But is it realistic to expect every man, or even most men, to develop the level of game needed to pick up girls off the street?

That's kind of where PUA was wrong and some of TRP started looking into evolutionary psychology and other pieces of the female puzzle.

The reality is every male and female has an SMV but there's a filter based on perception. The problem now is that women's expectations are coddled that if a man is equal or lesser to her own perceived SMV, she'll be disgusted that the cretin even had the balls to approach her. Women will typically chase men who are two points above themselves and I sincerely believe there's no workaround for that unless she's past The Wall (meaning past her genetic prime). You can try to improve yourself to increase your SMV through personality or other changes, but there's an upper limit to that based on genetics and intelligence. So men have to play a different game now or just not play at all.

There is a way for guys who aren't male models to be attractive to women: get to know them in a mutual community so their appreciation of your positive features overcomes the "ick"

I'm inclined to agree, but depending on the community you share mutual interest in, you might drop too far below one's own SMV in terms of options. There's also the danger of being too similar to one another that the relationship could bore quickly.

One of the many pieces where Rollo is correct is on the idea of non-polar attraction, which is something I saw in my parents. Have a few common or shared interests with the woman, but be different enough that the relationship can still have a long spark in it, and not so different that you're both incompatible.

But is it realistic to expect every man, or even most men, to develop the level of game needed to pick up girls off the street?

That's kind of where PUA was wrong and some of TRP started looking into evolutionary psychology and other pieces of the female puzzle.

The reality is every male and female has an SMV but there's a filter based on perception. The problem now is that women's expectations are coddled that if a man is equal or lesser to her own perceived SMV, she'll be disgusted that the cretin even had the balls to approach her. Women will typically chase men who are two points above themselves and I sincerely believe there's no workaround for that unless she's past The Wall (meaning past her genetic prime). You can try to improve yourself to increase your SMV through personality or other changes, but there's an upper limit to that based on genetics and intelligence. So men have to play a different game now or just not play at all.

There is a way for guys who aren't male models to be attractive to women: get to know them in a mutual community so their appreciation of your positive features overcomes the "ick"

I'm inclined to agree, but depending on the community you share mutual interest in, you might drop too far below one's own SMV in which a man has to be careful. There's also the danger of being too similar to one another that the relationship could bore quickly.

One of the many pieces where Rollo is correct is on the idea of non-polar attraction, which is something I saw in my parents. Have a few common or shared interests with the woman, but be different enough that the relationship can still have a long spark in it, and not so different that you're both incompatible.