Prophet's Biography(Photos)

You would never recognize Prophet if you met
him three years ago. He was depressed,

website. Traveling around and helping out at
Venusian Arts bootcamps across North America,

socially awkward, and trapped in a horrible
relationship with a woman who made his life

Prophet met some of the biggest names in the
community while being personally trained as

miserable. He describes his former self as an
overweight (he weighed over 320 lbs at his

worst) computer geek who was obsessed with
games like World of Warcraft and Warhammer

completely reinvented himself. “I changed
my look a million times until I found one I

40,000. His social life consisted of playing
online with his few friends and hanging out

liked, I started working out and losing
weight, I tried ridiculous peacocking items,

with his unemployed girlfriend who constantly
harassed him for an engagement ring. He had

I changed my hair, I bought all new clothing,
I got my ears pierced, and I even had my

very little luck with women in his past and
despite his girlfriend’s horrible

nails done. I completely forgot the old me
and became the man I wanted to be.”

personality, he could never muster the
courage to break up with her because he

Prophet’s journey from AFC to PUA has been

feared that he couldn’t do any better. “I
had been in a nightclub maybe twice in my

one of many wild experiences, and he
attributes this to his philosophy (which he

admits he stole from Style) “Push
everything as far as it will go, and then try

to push it 20% further, just to see what will
happen.” This philosophy has gotten him

someone else’”

into some rather interesting situations,
including bouncing at a strip club, hanging

Then one day his best friend Showcase,
knowing how miserable he was, explained the

out in a nudist colony, dating a dominatrix,
having a brief affair with a rock star, and

concepts he had just read about in The Game
by Neil Strauss and his life was changed

having all sorts of crazy adventures with the
usual assortment of models, aspiring

forever. The two of them were out having some
drinks during a rare social outing with some

actresses, and even a couple of burlesque
dancers. “It’s been an amazing journey.

friends and Showcase took him aside and
showed him how he just learned to open a set

This is the life I had always dreamed of
living. I committed to becoming an instructor

with an opinion opener. “It completely
opened my eyes. As he started explaining

and living this kind of lifestyle, and in
only two years I made it happen. It’s been

concepts like negs and disqualification to
me, it all made sense immediately. It was

such a ride that I actually have to avoid
telling my AFC friends some of the crazier

like I had been waiting for these kinds of
answers my entire life. I realized then that

stories simply because they won’t believe
them.”

if I didn’t make a change I would spend the
rest of my days with this woman who was

Aside from his work as an instructor/site

slowly ruining my life.”

admin for Venusian Arts, Prophet is a
software consultant at a leading software

Prophet then went straight to the VAH and
started reading (he didn’t even read The

Game until a year and a half later). He and
Showcase went out every night they could,

his wingman, Showcase. He has what he calls
an addiction to knowledge and reads

read every article they could find, devoured
any piece of material they could get their

everything from fiction to philosophy to
scientific works. He also loves anything to

hands on. “We were obsessed. We tried any
and every tactic or routine we could find. We

do with zombies. When he’s not busy on one
of his many projects, Prophet is usually out

tried to get everyone we knew into the game
and everything we talked about was

on the town with his friends and loved ones.
“I want to live life to the fullest and try

pick-up.”

to experience as many new things as I can.
There’s nothing I love more than just

After finally meeting Mystery and Matador at
a bootcamp in Toronto, Prophet became the

jumping into my car with my wingmen and a
couple of beautiful girls and just heading