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Is this actually serious? I've seen DM wannabes before but this is taking it to a new level. You copied his clothing, his style of video, you use his flourishes, you perform his effects, his quotes in the description, you try to move like him, you use his postures, you spell your name like him...

I don't agree with you at all on this one, why do you need a cardistry 101 part 2? There's loads of sources which already cover the basics, XB, Jerry's Encyclopedia, there's even a load of tutorials on Youtube. There's even more for the basics of coins. However, there's not too many places...

I can't really see much difference, I've tried doing it both with and without the pinky and it looks the same, however it certainly does feel easier to use the pinky to help pull the card down. In andthensome i'm fairly sure Dan or Dave (can't remember which one) use the pinky when they perform...

Some people might disagree with this, personally I don't have a problem with it. I don't see why I should have to go searching on ebay for months and pay an absurd price simply because i'm not old enough to have bought it when it was released. If it's not available and not being reprinted it...

Tbh that just sounds like you're trying to be clever and profound and failing. Seriously, there must be about 50 of these threads with many more options. It's good that you want to contribute but it would be better if you try and think of something a bit more productive. I find it slightly...

That's a very valid point, I probably should have clarified what I meant a bit more. I was thinking more about effects were the method just isn't particularly good and there's a major step cut out which often looks really weird and unjustified and the effect is nowhere near as clean as you might...

I used to all the time, my hands would shake and sweat and i'd perform sleights terribly and nearly drop cards, flourishing in front of people was basically impossible. As I performed more and more that completely went away, doing sleights in front of people feels the same as when i'm practicing...

If the product is of a poor quality and people choose not to buy it after torrenting it because they have seen how bad it is then I don't really have a problem with this. It means creators can't get away with deceptive marketing and low quality products. I don't believe you can be protected...

Unfortunatley I have very little knowledge in this area, would it be possible for any of these principles to be applied to the magic industry and if so, how would they be applied?

I don't know why they do it but I have some thoughts, obviously there is the whole make friends/ get respect thing which is probably why some of them do it but I guess it's possible that they may sometimes have more altruistic motives. toyrobot listed several major problems with the magic...

I'll have a go at this one. I suspect there's several main causes. The target market for theory 11 is primarily teenagers, there's certainly many older people who like their products however the whole flashy production, underground vibe certainly appeals more to younger magicians. Most of these...

I came across both these issues when learning Pughe's pass, i'm still not 100% confident with it but I think i'm getting it close to performance standard so I might be able to help a bit. Pulling the card off like that does feel strange at first, especially when the deck is bevelling. This...

I'm not really sure how you can say that, in an average thread at least 50% of the replies are completely useless. I constantly see the same 5-10 people who consistently give useful and well thought out replies, another group who constantly post moronic comments and the rest are somewhere in...

This sort of thing isn't worth worrying about, it's nice that you think about this about this but to be honest nobody really cares. I heard the Trilogy sold over 8000 copies, maybe more, I can't see the Bucks being bothered about you sharing one copy with your friend. I agree, a bit of...

I agree that many of the threads are useless, I can't believe there's still threads asking 'What are the best cards?' 'What is the best trick?' There seems to be about 2 good threads on each page. There's so much junk posted that it hardly seems worth using these forums. I rarely use this forum...

A good alternative might be a diminishing lift sequence. I never use the flushtration count by itself, I use it as a convincer. I've never had any problems with it as long as I do it smoothly and relatively quickly. I also do it while talking so the spectators attention isn't completely focused...

I obviously wouldn't perform an angle sensitive effect surrounded as that would be immensely stupid. Not really sure why you'd have to ask that. Although I don't think that's a particularly relevant question, the major difference between the styles is how they are perceived to the audience...

This video really irritated me, I really don't like the whole lecture about life, I don't think you're in any position to try to force your narrow minded views on me, you certainly don't have enough life experience to preach about all the situations you talk about . You don't need to force...

This is a very basic form of an argument that's been going on for quite some time, if you do a search you should be able to find several massive threads discussing this. You've simplified the whole thing way too much, how can you possibly group an ambitious card routine in with the magic from...

I'd say flourishing does meet the definition of juggling. However, I don't like the use of the term at all as it is frequently used (especially by older magicians) to dismiss flourishing as being pointless and trivial when compared to magic which I don't believe is fair. Why does it need to...