To noname123: "I and my buddy go out a lot in Boston to pick up chicks, we get blown out 80% of the time right away, then conversation/interaction dies 80% of the time before we ask for number, then chick flakes 70% of time after text, then interest dies on first date 70% of the time."

This sounds pretty normal for the bar "pick-up" scene, though. You may have overinflated expectations of the success rates of others.