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I think it's more a question of time than tricks to be honest. I perform effects that by themselves take between one minute and thirty minutes.

Put it on the back, or incorporate it into the design. Lucas, you've got some good points. I'll throw in an opposing opinion for the sake of it, and see what everyone thinks. I haven't necessarily made up my own mind on this, but... Ok, on the finding a card a year and a half later thing...

Personally, I think that generally speaking, most Scarne's Aces routines would qualify. But, not my battle, just an opinion.

Pity you can't download intelligence or ability as easily.

Personally, I prefer the one without "magician". Why do you need to put it on there? I feel that if you can't describe what you do succinctly and briefly, there really is no point trying to market yourself. If you can do that - why do you need the label? It brings up a lot of stereotypes. What I...

This has happened to me on another magic site before, legitimately (although the customer service was frustratingly poor, and delivered by someone who can only be described as an imbecile lacking solid substance where it counts).

I think that the only ones who would get full use out of this would be those who claim to possess paranormal abilities, or who use such methods to do so. Otherwise, it simply makes no sense to perform this. It sounds like it will be best used along the same lines as UltraSmoke and all those...

Then why can't you say so politely?

With due respect, if you have the skills to perform a good DPS, you should have the imagination to modify it to bring the card to the top. If you don't, then I suggest that you should perform more and read more widely to develop this ability.

Yes, it's definitely something interesting to do - it reminds me of Derren's Three Card Routine. Whilst I don't really perform card magic any more, Vernon's Trick that Cannot be Explained, and an impromptu Sam the Bellhop (à la Danny Garcia's performance) are also great improvisational effects...

It's in a lot of places. ^ correctly identified it as originating in Erdnase. And it is commonly referred to as the Riffle Force. There are several variations but they follow the same basic idea. No new information from ^, but confirming what he said.

And plenty of people have that quote in their sigs. That's fair enough. Incidentally, does anyone remember that d+M clone who was a member here a few years ago, who dressed like him, copied his mannerisms, performed all his effects, and edited his videos all in black and white?

Start with a theme. Routines that fail are consistently proven to be, amongst other things, those that are simply a collection of effects. Routines that are successful have at their core an idea that they develop, perhaps a line, an image, an idea...

Incorrect. ~P.

It is THE magazine for mentalism. 151 issues, over 7 years. More than a while. If you didn't know this, in my honest opinion you are not nearly ready for the study of mentalism, and will not find much of worth in the Jinx. It is considered by many masters in the craft to be the most important...

I think your best bet would be to sign up to a free image hosting site like Photobucket or Imageshack and post a link.

1) I merely suggested that you should contact Asi because he might be able to give you a more complete answer. No other reason. You're reading too much into it. It was a suggestion, nothing more - take it at face value. 2) No worries. 3) I found the info on the first search I did. Try "Asi...

Why don't you contact Asi? From what I understand he's not unreachable. You should also look up the mismade bill. Really wish you had done a google search. My understanding from what I've read is that Dan Harlan and Asi Wind independently created this effect. However, Dan was the first to put...

Hi Manny, Great post, and welcome to T11. Glad that you've put in so much detail in a great post. I agree with most of what's been said, except for one section. So I'll try and point out what I disagree with - but do keep in mind that for the most part, I definitely agree with your advice...

What if the magician had truly connected with ONE spectator - the 457th spectator he tried performing on? Although I agree with you in principle - but I'm not sure where that post came from, or who you were addressing. Randy - Maybe, but keep in mind the miracles of editing! Besides, I...