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Well as long as were speaking of rapport and psych concepts, as much as your plea is heard, people still are sucked into buying magic stuff that has all of those attributes. We are trained to shy away from challenging, risk-taking magic, it's all just re-enforcement really. And frankly, the...

I agree with you, and yes, the up-coming generation of magicians complains tons about it, and whilst it may depend on the venue you're performing at, for instance, the card workers at the magic castle tend to sit and do tricks almost non-stop for hours, and they do purely organic card stuff...

Oh man, this effect could be the craziest thing I've ever heard of, if it happens like it says it happens, then oh man. just oh man. ~Beans

You're right, kind of took a stab at what the discussion was after reading the first and the last couple pages, but you're right. my bad ~Beans

Many people that are afraid of doing this are people that haven't messed up in front of an audience before. I 100% agree with you, when you mess up, don't stand there like :((this) but say, oh that didn't work here let's try... or something of the sort, it's surprisingly easy and people usually...

after working with the effect for a while, this can really work, I think the presentation of it in the video doesn't make the effect look as good as it could, and almost gives the method out for free. but there are major subtleties added to this effect that can make it extremely visual. ~Beans

The street magic cool kids are hardly anything more than a band wagon waiting to dribble to an end, magic has boomed recently and with it will come people who want to follow the trend. I do routines with spongeballs and coins as well, but should I really stop all my card magic just because...

Small argument here, I know you started the put the cards down thread and all, but implying that card handlers are lazy is too far. Your observations of the young community here alone are not grounds for putting down card handlers everywhere, card magic becomes the foundation of sleight of hand...

My theory behind this, is advertisement. It's that simple, people are trained to want newer and better things, all the time. That's what the website says they should want, and they advertise the "most devious method/effect" The websites are promoting this type of behavior, as long as it...

It sounds like you saw a magic trick, and thought it was real, so you bought the "pen that moves with static" from him, and now he gets to buy himself a new deck of playing cards. Never give a sucker an even break. wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what happened, if you can't even...

Did nobody else laugh out loud at Wayne Houchin now being a verb? you Wayne Houchin I Wayne Houchin We Wayne Houchin? (Wombo..?) ~Beans

If you've never played baseball past Pony League then nobody expects you to REALLY know how to play the sport. I like both sports, why can't someone like both? Does something always have to be better? By the way Sherlock: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+I+use+the+space+bar%3F If you're going...

In other words...whats a Canada? Just kidding bro, but in the US we really don't celebrate boxing day (heck, I don't even know what it represents) and the Theory11 HQ is located in New York, but I think you're right, we should have a boxing day sale. I hate Christmas sales! I don't get...

I'm having a hard time flying with the idea of not getting performance experience. You need that performance experience to be able to interact in such a way as to create that moment of mystery and magic for your spectators. I use my scrutinizing friends to my advantage, getting angles down and...

I'd say skip surfaced, it's a DVD you DON'T NEED, trust me. Invest in a few more books, there are some great books D&D make available on their website, but the classics like the ones previously mentioned are things that will last you FOREVER, and always give you something new to work on. If...

I'm in for the next one, finals really killed this one for me. It's a 2 hour drive up from San Diego, but I'm gonna make it next time! ~Beans

I'll for sure vid the next one. I plan on using switch craft, and maybe even buying Shane Black's book to use some of his new stuff. I'm trying to use instant reset tricks or a purist type of attitude because I have NO time to reset, people are always around and I'm always performing, for...

I got fantastic advice from a magic castle performer when I was there a over Thanksgiving break; he said to get something like dragon speak, or a text to speech thing, and do the trick, and just talk. Then go to your text to speech thing, and throw out everything that is completely useless...

I'm pretty confident on the method here, and the reason I say that is to question how impromptu this is or if this is possible for everyone. There may be a reason he hasn't posted any information for a while. ~Beans

I'd like to get in based on what I've done, not what my great grandfather has. I'm worried about mentioning W.C. when I go to try out for the magic castle as well, I want to be good enough, not just get in because I'm a Fields know what I mean Will? I don't mean to sound mean or anything...