About yesterday part three.
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100% of people who don't collect cards or care about cards will see them as just a fancy deck of cards. No matter how most people online try to justify to themselves. 100% of lay people will just see them as a cards, and why would you want them to think the cards are special. They didn't hire you because you brought a special deck of cards to the gig, they hired you because of YOU. People that look too much into the whole "I brought a special deck of cards just for YOU." Really don't understand how the real wold operates outside of magic, and quite frankly they may never will.
There is also another reason custom decks can be bad. 1. They cost way more than regular decks. 2. They don't make regular gaffs for them. 3. They tend to run out of print after awhile. There is a reason why Tally Hos, Bee's and regular bikes have been around for god knows how long and why most custom decks tend to stop being printed after awhile.
I completely agree I don't think that using a deck of designer cards add's anything in the same way as using regular cards takes anything away from a performance, as laypeople just see a deck of cards.
People didn't hire you because you dress well, they hired you because of YOU. Surely you wouldn't argue against a performer dressing appropriately for their character and the surroundings, though.
People didn't hire you because your routines are your own original creations, they hired you because of YOU. Surely aspirations to creativity aren't to be dissuaded, though.
People didn't hire you because you use an elegant Colibri gold lighter to light your flash paper with rather than using a cheap plastic Bic thing, they hired you for YOU. Surely attention to details of props and costuming is professional, though, isn't it?
People didn't hire you because they like your hair, they hired you for YOU. Isn't turning up to a paid engagement with unkempt and unwashed hair discourteous, though?
My point is that it doesn't matter whether any particular detail of your theatrical choices is a dealbreaker. I think that YOU, the performer, are there to put on the best possible show, paying close attention to every detail. If that can be facilitated by a make-up choice, a costuming choice, or the choice of an appropriately designed deck of cards over a standard one, then it should be done. This attitude of "the spectators don't care, so I don't need to" seems to have a flaw in it. Most viewers of, say, Downton Abbey don't know the details of Edwardian fashions. Does that mean that the makers of the show should take the attitude of "they aren't watching for the costumes, they're watching for the story" and disregard those details?
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We've covered that, Formula. There's a letter, 12 decks of paper-covered cards, and some ephemeral mystery. Physically, you know what's in that box.
I'm sorry you will have to make a new thread to talk about how we are not talking about what you were talking about in the first place
I'll just leave this here ... http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?41231-Mystery-Box-Review&p=423083#post423083
Are you talking about the code for the lock? I don't own the box but I'm pretty sure they gave away the code to the lock in one of the marketing photos, if I'm right about that, then that's another non-mystery about the box.
No. That is only a mystery for those who order but did not follow the original promotion. This is different.