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Not the kind of Brotherhood Of Elucidated Brethren I expected, but ... can I join?

Nice find, thanks for sharing! The shell game is indeed played on the streets, oftentimes with bottlecaps or matchboxes instead of shells. I have no practical experience with this sort of scam, so I can't say whether this particular example is a "real" scam. If it was, then the buff black dude...

Hi everybody, Just a few weeks ago I noticed the section "Exclusive" listed in the list of forums. May I ask a) who this is for (Elite Members, Moderators ... ?) and b) What kind of posts may one expect there? I'd appreciate any info, after all, we don't have any secrets from each other here...

https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-that-the-classic-pass-and-classic-force-are-overrated.56686/ Just as an example how politely, extensively and constructively topics are normally discussed on this forum. The people who voiced their opinion didn't claim to state...

That's right, you posted an opinion and you have every right to do so. But so does everybody else on this forum. So saying: two sentences later seems more than a little hypocritical. I'm open to the possibility that you accidentally chose your wording in this manner, in that case I'd like to...

"Or sell it for profit." And that's kind of the point, isn't it? Let's leave aside the discussion of whether they're allowed to make copies of the product in the first place, once they sell it for profit it is illegal, according to your own words. Did I misunderstand you? I don't want to put...

Thanks. I was thinking along those lines myself, but hadn't gotten round to trying it yet.

Thanks for the input. The main reason for my unwillingness to spend money on this (and I know it's not constructive if I want to get really good at this) is that the three shell game isn't my main priority, but more of a side project at the moment. The reason I thought it would be (at least...

I'm glad you have this perspective. I hope I can count on some critical feedback from you when I upload my bottom deal as well? Should be sometime this week, I hope.

I'm surprised that the bottle-caps are no harder. From what little I know about custom-made shells I thought it would be quite a lot harder. At the Magic Café I also read that the sleights required for the bottle-caps are quite different from the sleights for the shells, and sleights for...

Definitely great improvement to last year! The thing I noticed the most when comparing the two videos was your rhythm, it's gotten a lot smoother. Not yet perfect, so keep working, but a great improvement. Great work! At the risk of being overly critical, a few things you might want to work on...

Thanks for the suggestions, everybody! At the moment my biggest priority concerning the TSG is the bottle-cap version, so if there's any source that teaches only that, I'd take that as well. Is Bob's Bootcamp the only place to teach that version?

The sources I know about are Sal Piacente and School For Scoundrels. I'm hoping on some insight which of these might be more useful, especially for the bottlecaps.

I'd recommend the Heinstein Shuffle. The truffle shuffle is good enough, but it's quite angle sensitive. You can usually cover the angles well enough by just turning your body a slight bit (most people won't notice), but if you're surrounded it might be a problem. On the other hand, if you look...

Hi guys, A few questions concerning the three shell game: 1. Which source would you recommend to learn it? From little snippets I've read at various forums I'm fairly sure I can piece together the basics, but it would be good to have some sources nevertheless. 2. I'd like to learn to do it with...

I did notice, actually. Though I don't know how the whole trick is done, I think I have a pretty good idea how a lot of it is done. I'm guessing the way you display "all" the cards throughout the trick (three empty cards in hand) is important for the rest of the trick. But while I'm all in favor...

Thanks for sharing! The routine's well done (as far as I can tell), and the idea of a magician-magician contest is interesting. However, I think you should act the two magicians out a bit more (as this is a video and not an actual performance it might be that you do it a little differently in a...

Seems like I'll have to practice the other two turnover switches from the video above. Well, at least now I have an excuse to spend a disproportionate amount of time with cards in hand :D

I always like to see good routines done well :)

Noted and on my to-watch list. Thanks!