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You've got a chip on your shoulder there. You might want to brush that off.

Don't! Stop buying stuff. Let me try this another way. Name me 3 effects you already have. Humor me.

And what about when he did a miracle using my illusion apparatus instead of his ow-... oh, wait. Regardless, how does any of this address the fact that you said magic should not be created on the condition that you have something with you? And your example of a mentalist using his own...

You know how long I waited to buy De'Ring? A year. Delay gratification. If you can't buy methods, write your own scripts.

Not really friction, more like mild annoyance over a pet peeve.

Merely making a point that I'm not impressed by big words. Don't be glib about this. You advocated locking off the forums to those who did not meet an arbitrary "intellectual" bar in order to filter out content that did not meet your standards. I advocated answering questions, no matter how...

I already explained it. You want to cut people out of the forum for not having reached an arbitrary bar of magic academia. Who do you think you are to tell people that? I didn't ask for your resume. And frankly, I distrust people who try to bludgeon me with their accolades. I don't like...

Fine, here's your cookie. In my eyes, you don't remember what it was like to be a newbie. I don't know if you can remember. And even if you say you don't, you seem to resent them on some level. You arrogantly believe you know what's best for this forum, and have the audacity to tell its...

I find it astoundingly arrogant for an elitist to think he can speak for other men through his keyboard, and I'm gonna say so. I do not sugarcoat my words. If you guys are out performing like you should, what I say should be nothing compared to the rejections you're getting.

Then what's the point of learning? I don't care how many books on the history and theory of magic you read. You know as well as I do that your first performances are still going to suck. You can read about magic all you want, but all it will do is increase the chances that when you finally...

I've said this before and I'll say it again. Too few people think about presentation. I shudder to think how many god awful performances we're going to see in the coming months from guys performing this just to try and show off a "bad boy" side to their personality that in reality either...

I'm now convinced that you have completely forgotten what it was like to be a beginner.

When did that happen? Words fail me. If I read that right, you're saying that your performance sucked because the deck was your and not borrowed? What?!

This is the first time in a while I've heard someone say that. Luke's work is fantastic, but everyone is way too quick to pimp it on beginners who just wouldn't be able to pull it off. I'd recommend looking into some of Bob Cassidy's work. Several books of his can be purchased in PDF format...

There have always been bad magicians. Nobody remembers them because they sucked.

I love this book. The routines are most certainly not for everybody, but if you don't buy it just because of that, then you're missing out. There's a lot of valuable information on performance theory and technique that a canny magician could work into his own routines.

Before this thread is close in shame, allow me to try and salvage a modicum of dignity for other atheists and agnostics out there. I don't believe in religion, and I don't care what yours is as long as you don't wave it in my face. I do have a couple routines from a skeptic's perspective...

I kinda doubt that. Mostly because every other would-be expert has said the same thing ever since the project was first announced a year ago.

I never said it would be. But ask yourself: Is it worth it?

Acting different isn't really the point. What you do is visualize an ideal self-image and live it. That means you play up your strength, minimize your weaknesses, and turn passion into ambition. Everyone's afraid of acting different. I say don't act. Just be better.