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I wasn't using them as example against anything. I was simply saying why I like the DVD. Not everything is a bloody competition. People will believe what's convenient for them. Rambling about the money you saved does not consitute proof and isn't going to change my mind any more than a...

The question is whether or not your ethics jibe with Penguin's and you think that money you saved is worth it. Personally, I think Crash 2 is one of the best teaching aids out there for novice card workers. The sleights are taught in extreme detail and multiple presentations for each are...

Why do people keep recommending things like this to beginners?

I must again state that I would not recommend Luke Jermay to beginners. Depends entirely on how you play it. When you're young, you have to play mentalism in a different light than most performers do.

7 Deceptions is not for beginners. I would recommend you start your library with Practical Mental Effects, One Man Mental and Psychic Routine, 202 Methods of Forcing, Fundamentals of Mentalism, 13 Steps to Mentalism, and Miracles of Suggestion. No particular order, though 13 Steps might be a...

I don't consider Dave Williamson a purist. At all.

Yes, actually. Self-proclaimed purists I've spoken to have given me that vibe because they don't give the reasons you do. They come across as bragging. For example, magicians I've met who like to conserve pocket space still carry thumb tips.

Did you actually read anything I said other than that analogy? http://forums.theory11.com/showpost.php?p=103215&postcount=12

Please point to the specific sentence where I said I was talking about Theory-11.

Mistakes were made. We're actively working on creating a more inviting atmosphere while still running a tight ship. For the sake of devil's advocate, if you really hated somebody... would you want guests to talk about them in your house? To be perfectly honest, I think most of the...

Uh dude? The people who would be giving advice wouldn't be the company sales team. It would be customers who also use the forums. Not everything needs a conspiracy theory.

The truth just ain't very sexy.

Not necessarily. I was attacking the idea that gimmicks are somehow inferior to sleight of hand or that they create "false" reactions. I find most purists to be egotists. The very paradigm is one of masturbation, and if I wanted to see a creature ringing its own bell, I would go to the...

Actually, yes they do. They just don't allow reviews of other website's products.

My point is that Jay started out with some revolutionary material all released around the same time. He was a fountain of creativity. The problem was that he fell into a rut and started producing tricks just to release them. This is a guy who says in Anytime, Anywhere that more and more he...

As a wise mentalist once told me, BS is still BS no matter how many times people tell the story. Again, what a crock. The spectators don't know the gimmick exists. They believe it's you. If you shun gimmicks claiming it creates "false reactions" all that means is you're desperate for...

Jay Sankey used to do the same thing. Didn't work out so great. Signed, Devil's Advocate Has it ever occurred to any of you that threads like this almost always end in disaster? Am I the only one other than the moderators who is cognizant of this?

Doc Shiels has pointed out that magicians are actually incredibly easy to decieve. And this case, they fall hook, line, and sinker for one of the oldest tricks used not only in our profession, but by con artists and psychics for centuries: the pseudo-scientific explanation.

We mustn't be too hard on the critics (loosely defined). After all, making fun of Criss Angel has become so easy that it's no longer hip and trendy to hate on him. Who else are these jackals going to attack if not E? And since it takes about 4 pages of personal attacks before these threads...

Sadly, I think you and I are largely being ignored because the truth isn't sexy enough. Give the man a prize. Derren Brown has never explicitly claimed to use NLP to accomplish his effects. In effect, it's Derek Dingle's pass all over again, and the magic community is falling for it hook...