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It's also a good way to crash and burn if you don't know what you're doing. Mentalism is much more difficult to pull off, especially when you're not even old enough to buy booze. This is one of many reasons I don't like reality TV and these contests in particular. I can guarantee you that...

I think it was a color change. Erdnase I believe. I started working on false shuffles, palms and transfers after that. It's been an interesting journey since then.

I've noticed that people see Penn & Teller and think, "I can do that!" Which is why most magic is never performed for a live audience.

Okay, taking bets. How long before this guy disappears from the forum, never to be heard from again? I give it two weeks at the outside.

I don't think you understand. Not only do I not have to prove anything to you, but my own proficiency at card magic is not in question, nor is it necessary for me to see through your bull****. I don't have to make a blockbuster film to know that Biodome is a terrible movie. I don't have to...

If they have, they're not what I would describe as being "of average intelligence." It's overall a pretty stupid idea. It's a couple dozen extra steps to achieve monetary goal that could be accomplished in half the time by busking, and it does so by basically exploiting another company's good...

Well now, this begs a question. Your assertion is that Daniel is too flashy and this would come across suspect at the card table. This implies that you understand that cheating at the card table requires subtlety. You know this. And I know this. In fact, I would guess that any schmuck with...

This set off both Red Flag #1 and Reason for Cautious Optimism #1. You start off with this premise, but also acknowledge your inexperience and status as an unknown. Maybe you're going somewhere interesting with this. Red Flag #2 because it sounds like you created it just to sell it. Reason...

The burden of proof is not on me. You made the original claim, which is in dispute, so it is your responsibility to prove your point against criticism. That's how debate works. If I had made a claim first and you disputed it, I would have already type an essay explaining myself. That would...

Really? Where did I do that? I haven't invoked a single name. Am I now sleepwalking, going online and correcting people in a sort of somnambulist trance, the details of which I do not remember afterward? The only point I have so far made is that you have offered no real proof for your claim...

I suppose that's a better answer than I usually get. Try this.

No you don't. I'm unhappy that you're doing such a poor job of backing up your assertions. Yes you did. And an opinion is only as good as what you back it up with. Or maybe what you said was bull**** and I was calling you out on it. You never even entertained the possibility you...

Three things. 1. You don't know what trolling is. 2. You used yourself as an example to prove your points, so don't complain when I roll with that. 3. If you're disparaging the cups and balls, I'm going to ask that we take this outside. Now you can either provide adequate explanations...

Trouble is I'm so opinionated. I don't like settling for less, nor do I want to ask other people to do so. Getting things wrong when you could have just as easily gotten them right is a pet peeve of mine. A true steampunk deck would, in my mind, use swords instead of spades. The backs...

I don't believe you. So now you think your limits apply to everyone else? You can't learn two skill sets, therefore no one else can?

If you can't explain it better than that, then you should stop arguing because you're not going to convince me. I see absolutely no proof in those statements that someone cannot adapt the same mechanics to different skill sets. I find the very idea to be ludicrous. You are effectively saying...

And why exactly are they mutually exclusive? What is the vast, unbridgeable gulf between the two?

I'm having a hard time figuring what point you're trying to make.

Por que? Not trying to gang up on you, but I'm a bit jaded these days. I see a lot of guys who decide, "I'm going to become a mentalist! Then I will get all of the titties!"

I rather like that myself, but that's my thing. And yes, I am a bit biased due to my association with them, but when I was a busker, Ghosts were my favorite cards. Matched my monochromatic outfits and just looked stylish. If I could be forgiven for a quick digression, I don't really get...