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    When serious spectators question the reality of magic...?

    Say, you just have a reputation for being a good magician among your colleagues, friends, relatives, etc... You HAVEN'T performed a single trick for them, but are just hanging out, you know, talking, joking, and stuff. Somehow...maybe a recent tweet of Rowling's, maybe a Sherlock Holmes' story...
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    Goshman Pinched hard!

    There will be a comma or a hyphen somewhere in the thread title I guess...anyways... The Goshman Pinch I do always seems to get the coin pinched in a right angle! And even if I manage to have it a bit tilted, it does not stay in that way and goes back to 90° or more when I turn my hand over...
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    Magicians' Party in AGT This Year?

    Well, I have never closely followed AGT (for, well, obvious reasons) and so, the only way I would discover magicians and their acts on AGT is through there performance videos. Through those videos, I even got to know many magicians whom I admire today. If not for those AGT videos, I would have...
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    The Top Change:-Um...why?

    Hold on...I am not asking 'why' the top change should be perfected and used... I am asking... In RRTCM, they have said to keep the index finger at the outer longer edge of the deck instead of the normal dealer's grip to prevent 'overlapping'...what sort of overlapping? Also, are we supposed to...
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    I wanna buy stuff...but...

    How do you change the currency of the price of various items here? Also, do you guys ship to India? Finally...what terms and conditions apply? (In connection to what you are liable for and what not...) Thanks! Hope this works out... PS:-Do you guys have bridge-sized decks too?
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    Paul Harris' Bizarre Twist:- Meant to be smooth?!?

    So, I actually was more interested in the original Bizarre Twist by Paul Harris as taught by him in the book 'Art of Astonishment', nevertheless...I saw a very visual one-handed version of it. Of course, although my actual routine still needed the original one, it really would benefit my...
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    Hamman Count:-???

    I would be REALLY greatful if anyone could give me some tips on how to improve my hamman count, or even just comment on it. Only thing, don't be TOO harsh, but if my count is sh**, do tell me so :-) The first and the last counts are legit counts (which means they are not hamman counts) but the...
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    Messing Up Big Time

    I have messed up sometimes and recovered. But those few times when I did mess up BIG TIME, I really had no way to recover except smiling (like a buffoon, must I add) and accepting my mistake and then complimenting the spectator or something. And then, of course, moving on. What I wanted to ask...
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    Friction aids my sleight, is that really undesirable?

    What I mean is, well...I have been trying to perfect my classic palm with cards. And sometimes, SOMEtimes what happens is that the reason the card is held securely becomes the fact that although my thumb pad has lost grip on the inner right corner of the card, the back of the card due to (I...
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    Cardists...please help! PRISM problems...

    So...I've just started learning the PRISM. I find it a bit of a stretch as of now, but its fine. My problem is in the formation itself. See, when I need to form the THIRD side of the triangular part of the prism, my ring finger's back always is in contact with the another side of the triangular...
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    Classic palming a card...a journey with YOU as my guide

    And I mean the title quite literally.I decided that no matter what size my hands are, I WILL learn the classic palm for cards. After all, even if I cannot do it straight away even after mastering it...Atleast I will be prepared to do it once my hand size increases. And in all this, I would...
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    Do they...deserve it???

    OkayOkay, so this is about You Tube magicians. And this requires a small:: DISCLAIMER:- NO ONE here is going to bring up tutorials or ethics of learning magic thru YT. Why? Because this thread is NOT about that. So stay away from that huge controversial topic which triggers every magician here...
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    Unique Personality While Performing...

    There's a small catch here... See, we all know that magicians should develop their own unique styles and never copy anyone. But my point is that, every performer may have their own unique style, like, every comic magician might have their own favourite punchline and jokes. But won't the general...
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    Glide, different opinions?

    I have seen different books have different views on which fingers should ACTUALLY do the glide. All of them have their own advantages and disadvantages. RRTCM says to use only the ring finger, while Nicholas Einhorn says to use all three fingers except the index finger...then I have seen YT...
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    So...Illustrated Compendium of Magic Tricks and Tricks of the Mind...

    Well, I got the 2 books mentioned in the title today and I want to know, what do you guys think of them? Like, what are the things I should pay special attention too, what are the things I should treat as the holy grail, and what are some things which I shouldn't actually learn from these...
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    Cyclone is injurious to my health!

    Well, I have been doing Cyclone by Chris Ramsay for months now. But for some reason I have two problems that just don't seem to leave me:- 1) The card does not move in a neat arc to my right (I do it with my left hand). 2) The card does not move in a horizontal plane. Sometimes, it becomes...
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    Practice time::-Sets or no sets?

    I have heard the "Set-theory" of practising a lot (I dunno the exact name for the theory, so if anyone knows the exact name and the person whose theory it is...pls broaden my mental horizons and let me know :-) )...and although it sounds really good, I have never actually gone and done that. The...
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    Anneman's effect

    There's this AMAZING effect listed in Anneman's book, which can actually make the audience marvel at my 'skill' and my 'magic'. But there's a slight snag... Is there a way to have multiple choices and have the spectator choose a single one, without forcing? Think all slips containing the same...
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    Great magicians we should definitely see

    So...I wanted to ask if you guys have suggestions for some great magicians who have their PERFORMANCES on You Tube. I'd prefer good quality videos, but no discrimination on the basis of camera and video editing skills. I just wanted to check out and get familiar with the work of some greats in...
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    Where do I learn this miracle?

    Okay, so I need the name of a source that will help me perform this:- Now, I know for a fact that it is not a 'tech-thing' because I've seen Dynamo perform this for an audience where he throws a ball to the audience and they name a place, a month, a time, an artist and other stuff...and...
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