I always found this a bit peculiar. The ladies would sit there avoiding eye contact and some of them being reserved even though everyone was about to fuck - I guess that's just how they usually are. At Lancaster Gate I realised it was best to sit near to the staircase. It paid off when I was at the front of the rush for the stairs with the baltic blonde - probably the hottest woman I ever seen at those parties.
It certainly paid off to be swiftly down the staircase and ideally already talking to my first choice WG, the thing was though after the initial rush at most parties it thinned out considerably so plenty of opportunity to punt with who was their.