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Ironically, I think that describes you, or at least your approach to this problem, which is the point that Praetoritevong and I were making. The path of least resistance would be to simply pick one of the categories and leave it at that, you seem to be fixated on the idea that picking one of the...

I've found that being myself works best for me, as i'm not a professional magician I always perform in more casual situations for friends, random people I meet etc. I don't like to go straight into magic, I like to get to know them a bit first, if I then suddenly switched to a character as soon...

Get over yourself, I care a lot about respecting the magic community and the creators but it's generally accepted that it's ok for basic cuts to be taught on Youtube, they go so far back that it's hard to really credit anybody for them. I'm fairly sure the Sybil (or at least a very similar...

I learned the Sybil from these tutorials, although to be honest I didn't find the first tutorial where it's taught with 2 packets particularly helpful, in fact I found it more difficult than just doing the Sybil properly. I'd recommend taking a look at the first one but skipping ahead might be...

You could do the wave if you want. However, there's a reason for snapping as opposed to waving. Unlike the Ego change Pughe's pass can be quite noisy, the snap covers this. If you wave then the spectators will clearly hear the card being pulled off and realise you've done a move. Even if the...

I sgree with you here, I thought you made a very reasonable point. I don't really see how to just pick one, there's both extremes here and to just tick a box doesn't really get across how I feel about it. To be honest, as opposed to making people think it seems to be removing a lot of...

The Art of Astonishment is not particularly difficult in technique, there are a few more advanced items but most of it isn't especially difficult. You should be able to do sleights such as card controls, forces, false counts etc. Basically you need to be able to do all the basics and be...

Maybe tell us what those questions are then? It's impossible to help if you throw out vague questions like 'Which is better?' You also completely changed the topic of the thread, first you want to buy another effect or Jerry's encyclopedia and now it's TA vs AOA? I think you should have a...

What's the point of posting if you don't read the replies? I just suggested you do a bit more research on stuff. People give you in depth replies and you come out with asinine questions in response, it's kind of annoying. Why not search for reviews and form your own opinions then come to us with...

The magic and cardistry issue has been debated endlessly and I don't intend to start it again, do a search and you'll find a lot of discussion on it. The consensus seems to be that flourishes can be incorporated into magic too some extent e.g. a few flashy cuts, fans or springs between effects...

http://www.kardwell.com/bee-wynn-icon-playing-cards.htm This was the first result when I typed Wynn playing cards into Google...

I don't really understand how you can use a numerical rating in this situation, especially when there's so many categories. It's just so arbitrary. Bees are 20% more suspicious than Bicycles and Black Tigers are 30% more suspicious than 1800's? How could you possibly work that out? Also...

I agree with Praetoritevong, I suspect this is the first difficult move you have come across, it took me at least 4 or 5 months to get comfortable performing the Clip Shift for live audiences. It made loads of noise for me as well, I had to go through the move really slowly and work out exactly...

The move he uses for the first and second phase is the 4 for 4 Switch which is available in loads of places, it's in the 1 on 1 section and I imagine it would be in TOOC. I'm not too sure exactly what he's doing after that. When they're all placed in the centre together a pass would be the...

I have Three and Collateral, Three does not have many effects in it, it's mostly made up of sleights which you can use to create your own routines. Collateral is mostly effects. There's some clever stuff in Three although to be honest I didn't find it exceptionally useful, I found most of the...

I really don't see how bad performances on Youtube could possibly be a problem, in all the time i've been doing magic i've never had a single person work out an effect because they saw it on Youtube or go and look it up after my performance. They all have better things to do and really don't...

There's a difference between learning from somebody and trying to be them. I've learned from DM but I take what I learn and apply it to my personality and performing style. This guy has gone way too far with this. The panic analogy would work if the guy was simply performing DM's effect and...

Asking basically means you're not going to be one because you probably want to do it for the wrong reasons. I believe it's offered to people who have been around for quite a while and consistently contribute to the forum with high quality posts. I don't really think any more mods are needed for now.

Most of them looked fine, you need to work on some of the double lifts though, it looks horrible when you start messing round with the back of the pack, it's just so obvious you're doing something. The only one that needs a bit of work is the Goat change, the centre double wasn't anywhere...

Deck A: 1885 Deck B: 1905 Deck C: 1870