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Respect is earned, not given freely. Respect your magic. Show respect for what you do, and it will (usually) be repaid in kind. If you perform tricks and stunts, you can expect disrespect, even if it's not polite - you have given no importance or meaning to what you perform. Perhaps you...

Without learning about mentalism, you will never be able to perform mentalism. Whatever you call it, it will be magic, and it will be perceived as such.

One more thing: I realised just now that the old 90% full inbox message you got has disappeared - only found out today that someone tried to PM me and it got knocked back. Sorry!

Yes, I know, that was the point. I do it with any card named with about 75% accuracy at the moment without using one specific card repeatedly, and looking to get it more accurate. As a matter of fact, when it works, it will often work two or three times in a row, different cards each time. The...

Something that I found funny: "Arson is the answer to a lot questions regarding a cool way to end a closeup set. Performing arson is a great way to set your audience on fire and get them pumped up about your magic." Use it to close your set... That way, you can get them pumped up. Isn't the...

Not a problem Casey.

What if you could do this with roughly a 75% success rate? But yes, there are certainly a lot of good reasons and opportunities to take potshots like this, and take advantage of Lady Luck. Whenever you need a card selected and it doesn't matter if you see it... Leave a card in the box when you...

Well, I think this is starting to digress from the OPs questions - sorry I couldn't help more with that - so I'll just mention this real quick: Zak, I respectfully disagree with you. The problem I see with this effect is that it too easily turns into a bar stunt, or a trick. You are exactly...

There's a link in his post...

Casey, I can only offer limited comments, as I do not own Colorblind. But I'm posting a comment because I have been performing a colour sensing effect for a little while now. Although the effect exists entirely independently of Jermay's work, and truth be told I prefer this one to the effect in...

Holy crap... RIP JC Wagner.

Copied response. Craig has a good post in one of the other threads as well about this. And Draven makes a good point.

n1van, you may find this thread useful: http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?24414-Cardini-Change-Ego-Change Basically, it's a thread I created that definitively distinguishes the original Cardini from the original Ego. Although there are variations and similarities in many other...

How about: Take a T11 product, e.g. the Invisible Deck - and create a contest where we have to come up with applications, presentations, and ideas, for said gimmick, sleight, or trick.

That's right, it was Dani DaOrtiz indeed. I hate to say this, and I don't mean to sound racist or discriminatory, but I get confused between a couple of those guys, having similar backgrounds and styles of names.

Hey, no worries, I'm more than happy to offer you some thoughts, and I have one or two already, but first I'd like to get the effect clear in my mind. Ok, I think I got what you said in your last post - but then won't they notice that the backs of the cards they touched are not different...

What makes a magic trick strong? Is it the trick? It can't be. You know that people can perform tricks well, and they can perform them badly. So tricks aren't inherently strong. What then makes a trick strong? When a person performs a strong trick, why is it strong? I'll give you a clue -...

I definitely didn't know that RS. Thank you for all that information. It just goes to show how important it is to have knowledge of the past, and what came before.

What makes a magic trick strong? Is it the trick? It can't be. You know that people can perform tricks well, and they can perform them badly. So tricks aren't inherently strong. What then makes a trick strong? When a person performs a strong trick, why is it strong? I'll give you a clue - it...

I'm not sure I understand. The four spectators touch cards from a shuffled deck... and then the cards are shown to be the four aces? But then either they're touching cards from a face up deck... Or they're touching cards from a face down deck... And see that the cards have regular backs...