I get it, it's fun to come up with interesting openers and neat little tricks to start a conversation with a girl. It's also necessary, because every interaction pretty much begins with an approach, either from you to her, or her to you. Having to count on women approaching you is greatly inefficient so being able to approach women is a crucial and necessary skill. However, it is far from the only skill, and the reality is, way too much time is spent trying to perfect approaching, opening, etc. when what really matters is what happens AFTER the approach.

Approaching is about delivery

Starting the conversation is only a small part of the battle...

The 90% is going to determine your success