Name: Mystery
Biography: Erik von Markovik (born Erik James Horvat-Markovic on September 24, 1971), better known by the stage name Mystery, is an innovator in the seduction community, a main character in the non-fiction book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists by Neil Strauss, and is featured in the VH1 reality television series The Pick-up Artist. Von Markovik's contributions to the seduction community are collected and taught as the Venusian Arts by the company of the same name.

“She said, ‘Did I invite you to sit down?’.  I didn’t take the bait cause I don’t to need worry about that….I just knew that I was going to be negging her first.  I was going to neg the obstacle because she deserved it.”

Name: Lance Mason and Wilder
Biography: Lance Mason and Wilder are the founders of PickUp 101, a San Francisco-based company that trains men to become more attractive to women. The company sells workshops, coaching services, and multimedia products that are designed to demonstrate and model attractive traits that the company considers women to respond to. PickUp 101 was founded in 2004 by Lance Mason at "Project San Francisco", an apartment where some men in the seduction community in San Francisco live and meet. Pickup 101 is mentioned in Neil Strauss's book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists.

Wilder: “Mystery is an emotionally crippled child, but he can pick up anyone. He can’t maintain a relationship to save his life, but when it comes to pick-up he’s fucking brilliant.  You can not touch him.”

Lance: “A lot of guys come to the community because they have a real problem in their life with woman.”

Name: Lisa Levridge
Biography: Lisa Leveridge is a former guitarist for Courtney Love’s former band The Chelsea, but is perhaps more well known for dating Neil Strauss – author of The Game, in which she is presented as the protagonist’s ideal girlfriend. Leveridge often appeared in public venues with Strauss and even commented on the effectiveness of his ‘game’ in attracting her.

“I like that the scene helps guys who have good intentions…to get girlfriends, and learn to be social.  This is so you can get in the door so a girl will give you the time to show her your true personality.”

Name: Steve Piccus
Biography: Steve Piccus, owner of RadicalHypotherapy.com is a master hypnotist who has developed a technique which produces rapid positive results for many people. In his private counseling and seminars, Steve works by integrating a variety of techniques. Steve Piccus is also featured in Neil Strauss's book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists.

“Most guys don’t know the first thing about touching the spots on a woman that are going to get them to just open up and fire it off.”

Name: Stephane
Biography: Stéphane Hémon is a Montreal-based dating coach. He is a member of the American Seduction community and the founder of "ideaGasms", a company providing relationship advice to men. Within the community, he is known for his heart-centered and spiritual approach to seduction. Stephane currently resides in Montreal city with his bisexual lover Ghita, who is featured in his DVD “Intro To Female Ejaculation”, the world’s first comprehensive instructional DVD about mastering the female orgasm.

“I don’t seduce women, I qualify them.  I screen for women who come from the heart.  It is OK to date a 10…but where is she on the one-to-ten heart scale.”

Name: Debonaire Dave
Biography: On ABC News docu-drama “Hooking Up”, 40 million viewers across the U.S. and Europe saw him attract, escalate, shag, and maintain the show's female lead while openly extolling the virtues of his very real multiple sexual relationship lifestyle. Since his ABC appearance, he has been on talk shows such as the Dr. Keith Ablow Show and Montel Williams, and provided interviews for Wired Magazine on his dating experiences and perspectives. A former dating coach, teacher, journalist, and current-day nightclub promoter and owner of a successful international development consulting company, Debonair Dave relentlessly pursues improvement in himself and his quality of life on a daily basis.

“The community is a group of guys that get together to learn how to be more successful with woman.”

Name: Form Handle
Biography: The Founder of Fastseduction.com

“There are certain places for where we treat the community as a place to share certain information and to help each other and learn from each other….and then there is a certain place to advertise, promote your products and tell guys about your stuff.  It’s all good as long as we can retain a community and a place to discuss topics that relate to pick-up and seduction.”

Name: Future
Biography: Future is now a lead instructor for "The Mystery Method" corporation. A former Marine turned seduction instructor, Game On details his rise within the Seduction Community from a hapless AFC (Average Frustrated Chump) to a Pick-Up Guru in his own right.

“I’m intrigued by the whole concept of The Game: the idea of a system that lets you facilitate communication with a woman and have more success.  If you can learn this and do it well, you can become a Pimp….I think that is just awesome.”