In my minimal experience performing for other teenagers, I have met hecklers of all sorts. From the people who actively try to ruin the trick by restricting you in weird ways to the people who will try to grab the cards from you. But this was a new experience for me.
I was performing WikiTest, which for those of you who don't know, is a book test using Wikipedia where you are able to divine the article they looked up as well as a word chosen at random on a page. The method is genius and although I won't reveal it here, it does not involve any sort of stooging or even dual reality. Despite this, after the trick, people who weren't directly involved will often ask the participant if they were in on it, to which they have always responded "no".
My roommate asked me to do a trick for a small group of his friends who I was unfamiliar with. I decided to go with WikiTest since it hits hard and doesn't use cards. I do the whole routine and while they're reacting, one of the girls in the group asks the guy I did the trick for if he was in on it in some way.
The guy says something like "Yea before the trick he coached me on what to say and told me not to tell you guys". I can't remember exactly what he said, but I know it wasn't some sort of misunderstanding.
I was thinking "you d*ck" and left without even trying to argue. He literally had no reason to lie like that other than to make me look bad. I'm not upset about it. I'm honestly just kind of surprised because I've literally never had anything like that before. I kinda get the guys who shout out how the trick is done or try to intentionally screw you up. But I've never had someone intentionally lie just to make me look bad.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
I was performing WikiTest, which for those of you who don't know, is a book test using Wikipedia where you are able to divine the article they looked up as well as a word chosen at random on a page. The method is genius and although I won't reveal it here, it does not involve any sort of stooging or even dual reality. Despite this, after the trick, people who weren't directly involved will often ask the participant if they were in on it, to which they have always responded "no".
My roommate asked me to do a trick for a small group of his friends who I was unfamiliar with. I decided to go with WikiTest since it hits hard and doesn't use cards. I do the whole routine and while they're reacting, one of the girls in the group asks the guy I did the trick for if he was in on it in some way.
The guy says something like "Yea before the trick he coached me on what to say and told me not to tell you guys". I can't remember exactly what he said, but I know it wasn't some sort of misunderstanding.
I was thinking "you d*ck" and left without even trying to argue. He literally had no reason to lie like that other than to make me look bad. I'm not upset about it. I'm honestly just kind of surprised because I've literally never had anything like that before. I kinda get the guys who shout out how the trick is done or try to intentionally screw you up. But I've never had someone intentionally lie just to make me look bad.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this?