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I think that although your stories may be entertaining and funny to imagine, you've handled your hecklers rather poorly. They're people, who want to gain attention and/or recognition from either you or the other spectators. There's no need to make them feel like complete idiots. Ben

...Poker chips?

There have been several good responses on this thread; in my opinion the "best" so far has been posted by tokyoUW. He has some great pointers and insight. The real key to getting the great reactions everyone so desires is performance, patter, and presentation-- technical performance (the...

Performing a trick does not earn you the right to attempt to claim credit for it in any way, shape, or form. If we could, then please give me due credit when performing probably every card trick or flourish that you know. It seems to me like you're trying to be the "better magician" - and in...

You performed the mechanics of the trick excellently. However, I don't personally like this trick too much - I think it's weakened by using their selection to "find their selection"; in the video, I'm talking about the Ace of Spades. The spectator(s), I believe, become confused by this...

Perform more. Relax.

Personally, I would remove the oouter glow, or at least fiddle around to make it not so glaringly... there. In other words, simplify the picture. The lighting effects on your hands are ugly. You should have cropped out your hands and used a seperate lighting effect setting for your hands...

Er, please edit your post due to the new description of this thread that I typed up.

The idea is to have ONE thread with everyone's original tricks/ideas/sleights. Please post a link to a video of the thing you want displayed in this thread. Please don't ruin this thread by filling it with worthless spam. ============================== THE LIST ---------------------last...

I can usually read people before I even speak to them, and once I've started performing it's very easy to tell if a person is a heckler or not; simply by their attitude and body posture. I befriend my hecklers. If I'm in the mood, I'll over exaggerate everything and change the story into a...

Do simple, self-working tricks that aren't easy to figure out. Ben

Hmmm... I'm in on this one as long as variations of tricks are acceptable. For example, a combination of two different methods/presentations with a kicker self-created ending/sleight/idea. So, yeah, if that's okay, feel free to challenge me. I'd need about two weeks; currently working on a...

======= Off-topic ======= @Chris: I understand that you want to sell your booklets, pdfs, and other paraphernalia, but a lot of the posts I read from you are simply advertising. Give it a rest. Make a topic in one of the proper forums, and if the item is good, then people will buy it...

Mitch hit this spot-on. (Sorry, always wanted to use that phrase.) People want to see magic and illusions to see the effect, not to hear a message about your religion. Don't confuse the two seperate entities and try to relate magic tricks with Christianity. -Ben [I believe this topic...

Quoted for truth. -Ben

It means that part of your order is not in stock; they need to make/order more. However, if they get it in before your box ships out, you'll get everything t once, in one box. If not, you can expect the missing item(s) at a later time (usually no more than a week). === Frezzing Aces...

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FOO:L, you mean Pi + 1.86? === I think the performance is very good, the only suspicious part was the loading of the coin to the finger. You should know what I'm talking about.

Just going to copy/paste my comment: The editing was absolutely superb. At times, the music did not flow with the flourishes and movements, but that doesn't really matter. In my opinion, the camera work could have used a bit of different angles / POVs, but you did the best you could without...

My tricks: CFB* The Garden Path* Modern Reverso An unnamed torn and restored effect. Sleights: Daredouble === rawr. yeah, anyways, so 1-5 for me. *Available soon.