Originality check

[Linear Patterns]

So I came up with this method to control a card to the bottom or top but I'm not sure if it is original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COL2C3yL9E8&feature=c4-overview&list=UU3a621OmHz4en7ZA2OjUdGQ

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

I doubt it. One could argue the base move is published in The Royal Road to Card Magic and if it's what I think it is, it's essentially a variation of the Wesley James Add-On.

 

[KonTW]

I don't think that this has much to do with a Wesely James Add-On, but I think I've
seen something like this before - Can't remember where...

 

[Linear Patterns]

yes. It is completely different from the wesley james add on but I couldn't shake off the feeling that I had seen this before so I came on the forum to see if anyone else knew.

 

[WitchDocIsIn]

My own personal policy is that if my urge is to ask on a forum, it's probably not original. I also always start out assuming someone has done anything I come up with before.

The reason I liken it to the Wesley James Add-On cannot really be talked about here because it exposes the method. I could be wrong on the method but I don't really believe in the open discussion of possible methods to someone else's work.

 

[Linear Patterns]

thanks Christopher. I will continue research to see how original it is

 

[KonTW]

My own personal policy is that if my urge is to ask on a forum, it's probably not original. I also always start out assuming someone has done anything I come up with before.

I totally agree with you in this point. Especially Controls are only in rare cases completely original...

 

[Bryson G.]

At first glance...

To me the first control looked like the Shinobi Control, or at least is the only way I could describe it, as I'm sure would fly by laymen, but looks really fishy and unnatural to me. The second control was even fishier and I don't even understand what was happening under the deck int he middle of the video.