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  1. RealityOne

    What if...

    There are tricks which use an "instant stooge." The best is handing someone a watch with a note that says "Play along, set it to 2:35" and then guessing the time that they set a watch to. Another example is an effect I do with two kids. Each of them gets half a deck and they each have an...
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    What is your favorite compliment/reaction to a perfomance?

    As people were leaving a show, several audience members came up to me and complimented me on the show. Someone asked "what was that line you said... because I want to tell my husband about what you did when I get home." But the best compliment was someone who came up to me and said, "I've seen...
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    Problem with a lot of mentalism

    I think this demonstrates some of the risks of combining mentalism with magic. Now, I consider a Q&A to be mentalism and not mental magic. One part of the problem is that the mentalist doesn't have the ability to build credibility with the audience. The other part of the problem is that the...
  4. RealityOne

    Perfect Riffle Shuffle?

    There are resources on estimation (cutting to a certain location) and a number of effects that rely on that principle. (https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/search?keyword=estimation) Just think of being able to cut to a 15 card stack that is in the middle of the deck. If you are using a...
  5. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    Edge Grip (for coins)
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    Perfect Riffle Shuffle?

    So, a perfect tabled riffle shuffle is possible but very difficult and I've not heard of a perfect in the hands riffle shuffle. However, you can relatively easily learn a perfect in the hands faro shuffle which gets the same effect as a perfect in the hands riffle shuffle. You can also do a...
  7. RealityOne

    How Do You Practice

    I only practice new material that I'm going to use. I read a lot and store a lot of information in my brain but I only practice what I'm going to perform. Agreed. I always practice as I intend to perform. If the effect is performed standing, I stand. It it is a table routine, I sit. So...
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    Problem with a lot of mentalism

    Is this a local show or a national touring show? How big was the audience? Was that the only effect performed? There is no need for stooges to perform a flawless Q&A. I suspect that part of the problem was the reveal of the "personal information." People are willing to accept a...
  9. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    X-Ray Deck (https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=X-Ray_Deck)
  10. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    Sympathetic Silks (https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/651)
  11. RealityOne

    Other Force

    @Al e Cat Dabra This seems to be a variation of the "Automatic Placement" principle which goes back to at least Hoffman's Modern Magic in 1876! You can see uses in Dunninger's Nomenclature in Scarne on Card Tricks as well as A Card and a Number and Two Pile Card Trick in Encyclopedia of Card...
  12. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    Kenton Knepper
  13. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    Mind, Myth and Magik
  14. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    K.M. Move
  15. RealityOne

    Magic-related game

    Tannen's Magic Shop
  16. RealityOne

    Book suggestions?

    Check out the Art of Astonishment series.
  17. RealityOne

    Book suggestions?

    Josh: The answer depends on what you want to learn. If you are struggling with learning from Royal Road, Expert Card Technique and EATCT but want to learn sleight of hand, then the Card College series is for you. If you are looking for more self-working effects, then Lighter and Lightest are...
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    Magic-related game

    Slydini
  19. RealityOne

    Stacks

    This.
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    Cards slipping (from palm)

    Both. Let me explain. If you have an average sized male hand (like me), you can do both. If you have a smaller hand, you should focus on eliminating the sticking out the side by having evenly spaced windows (which are necessarily smaller than one large window). You could also modify your palm...
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