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Xntrix - you stated the card doesn't have to be forced - but for Shawn's method - it does - and it does have to go in a decided spot - the only variance to make your above statement true is if you decide to change the effect. Jtmorris - I can understand why you think the different back would...

haha - now that the air is cleared...do we all agree that putting someone on the spot to shut them up is a bad idea....or am I beating a dead horse?

So that is being published in Magic mag? Hmm. Well - I love some of the handling at the start, and using instant replay is sweet - but I think you may get better reactions if you didn't violate some simple logical rules when going back to the deck....but what do I know? I use an ending...

JBear, You may not realize it - but your tactic of putting the audience on the spot will make them look stupid - this kind of response can only come from a few places - immaturity, anger or being completely ignorant of human relations. I repeat - I HOPE TO GOD that nobody thinks your...

I am not sure if the surface has been scratched and that this has gone over many people's heads - the wrong message is being sent. Jbear – I love when guys like you post with such anger towards performance issues, but have no experience to realize that it is YOU that is causing the issue...

You must be tired...as this question has been running around my mind all day! Here is where I realize there is still no equality in the world – a few things that bother me. I want to take issue of using the term “get”, as in magic helps me “get” a women (or man), as it seems like an...

Thanks Squ!rrel, Actually, I use that example all the time top change vs Shapeshifter (actually the Pirouette change) and I think that both have their place, but there are reasons to use one over the other and I think your post sums it up pretty well - although, not sure if I agree with the...

The answer isn't fooling them worse... Here is the deal - does anyone really like to be fooled? Short answer - NOPE! Did you like when someone made fun of you, made you feel dumb, pointed out something you missed that was really a simple mistake, pick on you for messing up you're...I mean...

I am shaping a thought through my writing...because I realized something has changed. I am not completely sure of what it is, but magic on TV is not creating the same feeling for people. I am not sure if it’s the fact that the bar has been raised time and time again until magicians can...

I think thanatos’ problem, and some of the solutions provided to him, actually showcase what the “huge problem” with magicians really is. In simple terms, the magician often fools himself more than he really fools his audience. I would like to discuss that as an abridge to your problem, but...

Yeah man - I couldn't make it because of work...but I have already booked the time off for next year...so see you there!!!

I wish I could have seen Ammar's miracle - I have seen SO many cool things at that camp - Weber's stuff...made just for camp...now Ammar's - we all have our moments. Miracles DO happen at camp eh Nate? I agree it is best left a secret - because finding out hurts the mystery - and how often...

This may be the first time I have seen ALL useful information about the subject by previous posters - APPLAUDS AT HIS COMPUTER! Building routines allows you to chunk information - this is what comedians do for long sets. It helps, but tihs is more of the latter stages of learning, but you...

I don't think the point of the story is quantity, perhaps some quality - but really, I think it is the concept that you can ALWAYS take one effect and make it better. That you could essentially take one effect and work on it and work on it to make it better over time...or at least to the point...

(Original) - no hard feelings man - and to show you that...I used my 200th post on you. Again, just making people think - because posts are not just about one on one, but educating and sharing with those in the community. Glad you brought up the topic. Sean - you don't drink? How do you...

Hey Chr!s, Hope you don't mind me hitting the original question here - feel free to post past it. I just really think this is an excellant question, not addressed fully. How many tricks should you know? How long is a good movie? Long enough to develop the characters, a plot and have...

I am not being rude, I am being blunt. You forget when you speak, that you are influencing a group of magicians that may believe your words as facts. I have seen this move ruined by your thinking. I can't judge you on your performance, just on your words and thinking - in which case, I am...

I don't get this group - Chr!s gave you the right answer - David Acer does this...from his book NATURAL SELECTIONS QUARTERMAIN: Three coins penetrate a regular deck one by one, dropping into the drinking glass upon which it is resting! Why are there so many posts with such little...

I am not looking to start an argument, I just want to understand what your intentions are when you are doing magic and your doubles? Are you doing them for show or are you doing them to fool? If you are doing them as part of a magic routine, then the more natural or classical (or what...

Just a comment on the spread pass - your right thumb SWOOPS out to left...like a hitchhiker. Perform the movement as you would if you were really just closing the spread...look at your hands...now do the spread pass....look at your hands...NOT the same - so your move...looks like a move...