You have to do leg work if you're less attractive. You have to approach girls rather than have girls approach you. Girls wont whistle at you or offer you their number or anything like that, you don't get easy mode, but if you slay shit tests, hold frame, and are humorous/flirty you can close and get play. It works differently, you get less invitations to approach, flirted with less (or never) and blah blah, but that doesn't mean you can't get play. You're a man, you hunt, whether the prey is asking you to come and fuck it because it's seen you're a silverback with attractive genetic markers or whether you have to infatuate her with solid frame, sharp wit and no fucks given, you can still close and get play.
Being attractive is like having every door on the street open to you, and you can walk into whatever door you like, but if you fuck up, you're back out on the street. Chicks are more receptive to you off the bat when you are attractive, but that doesn't mean you can't go and fuck it up. The unattractive equivalent is when all those same doors are closed and you need a key just to get into anywhere. You're not hot so people don't have a reason based on observation to let you in, they need a logical reason, they need to see some status, or otherwise like you psychologically (you're funny, you're interesting etc.) For a literal example, think of how discriminant bouncers are at bars and clubs. Charisma, confidence, having your shit together and a sense of humour are the key (pun intended) for unattractive guys. Your face ain't getting any prettier. Small guys, you ain't getting any taller. Needle dicks, you're not getting hung. It is what it is. Accept it and work on what you can change instead of mourning what you can't like a little bitch.
Nobody said physical attraction didn't matter, you can make a girl who doesn't expect to like you, like you. To give a really polarised comparison, say you've got a naturally athletic guy who is really unconfident. Chick sees him, before she's spoken to him she expects to be swept off her feet, places her expectations high and is dreaming of fucking him. She talks to the guy and the more they talk the less she likes him. He has no game, he fails shit tests and blah blah. She feels let down, her expectations were high because "OMG HE'S SO HOT!" and but he doesn't get the lay because he's all effeminate, nervous and saying dumb shit. Guys like this need chicks to be drunk so all the interacting doesn't matter and his body can do all the talking. Now imagine a guy who is slightly out of shape, hasn't got well fitting clothes and blah blah, your average guy. Her expectations are low. Except this guy keeps her on her toes, dismisses her, teases her and really plays with her emotions. When she throws shit at him, he handles it unfazed like a boss. Guess who's getting the lay? Chubby mc bad fashion is. Why? She had low expectations and he surpassed them, not only that but he had masculine energy and knew how to play the game with her. That's attractive.
Of course if a guy who's swole as fuck and has the same game/confidence as the chubby guy came along, she'd be off with him and you'd be left high and dry because bitches take the best that they can get, but luckily, most guys have next to no game. Just like intelligent and beautiful women are rare, guys with good game who are ripped to fuck are rare. Most people who are smart/interesting neglect their looks, most people who are good looking neglect their brains, people try to cruise through life on ONE THING, but you should be trying to master both to get the best of both worlds. That's the kind of shit that really puts you up there, we're talking the top 1-2% of men. Try to be as attractive as you can with what you have and make your game a part of your personality (naturally flirty/witty) rather than come off as some try hard PUA and you'll get results.
People get too caught up on looks. Fit/good looking guys get butthurt when they get no play because they've got the personality of a door mouse and ugly guys act like they're condemned for eternity because they're ugly or simply average/below average. Play the hand you've got, work on improving your weaknesses, you're only as vulnerable as your weakest area. When you can't improve your weakest area any more, do your best to play it down
As for fucking tinder, there is no way for hoes to see other than from your pics if you're high status/attractive, which is why looks are so important on there. Unattractive guys should not be using fucking tinder. We know text game is shit for attraction building, texting is for logistics. I'd be interested to see whether an ugly guy who has a picture of him with a widely recognised celebrity (eg: charlie sheen/obama) on his tinder profile would get play based on that, seeing as, despite ugliness, it implies high status (he's connected to famous people.) I'm willing to bet bitches would put out thinking our ugly friend is some kind of stepping stone to better things. Someone try photoshopping themselves (convincingly) with a famous person and let us know if you get more hookups.