Qualification takes place in comfort.

[BornAssassin]

This had been a bit iffy to me because A3 is a form of FALSE qualification since "you cannot possibly qualify her in 10 fucking minutes" as mystery would say =P. Since most of the game, metaphorically speaking, is played in comfort, I know that qualification is during comfort. But how exactly do we qualify her?

The Bait Hook Reel Release method talks about baiting. The qualification in comfort kind of similar.

I have come to realization that qualification can be done during the Question Game. Since that game is fundamental to knowing who SHE is, you can say "wow, you're amazing, I never knew that about you."

The above is just information, correct me if I'm wrong.

Here's the question: Is it natural to be in the COMFORT stage without kino-escalation. Let's say you've never met the girl before and went through the attract stage on the phone and online. People these days can get girls off of ANYTHING. In other words, is it okay to SOI before starting kino-- since you've never met the girl yet. (We're not talking about kino at meeting though, because kino-escalation is crucial from the beginning of the relationship-- this thread is for the sole purpose of those situations where you CANNOT kino-escalate due to not being there in person to do so). Thank-you!

[Gondole]

Sounds like an internet question, but yes you can develop comfort over the internet without Kino and make her comfortable to give you her number and build comfort on the phone, and maybe talk about what you might do in the future. The thing is as soon as you meet, you have a lot of making up to do with Kino and comfort in person. It's almost like a two part game. You comfort her enough to meet you then you have to comfort build in person since it's a bit different plus you have to add kino. Comfort can be increased without Kino but dramatically increases when you add kino to the picture.