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I see no reason to put limits on these things. Old enough to understand it, obviously. Apart from that, any age should be fine. As for the second question, so long that you've got everything you needed or wanted from it, got completely sick of it, and then got all the subtleties that you didn't...

We'll see, with these books. My to-read list has suddenly and unexpectedly gone from one or two books to around fifty, so I'm not really looking for anything else at the moment (being the son of a librarian probably helps). Though there is the tiny hope that, one day, I might be able to see past...

I'll send you a pm first thing tomorrow morning? In the meantime, I'm off to bed.

I'm up for it. This'll require some thought, but it's a nice idea. Also, the advantage of this battle over the many others is that this battle is about improving our own magic, rather than just showing off and proving ourselves to everyone else. Who else is doing this? Zephil, are you still up...

I'm sorry, but when you go from having an interesting debate to criticizing the opposition, calling them tossers and not actually making any intelligent counter arguments, you lose all respect from me. Trust me, admitting you're wrong is far better than taking an immature point of view and being...

May I recommend you towards Derren Brown's Tricks of the Mind? Read page 25 onwards (the section entitled 'A coin trick'. Read to the very end of that section. You will realize that there is no such thing as a self working trick, only a self working method. After all, how does the audience know...

This is slightly off topic, but it really irked me. What makes a good trick? Why are the tricks in the basic books any less quality than Dan and Dave's all new super-cool kickass molecule 4 two-and-a-half card production with colour change in the form of a clipshift? Why are they worse because...

Oh. That's very interesting. Would you care to expand on this? Why? I'm sorry, but there's no point making a point if you don't explain it. It doesn't really contribute much, I'm afraid, and people will disregard your opinion if they can't see where this opinion comes from.

I didn't vote. Purely because, in my opinion, there is no such thing as a good trick. This may sound cheesy and overused, but it is true. I use pieces like Subway all the time. However every time I do it, I try and make something of it. I make it a performance. Do it exactly as Dan and Dave do...

It isn't easy, but I heard that if you can keep one of these palmed throughout an entire performance, you don't need any sleight of hand at all! One of those old wives tales, I guess...for magicians...

Damnit, I knew this would happen! Well, as long as it's a tasty steak, I could live with it. :p

You're wrong. You're an ignorant fool and I hope you die. Grow up. Thinking yet? :p To be honest, you're right there. But it seemed like the polite thing to say, and I am a lovely little chap with terribly good manners. And anyway, it saves making future posts clearing things up when people...

I would still say Flow relies too much on shock to be beautiful. The reactions are WTFZOMG!!!!!! reactions, not reactions of pure, true amazement. Watch this video, then rewatch the video of Flow. Flow fools me, the method is definitely well concealed and I have no idea how it's done, but next...

The way I see it, the modern titles reflect modern magic. This saddens me. The problem is this, the titles really do give a very good description of the effect. In your face, visual, and over quickly. Jon, about your point; 'Viva la Vida'. That is a name that would sell me a music CD. There is...

Ho the connotations... Sorry, I couldn't help myself :p

Ah ok, that clears things up, thanks.

Sorry, can I just ask one thing, is this gimmicked? From what you say, it sounds like it isn't, but I wan to make sure. Thanks.

No, but if every thread made on these forums had the intent of revolutionizing magic, these forums would improve greatly. Actually, I take back what I said to a certain extent, some of the later posts have been quite interesting to read. But the original post gave me the impression that the...

Nice try. But all I can say is 'why'? How does sorting xcm into different categories help in any way at all? It won't miraculously make us better flourishers because we can tell each other what group certain moves are in. So once again, nice try. Thanks for taking the time to post your thoughts...

We all know what's coming next, don't we? R...A...bbit! Yes, that's right. Theory11 have teamed up with Monty Python and are releasing a monstrosity upon us all. Or maybe it's just a man in a rabbit outfit. He'll be called Frank, and he's here to tell us all about the ending of the world (6.42...