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The fact is that T11 is a business, and no business will refuse free publicity for itself and its products. It is true that if everyone stopped producing new DVDs and stopped advertising them on youtube, the amount of exposure would reduce, but it would also be counterproductive in the long...

When you ask about performers who are gentle. smooth and elegant, you are asking for subjective opinions. For example, I don't think the Buck twins' style is in the smooth and elegant category, but you think otherwise. That being said, if you are asking about card magic, someone has to...

Dude, what you are doing here is essentially plagiarism. For those who don't understand , check out this blog http://phantom-notebooks.blogspot.com/ The guy who runs the phantom notebooks blog is the one who originally wrote the scathing review of the Wesley James DVDs where he tore Wesley...

See, you are never actually going to lock yourself in a dark room with a pack of cards mixed face up and face down and try this sort of thing. The whole idea of such puzzles is to give your brain something interesting and fun to do. Think of it as a thought experiment. Whatever other skill/extra...

JB, You should have mentioned that this is a puzzle that needs some mathematical thinking. Calling it a riddle makes people think of "out of the box" solutions which can be interesting but are all wrong. I think Wildereachday is the only one who got it right.

I can sympathize with what you are saying to an extent. I'm not a big fan of stage illusions myself, and I find good close up magic to be more captivating than stage magic in general. Also, if you don't think David Copperfield is the best and that P&T and others are better, I don't have any...

I don't know why you would insist on learning only one of the two sleights. They are both very useful moves and they both have their place in any serious card magician's arsenal. In my case, I find the strike second deal easier than the push off version and I find these deals easier than any...

There is no ethical problem with using camera tricks. Magical tricks aren't done under oath. All this talk about the ethics of camera tricks misses the point. The problem with camera tricks is more a theatrical issue than a moral one Spectators never react positively if they find out that an...

Guys and Gals, Look at Praetoritevong's reply. It is the best reply on this thread so far. He has nailed most of the important points. Most people in the thread had two responses to their spectators trying to figure things out 1) Puzzlement that the spectators are not simply giving in...

When people see a magic trick, they immediately try to guess how it was done, whether they say it out loud or not. That is human nature. Let me expand a bit. All humans look for patterns and causes when they see something that is new to their experience. When they see something new, they have...

This is turning into a nice discussion. The only thing I would say is that effect construction can affect spectator perception. This is something Darwin Ortiz has insisted on and I tend to agree with him. Therefore, it is not pointless for the theory to deal with the effect construction...

See, this is part of the problem. When someone sees the words "Too Perfect", they usually end up confused because it is so vague and seems nonsensical. Many people take the term literally and ask "How can an effect be too perfect? It is either perfect or it isnt". In my mind, the too perfect...

What you are referring to is the "Too perfect Theory". It is one of those things that is debated endlessly by magicians. People are often very sloppy about how they describe the theory itself and how they think it should be applied. It is actually worth a new thread on its own.

This is a really nice post Prae. I first wanted to add that Dai Vernon was known for sometimes using risky methods in the hope of hitting the jackpot. There is an anecdote about Vernon Meeting Cliff Green the first time, and Cliff Green asked him what kind of magic he did. Vernon asked him...

I too am puzzled by the other thread where you talked about taking a gig versus this one where you are talking about quitting. That point notwithstanding, allow me to offer a slightly different viewpoint. Sometimes it's good to take a break from something when you become too absorbed in...

I think the format itself makes it hard for magicians to do well on AGT. I'm guessing you have at most two minutes to do something impressive. What can a guy do in two minutes besides something flashy and eye catching? That is what most magicians on AGT end up doing, but that doesn't resonate...

Why stop at just T11 artists? Ask as many creators out there as you want and I'm sure the majority won't have any problems with people reselling stuff. This whole thread is turning out to be a tempest in a teapot.

You are simplifying things a bit here. Consider things from the point of view of a publisher. If a publisher prints 3000 copies of a book, he would price them in such a way that if all of them were sold, he would have a reasonable profit. How does he decide how many books to print and how to...

I dont understand why some magicians are willing to flagellate themselves just because they happen to know something like the secret of a trick. OK, you know how the trick works even after you sell it. All you need to do to is not perform the trick after you sell it. The secret by itself is...

The whole RRSRC is supposed to replicate standard casino procedure. In casinos, the dealers are supposed to give the deck two riffle shuffles, followed by a true stripping action, followed by a riffle and a straight cut (procedures might vary, I'm not sure). The up the ladder sequence is...