Hey guys,
At the topic on hand. I have a magcian buddy that just started a couple weeks ago and bought the Street Magic Package along with CC2 and a couple Master Decks. Yeah, I know it's kind of alot for a beginner but I'm helping him along and stuff.
Anyways, the idea of this topic came to me when I was watching him practice and he told me that he didn't want to do some of the tricks such as Voodoo Zone or use the Pop Up Move from CC2 because he didn't want to bend his cards. This, along with not wanting to perform some of the best tricks of the videos, made him very VERY stiff in his performance and it affected his overall presntation of the routine.
I also remember me acting the same way. I tried to reframe from performing effects like Mindbender and things like that when I really wanted to, but worried that it might damage my cards because of the bend. And when I see you guys in the Media Forums being real stiff with your cards, it would be one of two reasons. One, you just learned the effect and should keep working on it, or your worried about your cards. I also read threads with such topics as, "How Do I Open A Deck Of Cards?". There's one simple answer, just open them! I mean, they are cards. You should be worrying more about other things in your routine than how your gonna open your cards.
So heres the bottom line I'm trying to get across. Don't worry as much about the condition your cards are in, it doesn't really matter, unless of course your a XCM artist in which it is OK to worry about these things. So, don't get all paranoid about your cards, it will affect your performance and worrying never really benifits you in the long run.
As a person I respect very much on the forums once said, "A true master can handle any type of deck."
Take care,
At the topic on hand. I have a magcian buddy that just started a couple weeks ago and bought the Street Magic Package along with CC2 and a couple Master Decks. Yeah, I know it's kind of alot for a beginner but I'm helping him along and stuff.
Anyways, the idea of this topic came to me when I was watching him practice and he told me that he didn't want to do some of the tricks such as Voodoo Zone or use the Pop Up Move from CC2 because he didn't want to bend his cards. This, along with not wanting to perform some of the best tricks of the videos, made him very VERY stiff in his performance and it affected his overall presntation of the routine.
I also remember me acting the same way. I tried to reframe from performing effects like Mindbender and things like that when I really wanted to, but worried that it might damage my cards because of the bend. And when I see you guys in the Media Forums being real stiff with your cards, it would be one of two reasons. One, you just learned the effect and should keep working on it, or your worried about your cards. I also read threads with such topics as, "How Do I Open A Deck Of Cards?". There's one simple answer, just open them! I mean, they are cards. You should be worrying more about other things in your routine than how your gonna open your cards.
So heres the bottom line I'm trying to get across. Don't worry as much about the condition your cards are in, it doesn't really matter, unless of course your a XCM artist in which it is OK to worry about these things. So, don't get all paranoid about your cards, it will affect your performance and worrying never really benifits you in the long run.
As a person I respect very much on the forums once said, "A true master can handle any type of deck."
Take care,