what is wrong with you people, u seem to miss the point again.
im away lurking on this forum cuz i dont have anything to say with 95% of the topics on here.
but anyway, if ur moaning for for the way he said it then then there is not hope. he is rude, yeah, so he is a mean person. im not gonna send him not xmas cards and there is not way he is seeing any birthday ones either.
stop acting defensive. take what is good of all the rudeness. people get piss off for different reasons. maybe he wants to seem better than u all. maybe he wants u all to be as good as u all can be. maybe cuz he cares. this thing does look like some leaving speak, and how th forum is crap im going, but i dont think that it is.
the forum isnt bad but it has not deepness.
But to adress the topic is to actually perform for living, breathing people and not just your webcam. I mean if your filming yourself to help its okay, but if you do noting but monkey moves and never perform well shame on you. These forums have help me out a lot on my presentation and using misdirection. Just right now I test my Advocate on my mom and work find. I use misdirection to clean up and she was freaking out.
ur not a fool but u say u tested the advocate? used misdirection? ur still missing the point. all u say is the stuff that people will never see. people dont see slights or misdirection. it dont exist for them. only for you. they are not entertained with the advocate. they are entertain with wat u can do with it.
i give a small example. not i have learned of 3 ways to do the same type of "trick". the problem is this will be had cuz its about method and i cant sell out secrets. the effect is about the audince guessing what is where. u can use cards, colours in envelopes etcs. i can do an out right con, no slights where i do not work, i can line up 10 cards both going form ace to 5 and tell them put this in an order where u goin to match the cards up by swicthing, this is slights.
and i can do suggestion where im doing what im claiming to do.
which is best?
now some would say to use the con. no work. not sneaky moves but non of the other ones have sneaky moves either. if the props are checked before the trick u fail. they find u out.
some would say the suggestion. it real skill and im doing what im claim to be. influencing the persons choice so they guess what i want them to. but this takes time u have to take the people through a journey and its not really something u can start out right with. it doesnt have a 100% work rate and i can mess up easier. cant get caught out but more risk.
then slights. not anyone who say not slights cuz ppl might see should go practice. not set up needed, can do it on the fly. can have more control.
so which ones better?
none. it matter how wan to do it. u wanna write stuff, then use one method. is it important to not touch the cards, then another. the method means nothing to the person watching. u can do the con claiming to do suggestion then do some suggestion after. they dont care.
just u can use the advocate dont make u a great magician. it makes u someone who is great with gimmicks. not saying that bad, im good with gimmicks.
its the effect u create.
there is a reason i used trick all this time til now. cuz a trick is just a trick. i trick is one of the tools to create an effect. misdirection, is part of that trick element. yeah there is presentation that's another part but that's all you talk about. 2 slices of a very tasty pie.