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... Seriously? Anyway, just wait until they're not looking. You don't need to make it anymore complicated than that.

Well apparently it didn't. Fancy that. At least I'm interesting. Whatever helps you sleep at night. Myself, I see this place as a stagnant hugbox more often than not. I rock the boat, usually when I'm bored, in order to shake things up a bit. Fact of the matter is that being...

I find these to be the case more often than not. One of the reasons I try to talk slowly and keep things simple when presenting these sorts of effects. The truth is that most people can follow along, it's just a matter of keeping them engaged enough.

Then run. Stop ****ing moaning about it and run. If you're taking a phrase that was used incorrectly for the context this god damn personally that it ruins your entire day, then you don't belong on the internet. Man up or shut up I guess is what I'm saying.

Rule number 1 of arguing on the internet: If someone does anything that you don't like, it is automatically labeled pathetic. There is no better way to assert your moral superiority than to use that word, so use it constantly. Ha! I thought magicians were supposed to be good liars.

I think this speaks to my point. I used to be all smiles and sunshine. Nobody gave a rat's ass what I had to say. I would answer a question and would be ignored because the next guy said, "The answer to your problem is to buy this!" I came to realize that conflict and controversy were the...

No. The context was off, making it more of a non sequitur than anything else. I think you're in the wrong thread. That said, your prediction is kind of sad considering I already have. Not so much by being an ******* as just by being able to back up my boasts more often than not and being...

To borrow from Cavelos's essay, there's nothing new in the sense that no one is going to invent vampires all over again. But there's a stark difference between Bram Stoker's original "Dracula" novel and Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" that makes all the difference. For a video game analogy that...

Here's your medal. And if you think I'm all about taking the piss, I guess you haven't read all of my posts. As to me acting superior, pfft! Part of the reason I so seldom come here anymore is because more often than not I'm not the dumbest ******* in the room. Fact remains though. You want...

I would add the addendum that you shouldn't ever mention how much actual work went in behind the scenes. It's better if it's sublime. A lot of amateur magicians want validation for their hours of practice, but you're never going to get it from other people because when you reveal the blood...

Eh. I pop in whenever I'm bored. I tried lighting a fire under this place last year, but the crushing mediocrity was too much. Now I figure I'll just pop in whenever and kick up the nest to see what happens.

No, you said it was outdated, which annoyed me because with only a small handful of exceptions the material is pretty timeless. Also, I find myself souring a bit to the visual learner argument. I have no problem with DVD as long as they're good. What I have a problem with is the growing...

Called your bluff. The 39 Steps appendix contains no actual tricks. It's a bibliography. Are you sure you're not thinking of Fundamentals proper?

I have ADD too, so I'm allowed to joke about it. Don't take that away from me. Also, if you hear me make a stupid analogy involving ADD, and immediately assume I'm talking about you, then you're beyond any help I can give. Jesus, when did this whole board turn into a bunch of over-sensitive...

39 Steps? As in Bob Cassidy's 39 Steps? That's an appendix that lists books, not actual tricks.

Their About page, and my thoughts as I go along. **** I don't care about. Oh ho ho, that remains to be scene. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-BOOOOM!! That was the sound of my expectations crashing in flames. There were no survivors. Yeah, leaving the house is such a ****ing...

Are you looking for single tricks that you can crowbar into a card act to make it look like you're not a one trick pony or do you actually want to learn mentalism?

As far as I'm concerned, you're never going to find a better system than "How To Develop a Super Power Memory." It's really quite incredible how fast it takes effect and starts to work. He used to perform a finale in which he would get the names of everyone in the audience. He asked them...

It's outdated if you have the attention span of an autistic rodent. Some of the references to cuffing may not come up as often as they used to, but the advice is still fundamental to coin magic.

Taking things a liiiiitle too personally, methinks. Piss off. You too. Jesus, this is supposed to be a discussion board, not group therapy for recovering emoholics. That said, the decision of to teach or not to teach depends entirely on what you portray what you do as.