes to the younger girls, who want to see what lifestyle you can offer or how much you can pay and spoil them based on the indirect level of wealth they can guess from your IG. A bank account screenshot will put women off; they would rather see different places you have travelled to. More importantly, it is not your wealth that matters but your ability and willingness to spend.

A guy making $500K yearly and going on 10 annual trips is more interesting than a multimillionaire living in a tent.

Self-Perceived SMV is what one will deem a girl in terms of ratings based on their preferences, not their true SMV. Many guys will rate girls differently within the mid-section (4 to 7). Generally, there is an acceptance amongst guys of who is a baddie (8+) and the uglies (sub-4). The same is true for guys; the proportion will differ (right-skewed ratings from girls vs. normal distribution of ratings from guys). The level at which it makes sense to focus on objective SMV is when we use a tier system.

Tier 1 – How much she likes you – A yes girl – who will prioritise you even as a stranger. She considers you a Chad (8+) – Indicators: "fit', "hot", "sexy", "my type".

Tier 2 – You qualify as being above the threshold for her to bang you – A maybe girl - you will not be a priority, but should there be good timing, a good environment, and good game, you will score and be given the opportunity to do so. (6 and 7) – "handsome", "cute".

Tier 3 – The girl disqualifies you– nothing you can do - “He is nice”, “creep”.

Generally, you know when you are not a Chad because these guys think things are much simpler than going through concepts like we do. They will talk like women: "Just be yourself" because acting as such did not negatively impact them. They were operating as the exception and not the rule—a typical case of misattribution.

You are either a Tier 2 (aka a "normie") or Tier 3 (aka a "creepy") on average.

This is the Macro viewpoint. The beauty of interpersonal relationships is that for a girl, especially if you decide to play to your strengths, you may fall within her type through nichemaxxxing or embodying your strengths. For each market, there are going to be more or fewer opportunities. It is thus a matter of congruence and opportunism.

So you could be a normie for most girls, but by focusing on a sub-segment of the market, your SMV (Macro) does not matter as much as your Self-Perceived SMV (Micro).

The Game is to look for girls who are down for you because their Self-Perceived view of you is higher than the usual SMV you objectively see yourself as from your life experience. This enables you to behave with her as if you are a Chad and, through her, allowing you to do so. Otherwise, she will see an incongruence between you acting like a guy she does not feel you qualify for. On the odd occasion, you can convince her that you are that guy without the help of pre-selection, thanks to your delusional self-confidence, but it is a higher cognitive load burden.

One mistake guys will make is behave as if their internal belief is that of a 7; therefore, when they feel that the girl they speak to is an 8+, they will communicate and act to compensate for the delta to their detriment. Their reality turned a winning situation into a negative one because they projected their SMV onto her, not realising that the girl may see them differently than the 7 these men assigned themselves from an objective viewpoint. This is where delusional confidence, thinking you are a 10, is a practicable win rather than a reality. It will select the girls who see you as such or close enough, instead of filling that gap from below because you see yourself as lower.

The ones who don't, you selected them out, which is nothing new if they saw you as a Tier 3, and you will convert some who see you as a Tier 2 guy because they were predisposed to do so.

Your SMV (Macro) is only valuable from the perspective that it gives you a good idea of what your lane is and how you maximise through generally accepted metrics improvement (make bank, market your success through status signalling, optimise your looks based on your physiognomy, improve your Charisma and marketing).

Your Self-Perceived SMV (Micro) will define the rules of engagement from the specific girl you are dealing with, how easy she will make it for you, and the level of effort you must undertake to get to the desired outcome. The Macro (SMV) will help you get into Tier 1 more often, but a lot more will depend on the girl and the niche you decide to invest in.

The principle behind the Self-Perceived SMV is to behave like a 10 to manifest the girls who see you as such and operate positive self-selection through leading yourself in the best of situations rather than passively accepting a position of objective defeatism being "a mid" from the SMV (Macro).

I had one client recently ask me why he could be so cavalier with this girl and why I was not as stringent on texting advice at this specific time. I told him she views you as a Tier 1 guy, unless you royally fuck up, you are playing on easy mode. He did not see himself as a Chad, but I told him it does not matter unless you make it and sub-communicate to her that you don't deserve her attention, which she would eventually agree with if you decided to act as such.

It is the same way when a girl says: "You must have all the girls after you.". She projects her attraction for you onto other girls when you know for damn sure you had 90%+ rejection in real life. You would be dumb to tell her the opposite to be aligned with the truth. You would operate the opposite of pre-selection. This is why when a girl says something like this, it beats one who needs to see you flexing with other girls for her to be interested in you. Women function in a hive mind. It is better she does not use it to be convinced that you are that hot shit than requiring it (the difference between a Tier 1 and a Tier 2 girl). Either she leads believing you are that hot shit and believe other girls believe so, or she becomes attracted through the hive mind of pre-selection that you are attractive because you as a standalone entity did not make the cut.

The other thing to keep in mind is that it is not only about not telling her verbally that you are not as successful with girls as she assumes, you can screw up with poor demeanour, but it is also about the behaviours you display with her. She will feel the same, and that is why she loses attraction for you (e.g., seeking permission because you don't feel entitled).

The reason guys don’t get the girls they want is they behave as if they already lost (filling the gap from below thanks to the SMV number he standardized in the girl he deemed of a higher level, crystallising into reality his lower position to her due to his original projection and the behaviours which naturally ensued) because they confuse their SMV to be the rule, not understanding that they can be fairing much better once they appreciate the concept of Self-Perceived SMV better.

So remember to focus more on Self-Perceived SMV (Micro) to select the right girls while optimising your outcomes using delusional confidence as a compass, and treat SMV (Macro) to make a rough assessment of yourself and improve it while optimising your Go-to-Market Strategy by deciding which niche you are going to max out.

If you want to address your Self-Perceived SMV, you can DM me to improve your marketing your profile. Hoeflation has made the average barrier to entry much more expensive so it is about being more competitive.