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Apology
- Thread starter Donald C.
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yay! it's sunshine and lollipops! hoorah! not everybody in the world is going to agree or be kind to you. or me. it's a fact of life. the sooner you realize that, the better. but for now...
not trying to be mean.
Where can we see the ones you don't have up? Little hard to judge performance skills based on one video.
Guys, before this thread gets closed allow me to interject.
First, RD voiced his opinion in a calm, rational way. Should he have said it on an open board? Not my call. In any event, RD has tried to help you in the past by giving constructive criticism but at some point nurturing must end and brutal honesty is all that remains. I can tell you that copying other performs will indeed get you no where, at least not in the magic community. Take the advice you have been given and examine yourself, maybe you SHOULD change some things. God knows I have. Hell, I have changed entire opinions on magic because I realized I was wrong. We aren't gods, we make mistakes from time to time.
And second, if you believe what you believe then you have nothing to prove, not that bragging about yourself will actually do so. But if you feel you like your magic, then run with it, but don't be surprised when you get shot down. Guess what, its life, it happens, deal with it. Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and move on. Thats art, plain and simple.
C
First, RD voiced his opinion in a calm, rational way. Should he have said it on an open board? Not my call. In any event, RD has tried to help you in the past by giving constructive criticism but at some point nurturing must end and brutal honesty is all that remains. I can tell you that copying other performs will indeed get you no where, at least not in the magic community. Take the advice you have been given and examine yourself, maybe you SHOULD change some things. God knows I have. Hell, I have changed entire opinions on magic because I realized I was wrong. We aren't gods, we make mistakes from time to time.
And second, if you believe what you believe then you have nothing to prove, not that bragging about yourself will actually do so. But if you feel you like your magic, then run with it, but don't be surprised when you get shot down. Guess what, its life, it happens, deal with it. Sometimes you just have to agree to disagree and move on. Thats art, plain and simple.
C
You know... Its not really my job to say or do anything, but this time I have to intervene. Ever forum I go to there is always some kind of argument between one individual and another. I know there always is controversy where ever you go in your life, but please guys, this shouldn't be something to argue about. People shouldn't have to take sides, they shouldn't have to listen to this, in fact, if you want to argue, do it via Private Messaging. That's all I have to say.
Definitely. Especially if you want to be in this business. Grow a thicker skin and don't take everything so personal. That's the key to being successful. Realizing when you suck, but not complaining about it. Just fix it and get better.
Not directed at anyone in particular.
Steve
well its a matter of opinion really... laymen are going to be always amased at displays of skill, I mean everybody can be brian tudor, what makes us different from other magicians is the style that we give to the tricks and I mean our own style, yeah, he can amase people with his skill, but as for that, he is just another fish in the pond...
Im not really bashing the guy... he asked why, and I told him why...
Whats the reason of asking for feedback if you are not going to improve the things we are mentioning? even when you told us that you would improve them anyway???
I hope that this thread dont gets closed
Hey bro I can see were you are coming from with this but dued it is not cool to be mean to him because of it.If you dont have anything nic to say bro maby you should not say anything.
Just saw your vid. Not sure how old it is but, I think people are overreacting. Your performance is fine. You're young. Plenty of time to improve and develop your own style. Just remember to not be ignorant and take in constructive critism. Don't become like that one guy whose name I won't mention because I don't remember what it is. Good luck.
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Hey guys. Why is this thread getting heated? Someone did something stupid and then made a public apology about it. He then gets bashed for it? C'mon guys.
Anyway, I'm tired of seeing sleight battles. If your sleights are not perfect, then why are you performing them? We shouldn't be having "double lift battles" or "clipshift battles". If its not perfect, it shouldn't be on here. Its one of the reasons why the battle system has been becoming a lost part of this site. (See my thread I made a while back about the battle system.)
Anyway, that's a bit off topic. Let's just try to accept his apology. He did something dumb and then made a public apology. I don't think he deserves bashing for that...
-Doug
Anyway, I'm tired of seeing sleight battles. If your sleights are not perfect, then why are you performing them? We shouldn't be having "double lift battles" or "clipshift battles". If its not perfect, it shouldn't be on here. Its one of the reasons why the battle system has been becoming a lost part of this site. (See my thread I made a while back about the battle system.)
Anyway, that's a bit off topic. Let's just try to accept his apology. He did something dumb and then made a public apology. I don't think he deserves bashing for that...
-Doug
I was not going to say anything until he asked me... read C=B post, it pretty much resumed what has happened here
Edit:500 post! gosh, Im going to break the posts record of copperfield 14 in no time!
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I was not going to say anything until he asked me... read C=B post, it pretty much resumed what has happened here
Call 'em down the middle bro.
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Might that be Lamont Mcgee? (Mystifier1). Oh geez I don't even want to remember that whole incident.
Ooo, ooo, someone mentioned the name, ooo, it stings... I already said my peace about this whole thing in the other thread, but ouch, that name still burns my eyes like Onions.
Something about this thread just kinda reminded me of this however.
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