I am just suggesting spending it on something better than this one hit wonder magic that all these sites sell. Nothing purist about what I am saying, maybe I am in the wrong for guessing he is new to magic, but he said "I do mainly cards and otherwise don't have many tricks but i like really strong effects/ gimmicks such as tarantula and exile etc."
I am just trying to make the point that these "strong effects" don't need to be the new stuff that everyone is using. But be more original and don't fall for this "visual is everything" mentality that magicians have.
It's odd how when I mention checking some older stuff out because this new stuff is just 1 hit wonder effects that hardly last, then I get called a purist. But nobody is pointing out this "visual is everything" idea that you and many others eat out of E and T11's hands.
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Spout off your stupidity somewhere else. And PLEASE do not degrade science how you do in your sig, you know nothing about it obviously.
In your earlier post you said that 100% Sleight of hand is the way to go and you seemed to denounce all gimmicks (even if you don't you made it seem like you do). Fact is, gimmicked magic is often (not all the time) more powerful. Please, your post is overly negative and you are assuming that everyone just goes for these 'one hit wonders'. I'd say a lot of people here are very educated as to what information is available to us.