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Sorry man, I didn't mean to disagree about the ending. I typoed (or brain-oed or... something). "I agree about the ending, at least, it is as natural as it should be." was meant to read "I agree about the ending, at least, it isn't as natural as it should be." My original ending (the one I...

I agree about the ending, at least, it is as natural as it should be. I have always done it a different way and only just decided to try this way out shortly before making the vid. Everyone in one of the societies I'm in seems to agree that the original way was better. :P My bad. Joe

Feel free to call it overkill, it probably is. It was more of an experiment than anything, but I have performed it many times, and it works well enough, even though I've never really been a fan of tivo in general. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQmCLkzQh9Y Apologies for my cramped and...

Thanks guys. :) I'm not going to have these released commercially, only for private use within one of the societies I'm in. @wZEnigma What do you mean by old gambling style? Any chance you could find an example? Thanks. Joe

I've only just got photoshop reinstalled yesterday after months, but it meant I could complete the vision for this deck (designed from scratch, no clipart :P). I thought I'd share. ^_^ Joe

Once upon a time, there existed a fantastic magic podcast where the hosts also decided to help out beginners by guiding them through essential reading for certain kinds of magician. Here is an episode from their beginner's podcast series on the Royal Road to Card Magic. It is a nice introduction...

I made this ages ago, so it's probably not a valid entry, but some people may find it interesting, anyway. http://vimeo.com/1299740

Silver, you have misread several things I have written. You continue to highlight several of the points I have made. Your closing comment regarding Morgician's experience in particular. That is not a good kind of bias, and is the reason I continued to try to make my point. You shouldn't just...

Morgician, the were to you actually make an argument other than "I would know", then I would be much happier, and maybe then we could actually both gain something from this. I'm not trying to pick apart your argument for the sake of it. I wouldn't have to go anywhere near your credentials if you...

It's not a good idea to draw theories from such a limited and specific scope. Your wife's reaction do your performance is based on so many factors that it would be impossible to write about them all here, and even then we have nothing to compare it to. Joe

You highlight my point, here, silver. As I explained, this is the case when all that is presented is the effect itself with no meaning. You illustrate this nicely with "I mean I just chose a card and it just so happens to be the only one that is red, yay me". There is no meaningful presentation...

That is true providing the presentation of the effect is nothing more than the effect itself. No reasons, no conclusions, no meaning, just "snap and this happens, wave and that happens, and I'm showing you this because I can". Something that gives a spectator a reason to watch, something they...

They don't have to be filler if you can work out a better way of presenting them. The same goes for cards changing places. What's the point, you ask? Exactly, find a point, present that point. Joe

Not necessarily. It depends on how you present it. I'm not saying I have a presentation for this, simply that you cannot say what will work and what won't in a routine simply by the trick itself. If you are presenting the trick as a trick with no meaning, as in your example, then I concede that...

Morgician, please take a little more time to read through posts with a more open mindset before making so many assumptions and criticisms. You seem to have a need to preach your point here, but extrapolating from what I have said and basing your arguments such extrapolations is going to help...

I was dead set on going, especially when I noticed Rune Klan would be going. I actually live in Bristol, so it would have been only a short trip, too. Unfortunately, holiday is over and now I have to go back to uni for exams. >_< Joe

Yay. Analogies are fun... Throw a stone into a pool where somebody has already thrown a boulder, and there will be no ripple. This is what happens when people are too busy throwing stones and not bothering to look where they are throwing them. One who bothers to look and study the pool...

Morgician, following Red Hot Mama with a colour changing deck could easily make for a great routine. Increasing the scale is a very common way of adding direction to a routine. Do you not like to perform an ambitious card routine? You say they'll end up thinking they saw two tricks, not...

It is not necessarily a bad thing to do similar effects back to back as long as you offer something new presentationally. Joe

Kind of romantic, isn't it? Let's all further the art of magic. Let's all take magic to the next level and beyond and all that, right? (Apologies for the coming post. I don't meant to be preachy, I just need a vent.) Sorry to be so blunt about this, but in most cases such talk tends to...